Category: 94th Oscars (2021)
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursors Beginning This Week
Precursor season begins in earnest this week with the National Board of Review kicking things off tomorrow. As is our custom, we’ll begin looking at the winners and losers next week, but this week, let’s take a look at some anniversaries this year as well as what’s coming out this week. Week 1 Tuesday, Nov.…
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Precursor: 64th Grammy Award Nominations (2021)
With the oddly formed eligibility window, the Grammy Awards often have little bearing on Oscar considerations, since they mostly go with prior year winners rather than future contenders. Still, compared to last year’s slate, this year’s is surprisingly heavy with 2021 Oscar-eligible films. There are four of six in the compilation soundtrack category, which has…
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Precursor: 6th Critics Choice Documentary Awards (2021)
Summer of Soul swept its categories, but can it impress Oscar voters? The Academy is a tougher nut to crack for popular documentaries. Awards Tallies (6) Summer of Soul (3) The Rescue (2) Val The Awards
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – November
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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Precursor: 31st Gotham Awards Nominations (2021)
The Gotham Awards announce earlier and earlier every year and for little reason. Sure, they get the drop on other groups, but their selections are often so far out of the mainstream that they don’t generally translate into Oscar nominations or even other precursor consideration. This is also only one of two groups that I’m…
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2021 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Post-Festival
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. With the festival circuit having run…
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Precursor: 6th Critics Choice Documentary Nominations (2021)
A long list of lots of documentaries. Not everything under the sun was nominated, but most of it was. Some Oscar nominees likely. Some not. We’ll just have to wait and see. Nominations Tallies (6) Ascension, Summer of Soul (5) The Rescue (4) Becoming Cousteau, The Sparks Brothers, Val, The Velvet Underground (3) Attica, The…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – October
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – September
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – August
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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94th Oscars: New Members
ACADEMY INVITES 395 TO MEMBERSHIP LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 395 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Membership selection decisions are based on professional qualifications, with representation, inclusion and equity remaining a…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – July
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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94th Awards Rules Approved
The disappointment here is that Disney Plus, HBO Max, and others will get to continue to take advantage of the rules and screw mass audiences out of seeing original content on the big screen. AWARDS RULES AND CAMPAIGN REGULATIONS APPROVED FOR 94TH OSCARS® Additional Submission Key Dates Announced LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy’s Board…
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2021 Oscar Nominations Predictions: First Predictions
Every year, in March, we start predicting the subsequent year’s Oscars. However, a pandemic got in the way and pushed the Oscars into April and forced us to reposition our first predictions (as Hollywood repositioned all of its Oscar contenders). As such, three months late, we’re finally giving you our initial predictions and, based on…
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94th Oscars: Honorary Oscars
THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DANNY GLOVER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ELAINE MAY AND LIV ULLMANN WITH OSCARS® AT 2022 GOVERNORS AWARDS LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Awards to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the…
