Awards Daily

Speaking of Romeo and Juliet…

I don’t think any actors have ever captured it better than Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Fiennes. ...

Oscar Flashback: It Never Could Have Won Today

Something has happened to Academy voters. Is it really true that they’ve all just aged out to the point where they really can’t tolerate any...

Oscar Flashback – 12 Nominations

Right now, Scott Feinberg over at Hollywood Reporter, has Lincoln winning four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay....

Oscar Flashback – The Freak Years

We as Oscar pundits invest so much of our time into the Oscar race, nearly a whole year, that the narrative we have planned out tends to want prominence...

Guest Post: Oscar Treasures: 1988 and Die Hard

by Jordan Ruimy Continuing on with my weekly column, we arrive at 1988. The nominees for best picture were “RAIN MAN”, “The Accidental Tourist”, “Dangerous Liaisons”, “Mississippi Burning” and “Working Girl” – 5 excellent, well deserved choices. I’d –however- substitute “Working Girl” and “Dangerous...

Oscar Flashback: Peter O’Toole

Peter O’Toole announced that his acting days are behind him. “The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back,” he said. He said of...

Oscar Flashback: the 50th Anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird

For the 50th Anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, the Motion Picture Academy, AFI and the White House have all rolled out special tributes. The Academy...

Oscar Flashback: When Oscar Fell in Love

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought it might be fun to highlight the films that entered the race as undeniable favorites. Somehow this usually means a love story. Believe it or not it isn’t very common for love stories to do well in the Best Picture race. Movies about people with disabilities and/or if Nazis figure in somehow, they are likely...

Oscar Flashback: 1968 – Oliver, a Globes Musical Comedy Wins Big

The last time a film won the Best Picture Musical Comedy at the Golden Globes then went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director was in...