Tuesday, August 9, 2022

How Best Actor Drives Best Picture

Nowadays, the most influential category for Best Picture is Screenplay. That just means it's most common that a Best Picture nominee has a corresponding screenplay nomination. A film can miss almost everything else, but if it misses Screenplay it's very rare that it wins Best Picture. Missing Best Director doesn't matter as much anymore in the expanded Best Picture...

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For Olivia, My First Crush

They say you never forget your first crush. I have to confess, when I first saw Grease on HBO back in…never mind. Let’s just say this was a time that preceded streaming, DVRs, and your guide came to you in the mail once a month in what amounted to a pamphlet form.  Anyway, that’s enough of me dating myself. I...

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Viola Davis and The Woman King Will Close the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Fest

The MVAAFF began August 5th, to close on August 13th with Gina Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Woman King, per the Hollywood Reporter. is to take place in a conversation about the Sony Pictures/TriStar movie on closing night, Aug. 13, as part of the festival’s signature event, Color of Conversation. During the conversation, Davis and moderator Jazmine Hughes of The New York...

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HollyShorts to Kick Off Next Week with Star-Studded Opening Night Line-Up

Next week, the HollyShorts Film Festival kicks off, and you are not going to want to miss the incredible batch of films playing. Opening night will feature films featuring Academy Award® winner Ben Proudfoot, British legend Sir Steve McQueen, Academy Award® winner Travon Free, Jamie Lee Curtis and Gemma Arterton. Jury members include Adaku Ononogbo, Blair Underwood, Bryan Cranston, David...

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Cinematographer Todd Banhazi came to HBO’s Winning Time with a distinct set of challenges. Including how to shoot NBA-level basketball in a believable way, how to make actors look like all-time great basketball players, and how to capture a distinct moment in time that heralded a cultural zeitgeist when sports became big business, athletes became celebrities, and capitalism became all-consuming,...

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Rerecording Sound Mixers Ryan Collins and Nick Offord Talk Their Emmy-Nominated Sonic Environments for ‘Dopesick’ and ‘Pam & Tommy’ [VIDEO]

Awards Daily chats with Emmy-nominated rerecording sound mixers Ryan Collins and Nick Offord about going up against themselves in Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Hulu's Dopesick and Pam & Tommy. On paper, Hulu's Dopesick and Pam & Tommy have nothing in common, but their sonic journeys, according to Emmy-nominated sound mixers Ryan Collins...

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‘Impeachment’ Showrunner Sarah Burgess On Sending Scripts to Monica Lewinsky, Writing Monica and Linda’s Final Moment at the Mall

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‘Euphoria’ Production Mixer Sean O’Malley Discusses All of the Sound Challenges in the Episode ‘Stand Still Like a Hummingbird’ [VIDEO]

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2023 Oscar TRACKER


Best Picture
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Actor Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Actress Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting ActorTom Hanks, Elvis

Best Supporting Actress
Best Director Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joseph Kosinsky, Top Gun: Maverick

Original Screenplay
Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Adapted Screenplay
Cinematography
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Editing
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Production Design Elvis
Sound Mixing + EditingElvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Costumes Elvis
Visual EffectsTop Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Original Score
Original Song Top Gun: Maverick
Makeup and Hair Elvis
Animated Feature
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short

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Oscarwatchers Say…

  1. I tend to think that historical trends are not relevant anymore, Sasha. Yes, Best Actor used to drive Best Picture…

  2. I think you're overthinking the male vs. female driven historical disparity a bit. There are more movies and stories about…

  3. Indeed it is. Still hurting from Judith Durham and now our 'Livvy'. It feels like part of our family has…

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