Posts tagged 2015 Oscars
OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The male acting awards

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this sixth post, we climb into the acting areas of "The Big 8" Oscar categories.  Here, we look at the male acting awards of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.  Let's do this and pick some winners!  I've said it all season.  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool.

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The female acting awards

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this fifth post, we start to get the acting areas of "The Big 8" Oscar categories.  Here, we look at the female acting awards of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.  Let's do this and pick some winners!  I've said it all season.  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool.

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The writing and directing categories

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this fourth post, we start to get the beginning three of "The Big 8" Oscar categories.  Here, we look at the writing and directing awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Adapted Screenplay.  Let's do this and pick some winners!  I've said it all season.  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool.

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The minor film categories

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this third post, we look at the minor film categories that include animation, documentary, and shorts.  Let's do this!

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The visual and artistic categories

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this first post, we look at the visual and artistic technical categories that include cinematography, production design, costumes, makeup/hairstyling, editing, and visual effects.  Let's do this!

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COLUMN: Five snubs and five surprises from the 87th Academy Award nominations

The Oscar nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced this morning.  Directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron mapped out the little categories and then actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs drops some bombs this morning.  As always, there are plenty of surprises and plenty of snubs.  Through it all, the frontrunners have already emerged and this race is taking shape, so much so that I could probably name the eventual winners already today.

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COLUMN: Predicting the major 87th Academy Award nominations

With the 87th Academy Award nominations being announced tomorrow morning, I'm cutting it close with my predictions of who and what names will hear their named called.  I've been following the full awards season over on my Awards Tracker page, where I've been following the trends and reading the tea leaves.  Using that data and a batch of hunches, here are my savvy predictions for tomorrow's nominations in the eleven major categories.

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EDITORIAL: The 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars

Once one awards season ends, another one begins!  The winners from last night's 86th Academy Awards can bask in the glow of immortality for a while.  Meanwhile, business in Hollywood will quickly shift and move on to the 87th Academy Awards that will happen in February or March of 2015.  Here are 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars.

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