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Those Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actor

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actor can be a very fun category.  It’s always made up of actors whose roles were small but significant.  Once in a while the nominating process can be a bit controversial (Anthony Hopkins and … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Supporting Actress

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Supporting Actress has sometimes produced some surprise winners, but it has grown mostly predictable for the last decade.  What strikes me is how quickly the winners of the last decade have been largely forgotten (with … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Visual Effects

GUEST COLUMN BY JAKE THOMPSON Visual Effects can be a difficult category to predict sometimes.  In a given year, the most obvious of choices will deservedly get nominated.  But every now and then, one of the nominees will make us … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Original Score

GUEST COLUMN BY JAKE THOMPSON I have to admit that it was extremely difficult to pick just five major snubs of all time in the Best Original Score Oscar category (musical/song/adaptation scores are not included here).  There were so many … Continue reading

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