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Awards
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Academy Award Winners 
 Contains "history and commentary on the Academy Awards from its early beginnings [1927] to the present." Features posters for the Best Picture winner of each year, lists of the most nominated people, best speeches, how to watch movies critically, and more. http://www.filmsite.org/oscars.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Feb 21, 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
In addition to information about the Academy, find all the Oscars (Academy Awards) ever given (nominees as well as winners) from 1927 to the present, all the Scientific and Technical Awards from 1930 to the present, and history of the Oscar statuette. Searchable. http://www.oscars.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Feb 21, 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Scientific & Technical Awards
These Oscars, awarded a short time prior to the other Academy Awards, have been given since 1930/31 to "any device, method, formula, discovery or invention of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures." The site features details and photos of award-winners back to 1998 (including photos of the actresses who presided over the event), and a link to a database with award-winners back to 1930. http://www.oscars.org/awards/scitech/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Technology Last updated Jan 22, 2009 The British Academy Film Awards: This Year's Nominations
The British Academy Film Awards are similar to the American Academy Awards. Lists the films, actors, and other motion picture artists nominated in several categories. Includes an archive of award-winners and nominees dating back to 1947 and a history of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). http://www.bafta.org/awards/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Nov 30, 2007 The Envelope: Past Winners
Listings of "results for entertainment awards shows. The database features information for more than 100 U.S., Canadian and British shows dating to 1916. ... There are also television ratings and Top 40 singles through the years as well as comparisons of award results by categories." Includes results for major awards (such as the Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe awards) and smaller awards, competitions, and festivals. From the Los Angeles Times. http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-landing,0,3713019.htmlstory Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Music, Television Last updated Nov 1, 2007 Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
This group is famous for awarding prizes ("Razzies") for the worst movie, actor and supporting actor, actress and supporting actress, screenplay, screen couple, director, and sequel of the year. There are over 500 voting members from the entertainment business. Includes an archive of nominations and awards back to the event's inception in 1980. http://www.razzies.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Mar 2, 2009 Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)
HFPA is an organization of international journalists that presents the Golden Globe Awards (held annually in January) for outstanding motion picture and television performances. The site features information about the organization and its philanthropic activities, a FAQ, and Golden Globe Award winners, history, photos, and video clips. http://www.goldenglobes.org/ Topics: Communications, Film, Movies, & Video, News, Recreation Last updated Aug 19, 2008 Tuck Professor Uses Statistical Formula to Predict the Academy Award for Best Picture
This February 2005 news release (with a link to the full report) describes how a "professor of international economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth used a combination of history and statistics to forecast who will receive the highest honor in filmmaking." The "formula relies on three variables: a film's total Oscar nominations, number of Golden Globes won, and whether or not it's a comedy." From the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/releases/pr20050225_oscars.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Statistics Last updated Feb 20, 2008 |
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