http://oscarprep.com The Academy Awards, with a focus on the acting categories and performance contenders. Oscar Nominees and Winners: for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress___By Dana Kaminski___ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:13:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/100-oscar-fun-facts/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/100-oscar-fun-facts/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:50:52 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=937 How Good Is This?!  There are  7 pages of these Oscar facts, at Empire Online. Kudos to Phil De Semlyen, for compiling such a handsome collection of Academy Academy Award information. Intentionally, I don’t call this trivia, that’s too trifling for what this is. If you’re a stickler for exactitude, then check the comments section [...]]]> http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/100-oscar-fun-facts/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/oscar-show-writer-carol-leifer-shares-the-backstage/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/oscar-show-writer-carol-leifer-shares-the-backstage/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:33:01 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=925   Including Oscars® 2012, Carol Leifer has written for 5 Academy Awards Shows, 3 of ‘em with Billy Crystal as host. She gave this interview, by phone, to Vanity Fair; but I know her since New York Improvisation days…so I figure its alright to repost her interview here.   Julie Miller: How stressed are you feeling [...]]]> http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/oscar-show-writer-carol-leifer-shares-the-backstage/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/el-complicado-preferential-voting/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/el-complicado-preferential-voting/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:15:52 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=678 Preferential Voting, New To Oscar Voters, And Us All... Thankfully, Oscarologist Pete Hammond understands how it works, and explains it in a simple way.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/el-complicado-preferential-voting/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/15/acting-performances-count-during-this-weekend-precursor-to-oscars/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/15/acting-performances-count-during-this-weekend-precursor-to-oscars/dana-kaminski#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:04:29 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=466 This Weekend Is Considered A Precursor To What Awards Will Win At The OscarsThe Golden Globes are on Sunday, NBC. The Critics Choice Awards are on Friday, VH1. Tom O'Neil, at The Envelope, Explains The Pattern Of Oscar Prediction]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/15/acting-performances-count-during-this-weekend-precursor-to-oscars/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/26/academyawards-rules-for-oscar-eligibility-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/26/academyawards-rules-for-oscar-eligibility-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:02:05 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=409 From official Academy of Motion Pictures press release, the eligibility rules: "To be eligible for 82nd Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by..."]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/26/academyawards-rules-for-oscar-eligibility-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/judy-garland-james-mason-trailer-a-star-is-born/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/judy-garland-james-mason-trailer-a-star-is-born/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:25:49 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=201 Isn't this the most memorable Academy Awards movie? I still love it, I do. (This is the "A Star Is Born with Judy Garland.) I love the first one, even more. (With Janet Gaynor.) It was made shortly before this one, 2-3 years, if my trivia-memory serves me...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/judy-garland-james-mason-trailer-a-star-is-born/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/how-did-oscar-get-his-name-academy-awards/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/how-did-oscar-get-his-name-academy-awards/dana-kaminski#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:10:53 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=148 One myth, whether true or not, is that Bette Davis remarked that the derriere, specifically, of the statuette; reminded her of the same body part of one of her ex-husbands. (It certainly doesn't look like my ex's.) ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/how-did-oscar-get-his-name-academy-awards/dana-kaminski/feed 0