Trivia Guide for the 94th Oscars
Fun facts and trivia for the nominees and winners at the 94th Academy Awards, honoring the films of 2021.
THE OSCARS
MARCH 2022
Rough Cut Staff
- Mar 19
The Best Best Picture Nominees (& Other Oscar Stats)
A collection of statistics from Oscars history.
Jonny Diaz
- Mar 10
Denzel Washington, Black Actors, and the Academy Awards
A celebration of the 55 Black actors nominated at the Academy Awards for their performances on film as of 2020.
Carson Cook
- Mar 10
Can a Superhero Movie Win Best Picture?
Black Panther and Joker broke through with Best Picture nominations, but what will it take to win Hollywood's top prize?
Rough Cut Staff
- Mar 10
Oscar Numbers: Shocking Wins of the 2000s
A statistical breakdown of the Oscar Shock Factor.
Carson Cook
- Jun 7, 2021
Best Original Song Runners-Up: A Ranking
There's no shame in losing to an all-timer: in honor of Enchanted we rank the Best Original Song nominees that fell to an undeniable great.
Carson Cook
- Apr 17, 2021
The Highest-Grossing Oscars
Which slates of Oscar winners had the best and worst box office performances?
Carson Cook
- Apr 16, 2021
The Most Well-Regarded Oscars
Which years had the best and worst slates of Oscar winners?
Rough Cut Staff
- Apr 11, 2021
Awards Season Proposal: Calendar Shuffle
A simple calendar shake-up could bring more fun, surprise, and attention to Awards season.
Rough Cut Staff
- Apr 7, 2021
Mailbag, Part 2: The Best in Oscars History
Our writers take on the best and worst of the Academy before rewriting Oscar history.
Carson Cook
- Apr 5, 2021
The Coolest Horror Nominations in Oscar History
A journey through the Academy's occasional appreciation of horror.
Rough Cut Staff
- Apr 5, 2021
The 'Give Me A Damn Oscar Already' Awards
A countdown of the biggest "Give Me A Damn Oscar Already" performances.
Carson Cook
- Mar 14, 2021
Grading the Oscars: Best Visual Effects
How defensible is the lack of Wachowski presence in the VFX category at the Oscars post-Matrix?
Carson Cook
- Sep 20, 2020
The Modern Romance Oscars
The Oscars need more romance and we're here to fix it.
Jonny Diaz
- Aug 31, 2020
Amy and the Academy
A rundown of six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams's up-and-down (but mostly up!) history with the Academy Awards
Jonny Diaz
- Jun 25, 2020
Spike Lee and the Ambivalent Academy
A history of Spike Lee's ambivalent (and often contentious) relationship with the Oscars, from Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop to BlacKkKlansman.
Carson Cook
- May 25, 2020
Oscar Winners' Action Follow-Ups: Ranked
Actors have been using action movies to cash in on their Oscar wins for decades. Here's the definitive ranking of those decisions.
Carson Cook
- Feb 6, 2020
Want to Fix the Oscars’ Acting Categories? Look at the Screenplays.
Male/Female? Lead/Supporting? Why not Original/Pre-Existing?
Sara D'Amico
- Jan 21, 2020
They Call Him Oscar: An Elegy
A strange ritual:
Awards with a gold man.
As if men were gold.
Or worthy of it.
Rough Cut Staff
- Jan 20, 2020
The Canard of Objectivity: Why 'Quality over Diversity' Makes No Sense
It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.