Tag Archives: BEST ACTRESS
I don’t think we’ve had such a seemingly wide open race in a long time. On the one hand, general consensus, and even Nate Silver, believe it will be a Jennifer Lawrence shut-out. And indeed, she seems like she has it in the bag. Silver Linings has four acting nominations – it’s going to have to win at least one and Lawrence seems like as good...
Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg was mostly dismissed on Twitter yesterday when he suggested that Naomi Watts could not only get nominated for Best Actress but also might win. But there has been such a groundswell of support, and Watts has gone unrecognized for so long, that she just might become a force to be reckoned with this year. There are several reasons...
Ten years ago I was blogging the Oscars the year Halle Berry and Denzel Washington both won in a surprise upset. Russell Crowe or Sissy Spacek were expected to take one of the slots. The thinking was that the Academy would never award two black actors the same year. It was unheard of for a black woman to win — and in fact, Berry, like President Obama, is half-white...
In the Viola Davis vs. Meryl Streep debate, the differences between the publicity on the two campaigns is remarkable. Here’s MVP Weinstein co putting out this clip of Meryl Streep to show what she can do: And here’s someone who put up this clip of Ms. Davis because no one else did. To me, one clearly gives me goosebumps and the other makes me uncomfortable....