BEST ACTRESS
Best Actress: Meet Lady Day, the Mother of the Blues, and the Queen of Soul
Back 2001, Halle Berry became the first and only black woman to win Best Actress in all of Oscar history....
Internal Worlds of Solitary Women – Winslet and McDormand Early Standouts for Lead Actress
"The world has used me so unkindly, I fear it has made me suspicious of everyone" - Mary Anning It...
Teaser for Nomadland Hints at mood
Searchlight has dropped a teaser for Chloe Zhao's Nomadland that matches the only stills available for the film, along with...
Clip from Ava with Jessica Chastain
The five reviews for Ava so far show that critics really didn't like it. Like it has 0% on Rotten...
The State of the Race – Oscar Frontrunners If This Was an Ordinary Year
If this was an ordinary year, we'd be half-way to Venice and Telluride right now. We'd be gathering our ideas...
Stephen Tapert’s ‘Best Actress: The History of Oscar-Winning Women’ Honors The Story of Every Winner
My gateway into the Oscars was through Best Actress. The first ceremony I ever watched was in 1997 when The...
2020 Oscar Nominations!
Best motion picture of the year “Ford v Ferrari” Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers “The Irishman” Martin...
Best Actress – The Frontrunner and Her Challengers
For whatever reason, resentment often sets in when it comes to the Best Actress race, and that usually happens if...
What Do Women Really Want? Does Empowerment Mean Erasing Sexuality?
Of all of the reactions to the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein -- from the reasonable to the extreme...
Elisabeth Moss On Her Ferocious Turn as Becky Something in ‘Her Smell’
The actress talks to Joey Moser about the film's structure and working with director Alex Ross Perry. If you haven't...
Predictions Friday: Can Joker Also Get in for Best Picture or Best Director?
There is no doubt that Todd Phillips' Joker has struck a chord. Where people say it's dark and nihilistic at...
Predictions Friday – It’s Not What WE Think, It’s What THEY Think
I've been saying it for a long time now, so long that I assume everyone already knows this -- but...
Best Actress and the Art of Transformation
The Best Actress race is suddenly more wide open than it seemed even months ago, not in terms of who...
Renee Zellweger Honored with Riviera Award at SBIFF
Renee Zellweger will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival in...
Best Actress – It’s Hard To Be a Frontrunner
The first thing to know is that this is one of the "thinnest" years for Best Actress in a while....
Newsletter and Reminder
Here is a look at this week's newsletter - you can read the whole thing here - and subscribe as...
Predictions Friday – The Presumed Frontrunners and Their Challengers
What's all the buzz in the Oscar race now? Well, there isn't actual Oscar buzz, as you may know. Right...
Best Actress — A Frontrunner, Last Year’s Shocker, and a Strong Year for Women of Color
Renee Zellweger leads the Best Actress race, at least so far this year. But it is also a strong year...
Best Actress – Renee Zellweger and Her Challengers
Winning an Oscar comes down to two things: the performance and the Oscar story. A good publicist will create an...
Michael B. Jordan Joins the Best Actor Race with ‘Just Mercy’
Michael B. Jordan headlines as Bryan Stevenson, who wrote the bestseller the film is based on, "Just Mercy: A Story...