The Undivided Acting Categories

[OneAndOnly Joined: Mar 21st, 2017 Topics: 18 Posts: 2018 View Predictions]

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If the Academy Awards made the Acting categories just Lead and Supporting, with no split on gender, who would be nominated?

My take for 2020;

Best Acting For a Leading Role:

• Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
• Adam Driver, Marriage Story
• Renee Zellweger, Judy
• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Best Acting For a Supporting Role:

• Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Laura Dern, Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
• Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Thoughts?

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[Milk Money Joined: Oct 2nd, 2013 Topics: 0 Posts: 697 View Predictions]

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Don’t see the point of even entertaining this.

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[Damucracia Joined: Jan 21st, 2019 Topics: 3 Posts: 125 View Predictions]

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Lead: Driver, Johanson, Phoenix, Theron and Zellweger

Supporting: Dern, Johanson, Pacino, Pesci and Pitt

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[OneAndOnly Joined: Mar 21st, 2017 Topics: 18 Posts: 2018 View Predictions]

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I’ll do a few more years:

2019:

Best Acting In a Leading Role:

• Olivia Colman, The Favourite
• Glenn Close, The Wife
• Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
• Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
• Lady Gaga, A Star is Born

Best Acting in a Supporting Role:

• Mahershala Ali, Green Book
• Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
• Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
• Emma Stone, The Favourite
• Amy Adams, Vice

2018:

Best Acting in a Leading Role:

• Frances McDormand, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Acting in a Supporting Role:

• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Have a great day if you see this!

FYC: Anthony Hopkins- The Father
FYC: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Male/Straight/BLM

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5639 View Predictions]

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If this happened last year, my nominees would be:

Lead:

1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
2. Taron Egerton, Rocketman
3. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
4. Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
5. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Supporting:

1. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
2. Al Pacino, The Irishman
3. Song Kang-ho, Parasite
4. Ton Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
5. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

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[Wanda Joined: Feb 16th, 2019 Topics: 41 Posts: 3479 View Predictions]

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That right up there is the reason why we have no combined categories.

I would have nominated
Antonio Banderas – Pain & Glory
Adele Haenel – Portrait of a Lady On Fire
Isabelle Huppert – Frankie
Elisabeth Moss – Her Smell
Brad Pitt – Ad Astra

Not sure about supporting.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5639 View Predictions]

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Wanda wrote:

That right up there is the reason why we have no combined categories

I agree, but I can’t help my picks. Last year the actor categories were completely packed while the actress ones were extremely weak.

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[FilmFashionFab Joined: Oct 18th, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 9 View Predictions]

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I’d take Renee for Judy out of that but I’d rather snub one of the men and have Florence Midsommar in it too, still sad to see even small indie awards snubbed her work for the film.
And the woman last year were stronger but over looked.
Writing & Directing category is the reason it’s gendered (look at the grammys).

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[Jake Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 73 Posts: 3047 View Predictions]

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That would be terrible.

What I think would happen:

2019:

Lead
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
*Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Renee Zellweger, Judy

Supporting
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
*Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Margot Robbie, Bombshell

2018:

Lead
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
*Rami Malek, Bohemian Rapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Supporting
*Mahersala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

2017:

Lead
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards…
*Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Meryl Streep, The Post

Supporting
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards…
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
*Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards…

That world would be even bleaker.

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[Wanda Joined: Feb 16th, 2019 Topics: 41 Posts: 3479 View Predictions]

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Dan Backslide wrote:

I agree, but I can’t help my picks. Last year the actor categories were completely packed while the actress ones were extremely weak.

I know, I usually have the same problem but backwards.

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[Chimichanggas Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 35 Posts: 2506 View Predictions]

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I think there’s already a thread about this from last year.

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[shedidnothing92 Joined: Jan 9th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 42 View Predictions]

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Why are people against this idea? It would crowd too many people out, or do you believe there is an actual difference between a female and male acting performance?

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[CateNicole Joined: Jun 20th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 1744 View Predictions]

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I think inevitably the men would have more nominees each year unfortunately. But I also do think that the current system is pretty exclusionary to non-binary actors.

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