I remember reading about people being offended by Margaret Avery’s campaign when nominated for “The Color Purple”……also with Melissa Leo’s for “The Fighter” (though Leo did win).

I really enjoyed this movie. To me, all actors in the cast should be considered in the Supporting Actor category…..I didn’t feel like any one of them was the lead. With that said Redmayne, Langella and Cohen all gave award nomination worthy performances.

Pam Grier as Jackie Brown in “Jackie Brown”….loved the song “Across 110th Street”

1. Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show
2. Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby
3. Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway
4. Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
5. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Viola

The first 2 I thought of were: Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Blvd” & Louise Fletcher in “One Flew Over….Nest”

Hopefully Glenn Close will win one.

If you’ve actually won an Oscar, you should be included in the “In Memorium” segment.

My ranking: Spacek, Moore, Burstyn, Hawn, Rowlands

At the time I remember that I really wanted Marsha Mason to win for “Only When I Laugh”……now I’m not so sure after having recently seen that film as well as “Reds”, “Atlantic City” and “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” since the pandemic started. “On Golden Pond” is a great film that I’ve seen a few times.

My rankings now would be:
1. Katharine…[Read more]

Joan Allen, Pleasantville

Even if he hadn’t received the Honorary Oscar, I don’t think O’Toole (in “Venus”) would have won over Forest Whitaker (“Last King of Scotland”). It is too bad though O’Toole never won a competitive Oscar. I was glad Geraldine Page won for “The Trip to Bountiful”. Of course there was the overdue factor, but I think her performance was the best…[Read more]

Whenever Al Pacino was nominated he was up against stiff competition. He definitely deserved a win for Dog Day Afternoon in any other year, but that year Jack Nicholson was so deserving for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I’m glad he won an Oscar, and if it had to be for Scent of a Woman, then so be it.

William Holden deserved his Oscar. He was also excellent in Network.

This is a great lineup!
1. Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl
3. Maggie smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
4. Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
5. Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
6. Sophia Loren, Two Women
7. Patricia Neal, The Subject Was Roses
8. Katharine Hepburn, The Lion…[Read more]

1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Viola Davis, Fences
3. Melissa Leo, The Fighter
4. Octavia Spencer, The Help
5. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
6. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
7. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
8. Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
9. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
10. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

I still have my VHS copy of Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean……a great movie with great performances all round.

I think Meryl Streep deserved her Oscar for “Sophie’s Choice”. I also think Geraldine Page deserved her Oscar for “The Trip to Bountiful” with Whoopi my second choice.

Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
2nd choice: Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
3rd Choice: Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
Actor: Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2nd choice: Casey Affleck in Manchester By the Sea
3rd choice: Daniel Day Lewis in There Will be Blood

Best thing I’ve watched so far: Ozark
Currently watching: final season of Orange Is the New Black, Tales From the City, Sweet Magnolias & Space Force
Also watched: most recent season of Grace & Frankie, The Plot Against America, Unorthodox, Better Call Saul
On Regular tv watching: Insecure & I Know This Much is True