Out of these four I’d go with Being Julia but Bugsy is my fav from her.

Top 3: https://variety.com/2018/film/in-contention/oscars-trio-at-the-top-in-the-lead-actress-race-1203020696/

She is absolutely amazing in Out of Africa.

Nah, Batman Begins has too much Bale. The other two are so much better because there are a lot of scenes without him. I absolutely hate his performance in the Batman getup. I also prefer The Dark Knight Rises slightly due to Hathaway and Hardy!

What is the fourth one from? Third one is Vanilla Sky?

I liked Venom as well, I thought it was a breath of fresh air because it was not the same characters appearing for the millionth time.

Michelle Pfeiffer from The Age of Innocence is my number one nominee for this thread.

The Tourist is pure screwball comedy though. As over the top as it could get!

Always wondered whether one had a comprehensive list of movies that were ONLY nominated in lead actress like Gone Girl or Still Alice.

Was Crazy Heart the same? I never saw complaints about its category placement yet it did have a couple of performances.

It’s literally the same as What’s Love Got to Do with it, both are musical biopics.

I also don’t think Postcards from the Edge was fraud either as it’s more comedic especially due to Shirley MacLaine’s character.

Geoffrey Rush was such a weak win of 1996. Tom Cruise should have won.

She was amazing in The Last Jedi though!

That and The Tourist are our only hope that HPFA will correct these placements.

Lady Gaga’s whole existence is based on the “take me seriously!” notion. Has she called ASIB the best movie of the decade yet?

Some of you really have it all mixed up. HFPA never said a movie is comedy because of music. They just have a category separate for drama since there are always more dramas produced and pushed for critics/awards recognition. Then everything else is competing against each other, as in comedies AND musicals.

The category is musical *or* comedy which only means they are in the same category but a dramatic musical still has to be in this category and not drama.

I’m pretty sure there is going to be backlash if HFPA puts ASIB to drama, as mentioned earlier all the previous incarnations were in musical/comedy category…

The article also states HFPA is going to decide so it still does not matter.

Why am I not surprised that Lady Gaga is linked to this fraud, after all back in 2011 Billboard had to change its rules because of her to avoid albums sold at $0.99 during their debut week…

Don’t believe until I see the nominations. Same goes for BlacKkKlansman in drama…

Gosling might be the Denzel of this year. I removed him from my predicions but he can sneak back as 5th.