Always thought Nicole Kidman snub was especially weird with her being the previous winner. Connelly was also a winner from a year before and yet Shohreh Aghdashloo got in…

Bohemian Rhapsody

Les Miserables

A Serious Man

I guess there was little interest in promoting him with Hoffman’s acclaimed performance. To me The Color of Money is a bigger issue as Newman’s win is one of the least inspired (alongside Henry Fonda of 1981 and Jeremy Irons of 1990!) while Cruise had a notable performance in that one.

Maybe he considers it a bigger personal achievement?

Can we add a certain male frontrunner here?

Just wanting to reflect on Vanessa Redgrave’s birthday top 15. She was also absolutely delightful in 1995’s A Month by the Lake!

What about Agatha, is it that bad?

I think most of the lineups are pretty disappointing this year, just like 2011 and 2015 were.

I’m all for Bale’s win but it’s going to look weird if he is getting his second win against two actors who just entered their 4th nomination and the another one his third…

Is Bohemian Rhapsody the BP nominee with almost the worst ever MetaCritic score? Only Extremely Close… tops it?

Well deserved nomination nonetheless!

Redgrave would also be considered as supporting (more than Spacek in my opinion). Agree about Coming Home, that was more about the picture and the lead actor win, I prefer her performances in China Syndrome & The Morning After.

Variety is predicting Dafoe.

If she doesn’t break through this year then it must mean she did something bad the industry cannot forgive!

I would also mention her brief but great appearance in Charlie Wilson’s War. 🙂

Would be disappointing if Driver got in without Washington…

Definitely keeping Rockwell in my predictions, afterglow is going to help. So funny that 3 out of 5 are practically afterglow anyway.

It seems 2008 was the last time there was someone else was winning from the GG drama lineup but it happened frequently earlier that decade.

You mean The Danish Girl & Carol?

I always assumed they did the same for The Hours as well since Meryl was lead at GG but then she was nominated for Adaptation as supporting over at Academy Awards plus Julianne Moore was a no-show from The Hours at GG…

Completely agree, those category placements were proper.

To me from the last three decades only The Hours and Carol are egregious, the rest can be justified one way or another.

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