I’m thinking 2015. In other years, the winners were either considered overdue or were backed by a studio with a strong campaign. Further back in time, 2005.

Not to mention that the stylist’s post has “#nom” on it. How convenient that they overlooked that.

Out of Africa. I’ve never been a fan of Meryl’s performances overall but she totally carried this film on her shoulders. And the film itself is an epic. But nearly all of these were great films.

I’m so done with this award season. I don’t give fuck who wins what anymore. This has been the most pointless, most drawn-out award season ever. And then they wonder why the ratings of all these award shows are so low.

It’s bewildering to think that Vanessa could go home empty handed. To this very day I do not understand the hype over Mulligan’s performance. Carey didn’t do shit especially when compared to Vanessa’s performance. It’s mindboggling that Vanessa’s performance has been ignored nearly all season long. It’s almost as if all these awarding bodies…[Read more]

I truly hope it doesn’t come down to that. To deny someone the win on the basis of optics. That would be a shame.

Swank was not nominated for a BAFTA that year. Her nomination came the following year, probably because of eligibility issues.

From your mouth to the ears of the divine.

The fact that Vanessa got in at BAFTA as her film’s sole nomination speaks volumes to the strength of her performance.

In 20 years, only 5 Best Actress winners were the sole acting nominees from movies that got nominated for BP. 4 of those winners won all 4 precursors.

There seems to be this perception here that just because a movie got several nominations, that it’s going to wind up winning something. When in reality, the nominations are the reward and it doesn’t “have to” win anything at all. I remember when American Hustle got 10 nominations but it didn’t win anything, and that film was a huge hit.

I couldn’t decide between The English Patient and Dances With Wolves because I love them both. But I went with The English Patient.

Vanessa Kirby
Andra Day
Carey Mulligan
Frances McDormand
Viola Davis

Because months ago they created their own little narrative about Davis winning and they are continuing to cling to that narrative. She didn’t get a BAFTA nod, but they think that if she just wins SAG she’s somehow going to win the Oscar. How, when there is zero buzz for her performance. The end result of this whole awards season is that Davis will…[Read more]

LOL I wonder if she was dropping a hint when she posted that pic.

Halle herself campaigned. I remember hearing that she hosted a brunch for Academy members that year.

Those really should be the top 3 in the predictions center, especially when Kirby can potentially win both SAG and BAFTA. There’s no real reason why Kirby and Day should be in spots 4 and 5.

Yes, thank goodness that some people actually admit this because it’s true.

Absolutely, she was the MVP of that movie for me. It’s a shame that she didn’t win because she was fantastic.

But y’all were saying that Close would be snubbed and yet she got nominated. What passion does Youn have? She hasn’t won anything and actually lost what should’ve been the easiest win for her.

Seriously, her costar Boseman had no problem winning TWO precursors thus far, so why didn’t she win? This whole idea that the SAG is going to save her chances of winning the Oscar is just ridiculous. She couldn’t even manage to get a BAFTA nomination in what (as you said) was a POC-friendly nominations process. And it’s not just the Academy that…[Read more]