Thank you, Piper Halliwell, and I’m very grateful to you for speaking up on this issue in earlier threads. I didn’t have a chance to respond because the other thread was closed. The whole terminology of one person “eating” another on this show without a qualification as to why that is is really grating. I totally agree that it’s an unfair…[Read more]

It’s always so interesting to me how people are always pitting Comer and Oh against each other, one sadly negative side effect of a show with two female leads. If one was “universally seen” as better than the other, it’s not because one is the better actor than the other, it’s because one’s character has been vastly better written and is more…[Read more]

Halle Berry remains the only woman of color to ever win the Lead Actress Oscar. Viola Davis remains the only woman of color to ever win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. During her speech, she said “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity … You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are…[Read more]

In keeping with this thread, here’s a letter on Variety from Asia Kate Dillon, who is non-binary, where they argued to eliminate gender-specific acting categories from the SAG Awards.

So interesting that you bring up “Blue Sky” because I was just thinking about that film and how it was a little film that filmed in 1990, was finished ready to be released in 1991, but due to Orion Pictures going bankrupt, it wasn’t released until 1994. If it had been released in 1991 as planned, I think Jessica Lange would likely have been…[Read more]

Kenan Thompson followed by Kate McKinnon. Kenan really should win multiple acting Emmys. He did win an “Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics” Emmy in 2018.

In the last 11 years since the beginning of the preferential ballot era, 7/11 Lead Actress Oscar winners have come from Best Picture nominees. The only 4 who haven’t were:

2011 Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady. I think she was 29 years overdue for her 2nd Lead Actress Oscar and 3rd Oscar overall, even if people didn’t really like the film. It also…[Read more]

If there are all or mostly female nominees and winners, I foresee a lot of complaints and grumbling from the men claiming they’re trying to be politically correct. If there are all or mostly male nominees and winners, I can see complaints from the women about sexism. If there are quotas of 5 men and 5 women in the non-gender specific categories,…[Read more]

I’m hopeful for Viola Davis, but unless if her movie is a Best Picture contender, it will be a difficult road ahead. Also, I’m hopeful for Glenn Close as well in Supporting Actress. I know last summer, people were speculating that Cynthia Erivo in Harriet was the frontrunner but that was before Renee Zellweger’s performance in Judy premiered at…[Read more]

You’re not the only one, and although it’s an unpopular opinion, I agree with you on Oh deserving it. She had that tearful scene “I feel wide awake” with the doctor (her best scene), and the “killer Eve” persona in the season finale, which was the episode submitted. However, I don’t care though in what order Comer and Oh wins (they both deserve…[Read more]

You’re not the first to bring this up, but I think it will never happen.

The Television Critics Association (TCA) is the only major awards group that I’m familiar with that does this: Individual Achievement in Drama and Individual Achievement in Comedy going back to the 1996-1997 years. However, look at the year 1997-1998 for Drama: there are…[Read more]

Renee Zellweger winning a 2nd Oscar 16 years after her first Oscar and after she took a 6 year hiatus from acting was so unexpected. She’s clearly very loved in in the industry, and the character she played was so beloved, Judy Garland.

In terms of Winslet or Kidman, I’m leaning towards Winslet simply because she’s had more nominations. The last…[Read more]

1920’s:
1927/28- Emil Jannings – The Last Command / The Way of All Flesh
1928/29- Paul Muni – The Valiant
1930’s:
1929/30- George Arliss – Disaeli
1930/31- Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
1931/32- Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Wallace Beery, The Champ (will keep the tie)
1932/33- Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII
1934- Cl…[Read more]

1920’s:
1927/28- Janet Gaynor – Seventh Heaven / Street Angel / Sunrise
1928/29- Mary Pickford – Coquette
1930’s:
1929/30- Norma Shearer – The Divorcee
1930/31- Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
1931/32- Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932/33- Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory
1934- Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
1935- Bet…[Read more]

The Crown, “Aberfan” (changed because “Bubbikins” was not submitted)

The season finale was open ended enough that they could be aiming for a stand alone Villanelle season like episode 5. As others have said, it also felt like a series finale in a sense: a goodbye to the relationship between the two leads? Maybe they’re aiming to refresh and go in a completely different direction with a different cast for season…[Read more]

Yes, Titanic should have been nominated for and won the Original Screenplay Oscar. The film was a technical marvel, but also an incredible achievement in acting and writing as well.

I double checked and Titanic was the first film since The Sound of Music in 1965 to win Best Picture without a Screenplay nomination. No other Best Picture winner…[Read more]

1. Parasite
2. Moonlight
3. Birdman
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Argo
6. The King’s Speech
7. The Artist
8. Spotlight
9. The Shape of Water
10. Green Book

1. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
2. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
3. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
4. Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
5. Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
6. Ang Lee, Life of Pi
7. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
8. Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
9. Damien Chazelle, La La Land
10. Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water

This exactly. I’m waiting until I see Episodes 7 and 8, but I’m getting an ominous feeling that Eve’s gradual receding into the background of the show’s story line is foreshadowing a disappearance from the show, like Kenny/Hugo/Jess from Season 2. This is especially when you look at Heathcote’s comments in the media about either Villanelle or…[Read more]