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My favorite win ever in any category is Judy Holliday in “Born Yesterday.” She had played the role on Broadway for four years before the movie, and it shows. She turns what could have been a punchline bimbo character in a three-dimensional lived-in person, imbuing her with pathos and, surprisingly, wisdom. The scene where she and Broderick Crawford play cards would be enough on its own to justify a win. She deserved to win going away over Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson.

How’s that for a controversial win to defend?

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I don’t I have ever seen a good actor look so bad as Harrison Ford in “Morning Glory.” It was sad.

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Haven’t seen quite all of them, so this is based on what I have seen.

Best Actor – Sean Penn, Milk,
Best Actress – Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress – Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain

There aren’t many stinkers in the lists. Voters might not have made the same pick I have, but there aren’t many bad performances awarded (Cotillard being the obvious exception, IMO).

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Stephen Rea isn’t gay in “The Crying Game.” See, for example, his reaction at the big reveal.

One thing Hanks, Hurt, Penn, and Hoffman have in common is that their characters were pretty much completely de-sexed in their movies.

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Given the reviews, I am really surprised by the legs on Murder on the Orient Express. I hope that means we might get a second Christie soon (Death on the the Nile?) and that it will be better.

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Remember, the point of the cover is to sell magazines. I am guessing Gal Godot and a “Year of the Wonder Women” theme.

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1930s
Winner: It Happened One Night
Nominee: The Wizard of Oz

1940s
Winner: Rebecca
Nominee: Double Indemnity

1950s
Winner: From Here to Eternity
Nominee: Sunset Boulevard

1960s
Winner: Midnight Cowboy
Nominee: Mary Poppins

1970s
Winner: Annie Hall
Nominee: Taxi Driver

1980s
Winner: Amedeus
Nominee: Raiders of the Lost Ark

1990s
Winner: Silence of the Lambs
Nominee: LA Confidential

2000s
Winner: Chicago
Nominee: Sideways

2010
Winner: Moonlight
Nominee: Black Swan

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1930s:
Winner: Lullaby of Broadway, Gold Diggers of 1935
Nominee: They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Shall We Dance

1940s
Winner: When You Wish Upon a Star, Pinocchio
Nominee: The Trolley Song, Meet Me in St. Louis

1950s
Winner: Que Sera Sera, The Man Who Knew Too Much
Nominee: Unchained Melody, Unchained

1960s
Winner: Moon River, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Nominee: Bare Necessities, The Jungle Book

1970s
Winner: Last Dance, Thank God It’s Friday
Nominee: Rainbow Connection, The Muppet Movie

1980s
Winner: Fame, Fame
Nominee: Separate Lives, White Nights

1990s
Winner: Sooner or Later, Dick Tracy
Nominee: Miss Misery, Good Will Hunting

2000s
Winner: Lose Yourself, 8 Mile
Nominee: Belleville Rendez-Vous, Triplets of Belleview

2010
Winner: Let It Go, Frozen
Nominee: Lost Stars, Begin Again

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1940s
Actor: Edwinn Gwinn, Miracle on 34th Street
Actress: Celeste Holm, Gentleman’s Agreement

1950s
Actor: George Saunders, All About Eve
Actress: Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity

1960s:
Actor: Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Actress: Rita Moreno, West Side Story

1970s:
Actor: Joel Gray, Cabaret
Actress: Maggie Smith, California Suite

1980s
Actor: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda
Actress: Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck

1990s
Actor: Martin Landau, Ed Wood
Actress: Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinnie

2000s
Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious

2010s:
Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help

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Garth Brooks’ run from “No Fences” to “Sevens” has to be considered. It’s a six-album run like we will probably never see again. (Some might add in his self-titled debut, but it’s attention mostly came after he broke with “No Fences.” Each album is fantastic, and three of the six earned diamond status. The singles that came out of that run hold up to this day.

I would be tempted to throw “Double Live” (also diamond) in there as well.

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AwardsConnect wrote:

Dunkirk‘s Best Picture problem is it’s exceedingly unlikely to garner any acting nominations. And it ain’t a juggernaut on the level of Return of the King.

I wouldn’t be so sure that Dunkirk’s appeal doesn’t pull Rylance to a nomination.

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Gross.

I’ll note that Timberlake gets invited back to the Super Bowl after exposing Janet Jackson AND being the one to coin the phrase “wardrobe malfunction.” Janet is still basically a pariah in exile.

I hope he brings her one stage to perform with him.

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What a fantastic group of honorees. Not a weak link or hinky choice in the bunch. Particularly excited for Burnett and Varda, two influential directors who operated outside of the kinds of systems the Oscars recognize and in an era when women and directors of color were not taken seriously in Hollywood.

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All I want is for Kesha to get in AOTY and Record/Song for “Praying.” Nothing else matters to me this year.

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Helen Mirren seems like such an obvious choice.

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