maybe not nomination worthy but another one I like from that year is Laurie Metcalf in Desperately Seeking Susan.

And the competition. Jessica Lange would have won for Frances if it hadn’t been for you Meryl lol. And then she probably wouldn’t have won her second for a small little seen film like Blue Sky had Jodie Foster not already won two.

Huston also had a very strong Oscar narrative. Her father had put her in a film called “A Walk with Love and Death” when she was like 16 or so that got such bad reviews and she was considered such a joke that she barely worked in the years in between that film and Prizzi’s Honor. (think Sofia Coppola in Godfather 3.)

So when her father put her…[Read more]

Meg Tilly, Agnes of God (winner)

Rosanna Arquette (After Hours)
Angelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor)
Linda Fiorentio (After Hours)
Tracey Ullman (Plenty)

Stallone looks annoyed too. No smile. Especially since he is losing to a man who died. Even if he hadn’t died Peter Finch would have won. Lot of ego on the Rocky team I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnL3uE-TzFw

Did Jenrette submit herself or did the show do it?

If they had only not let the three episodes hang over the deadline Sydney Sweeney probably could have got in since Jenrette did. (and of course Bradley Whitford.)

Shire looks mad when she loses too. She obviously thought she stood a chance even though Dunaway on her third nomination (and being close to winning for the first two) would have been unbeatable. Strange.

A question:

I missed this.

After June has the baby how does she suddenly end up back at the Waterford’s?

I remember her giving birth and then the next episode it seemed like she was being escorted back to their house. How did she get caught? Did I miss something?

I doubt it. They didn’t do it for Oprah and she’s Oprah!

Strahovski is due in Sept. On the editors chat on Emmy day Chris said the show won’t start filming again until late spring or summer of next year.

So odd how Maron and Brie got in at SAG but not the Emmys.

Now I’m guessing that GLOW did so well at SAG because it was one of only a few shows that sent out the complete season on DVD.

“Then theres the continued lack of ANY commentary on race because we’re supposed to believe in a homophobic, sexist, mysoginistic society THE ONE ism they don’t have is racism?”

I think the producers have said they decided to ignore race (in the book non-whites are sent to the colonies) because they would have had to cast just white people on…[Read more]

Probably! I thought the finale was quite suspenseful. They had a lot of little moments where you didn’t know what would happen (sort of like when June lets Serena hold the baby—I thought she’s going to grab her and turn June in.)

One little thing I noticed in regards to Bradley Whitford’s character: after Emily is taken out of the house through what seems like the cellar you can hear Bradley’s wife say “Wait, I didn’t get to say goodbye.”

I thought that was an odd thing to say about someone who just tried to kill Lydia in your house assuming she was their friend BUT…[Read more]

Once I was wandering around a parking garage looking for my car after a play. I had forgotten where I parked. She seemed to be having the same problem because I kept seeing her and Chris Guest looking around on different floors like I was. It was so Halloweenish. I’d open a door or get off an escalator and turn the corner and then suddenly there…[Read more]

I thought you had to apply to join the Academy (and have sponsors who are already in recommend you.)

Seinger was just invited without knowing about it?

Piper Laurie, Carrie
Paula Prentiss, The Stepford Wives
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby
Marcia Gay Harden, The Mist
Holly Palance, The Omen

Judy Davis was considered the favorite going into the awards and the thinking is the whole Woody/Mia mess hurt her chances since that was going on at the time (although they would award Wiest and Sorvino for Allen films in the next few years.)

I think almost every time there has been only one American among the nominees the person has won.…[Read more]

I agree Midnight Express is riveting and haunting. Those first twenty minutes or so with the Oscar winning music as he is getting on the plane is just so suspenseful.

I guess a lot of the film wasn’t true and Oliver Stone even apologized to Turkey years later for giving it such a bad reputation plus Hayes was actually guilty of the smuggling…[Read more]