This week on the season finale of AND THE RUNNER-UP IS 🥈,
@msmlroberts
joins me to break down the 1999 Best Actress race, where Hilary Swank beat Annette Bening, Janet McTeer, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep. Listen now!
Meryl Streep earned her 10th Oscar nomination for playing Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County (1995).
What do you think of Streep’s performance?
Amy Adams earned nominations from Critics Choice, Golden Globes, SAG, and BAFTA for her performance in Arrival but was shockingly omitted from the Oscar lineup.
Do you think she deserved a spot in Best Actress? Would you have voted for her to win?
Glenn Close earned her fifth Oscar nomination for playing the Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988).
What do you think of Close’s performance?
These are the 2021 Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Rank the nominated films in order of personal preference.
And as a bonus, provide at least one snubbed film you think deserved a nomination.
Congrats to Best Actress Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Kate Winslet on their Emmy wins! While Winslet previously won an Emmy for Mildred Pierce, this is (shockingly) Colman’s first Emmy, after three previous losses. Colman is now halfway to an EGOT.
The incredible Liv Ullmann will be accepting her Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement tonight at the Governors Awards! She has (only) two previous Best Actress nominations, for The Emigrants (1972) and Face to Face (1976).
What are your favorite Liv Ullmann performances?
These are the 2021 Oscar nominees for Best Actress. Rank the nominated performances in order of personal preference.
And as a bonus, provide at least one snubbed actress you think deserved a nomination.
These were the Best Picture nominees in 2017.
How would you rank these 9? Even if you haven't seen them all, rank the ones you have! Curious to see where people stand now that we're distanced enough from this race.
Happy Birthday to Academy Award nominee Elliot Page, who turns 35 today! The actor earned his first and thus far only Oscar nomination for his starring role in the 2007 comedy Juno.
Congrats to Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga for adding another industry award nomination to her tally — a
#TonyAwards
nomination for playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth!
One of the wildest Best Actress races in Oscar history ends tonight! After two years of repeat Oscar winners in this category I’m hoping we’ll get a new one, but how sweet would it be to have Cruz win for an Almodóvar film?
Who do you think is our next Best Actress winner?
These are the nominees for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Rank these films in order of personal preference.
Also, as a bonus, name one film you think was snubbed of a nomination.
These are the Oscar nominees for Best Picture of 2023. Rank the nominated films in order of personal preference.
And, as a bonus, provide one additional film you think deserved a nomination.
Happy Birthday to Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman! It remains bizarre that she only has four Oscar nominations (pictured here) when she really should have double that. What non-Oscar nominated Kidman role is your favorite?
Kristin Scott Thomas earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Katharine Clifton in The English Patient (1996).
What do you think of Scott Thomas’ performance?
These are the nominees for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards. Rank these films in order of personal preference.
Also, as a bonus, name one film you think was snubbed of a nomination.
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Nicole Kidman did not earn an Oscar nomination for To Die For despite winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
Do you think she deserved a nomination? Would you have voted for her to win?
These are the 2021 Oscar nominees for Best Director. Rank the nominated directing achievements in order of personal preference.
And as a bonus, provide at least one snubbed director you think deserved a nomination.
Happy Birthday to Academy Award nominee Kristen Stewart, who turns 32 today! The actress earned her first Oscar nomination this year for playing the late Princess Diana in Spencer. Hopefully the first of many!
RIP Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher, who created one of the most enduring characters in film history as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 💔
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD comes to the Criterion Collection on June 28! The film is currently nominated at the Oscars for Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay.
Elizabeth Taylor won her second Best Actress Oscar for playing Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
What do you think of Taylor’s Oscar-winning performance?
Rosalind Russell earned her fourth (and final) Oscar nomination for playing the title role in Auntie Mame (1958).
What do you think of Russell’s performance?
Mary Tyler Moore earned her first (and only) Oscar nomination for playing Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People (1980).
What do you think of Moore’s performance?
Katharine Hepburn won her third Best Actress Oscar for playing Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1968), in a tie with Barbra Streisand.
What do you think of Hepburn’s Oscar-winning performance?
Our celebration of LGBTQ Best Actress nominees concludes with Kristen Stewart! The critically-acclaimed actress earned her first Oscar nomination this past year for her turn as Princess Diana in Spencer.
These are the 2021 Oscar nominees for Best Actor. Rank the nominated performances in order of personal preference.
And as a bonus, provide at least one snubbed actor you think deserved a nomination.
These are the nominees for Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards. Rank these films in order of personal preference.
Also, as a bonus, name one film you think was snubbed of a nomination.
I'm a big fan of movie title cards, so I'll use this thread to showcase the films nominated in Best Actress as we talk about them on the podcast.
First batch, 1927-28!
(not included/found: A Ship Comes In)
Happy Birthday to the incomparable Saoirse Ronan! She has amassed three Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe, and numerous critics awards and she is now only 25 years old. What a queen!
Jodie Foster won her second Best Actress Oscar for playing Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
What do you think of Foster’s Oscar-winning performance?
Crushing news: The fearless Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87.
When Ms. Jackson really sunk her teeth into a role, there was no one more entrancing to watch.
These are the 2022 Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Rank the nominated films in order of personal preference.
And as a bonus, provide at least one snubbed film you think deserved a nomination.