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The movie review podcast that highlights the likely runner-up of past Oscar races! Currently covering Best Actress / Hosted by @Kevin_Jacobsen

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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!
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Best Adapted Screenplay winners of the 2020s so far.
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What a moment 😭
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A competitive Oscar would’ve been nice, but an honorary one is cool too 😁 congrats to Academy Award WINNER Liv Ullmann!
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Ellen Burstyn for Interview Magazine 🔥
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Rank the Best Original Screenplay Oscar winning performances of the 2010s in order of personal preference.
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What's your favorite Michelle Yeoh performance, outside of her Oscar-winning turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once?
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RIP Academy Award nominee Glynis Johns, who just turned 100 in October.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Cate Blanchett earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998). What do you think of Blanchett’s performance?
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Rank the Best Animated Feature Oscar winners of the 2010s!
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Annette Bening earned her second Oscar nomination for playing Carolyn Burnham in American Beauty (1999). What do you think of Bening’s performance?
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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.
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2. Milo Machado-Graner – ANATOMY OF A FALL
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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.
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Oscar nominations coming Tuesday! Who do you think will be nominated for Best Actress?
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Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
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Fernanda Montenegro earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Dora in Central Station (1998). What do you think of Montenegro’s performance?
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Happy Birthday to Academy Award nominee Winona Ryder, who turns 51 today!
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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?
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@thomaselawler Going by film year, not ceremony year.
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Jessica Lange and Meryl Streep at the 55th Academy Awards in 1983, where they won for Tootsie and Sophie’s Choice, respectively
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gorgeous cover art for Criterion's upcoming release of THE PIANO, out in Jan. 2022!
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1. Dolly de Leon – TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
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Happy Birthday to Academy Award nominee Fernanda Montenegro, who turns 93 today!
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Rank the Best Original Screenplay winners of the 2010s!
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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!
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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?
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Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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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.
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Carrie Fisher, Shirley MacLaine, and Meryl Streep in promotion of Postcards from the Edge (1990)
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Here are your winners for the above-the-line categories of 2022!
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And the winner is... Kristen Stewart — SPENCER — 2,095 points!
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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.
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Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog
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Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
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Jane Fonda with future star Meryl Streep on the set of Julia (1977), the latter's first feature film
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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?
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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?
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According to #FilmTwitter 's average ranking of these categories, these are the nominees you are most hoping will win the Oscar tomorrow!
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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. IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO COUNT, I AM ONLY TALLYING REPLIES, NOT QUOTE-TWEETS
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Brenda Blethyn earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Cynthia Rose Purley in Secrets & Lies (1996). What do you think of Blethyn’s performance?
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Faye Dunaway won her Best Actress Oscar for playing Diana Christensen in Network (1976). What do you think of Dunaway’s Oscar-winning performance?
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Paloma Diamond is classic runner-up vibes
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Glenn Close earned her fourth Oscar nomination for playing Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). What do you think of Close’s performance?
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Rank the Best Animated Feature Oscar winners of the 2010s!
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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?
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Meryl Streep earned her ninth Oscar nomination for playing Suzanne Vale in Postcards from the Edge (1990). What do you think of Streep’s performance?
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Sharon Stone earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Ginger McKenna in Casino (1995). What do you think of Stone’s performance?
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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.
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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!
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Best Actress nominee Carol Kane arriving at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976 — a mood.
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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 💔
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Emily Watson earned her first Oscar nomination for playing Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996). What do you think of Watson’s performance?
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Cher won her Best Actress Oscar for playing Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck (1987). What do you think of Cher’s Oscar-winning performance?
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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.
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Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon at the 30th anniversary event for Thelma & Louise
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EGOT. Huge congratulations to the incomparable Viola Davis!
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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?
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To recap, here’s the full ranking of the Best Picture lineup of 2017 according to your votes!
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Rank the Best Actress Oscar winning performances of the 2010s in order of personal preference.
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To recap, here's the full ranking of the Best Picture Oscar winners of the 2010s according to your votes!
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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.
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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.
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Meryl Streep earned her eighth Oscar nomination for playing Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark (1988). What do you think of Streep’s performance?
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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)
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And the winner is… Cate Blanchett – TÁR – 1,888 points!
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Fernanda Montenegro attending the Oscars as a Best Actress nominee for Central Station (1998)
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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!
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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?
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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.
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First and final shots of Glenn Close as the Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
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