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Director of LaLa Land is an incredible talent, 31 and already has two smash hit films under his belt. Great future ahead of him.
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They said the same about Michael Cimino and many others over years. Hollywood is a very fickle business.
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This is a problem for it, if you think many people will vote for pictures their friends are in then "La La Land" could be like "Brokeback Mountain" going against "Crash" and its cast of thousands
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La-La famously has 150 SAG members doing a song and dance number in it's opening scene.
But "Manchester by the Sea" seems to a two part film so that will face the same trouble. Haven't seen Moonlight to judge how broad its cast is |
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Similarly Richard Kelly looked destined for great things after Donnie Darko...
![]() I guess if you're Ron Howard you can afford a few flops (though he may be getting near the limit) but a new Director has to succeed every time |
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Fantastic performance from Denzel in Fences. He deserves to win another Oscar. Surely Viola Davis will win also. She should be nominated in the Best Actress category.
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Fantastic performance from Denzel in Fences. He deserves to win another Oscar. Surely Viola Davis will win also. She should be nominated in the Best Actress category.
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Is Rogue One eligible?
It would get my vote for Best Film. |
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Is Rogue One eligible?
It would get my vote for Best Film. |
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Hugely unlikely the actors would vote to give R1 any major awards, is assumed they'd be against the whole CGing dead actors into new films thing.
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Is Rogue One eligible?
It would get my vote for Best Film. "Moonlight" I was still thinking about for days after |
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Seems really open in the Best Actor/Actress categories this year.
Affleck seems to be losing some momentum, and I'm wondering if one of the ladies will steal it from Stone. |
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Seems really open in the Best Actor/Actress categories this year.
Affleck seems to be losing some momentum, and I'm wondering if one of the ladies will steal it from Stone. |
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Hopefully Denzel and Viola.
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viola is going for supporting actress, so she seems like a surefire bet to finally get one.
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She may nab a Best Actress nod as she won the Best Actress Tony for her stage performance in Fences.
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Though the committees are the ultimate arbiter of which category an actor is entered I think the studio will be pushing for support as the lead category is so strong
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Kate Winslet campaigned for a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for The Reader and won the GG and SAG awards for Best Supporting Actress but AMPAS nominated her in the Best Actress category for which she won.
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit is another recent example of an actress being put in the wrong category to increase their Oscar chances. You could even argue that Anthony Hopkins should have been nominated in the supporting category for Silence of the Lambs given his lack of screen time. Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay cancelled each other out when they both got Best Actor nominations for the Dresser, they might both have won had the latter been put in the supporting category. |
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Winslet was clearly the lead in the Reader though, whereas Washington has the main role in Fences.
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit is another recent example of an actress being put in the wrong category to increase their Oscar chances. You could even argue that Anthony Hopkins should have been nominated in the supporting category for Silence of the Lambs given his lack of screen time. |
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It's a bit of an insult though that an actress who has a significant amount of screen time in the movie has to settle for a Best Supporting Actress nom just as a strategic move.
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I doubt she'll care as long as she wins.
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She deserves the Best Actress award for her performance. Much better than Emma Stone and Natalie Portman.
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I saw Fences today, and can 100% confirm Viola Davis will win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. It's powerful stuff! (Though everyone seems to know that already.)
When I first heard she was campaigning in supporting I assumed it was category fraud like Alicia Vikander, but I think they can justify it. She has a lot of screen time but has a lot less lines and initially is very much a supporting role to Denzel Washingtons character. |
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Just a heads up that Fences is making the rounds online. I will be watching it later without a doubt as this is one of the few films i am really eager to see.
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Just a heads up that Fences is making the rounds online. I will be watching it later without a doubt as this is one of the few films i am really eager to see.
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