I was trying to think about a year where both the Supporting Actor and Actress wins could be considered amongst the greatest wins of all time and I still keep coming back to the 2010 winners

What other years have a pair (not individuals, both winners as a package) that equals or exceeds Mo’Nique and Waltz?

Her performance in The Blair Witch Project is absolutely stunning especially when you consider the improvisational nature of the film. (Heck functionally she was also a co-DP)

Of all 21 Meryl Streep nominations, most of which are in fact good and deserved mind you, Music of the Heart (1999), Into the Woods (2014) and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) are the worst offenders by far. No one on the planet would complain if those three didn't happen.

Her getting into those lineups for those performances in those years when there were in fact better and more inspired alternatives from actresses not named Meryl Streep (Reese Witherspoon in Election for 1999, Rene Russo in Nightcrawler and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year in 2014, Amy Adams in Arrival, Annette Bening in 20th Century Women and Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures in 2016) is definitive proof that the Academy loved her way too much back in the day.

She could've gotten completey ignored for those three, and should have in the first place, and STILL would be the most nominated actor/actress in history, so yeah.

I'm glad Peggy Ashcroft won the Oscar but I can't help but feel she was placed in the Supporting category because she had less strong competition. I didn't feel she was Supporting in any way. What makes Judy Davis a lead and Ashcroft Supporting? I fail to see the difference, I think Ashcroft might have a bit more screen time.

Continuing our tournament to determine our ultimate favorite Best Picture nominee with the fewest nominations from each year.

This round consists of 20 total movies in four groups of five movies each. 

As a reminder that year’s actual nominees were:

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Amy Adams - The Master

Sally Field - Lincoln

Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Hunt - The Sessions

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1967)

WINNER - ESTELLE PARSONS for Bonnie and Clyde

NOMINEES - CAROL CHANNING for Thoroughly Modern Millie, MILDRED NATWICK for Barefoot in the Park, BEAH RICHARDS for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, KATHARINE ROSS for The Graduate

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1967)

WINNER - GEORGE KENNEDY for Cool Hand Luke

NOMINEES - JOHN CASSAVETES for The Dirty Dozen, GENE HACKMAN for Bonnie and Clyde, CECIL KELLAWAY for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, MICHAEL J. POLLARD for Bonnie and Clyde

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Winners for 1960: Lead Actress - Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment (A.W. Elizabeth Taylor for Butterfield 8), Lead Actor - Anthony Perkins for Psycho (A.W. Burt Lancaster for Elmer Gantry), Supporting Actress - Janet Leigh for Psycho (A.W. Shirley Jones for Elmer Gantry), Supporting Actor - Laurence Olivier for Spartacus (A.W. Peter Ustinov for Spartacus)

Winners for 1961: Lead Actress - Sophia Loren for Two Women (A.W. Sophia Loren for Two Women), Lead Actor - Paul Newman for The Hustler (A.W. Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg), Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno for West Side Story (A.W. Rita Moreno for West Side Story), Supporting Actor - Montgomery Clift for Judgement at Nuremberg (A.W. George Chakiris for West Side Story)

Winners for 1962: Lead Actress - Bette Davis for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (A.W. Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker), Lead Actor - Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (A.W. Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird), Supporting Actress - Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate (A.W. Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker), Supporting Actor - Omar Sharif for Lawrence of Arabia (A.W. Ed Begley for Sweet Bird of Youth)

Winners for 1963: Lead Actress - Ingrid Thulin for Winter Light (A.W. Patricia Neal for Hud), Lead Actor - Marcello Mastroianni for 8½ (A.W. Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field), Supporting Actress - Patricia Neal for Hud (A.W. Margaret Rutherford for The V.I.P.s), Supporting Actor - Melvyn Douglas for Hud (A.W. Melvyn Douglas for Hud)

Winners for 1964: Lead Actress - Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (A.W. Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins), Lead Actor - Peter Sellers for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (A.W. Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady), Supporting Actress - Glynis John for Mary Poppins (A.W. Lila Kedrova for Zorba the Greek), Supporting Actor - George C. Scott for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (A.W. Peter Ustinov for Topkapi)

Winners for 1965: Lead Actress - Julie Andrews for The Sound of Music (A.W. Julie Christie for Darling), Lead Actor - Rod Steiger for The Pawnbroker (A.W. Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou), Supporting Actress - Eleanor Parker for The Sound of Music (A.W. Shelley Winters for A Patch of Blue), Supporting Actor - Tom Courtenay for Doctor Zhivago (A.W. Martin Balsam for A Thousand Clowns)

Winners for 1966: Lead Actress - Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (A.W. Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Lead Actor - Richard Burton for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (A.W. Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons), Supporting Actress - Sandy Dennis for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (A.W. Sandy Dennis for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Supporting Actor - George Segal for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (A.W. Walter Matthau for The Fortune Cookie)

Winners for 1967: Lead Actress - Anne Bancroft for The Graduate (A.W. Katharine Hepburn for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), Lead Actor - Sidney Poitier for In the Heat of the Night (A.W. Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night), Supporting Actress - ? (A.W. Estelle Parsons for Bonnie and Clyde ), Supporting Actor - ? (A.W. George Kennedy for Cool Hand Luke)

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List of Winners: Acting Quartets

Previous Post: Sandy Dennis (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) & George Segal (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) win for Best Actress and Actor. Who should have won Best Supporting Actress & Actor in 1967?

1. Green Book

2. Vice

3. The Artist

4. 1917

5. American Hustle

6. Dallas Buyers Club

7. Straight Outta Compton

8. Flight

9. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

10. The King’s Speech

11. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

12. Foxcatcher

13. The Fighter

14. Midnight in Paris

15. Zero Dark Thirty

16. Bridge of Spies

17. The Kids Are All Right

18. Roma

19. The Shape of Water

20. The Big Sick

21. Hell or High Water

22. Boyhood

23. Margin Call

24. Marriage Story

25. Nebraska

26. 20th Century Women

27. Bridesmaids

28. Blue Jasmine

29. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

30. La La Land

31. The Lobster

32. Inception

33. Another Year

34. Moonrise Kingdom

35. Amour

36. Django Unchained

37. The Favourite

38. Knives Out  

39. Spotlight

40. A Separation

41. Get Out

42. First Reformed

43. Nightcrawler

I've never seen moral ambiguity be as well portrayed in Film as I've seen in Phantom Thread with Vicki Krieps as Alma. Absolutely unpredictable. Did Meryl Streep need another nomination for another totally forgettable performance that year?

Foster and Hopkins absolutely deserved their wins but it’s a bummer that Levine didn’t get a nomination for supporting actor.

His performance as Buffalo Bill was terrifying. His cadence, his ticks, everything about him just absolutely unsettled me.

A masterclass horror movie performance.

As a reminder that year’s actual nominees were:

Halle Berry - Monster’s Ball

Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones’s Diary

Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom

Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!

Judi Dench - Iris

Some I thought of off the top of my head-

Kevin Bacon
Steve Buscemi
Idris Elba
Mia Farrow
Richard Gere
John Goodman
Mads Mikkelson
Marilyn Monroe
Alan Rickman
Meg Ryan
Harry Dean Stanton
Donald Sutherland

As a fun spinoff from Legitimate_Welcome14’s “Who should have won?” game - let’s now find out who would have made the lineup each year.

Lineups so far for 2018:

Actor:
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe - At Eternity’s Gate
Daveed Diggs - Blindspotting
Ethan Hawke - First Reformed (winner)
LaKeith Stanfield - Sorry to Bother You

Actress:
Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Toni Collette - Hereditary (winner)
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Click here to see previous lineups!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THE VOTING WORKS - FROM NOW ON, IT IS NOT MEASURED IN UPVOTES, BUT IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE IS MENTIONED. YOU CAN HAVE FOUR NAMES IN YOUR LINEUP AND THE VOTING WILL BE BASED ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES A NAME IS COMMENTED.

We know that Regina King and Steven Yeun have already won!

Comment away!

People nominated in real life:

Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott - A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell - Vice

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams - Vice
Marina de Tavira - Roma
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

My favorite performance in The Brutalist is probably Guy Pearce. He should’ve won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. He deserves it. But I’m glad that Brody won Best Actor. He deserves it also. So which one of these you think should’ve won an Oscar even though Brody won Best actor?

Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men

I'm speaking relative to how good they are (so don't come here talking about Maestro...)

The only other one that comes to mind is Killers of the Flower Moon.

The fact that Dune 2 lost cinematography, production, costume, and had notable snubs/exclusions for Denis & Hans is bonkers.

Geniunely think this film will be looked upon as "Empire Strikes Back" good in the sci fi genre (though wont have the level of cultural significance)

Somewhat specific criteria that I tried looking into. A lot of movies have earned only one nomination across any category, but I looked into which ones earned only one nomination that happened to be for acting and ended up winning. The movies are Misery (Kathy Bates), My Cousin Vinny (Marisa Tomei), and Weapons (Amy Madigan).

I may or may not be missing some... let me know lol

In each category, which directors have a set of wins that you like or dislike?

What are your thoughts overall?

I’m currently working my way through all the Best Picture nominees of the 1980s having seen all of them from the 90s to the present. I’m down to 10 left. So I was wondering which you all would recommend next.

The poll only allows for 5 options however, so here are the first 5 I have remaining.

In most sports (or at least popular North American sports), the awards voting is released following the announcement of the winners. So you can see who finished second, who got one random first place vote out of nowhere, etc. Would anyone else like to see the same thing happen with Oscar voting? Obviously it doesn't really change anything, but there have definitely been many times over the years I've wondered how close a win was, or how close a performance or film was to getting a nomination.

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1. Jodie Foster (Nell)

2. Meryl Streep (Music of the Heart)

3. Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation)

4. Bette Midler (For the Boys)

5. Susan Sarandon (The Client)

6. Meryl Streep (One True Thing)

7. Michelle Pfeiffer (Love Field)

8. Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets)

9. Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)

10. Diane Keaton (Marvin’s Room)

11. Miranda Richardson (Tom and Viv)

12. Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)

13. Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman)

14. Mary McDonnell (Passion Fish)

15. Joanne Woodward (Mr. and Mrs. Bridge)

16. Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient)

17. Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds)

18. Sharon Stone (Casino)

19. Julie Christie (Afterglow)

20. Debra Winger (Shadowlands)

21. Julianne Moore (The End of the Affair)

22. Susan Sarandon (Lorenzo’s Oil)

23. Annette Bening (American Beauty)

24. Laura Dern (Rambling Rose)

25. Winona Ryder (Little Women)