Frances McDormand joins the Best
Actress race with Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, although I'm not sure about the film itself.
Not exact matches
Or consider JB Priestley's account of travelling out of London in 1933 along the Great Western road and confronting the endless, low - density exurbia of ribbon sprawl: «We might suddenly have rolled into California... This is the England of arterial and by - pass roads, of filling stations and factories that look like exhibition buildings, of giant cinemas and dance - halls and cafes, bungalows
with tiny garages, cocktail bars, Woolworths, motor - coaches, wireless, hiking, factory girls looking like
actresses, grey - hound
racing and dirt tracks, swimming pools, and everything given away for cigarette coupons.»
With actress and activist Cynthia Nixon declaring her candidacy on Monday, the 2018 New York governor's
race is officially heating up.
Evan Rachel Wood: This Jason Wu colour - block,
racing stripe suit was in keeping
with the
actress's affinity for menswear - inspired tailoring at the Westworld Featured Session on Saturday (March 10).
Naomi Watts: The
actress stuck to a more conservative approach in her long trench coat, styled
with a blouse and
racing - stripe trousers.
Kate Bosworth: The
actress was also in a Rachel Zoe Collection ensemble, hers heavy on the casual - chic factor
with its off - the - shoulder blouse and wide trousers
with racing stripes down the sides.
The
actress and lifestyle guru arrived at JFK looking chic in a striped button - up, a blush - hued track jacket
with gold
racing stipes, wide - leg Army green pants, Valentino rockstud sneakers ($ 795; neimanmarcus.com), and a white Celine handbag
with black accents.
In the sequel to «That Guy... Who Was In That Thing,» follow 8
actresses as they detail their experiences in Hollywood
with plastic surgery,
race, sexism, nudity, recognition, double standards, age and family.
Players will take to the skies
with Dusty and other characters, including Ishani, voiced by
actress Priyanka Chopra; Echo, voiced by actor Anthony Edwards; and Bravo, voiced by actor Val Kilmer, as they embark on global missions, air
races and grand adventures around the world.
It's a formidable Best Picture contender
with a strong shot at nominations across - the - board
with Kristin Scott Thomas more of a threat than people think for a Supporting
Actress nomination (despite a now more robust competition than evident before Lady Bird and I Tonya crushed ideas about that particular
race).
Compared
with this year's lead
actress Oscar
race — a wide - open contest packed
with serious contenders and no clear winner in their midst — the lead actor competition is a little less exciting.
• LA Times New AMPAS president John Bailey «not as boring as you think» (FYI the media has become obsessed
with Laura Dern running for this position but she actually declined the nomination) • EW First look at Jessica Chastain in Molly's Game • Awards Daily Sasha looks at the Best
Actress race, wonders if it's finally Annette Bening's year.
As Thomas» onscreen sister, a seemingly grounded wife and mother whose carefully organized sense of self begins to collapse as she is confronted directly
with her past, Zylberstein's delicate, empathetic portrayal is a dark horse to watch in the Best Supporting
Actress race.
We hope the word of mouth is there for it because if Oscar is going to honor a sports movie this year let it be this one rather than I Tonya (which has scheduled it's one - week qualifying Oscar release in NY & LA for December 8th) since this one is actually well - made across the board and beautifully acted
with Emma Stone making a strong case for herself in the gorgeously overstuffed Best
Actress race.
The Best
Actress race has been shaken up a bit
with the announcement that Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl and Rooney Mara for Carol are «going lead.»
What It Could Win: Another small film
with legs, Loving premiered at Cannes and early praise seems to have cemented stars Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton's places in the Best
Actress / Actor
races.
But by all accounts the film is also something of a personal triumph for the
actress who did take up the reins, Sandra Bullock, as her casting was initially greeted with jeers in some quarters, but her performance is now being tipped to feature in the Best Actress Osca
actress who did take up the reins, Sandra Bullock, as her casting was initially greeted
with jeers in some quarters, but her performance is now being tipped to feature in the Best
Actress Osca
Actress Oscar
race.
SNUB: Diane Kruger, «In the Fade» After winning the best
actress prize at Cannes, for playing a woman dealing
with grief after losing her family in a terrorist attack, Kruger hasn't been able to break into the awards season
race.
With last year's winner for Outstanding
Actress in a Drama, Kyra Sedgwick, noticeably not nominated, Kit Bowen takes a look at a more wide open
race in our Road to the Emmys Series.
With an Oscar race that's filling up with actresses portraying pop culture icons (Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, Naomi Watts as Princess Diana), i
With an Oscar
race that's filling up
with actresses portraying pop culture icons (Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, Naomi Watts as Princess Diana), i
with actresses portraying pop culture icons (Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, Naomi Watts as Princess Diana), it...
Some of the best episodes carried controversy lightly on their shoulders — The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee dealt
with race and the Confederate flag; Jeremy Goodwin dated an «adult film
actress» over a four - episode arc; The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail dealt
with date rape by a sports star; co-anchor Dan begins therapy, and so much more — not for the sake of controversy, but always in service of telling a compelling story.
• The Best
Actress race has all of its cards on the table as «Frankie & Alice» continues to screen (I caught up
with it this week, though Anne hasn't gotten around to it yet).
Hathaway's co-star Rosemarie DeWitt (who, I must agree
with Kris, is the film's real standout) appears to be gathering momentum in the Best Supporting
Actress race — hopefully at the expense of Debra Winger.
One of the films that didn't blow us away at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by
actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male
race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and
with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.
It appears as if the Best Supporting
Actress race will be between Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong» o, and
with the latter recently winning at the Screen Actor Guild, we have her slightly nudging out J - Law for the win.
A column on the state of the Oscar
race after Venice, Telluride and Toronto,
with an emphasis on the abundance of actors and
actresses playing real people.
In short: this is one of the easiest
races to call, Oscar-wise, this year (especially
with Amy Adams not being in the running for the Best
Actress Oscar for her role in Arrival, as was long expected to happen).
Now that Claire Foy has swept every
actress award, she has also become the frontrunner in the best
actress race, especially
with Maslany out of contention this year and Viola Davis losing steam.
With Jennifer Aniston out of the Oscar
race and Marion Cotillard in, that makes predicting Best
Actress kind of tough, although it's mostly still Julianne Moore's to lose.
Sony Pictures Classics is planning a full - court press Oscar campaign for the
actress and
with Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) as recent winners from the studio, they know how to run this
race.
I mean, I'm not sure that Rachel's is the strongest performance in the Best Supporting
Actress group but it's already been established that there's category fraud in that group to begin
with, and if Rachel wants to step up to that challenge and turn it into a
race, for sure I'm down.
With a little help from the crisis, ANY CRITIC, they could have been launched into the race — though even then, Best Actress is already too full, with most slots reserved early by high - profile roles and veteran perform
With a little help from the crisis, ANY CRITIC, they could have been launched into the
race — though even then, Best
Actress is already too full,
with most slots reserved early by high - profile roles and veteran perform
with most slots reserved early by high - profile roles and veteran performers.
I've been wondering if the supporting
actress race could turn out to be like the 2007 one where a respected
actress, but whose work is not usually Academy - friendly (Farmiga and Gyllenhaal), beats the front runner
with their one Academy - friendly role.
Denzel Washington is still very much in the Best Actor
race with a Best Actor in a Drama nom for «Roman J. Israel, Esq.» And don't count out Judi Dench, who received a Best
Actress in a Comedy or Musical nom for «Victoria & Abdul».
It appears as if the Best Supporting
Actress race will be between Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong» o, and
with the latter recently winning at the Screen Actor Guild, we have
At this early stage it's tough to suss out exactly what the chances of a film like Sicario making a big splash in the Oscar
race are, but Supporting Actor (for Del Toro), Cinematography, and Sound seem like its safest bets,
with nods for
Actress, Director, Picture, and Score potentially in the cards — assuming the Academy doesn't brush this off as «too challenging», that is.
We should celebrate the fact that the
race for Best
Actress was packed this year
with several amazing performances by Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Jones and others.
While Emma Stone seems to be the early favorite for Best
Actress at the moment (
with plenty more to come, like Viola Davis in Fences and Annette Bening in 20th Century Women, not to mention Jessica Chastain in Miss Sloane, and many many more), Best Actor has no current frontrunner, if you consider Nate Parker now out of the
race.
That means that when they anointed A Most Violent Year
with Picture, Actor, Supporting
Actress it was thought that their enthusiasm might push the film into the Oscar
race.
This weekend's box office results may not have brought any good news to the by - the - numbers new studio releases, but in terms of the Best
Actress Oscar
race they added to the mix
with some very reliable older stars who are helping to continue to define this nascent
race with veteran
actresses who could dominate the field.
In what is seen as a wide - open Oscar
race so far, several films followed closely behind The Shape of Water, including Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers drama The Post,
with six nominations, including best
actress for Meryl Streep and best actor for Tom Hanks.
With that in mind, it goes to reason the best
actress race is by now bursting at the seams: Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Jessica Chastain, Sally Hawkins, and Frances McDormand join Carey Mulligan («Mudbound»), Judi Dench (Venice bow «Victoria & Abdul»), and Annette Bening (Telluride bow «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool») in a veritable blood bath.
Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson continued the fierce awards
race contest by both taking home lead
actress prizes for Joy (Musical or Comedy) and Room (Drama), while Sly Stallone unexpectedly proved there's life in the old dog yet
with a Best Supporting Actor win for Creed.
After winning the best
actress prize at Cannes, for playing a woman dealing
with grief after losing her family in a terrorist attack, Kruger hasn't been able to break into the awards season
race.
This
race looks closer even than Supporting
Actress,
with odds - makers having Her as a very, very narrow favorite — the film's only real shot for a major win.
With little in the way of actual development (this season is curiously divided on the timeline as we've got maybe another month before more major titles begin screening), I figured it would be a good idea to keep things going on that front and take a look at the supporting
actress race.
Boasting enough fine performances to fill a 10 - wide field at least, Supporting
Actress is this year's most riches - packed
race, and the one
with the least room for disappointment.
Moonlight Leads
with 7 Nominations, La La Land Earns Six Portman, Huppert, Bening Among
Actress Award Hopefuls Sing Street, Captain Fantastic in Unsung Film
Race Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Nocturnal Animals on Campy Flick Short List Insecure, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Westworld Among Series Picks Beyonce, Samantha Bee, Bill Maher, Thrice - nominated Kate McKinnon in Mix Too John Waters Named «Timeless Star»...
Three years later, he returned for the second time
with the emotionally stirring familial, class,
race, and life drama Secrets & Lies, and walked away
with the Palme D'Or, helping Brenda Blethyn earn Best
Actress for her portrayal of mother - in - shambles Cynthia.
The
race kicked off early
with the Sundance premiere of The Sessions, in which previous Best
Actress winner Helen Hunt was singled out for her touching work opposite John Hawkes in the character - centric drama.