Not exact matches
For the last few years Andy Serkis has been at the center of the conversation about actors in
performance - capture roles being
nominated for
Oscars.
Then there are the memorable
performances by Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith, all three of whom were
nominated for
Oscars, not to mention Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed.
While I made a concerted effort to see as many films as I could where the odds of making an appearance at the
Oscars in February were very much in their favor, I wasn't entirely successful and therefore I can't comment on every lead
performance that's been
nominated.
Warren's most recent
nominated song «Til It Happens to You,» which came from The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rape and sexual violence on college campuses, also made a huge social impact on the
Oscars and beyond, even to the point of having then - Vice President Joe Biden introduce Lady Gaga's
performance at the 2016 Oscar show.
And on Sunday's
Oscars telecast, where she gave the first of the night's
performances of the tunes
nominated for original song, Blige made the acts that followed look like outmatched beginners.
Foster and Harrelson (in an
oscar nominated role) both deliver intense and solid
performances, every time they notify a next of kin, it's unbearably nerve wracking.
The 23 - year - old actress has been
nominated for the Best Actress prize at this
Oscars for her
performance in «Lady Bird», and although she is taking her mum, Monica, to the ceremony, Saoirse revealed she almost decided on taking the beloved family pooch.
But it's the unique choices by the SAG awards, to
nominate Aniston, and the
Oscars, to
nominate Cotillard, that has me reviewing these two films /
performances together.
It's not surprising that McDormand, Harrelson, and Rockwell are all
nominated for
Oscars for their
performances.
But though Anderson's films have been collectively
nominated for 20
Oscars prior to Phantom Thread, they've only won two — both for There Will Be Blood, one for Daniel Day - Lewis's
performance (Day - Lewis is
nominated for Phantom Thread as well) and one for Robert Elswit's cinematography — and Anderson has not personally won any.
Also in favor for The Grandmasters — Yut doi jung si (original title)-- is the fact that nearly 50 biographic
performances have been
nominated for acting
Oscars in that same ten year stretch.
From a purely «
oscar» stand point, I mean — there's been plenty of great
performances, but not many with a hope in hell of getting
nominated.
Oscars» Best Actor and Best Actress winners, Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) and Brie Larson (Room), still have more awards to possibly grab for their films as DiCaprio is
nominated for Male
Performance and Best Fight and Larson is
nominated for Breakthrough
Performance.
This year's winner was Mel Gibson, who was
nominated two years ago for his
performance in «The Expendables 3» and who has now scored a Best Director and Best Picture nomination at the
Oscars with «Hacksaw Ridge.»