For Best Actor - both Kevin Kline (Life as a House) and Sean Penn (I am Sam) get the nod, while Renee Zellweger and Cameron Diaz slip into the Best Actress and Best
Supporting Actress categories respectively.
Shakespeare is a tough sell for The Oscars for sure, but at least I hope, really hope that when it comes to Fassbender's and Cotillard's turns, Academy members will recognize them at least through a nomination in Best Actor and Best
Supporting Actress categories respectively.
Not exact matches
Theron and McDormand were nominated for Oscars in the Best Lead
Actress and Best
Supporting Actress categories,
respectively.
Denzel Washington, Gugu Mbatha - Raw and Chiwetel Ejiofor previous achieve this feat in the Outstanding Actor,
Actress, and
Supporting Actors
categories,
respectively.
Which is why non-British
supporting players like Heath Ledger and Penelope Cruz are competing in the Actor and
Actress of the Year
categories,
respectively — so don't get too excited about that.
Allison Janney («I, Tonya») and Sam Rockwell («Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri») have solidified themselves as Oscar frontrunners, going 3 for 3 this Awards Season in the
Supporting Actress and
Supporting Actor
categories,
respectively.
British - Indian Dev Patel and Indian
actress Frieda Pinto were also nominated for the Best Actor category and Best Supporting Actress but lost to Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and actor Mickey Rourke respec
actress Frieda Pinto were also nominated for the Best Actor
category and Best
Supporting Actress but lost to Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and actor Mickey Rourke respec
Actress but lost to Spanish
actress Penelope Cruz and actor Mickey Rourke respec
actress Penelope Cruz and actor Mickey Rourke
respectively.
The period movie, about a free black man from New York who is abducted and sold into slavery, has landed filmmaker Steve McQueen a nod for Best Director, while Chiwetel Ejiofor is shortlisted for Best Male Lead, and Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong» o will compete in the
supporting actor and
actress categories,
respectively.