«Up in the Air» co-stars Farmiga, playing Clooney's frequent - flyer soul mate, and Anna Kendrick, playing a smart but inexperienced efficiency expert, are competing against
each other for supporting actress.
Not exact matches
After winning a Best
Supporting Actress Oscar
for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few
other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Of course, we don't know if some of that 18 % were disappointed that Corbyn hadn't sworn undying
support for Putin,
others that he hadn't sworn undying
support for May, while
others might have wanted him to offer undying
support to «that
actress, What's her name?
Other screen credits include JERICHO, INSIDE NO. 9, PARTNERS IN CRIME, FORTITUDE, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME,
for which she was nominated
for the Best
Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOOD.
The
actress / singer dropped off the movie scene
for several years in order to pursue her musical career and
other ventures, then came back with a bang
for a
supporting role in Whip It, a comedy drama following an ex-pageant queen's experiences on a roller derby team.
Tilly's
other feature film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made inJennifer received an Academy Award ® nomination and an American Comedy Award nomination
for Best
Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway.
Even with campaigns in full swing
for The Big Sick and Get Out, among
others, the acting categories (with the exception of
Supporting Actress) are looking very... white.
Naomie Harris was just nominated
for Best
Supporting Actress for Moonlight and she is, as is every
other actor in that film, exceptional in her role.
Kim Basinger richly deserved her
Supporting Actress Oscar
for her portrayal of a conflicted femme fatale; unfortunately, her male costars are so uniformly fine that they may have canceled each
other out with the Academy voters: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and James Cromwell play LAPD officers of varying stripes.
Winning Academy Awards
for supporting actor and
actress, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, as well as a host of
other known and unknown actors like Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, turn in easily the best ensemble performance of the year in this unique boxing flick which is more about the relationships than the fight.
New mother Suranne Jones was named leading
actress for her role in «Doctor Foster», while
other acting nods went to
supporting actor Tom Courtenay
for «Unforgotten», and
supporting actress Chanel Cresswell
for «This Is England» 90», which also won the miniseries trophy.
Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Fountain and The Constant Gardener,
for which she received the Academy Award
for Best
Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award
for Best
Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a
Supporting Role.
I feel confident that Brie Larson will win Best
Actress here
for Room and Idris Elba will put a win on the board
for Beasts of No Nation in Best
Supporting Actor, but many of the
other categories could go multiple ways.
«Mudbound» earned three
other Oscar nominations Tuesday,
for supporting actress Mary J. Blige, cinematographer Rachel Morrison and original song «Mighty River.»
Tom Hooper, «The King's Speech» Year: 2010 Cast: Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall Director: Tom Hooper Distributor: Momentum Pictures Premiere history: Sept. 6, 2010 Telluride Film Festival; UK - wide release Jan. 7, 2011
Other awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Firth), Best Original Screenplay; British Independent Film Awards, Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Screenplay; Critics» Choice Awards Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Original Screenplay; Golden Globe Award Best Actor Motion Picture Drama (Colin Firth); Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth)
Other Oscar nominations: Best Actor Colin Firth (won), Best Director (won), Best Actor in a
Supporting Role (Geoffrey Rush), Best
Actress in a
Supporting Role (Helena Bonham Carter), Original Screenplay (won), Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Set Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing
The
other, a tale of complex women and domestic abuse, «Big Little Lies,» won four awards, including best limited series, best
actress for Nicole Kidman, and best
supporting actress for Laura Dern.
Other notable mentions include Jeff Goldblum in
Supporting Actor
for Le Week - end and Kristin Scott Thomas in
Supporting Actress for The Invisible Woman.
Despite two entries, one commercially successful, the
other a box - office disappointment, and a fifteen - year fallow period, the rights owners behind the Tomb Raider series decided to bring it back, replacing one Oscar winner
for Best
Supporting Actress, Angelina Jolie, with another, Alicia Vikander, giving Vikander's Lara Croft something Angelina Jolie's iteration never received, an origin story.
Other major movie awards went to James Franco, who won Best Actor in a Comedy
for his turn as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist; Gary Oldman, who won Best Actor in a Drama
for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour; and Allison Janney, who won Best
Supporting Actress for playing Tonya Harding's mother in I, Tonya.
Other winners included Mo» nique Best
Supporting Actress for for Precious, Up
for Best Animated Film, Inglourious Basterds
for Best Original Screenplay.
Other Awards Gala honorees were Allison Janney, who won the Spotlight Award,
Actress for her role in «I, Tonya,»; «Wonder Woman» star Gal Gadot (Rising Star Award,
Actress), who told her husband that she loved him in Hebrew during her thank you speech (Ani ohevet otcha); «Darkest Hour» star Gary Oldman (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor); «The Big Sick» lead Holly Hunter (Career Achievement Award); Mary J. Blige, feted with the Breakthrough Performance Award
for her
supporting role in «Mudbound»; Sam Rockwell, honored with the Spotlight Award, Actor
for his performance in «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri»; «Lady Bird» lead Saoirse Ronan (Desert Palm Achievement Award,
Actress); «The Florida Project's» Willem Dafoe (Icon Award); and «Call Me By Your Name» star Timothée Chalamet, who took home the Rising Star Award, Actor.
I haven't seen McAdams but the
other four are all really good (even if, really, Vikander and Mara should be vying
for Best
Actress rather than
Supporting Actress).
Other dishonors included Kaley Cuoco as worst
supporting actress for «Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip» and Eddie Redmayne as worst
supporting actor
for «Jupiter Ascending.»
Melissa Leo won a
supporting actress Oscar
for David O. Russell's 2010 feature The Fighter and a whole slew of
other top awards in her career including Emmys and Golden Globes.
They appeared to confirm their relationship when they sat with each
other during awards season, including when Vikander won the Best
Supporting Actress Academy Award
for her role in The Danish Girl in February.
A
supporting push
for Davis in favor of Amy Adams or Meryl Streep (Paramount's
other two Best
Actress possibilities) would be a slap in the face and a PR nightmare.
Its
other five nominations were
for Best
Actress (Julie Andrews who lost to Julie Christie in Darling), Best
Supporting Actress (Peggy Wood), Best Color Cinematography (Ted McCord), Best Color Art Direction / Set Decoration, and Best Color Costume Design.
Roots displayed it's staying power earning six nominations, including Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series, Malachi Kirby
for Outstanding Actor, Tip «T.I.» Harris
for Outstanding
Supporting Actor, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Anika Noni Rose
for Outstanding
Supporting Actress, Thomas Carter
for Outstanding Director, among
others.
Festival fave «Metro Manila» snared Best Film and Best Director, while the
other categories spread the love around with James McAvoy earning Best Actor
for «Filth,» Ben Mendelsohn winning Best
Supporting Actor
for «Starred Up» with Imogen Poots getting a new decoration
for the fireplace with her prize
for Best
Supporting Actress for «The Look Of Love.»
Four years later, Alfred Hitchcock — already a four - time nominee who was responsible
for Best Picture - winner Rebecca — released Psycho, which earned him his fifth and final Best Director nomination, as well as three
other nods, including one
for Best
Supporting Actress for Janet Leigh.
New awards announced today via press release include Julianne Moore
for the Hollywood
Supporting Actress Award (
for «A Single Man,» among
other films), Bradley Cooper
for the Hollywood Comedy Award (something had to go, by proxy, to «The Hangover,» I guess) and Ryan Kavanaugh
for the Hollywood Producer Award.
«I would really love to produce stuff
for other actresses,» Amy Adams, a favorite in this year's
supporting actress race
for her performance opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master,» tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Other winners in the film categories were Lady Bird
for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical); Guillermo del Toro
for Best Director
for The Shape of Water; Gary Oldman
for Best Actor (Drama)
for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan
for Best
Actress (Comedy or Musical)
for Lady Bird; James Franco
for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney
for Best
Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade
for Best Foreign Feature; Coco
for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat
for Best Original Score
for The Shape of Water; and «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman
for Best Original Song.
However,
other than these few screenplay picks, there were a lot of great choices to be found, including Laurie Metcalf continuing to dominate Best
Supporting Actress for her great performance in «Lady Bird» and Margot Robbie scoring a couple of wins
for «I, Tonya.»
Other releases include «The Hundred - Foot Journey,» starring Helen Mirren, Steven Spielberg's «War Horse,» based on Michael Morpurgo's award - winning book and was nominated
for six Academy Awards ® including Best Picture, and «The Help,» which resonated with audiences around the country and earned over $ 200 million at the box office and received four Academy Award ® nominations with Octavia Spencer winning
for Best
Supporting Actress.
The
other acting winners were Daniel Day - Lewis who received his third award
for Best Actor from the OFCS
for his work as the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln;
for Best
Actress in the film Zero Dark Thirty, Jessica Chastain; and Anne Hathaway receiving the Best
Supporting Actress award
for Les Misérables
The
other three acting winners were Michael Fassbender winning Best Actor
for his performance in Shame; Tilda Swinton's work in We Need to Talk About Kevin won the award
for Best
Actress; and Christopher Plummer received the Best
Supporting Actor prize
for his work in Beginners.
Other categories followed the expected pattern of the Oscars, such as
Supporting Actress going to Allison Janney
for her role in I, Tonya.
Other multiple award winners included Gone Girl (
for Best
Actress Rosamund Pike and Gillian Flynn's Adapted Screenplay), Interstellar (which earned nods
for its Visual Effects and Cinematography), and, in a surprise considering its indie status, Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (which earned praise
for Best
Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons and the director himself, as the FFCC's Breakthrough Artist).
It's possible they've been considering a lot of the fan
support for Blunt and
other actresses.
The short also serves as a reunion
for Rees and
other Oscar - nominated «Mudbound» compatriots, including Best
Supporting Actress nominee Mary J. Blige (who stars in the short) and Best Cinematography nominee Rachel Morrison (who lensed it).
The 70 - year - old
actress received not one, but two nominations this year — one
for her leading role in «Woman in Gold,» and the
other for a
supporting role in «Trumbo» — which is a rare accomplishment, especially surprising because «Woman in Gold» wasn't critically acclaimed and awards darling Jennifer Lawrence has a new drama in theaters this year, as well.
Casey Affleck won Leading Actor
for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, which also won Original Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan), while
other unexpected wins include Viola Davis, taking home Best
Supporting Actress for Fences and Dev Patel, landing Best
Supporting Actor
for Lion.
Other film awards went to Laurie Metcalf,
supporting actress for «Lady Bird,» beating out odds - on Oscar favorite Allison Janney in «I Tonya»; Greta Gerwig, best director
for «Lady Bird»; Sally Hawkins, best
actress for «The Shape of Water»; «BPM (Beats Per Minute),» foreign film; Jordan Peele, screenplay,
for «Get Out»; «Faces Places,» documentary; «The Shape of Water,» visually striking film of the year; «God's Own Country,» unsung film; and «Mother,» campy flick of the year.
Almost as though to deliberately undercut the BFCA's self - appointed, self - important positioning as the most accurate bellweather
for Oscar whims, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association responded to the BFCA's highly prescriptive, strategic best
supporting actress award
for Winslet's arguably leading performance in The Reader by handing Winslet two Golden Globes (one
for The Reader, the
other for Revolutionary Road, Winslet's official leading performance bid).
«Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)» Year: 2014 Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Premiere history: Venice Film Festival Aug. 27, 2014; limited release Oct. 17, 2014; wide release Nov. 14, 2014
Other awards won: Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead (Michael Keaton), Best Cinematography; British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Cinematography; Critics» Choice Awards Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Academy Award nominations: Best Picture (won), Best Director (won), Best Original Screenplay (won), Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best
Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), Best
Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
«Spotlight» Year: 2015 Director: Tom McCarthy Cast: Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Distributor: Open Road Films Premiere history: Venice Film Festival Sept. 2015; wide release Nov. 6, 2015
Other awards won: Independent Spirit Awards Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Robert Altman Award; British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Original Screenplay; Critics» Choice Awards Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Academy Award nominations: Best Picture (won), Best Director, Best
Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best
Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing
Directed by: Robert Stromberg Written by: Linda Woolverton Main Cast: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Janet McTeer, and
others... Past Oscar relations: Angelina Jolie won Best
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Other winners in film categories included Best
Supporting Actress Allison Janney
for Neon's «I, Tonya,» Best Actor Gary Oldman
for «The Darkest Hour» (Focus Features) and Best
Actress Frances McDormand
for «Three Billboards.»
Unless: Mara is the
other actress nominated
for supporting who belongs in lead.