The Best Actress category is NOT all about glamor and regality.
10 Best Actress winners you don't want to meet in a dark alley
Posted by Louis Virtel · 12:21 pm · February 10th, 2015
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Julianne Moore gives us her Kristen Stewart impression and talks 'Still Alice'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:05 pm · January 7th, 2015
Julianne Moore goes into great depth in an extended video interview about the research she conducted for her acclaimed performance in “Still Alice,” discusses working with old friend Kristen Stewart and whether she can watch herself on screen.
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Roundup: Why a winner-heavy Best Actress race is a bad thing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 am · October 11th, 2013
Also: “Gravity” backlash, and where “Blue Jasmine” is competing at the Globes
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Best Actress 2014: Oscar contenders include Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 pm · October 8th, 2013
HitFix’s awards editors survey the lead actress field fro Amy Adams to Shailene Woodley.
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NYFF pays tribute to Cate Blanchett… and so do we
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:30 pm · October 3rd, 2013
The star’s sixth Oscar nod is on the way, but her career goes deeper than that.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:56 am · February 21st, 2013
Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis and Naomi Watts square off.
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Emmanuelle Riva on playing part of a Michael Haneke symphony in 'Amour'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:10 pm · December 10th, 2012
We talk to the Boston and Los Angeles critics’ choice for Best Actress.
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Jennifer Lawrence named Outstanding Performer of the Year by Santa Barbara fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:25 am · November 28th, 2012
The Best Actress frontrunner will receive a tribute on February 2.
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The Long Shot: Independent women
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 pm · November 7th, 2012
The Best Actress race is only as weak as voters choose to make it.
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Best Actress 2013: Potential nominees from Keira Knightley to Quvenzhané Wallis
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:12 am · October 10th, 2012
Surveying the year’s leading ladies as the season commences
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Safety first: putting a lid on the 2011 Oscars
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:15 pm · February 27th, 2012
With its surfeit of repeat winners, familiar names and backward-glancing films, last night’s Academy Awards found the Academy sticking with what they know.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Actress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:05 pm · February 23rd, 2012
This year’s Best Actress category pitches one ingenue on her first nomination against four actresses who’ve been to the dance before — one of them a record 16 times. We examine who will win, and who should.
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The Long Shot: Vehicle trouble
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:11 pm · December 7th, 2011
Many Oscar-watchers are describing this year’s Best Actress race as “weak,” a pejorative that has less to do with the fine performances in play than the iffy films many of them happen to find themselves in. But does it have to be that way?
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'The Help' is no laughing matter, says HFPA
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:31 am · November 17th, 2011
Hey, has there been a more hilarious performance all year than Viola Davis’s wackily oppressed, zanily bereaved maid in “The Help?” There has, you say? Whatever. Anyway, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is with you, as they’ve barred DreamWorks’s planned strategy to campaign the film in the Musical/Comedy races at the Golden Globes. The Globes […]
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 67 — 'Shame' and NC-17, documentary feature discussion and the weekend's releases
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · October 28th, 2011
In this weekend’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the NC-17 rating leveled toward Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” the documentary feature category in the wake of a pair of documentary organizations’ nominations announcements and this weekend’s releases, from “Anonymous” to “The Rum Diary.”
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Glenn Close aims for Best Actress in the first trailer for 'Albert Nobbs'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:19 pm · October 12th, 2011
The new trailer for Glenn Close’s labor of love, “Albert Nobbs,” has finally dropped. Will the performance bring her into Oscar’s lead actress five? Time will tell.
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Williams shines but 'Marilyn' buckles under an uncompelling perspective
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:42 am · October 10th, 2011
Simon Curtis’s “My Week with Marilyn” gives actress Michelle Williams a grand opportunity to shine. But the film itself suffers under the burden of a perspective not all that compelling.
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Olivia Colman bigs up 'Iron Lady' co-star Streep
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:39 am · October 7th, 2011
British TV actress Olivia Colman sings the praises of her “Iron Lady” co-star Meryl Streep, while her own Oscar-caliber turn in UK indie “Tyrannosaur” earns rave notices from local critics.
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