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in NewsZoe Kazan to Campaign in Lead, Carey Mulligan to Go Supporting for ‘She Said’
Some breaking Oscar campaign news to report. Last week at the New York Film Festival, Awards Radar editor Joey Magidson saw and raved about She Said. You can see his review of the movie here, which he called brilliant and proclaimed “She Said is a tribute not just to doing the hard work of journalism, but […] More
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Michelle Williams to Compete for Lead Actress Oscar Nomination
The actress was previously considered as the frontrunner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this year. More
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The Top 25 Best Actress Winners So Far (Updated)
Believe it or not, the penultimate installment of this series is here, folks. As a reminder, this is a tradition I’ve been keen on for years. Yes, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, […] More
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The Best Actress Race Has Chosen Chaos This Season!
Folks, do we have a Best Actress race or what? Much like last year, things have evolved in such a way as to make the competition for the Academy Award truly a five horse race (even if last year was more a three or perhaps four horse one). Oscar voters have absolutely no frontrunner to […] More
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Are We Looking At Trouble Ahead for the Best Actress Race?
The 2014 Oscar race is remembered for many things—albeit the Academy as a whole would like to forget. This was the first of two consecutive years without a person of color amongst the acting nominees. And adding to their troubles only one of the Best Actress contender’s performance was in a film nominated for Best […] More
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The Top 25 Best Actress Winners So Far
The penultimate installment of this series is here, folks. As a reminder, this is a tradition I’ve been keen on for years. Yes, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will […] More
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Gotham Awards Introduce Gender Neutral Awards Categories
After years of debate regarding acting categories at awards shows, the Gotham Awards are the first domino to fall. This year The Gotham Film & Media Institute introduced a sweeping change to replace their Best Actor and Actress categories with awards for Outstanding Lead and Supporting Performances. According to the institute’s press release, performances will […] More
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Before the Gold: Best Leading Actress
This month, we’re taking a look at this year’s Oscar nominees and digging into their past work to find hidden gems that you may have overlooked, or specific credits that may have influenced their Oscar-nominated work this year. The Best Leading Actress this year is one of the most entertaining, unpredictable races we’ve seen in… […] More
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The Case for All Five Nominees in Best Actress
How about this Best Actress race? No other category is as up in the air as this one. Furthermore, Actress is setting itself up to be one of the most thrilling categories in some time. It all begs the question that I asked last week: who the hell is winning Best Actress? Whomever wins among […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Who the Hell is Winning Best Actress?
Like everyone else, I’m puzzled by the Best Actress race. Just a week ago, it seemed like the race was pretty steady. Hell, all the races were. It was just a question of whether Nomadland was going to win all of its nominated categories or just most of them. Then, the Screen Actors Guild got […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #16: Joey, Myles, Ryan, and Steven Speculate about Best Actress
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #10: Joey, Myles, Ryan, and Steve Talk Best Actress, David Fincher, and More!
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
