#Academy Award for Best Actress

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TWO OF THE FAIREST LADIES OF THEIR GENERATION -- TWO OF THE FAIREST FOR ALL TIME.

PIC INFO: Mega spotlight on film actresses Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews at the 1965 Academy Awards. Hepburn beat out Andrews for the leading role in the film of "My Fair Lady," but Julie Andrews won the year’s Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Mary Poppins."

MINI-OVERVIEW: "During her two-year run in "Camelot," Andrews was approached by Walt Disney to star in a film musical of the children’s book "Mary Poppins." At the time, she was expecting her first child, but Disney was willing to wait until after her child was born to begin production. Andrews and Walton had a daughter, Emma, in 1962. Andrews had hoped to be cast in the film version of "My Fair Lady"; she and her many admirers were disappointed when Warner Brothers chose to cast an established film star, Audrey Hepburn, in the role. Publicity surrounding the choice was intense; Hepburn was not a trained singer, and her vocals were dubbed by singer Marni Nixon."

-- ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Same Julie Andrews, Stage and Screen Actress)

Sources: https://achievement.org/achiever/julie-andrews, Cinephiled, Reddit, Pinterest, X, various, etc...

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020, George C. Wolfe)

15/04/2024

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Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Poor Things" US actress Emma Stone, Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Oppenheimer" Irish actor Cillian Murphy, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "The Holdovers" US actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Oppenheimer" US actor Robert Downey Jr. pose in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards

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Remember the Palestinian genocide is still ongoing, even during Ramadan and while everyone is distracted by the Oscars. Make noise.

They are going to worsen their strikes while people are looking away. It is already happening. Don't look away and use your voice for the people of Palestine.

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Clara Bow

The first movie to win an Academy Awards for “Best Film” was shot in Texas, 1977 “Wings”, a silent film starring Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers, was filmed in and around San Antonio and made it’s premiere in the Alamo City.

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph wins the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in THE HOLDOVERS - March 10, 2024

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Ryan Gosling didn’t deserve that Oscar nom but neither did Margot Robbie. The level of performances this year were insane and the real snub was Greta Lee’s performance in Past Lives. Also, Lily Gladstone just became the first Native American (US) woman to be nominated at the Oscar for Best Leading Actress. The white feminism off people be having is insane.

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Photo: IFTA, 15 February 2018

Remember International Women’s Day 2024?

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the only important thing i have to say about the Oscars is that Jamie Lee Curtis shouldn't have one. Yes she's an amazing actor. I love the Halloween movies! But she spoke like 4 times throughout the entire movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. Whereas Angela Basset AND Stephanie Hsu were pouring their hearts out for their roles. Angela's acting was incredible, and BPWF meant so much to her. Stephanie's acting was also incredible, especially considering how nuanced her character is in EEAAO. Either of them should have won!!!!!

ALSO THIS PROVES THAT NEPOTISM AND RACISM ARE REAL AND PRESENT IN HOLLYWOOD!!!! CAUSE WTF!!!! Jamie won a coveted award for a movie with an ALL ASIAN CAST?? Make that make sense??

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Silver Screen magazine, May 1940

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Marriage Story (2019, Noah Baumbach)

25/12/2023

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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone at the Oscars 2024

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306 - Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her

A film with strong festival reviews that gets dumped to cable television because its commercial prospects appear slim? Sounds like something ripped from today's cinema headlines, but it's the case for this week's film, Rodrigo Garcia's Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her. Led by a prestigious cast of awards show mainstays, the film is a tapestry of loosely interconnected stories that detail the inner lives of women living in the San Fernando valley. After successful trips to both Sundance and Cannes, the film's distributor sold the film to Showtime when even its good reviews weren't considered enough to merit a theatrical release.

This episode, we talk about the understated work of writer/director Garcia and the critical community's reaction at the time to the film's punting to cable. We also talk about Calista Flockhart's run on Ally McBeal, Kathy Baker and Valeria Golino's absence from the film's marketing, and how Glenn Close and Holly Hunter went from Oscar beloveds to Emmy perennials.

Topics also include the Emmys, MGM's then-looming bankruptcy, and the Tyra Banks game.

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The 2001 Academy Awards

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Grace Kelly’s wedding dress was a gift from MGM, made by the Academy Awards winning costume designer Helen Rose - 1956