#Oscar Nominated Actor

[lookstairs]

If I hear one more thing about these oscar snubs I’m gonna scream

I loved Barbie!

Margot Robbie is an amazing actress and Greta is an amazing director but all I was hearing about the Oscar’s was “Oh they were snubbed” “Can’t believe they were overshadowed” “Oscars are stupid”

So imagine my surprise when I see AMERICA FERRERA WAS NOMINATED

So much outrage over the women who didn’t get nominated yet no cheers for the one who did?

America Ferrera has been in the industry for years and she’s finally getting the recognition she DESERVES

WHY CANT WE BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT!

WHY CANT WE CELEBRATE THAT?!!

And the worst part is no one has been more gracious about this than Margot. She’s not posting about her outrage or her anger, she’s proud of the movie they made and is supportive of all of her costars

[crumb]

JOHN HAWKES as DANNY NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 1995 | dir. Jeff Burr

[thefabelmans2022]

no one except steven spielberg is brave enough to hold open auditions and chemistry tests these days. no one wants to work anymore everyone just wants to cast twitter white boys of the month when they could be CREATING twitter white boys of the month.

[doyouknowthisactor]

By "roles" I mean playing a different character, and in a different piece of media; someone playing one character across a franchise only counts as one thing for the purposes of this poll, as does playing multiple characters in one franchise/piece of media

Below are some of this actor's roles. Please only check after voting!

The Office US as Michael Scott (6 Emmy nominations)

Foxcatcher as John du Pont (Oscar nomination)

The 40-Year-Old Virgin as Andy

Little Miss Sunshine as Frank Ginsburg

Carell has one additional Emmy nomination.

He is married to actor Nancy Walls.

More roles

[mickey-flicks]

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I make one for myself every year and figured some of filmblr might be interested! I personally print it out, but you can use it digitally as well!

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[toffoliravioli]

saturday night live - vancouver style

[tvnacity]

man, people criticized barbie for being a sanitized intro to feminism but clearly that’s the level it needed to be at considering the academy watched the whole thing and went yeah… director (and main actress) whom??? We Must Nominate Ken

[mysticdragon3md3]

[christianbalefanatic]

Christian Bale arrives for his nomination for Best Actor for Vice as Dick Cheney at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood, California (February 24, 2019)

Re: Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in Vice (2018) dir. Adam McKay

(christianbalefanatic edit)

[cherrycruise]

THE OSCARS LUNCHEON 2023

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

The issue of power is so interesting (or something) to see because yes, from an economic perspective Taylor undoubtedly has more sway -- she's one of the most famous people on the planet, she's a billionaire, her every move is followed, etc. So I can almost sort of understand the concern, in another scenario, where some people may expect that she could crush her detractors (For instance, I'm thinking about how Harvey W. silenced his victims as a Hollywood mogul, or how corporate titans silence whistleblowers which I feel are analogies some people may turn to. Or maybe we've all just watched too much of the Roys on Succession.)

I said this in the tags of a post the other day I think, but I think some of the discourse is kind of conflating power with platform. And yes, Taylor undoubtedly has a bigger platform, again by virtue of her fame and position in the media/industry. But part of that is that she's visible in these areas, and her presumed subjects aren't, of their own choice. If any of these subjects ever chose to spoke out, or make art based on their experiences, or pursue opportunities in the media/public eye, they would absolutely be given a platform for it. (Going way back, think of how JM used the media to give his side of the story through his music and his interviews after their split. And I'd argue he was probably way more public/direct about it than she ever was.)

If any of these people decided they wanted their side of the story out there, it would be and it would absolutely be turned into a story. (And arguably that may already be starting but that's a whole other thing.) And this is just my opinion, but given that the subjects of these topics are often privileged white men, I'd argue that their sides tend to carry (more) weight regardless of their economic status in relation to her. If JM or JG or JA or HS wrote a book or a song or a script about their experiences, even only insinuating about her, it'd be the conversation. And not to be a cupcake about it, but the media seems to always want to find something to knock her down a peg about (which, sure, journalism's job is to hold people accountable, but that's not what always happens here and we know it), so they would absolutely give this the time of day, if they chose to put anything out there.

The thing is, I do see in a superficial way that there is there is a clear difference in their socioeconomic/celebrity status, and perhaps that's perceived as a power imbalance, but that's implying that she's dictating a whole host of entities out of her control, and I just don't think she holds the sway of those that some feel she does. Don't get me wrong, she's absurdly wealthy and has influence, but so do so many other people around her, including those who don't support her. (That's the wrong word for it, but I just mean, people who aren't in her circle/sympathetic to her.) And as I've posted about so so so many times before, THESE OTHER PEOPLE (men) ARE WEALTHY AND IN THE PUBLIC EYE TOO. They are all in careers that entail celebrity and involve their own influence in the media. These are not shrinking violets in private civil life who are like, grocery store checkout clerks. They're actors and musicians and media personalities who play the same game. And even the "poorest" of these subjects for the most part are millionaires who are far, far wealthier than any of us will ever be in our lifetimes. They may choose to stay off of social media or the press when it suits them, but they could absolutely make art or give interviews about their experiences and they would command their own kind of influence. (I'd also argue that they would be given a platform thanks to Taylor's platform, but that's another thing.)

I don't want to dismiss the influence of her wealth and stature in the entertainment industry, and I feel like that's kind of where the perceived "imbalance" comes from, but to be frank, I feel like if any of these other subjects spoke out, the media would be so quick to raise their stature in the press for the sake of clicks/controversy/what have you. Critics claim that Taylor can crush any story or person who goes against her, but I think given the breadth of stories out there about her at any given time (the NYT op ed, the jet stuff, the DM stuff, etc.) I don't think that's true; I think the publicity/clicks outlets get for covering stuff, even if salacious, outweighs any concerns over upsetting her or burning bridges. (Not saying that may have not happened, but... I think it would be more obvious if it were a regular occurrence these days.) If anything, 2016 through rep kinda proves that she doesn't have the "control" of the media that some claim she does.

But most importantly, THE ALBUM ISN'T OUT YET. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LYRICS ARE. Taylor gets accused of writing diss tracks, but she rarely does, and I don't think she's written an outright callout song since her Fearless/Speak Now days when she was a teenager/very young adult. Just about everything since Red on has been about her own feelings, experiences, etc. and not a literal "you did x and y and z and you're stupid and i hate you" song. She's not calling people out by name, and truly only chronically online fans are going to deduce who songs are about; five years from now, people discovering the music will just know they're bops (or depressingly sad breakup songs, as the case may be).

I don't know where I'm going with this, i'm talking in circles, it's just interesting how things are being interpreted or assumed so far. I fully acknowledge I'm a cupcake so I'm generally not going to jump to the worst conclusion about Taylor, but there's also curious sociological/gender stuff happening in these conversations. I absolutely think that if the roles were reversed and her exes were billionaire household names and she was an indie artist, nobody would ever talk about power dynamics. I think it's all moot because like so many people have said, I don't think the album is going to be what some think it's going to be, and I think it's going to be way more introspective/vulnerable/dark than what they assume a breakup album is going to be, though obviously I don't know anymore than they do. It's just funny because you never hear about this with other people. (Like, was there a big fuss when Kelly Clarkson wrote a breakup album about her ex-husband? I know she's not as wealthy as Taylor and her ex was probably wealthier than Taylor's exes, but she's someone with sway in the industry and is on TV everyday, but everyone kind of said "lol her ex was a jackass wow she writes sad banger ballads" and moved on.)

Anyway I don't want to start shit or anything, but I'm just giving my two cents about my observations of the whole media landscape stuff.

[dragonsareawesome123]

Past Lives getting 0 acting Oscars nominations??? Oscars you are dust!!!

[seefasters]

i hate to weigh in on the whole barbie oscar controversy but i thought people had a problem with ryan gosling being nominated while margot robbie isn't, not that margot robbie isn't nominated at all

[madeleineengland]

The rooftop scene in May December outclasses every performance in Barbie by the way

[yelena-bellova]

I was watching ABC’s coverage of the Oscar noms this morning and the first thing they talked about after all was announced was Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s snubs.

Clayton Davis (Variety) straight up said that it was genre bias and that he’d spoken to some members of the academy who all said a variation of “It’s just a fantasy comedy.”

I honestly don’t know what to say about these people who claim to be the all-knowing body of feminism, but won’t nominate a movie that perfectly embodied it.

[thehours2002]

ben affleck is cancelled