MTFB OSCAR TAKE: LEAD ACTING
Here's an update for my predictions of the lead acting categories for the 94th Academy Awards. As always, TFF #48 performers are in Bold. The performers' last position in these predictions is indicated to the right in parentheses. These categories were last predicted on Oct. 7th.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Kristen Stewart/Spencer (1)
2) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2)
3) Frances McDormand/The Tragedy of Macbeth (3)
4) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter (New)
5) Lady Gaga/House of Gucci (4)
Alternates: Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers and Jennifer Hudson/Respect
BEST ACTOR
1) Will Smith/King Richard (1)
2) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth (3)
3) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog (2)
4) Peter Dinklage/Cyrano (4)
5) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM (5)
Alternates: Clifton Collins/Jockey and Joaquin Pheonix/C'mon C'mon
BELFAST NEWS
* Won the Audience Awards from both the Middleburg and Mill Valley Film Festivals this past week. Here's that story from Sasha Stone at Awards Daily. Incidentally, The Rescue won for Best Documentary at both fests and C'mon C'mon won Audience Favorite for U.S. Cinema at Mill Valley.
*Jumped to a larger lead on the Gold Derby odds for the Best Picture Oscar. Here that is from Gold Derby.
*Focus Features dropped a new trailer for the film. Here that is from YouTube:
INTERVIEWS
THE LAST DAUGHTER TRAILER
Netflix released a first trailer on Monday for Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter which stars Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Jesse Buckley. The film is due Dec. 31st. Here's the trailer from YouYube:
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