Comments on: Premature Oscar Predictions: The 2014 Best Actress Nominees

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I think Lowlife is a force not to be reckon with.
It seems as though it's going to be like King's Speech, in that it's a period piece, and it's main draw is the superb cast. Only it's a bit more serious and real.
Also here's to hoping Gray at least gets a Best Screenplay nom.

By: jamie

jamie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

You forgot one of the most important things regarding Grace of Monaco: Harvey.

Outside of August: Osage County, I could really see that being one of his main horses. I mean, it's Nicole freaking Kidman playing Grace freaking Kelly and it appears to be the perfect storm: Royalty porn, with a little Hollywood mixed in (I've heard that a subplot involves Kelly's eagerness to return to Hollywood around the time Hitchcock offered her Marnie) plus the combination of actress and role. And Harvey Weinstein.

By: Tobi

Tobi — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Your predictions for Best Actress seem way more exciting and a much 'star-studded' affair then the Best Actor predictions. Four of these five all former winners, and they've all been nominated before. Very much looking forward to a number of these performances, especially those of Chastain and Olsen.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

How about Paulina Garcia, she just won the prize of best actress in Berlin and this film(GlÃ³ria) received very good reviews

By: brace

brace — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Streep, biopics, period dramas – boring. unlike Best Actor predictions from yesterday, I hope you're wrong here (great actresses but boring Oscar-bait roles in movies that will certainly turn out to be mediocre). hopefully unexpected contenders will appear (like Emmanuelle Riva this year)

By: emma

emma — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Marion Cotillard for sure, she missed this year but Harvey has picked Lowlife and we have to wait until Cannes. I'm very sceptical for Naomi Watts and Kidman. Olivier DAHAN last movies were terrible.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I love both Zoe Saldana and Nina Simone, but "Nina" is starting to seem like a cross between "J. Edgar" and Jenna Maroney's Jackie Jormp-Jomp biopic.

By: Shanon

Shanon — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

If Jodie Foster could not get an Oscar nom for Contact, there's no way Bullock can for Gravity.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Everytime a real author/director took a woman as lead, she won the Oscar. (Hilary Swank in Million Dollars Baby, Nat.Portman in Black Swan…) I think people people are sick of biopics.
I bet on Streep, of course. But I mostly bet on Cotillard + James Gray, that's a freaking big thing.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Berenice Bejo- The Past

By: John

John — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Chastain is going 3 for 3 with a nomination in Eleanor Rigby, no doubt about it. In a year where there seems to be a lot of heavyweight competition in the Actress category, I suspect Streep will sit this one out–she really only appears (and wins, i.e. Iron Lady) in weak years. This year is far from weak. I also don't think Thompson and Kidman will show up, both are past their prime and aren't taking on great roles. Grace of Monaco is going to FLOP.

Watts should be in because the Academy still hasn't given her the award she deserved for 21 Grams.

By: M

Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Put Chastain in Best Actress nominees each year, and you won't be wrong. She is exceptional.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I wage you now, Meryl won't win for August: Osage County. It's just not that kind of part. I suspect she'll get a nom (in my eyes, Best Supporting) but it's a part that makes you laugh more than gawp at the portrayal of debilitation through disease. The cancer aspect is fairly downplayed. She has some of the best (and funniest) lines in the play, but is strictly second fiddle to her daughter (played in the movie by Julia Roberts). For me, Roberts isn't dowdy and growly and feisty enough for the part, but we'll see. Fingers crossed.

By: LD

LD — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

This year is looking to be one of the strongest in Best Actress contenders. My prediction would be: Judi Dench for ''Philomena'', Nicole Kidman for ''Grace of Monaco'', Meryl Streep for ''August: Osage County'', Naomi Watts for ''Diana'' and Kate Winslet for ''Labor Day''. Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Lawrence could make it in. Maybe finally Judi Dench will win her long-deserved Best Actress Oscar, after being robbed in 1997 for ''Mrs. Brown''.

By: Mirko

Mirko — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

It's moment an nomination for Emma Thompson in Saving mr Banks. She play P.L. Travers, autor Mary Poppins: great role, great actress.

By: prakshid

prakshid — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Best Motion Picture
âAugust Osage Countyâ
âThe Counselorâ
âDallas Buyerâs Clubâ
âFoxcatcherâ
âLabor Dayâ
âMonuments Menâ
âSaving Mr. Banksâ
âTwelve Years a Slaveâ
âUntitled David O Russell ABSCAM Project â- American Bullshit
âThe Wolf Of Wall Streetâ

Best Director
Martin Scorsese â âThe Wolf Of Wall Streetâ
Ridley Scott â The Counselor
Jason Reitman â Labor Day
Bennett Miller â Foxcatcher
George Clooney â The Monuments Men

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Tom Hanks â âSaving Mr. Banksâ
Leonardo Di Caprio â âThe Wolf Of Wall Streetâ
Matthew McConaughey â âDallas Buyers Clubâ
Christian Bale â âUntitled David O. Russell Projectâ
Steve Carell â âFoxcatcherâ

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Kate Winslet â Labor Day
Naomi Watts â Diana
Nicole Kidman â Grace Of Monaco
Meryl Streep â August: Osage County
Emma Thompson â Saving Mr. Banks

By: Merylstone

Merylstone — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Well, 2014 Best actresses will be crowded with strong contenders.I bet all Both Princess Biopics will be in, AMPAS has never snubbed any royal family story, So
1. Meryl Streep -August: Osage County
2. Nicole Kidman – Grace of Monaco
3. Naomi Watts – Diana
4. Kate Winslet – Labor Day / Alt : Sandra Bullock – Gravity
5. Marion Cotillard – Lowlife
Well, we know AMPAS are mostly old man with average age >50 and Women playing royal member are always beloved by voters. I can see either princess win if the script not bad.

By: Millie

Millie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

You know guys that there's no way Juli Roberts will go supporting for "August: Osage County"? She's first-billed and has more screentime and impact than Streep in that movie.

By: Plast

Plast — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I've seen a special screening of Devil's Knot, and Reese Witherspoon is not good in it. You better cross her out.

By: Plast

Plast — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I've seen a special screening of Devil's Knot, and Reese Witherspoon is not good in it. You better cross her out.

By: Plast

Plast — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I've seen a special screening of Devil's Knot, and Reese Witherspoon is not good in it. You better cross her out.

By: Plast

Plast — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

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By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

I don't think Sandra Bullock in Gravity will realize.

My predictions:

Marion Cotillard, Lowlife
Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Naomi Watts, Diana
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Rooney Mara, Ainât Them Bodies Saints

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:31:53 +0000

Can't see Bullock getting in at all, for me the likeliest as of now, not having watched any of the films, is Meryll and Emma Thompson based on the support I think their movies are gonna get. Between Naomi Watts in Diana and Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco, I think the likeliest to get in is Kidman, since she has Weinstein Co. o her back, as for Watts, her movie doesn't seem like one who could get anything other than a nomination for her, and in a year with great competition in the actress field, she will have to be a lot better than she was in The Impossible to be the only nom for her film. Other potential nominees are Jennifer Lawrence, who has a great chance of getting in, , given the source material of the film that's based on a great novel, with academy friendly Susanne Bier's directing, and Lawrence's already proven talent, she will most likely blow everyone away again. I also think we will see a possible spoiler we never know.

My predictions:
Mery Streep- August Rush
Emma Thompson- Saving Mr. Banks
Jennifer Lawrence- Serena
Nicole Kidman- Grace of Monaco
1 potential spoiler