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Let's really get into it. Thanks Rih. rox!
First things first - thanks to his Best Actor win at the Venice Film Festival earlier today, Michael Fassbender is coming for his first nomination.
Get ready girls.
"You other girls can go home now."
Now let's get into Best Actress! 
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 9/10/2011, 11:23 PM
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If Viola Davis doesn't win this year, I'll be furious. 
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9/10/2011, 11:24 PM
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I don't know much about acting, but I'm impressed with Dominic Cooper in Devil's Double. Does he have a chance for nomination or some pre-nomination spotlight at least? 
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9/10/2011, 11:31 PM
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If Viola Davis doesn't win this year, I'll be furious. |
If she is pushed Supporting, she has it on lock.
If she's pushed Lead, it will be a much tougher battle. But Lead is kind of up in the air right now?
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I don't know much about acting, but I'm impressed with Dominic Cooper in Devil's Double. Does he have a chance for nomination or some pre-nomination spotlight at least?
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No. Let me save you the trouble of getting your hopes up.
No.
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Vanessa Williams is black?
:jonny: I thought she was mexican.....
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9/10/2011, 11:32 PM
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Harry Potter is gonna take those ALL!
Ashlee Simpson was the youngest girl to be accepted in the Americal School of Ballet with eleven years. Ashlee was the first Simpson sisters to appear on TV Shows and movies like Malcolm in the Middle, 7th Heaven and The Hot Chick. Then she decided to try in the music business and today she's a Multiplatinum star with Autobiography (3x Platinum), I Am Me (Platinum) and her critical acclaimed Bittersweet World. Also she had a # 1 single on mainstream, and in Billboard Pop Songs along with the top 5 on Billboard Hot 100 and 2 # 1's albums in Billboard 200, After the boom of her music career Simpson cited some influences like Blondie, The Pretenders, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, The Runaways, Green Day, Alanis Morissette. Simpson trains with a vocal coach, and studies old Etta James and Aretha Franklin albums for vocal inspiration. Simpson was face of Skechers shoes like pop superstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera..And the story keeps going on
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9/10/2011, 11:33 PM
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Don't most front-runners come out in November and December?
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9/10/2011, 11:35 PM
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The Help
Straw Dogs
Harry Potter
are gonna sweep
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9/10/2011, 11:35 PM
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I wouldn't mind Viola winning and I haven't even watched 'The Help' 
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9/10/2011, 11:36 PM
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If she is pushed Supporting, she has it on lock.
If she's pushed Lead, it will be a much tougher battle. But Lead is kind of up in the air right now?
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She's a shoe-in for Supporting, and I really think she could take Lead. There'll be more competition, but I can't think of from whom it will come.
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9/10/2011, 11:40 PM
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No. Let me save you the trouble of getting your hopes up.
No.
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9/10/2011, 11:41 PM
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Don't most front-runners come out in November and December?
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Typically, yes.
But a good half of the contenders have already premiered at festivals.
Venice - one of the big European three (the other two are Cannes and Berlin) just ended tonight with its awards gala. But MANY of the Oscar contenders premiered here:
- Shame and A Dangerous Method, both of which star the aforementioned Mr. Fassbender
- The Descendents, which has given George Clooney some of the best reviews of his career (and put him in the lead of the Best Actor race)
- Albert Nobbs, which has done it's job of making Glenn Close look like a real contender.
Toronto, one of the big North American three (Sundance and either Telluride or New York would be the other two) just started.
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Vanessa Williams is black?
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9/10/2011, 11:42 PM
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Not a chance to Kate Winslet or Gwyneth Paltrow with Contagion?
Ashlee Simpson was the youngest girl to be accepted in the Americal School of Ballet with eleven years. Ashlee was the first Simpson sisters to appear on TV Shows and movies like Malcolm in the Middle, 7th Heaven and The Hot Chick. Then she decided to try in the music business and today she's a Multiplatinum star with Autobiography (3x Platinum), I Am Me (Platinum) and her critical acclaimed Bittersweet World. Also she had a # 1 single on mainstream, and in Billboard Pop Songs along with the top 5 on Billboard Hot 100 and 2 # 1's albums in Billboard 200, After the boom of her music career Simpson cited some influences like Blondie, The Pretenders, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, The Runaways, Green Day, Alanis Morissette. Simpson trains with a vocal coach, and studies old Etta James and Aretha Franklin albums for vocal inspiration. Simpson was face of Skechers shoes like pop superstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera..And the story keeps going on
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She's a shoe-in for Supporting, and I really think she could take Lead. There'll be more competition, but I can't think of from whom it will come.
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Lead right now consists of a few almost locks, and a lot of ... maybes.
Glenn Close has gotten some of her best reviews in years for Albert Nobbs, and has already started her campaign by reminding everyone that she's never actually won. Usually, a biopic + starring role for a respected, overdue older actress equals a surefire win, but the take on the movie as a whole is .... meh. And who is going to see it?
Another contender is Elizabeth Olson (yes, the little sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley) who has had buzz all year. She'll definitely get nominated, but won't win.
The biggest unknown? Meryl Streep. Meryl is Meryl, so a nod makes sense - but advance word on The Iron Lady has not been flattering.
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Vanessa Williams is black?
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9/10/2011, 11:45 PM
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Not a chance to Kate Winslet or Gwyneth Paltrow with Contagion?
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No. None at all.
There's a small chance for Kate Winslet in Carnage, but ONLY if she goes supporting.
But apparently the studio wants to campaign all four actors in lead. So, no Oscar race for Kate this year. She'll be content with her Emmy.
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9/10/2011, 11:46 PM
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It's been awhile, but Best Animated Feature could be an interesting category to watch. With Cars 2 being a major disappointment, it's the first year in recent memory that PIxar hasn't release the surefire winner. So who takes it now? Maybe Rango? I worry it could be Happy Feet 2. Its predecessor was the last non-Pixar film to win BAF, which certainly gives it a sort of "historical" momentum—but that movie was a steaming pile of crap that had no place anywhere near the Oscars. If the sequel is even twice as good as Happy Feet, then its completely unworthy of a nomination as well. Where is this year's Persepolis or Spirited Away?
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Lead right now consists of a few almost locks, and a lot of ... maybes.
Glenn Close has gotten some of her best reviews in years for Albert Nobbs, and has already started her campaign by reminding everyone that she's never actually won. Usually, a biopic + starring role for a respected, overdue older actress equals a surefire win, but the take on the movie as a whole is .... meh. And who is going to see it?
Another contender is Elizabeth Olson (yes, the little sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley) who has had buzz all year. She'll definitely get nominated, but won't win.
The biggest unknown? Meryl Streep. Meryl is Meryl, so a nod makes sense - but advance word on The Iron Lady has not been flattering.
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Elizabeth won't win for obvious reasons, and if The Iron Lady isn't getting the best reviews thus far, I'd say Viola's only competition is Glenn Close. It's not competition to be overlooked, though. Since Albert Nobbs is, as you mentioned, a biopic, and it features someone who has never won an Oscar, then they're likely to win. I think Viola could pull through because The Help is doing well at the box office and earning a lot of press, but Glenn's circumstances are enough to earn her the win.
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9/10/2011, 11:50 PM
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The biggest unknown? Meryl Streep. Meryl is Meryl, so a nod makes sense - but advance word on The Iron Lady has not been flattering.
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Damn, really? When will this woman win again?! Julie & Julia was a great opportunity, and then she lost to Sandra freakin' Bullock (who I love, but, come on).
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9/10/2011, 11:51 PM
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It's been awhile, but Best Animated Feature could be an interesting category to watch. With Cars 2 being a major disappointment, it's the first year in recent memory that PIxar hasn't release the surefire winner. So who takes it now? Maybe Rango? I worry it could be Happy Feet 2. Its predecessor was the last non-Pixar film to win BAF, which certainly gives it a sort of "historical" momentum—but that movie was a steaming pile of crap that had no place anywhere near the Oscars. If the sequel is even twice as good as Happy Feet, then its completely unworthy of a nomination as well. Where is this year's Persepolis or Spirited Away?
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Legends like those aren't produced anymore, sis. 
Anyway, I think Rango and Rio are contenders. Unless I have Rio's release date wrong.
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Originally posted by supaspaz
It's been awhile, but Best Animated Feature could be an interesting category to watch. With Cars 2 being a major disappointment, it's the first year in recent memory that PIxar hasn't release the surefire winner. So who takes it now? Maybe Rango? I worry it could be Happy Feet 2. Its predecessor was the last non-Pixar film to win BAF, which certainly gives it a sort of "historical" momentum—but that movie was a steaming pile of crap that had no place anywhere near the Oscars. If the sequel is even twice as good as Happy Feet, then its completely unworthy of a nomination as well. Where is this year's Persepolis or Spirited Away?
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Any chance for Arrietty?
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9/10/2011, 11:55 PM
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Anyway, I think Rango and Rio are contenders. Unless I have Rio's release date wrong.
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Rio? But it's so forgettable. I have to assume that even Kung Fu Panda 2 has more of a shot.
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