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95th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2022 / CEREMONY: March 12th, 2023
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

AND THE WINNER IS...
JAMIE LEE CURTIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

 

Angela Bassett
2nd nomination
64 yrs old | 44th film
Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Disney/Marvel
Nov

 

Hong Chau
first nom!
43 yrs old | 7th film
The Whale

A24
Dec 9th

 

Kerry Condon
first nom!
39 yrs old | 17th film
Banshees of Inisherin

Searchlight
Oct 21st

 

Jamie Lee Curtis

first nom and win!
63 yrs old | 45th film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

A24
March 25th

 

Stephanie Hsu
first nom!
31 yrs old | 5th film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

A24
March 25th

 

Who SHOULD win? (vote daily)

 
How'd I do on my predictions?
 4/5 I thought Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness) would pull through over Stephanie Hsu. The other  "harder" gets for Triangle of Sadness (Picture/Director) suggest that she was thisclose in sixth place. And we had wanted her to win the Oscar so this is a bummer!
Who was left out?

 Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness) was the most glaring snub given her vast acclaim and the precursor attention. She was even nominated at the Globes which tend to ignore the less famous players. The other most high profile omission given precursor attention was definitely Janelle Monae (Glass Onion). 

But precursors were somewhat volatile in this category all season so several performances had buzz at one point or another that didn't materialize at the Oscars including Jessie Buckley & Claire Foy (Women Talking) and Nina Hoss (TÁR) and category frauders Carey Mulligan (She Said) and Keke Palmer (Nope) who campaigned here despite lead roles.

Who WILL win?

 This appears to be sewn up for Angela Bassett in a "Lifetime Achievement" kind of way. If she had already won an Oscar we'd fully expect that this statue would be handed to Kerry Condon, given the popularity of her film and no internal competition in her category.

UPDATE: Shortly after the GLobes & Critics Choice, when it felt "sewn up", Kerry Condon won the BAFTA and Jamie Lee Curtis won SAG and momentum favors the other screen legend in the race, leaving Bassett behind. 

HOW'D THEY GET NOMINATED?
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TRIVIA TIME
It's a majority women-of-color lineup but that's not a record. It's happened a few times before, the first time was in 1985 with Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery (The Color Purple), and Meg Tilly (Agnes of God). Now on to more inidivualized trivia!

Born in New York City

Star Sign: Leo

Married to another famous actor (Courtney B Vance) with 2 children

Three Broadway shows though  though only one production post movie-fame.

Other Select Awards

2 Globes (What's Love Got to Do With It, Black Panther Wakanda Forever)

1 SAG (Cast Black Panther)

7 Emmy nods and 2 Oscar nods but she's yet to win either prize.

 Born in Thailand (to Vietnamese parents)

Star Sign: Cancer

Relationship status Unknown, no children

The first actress of Vietnamese descent to be Oscar nominated as well as the first actor born in Thailand to be nominated. 

Other Select Awards

Had a solid awards run with Downsizing (Globe, SAG, Critics Choice nom... but no Oscar.) .. oddly, The Whale had less precursor support for her but she got in this time.

 

Born in Tipperary, Ireland

Star Sign: Capricon

Relationship status: Unknown, no children

This is the fourth time she's worked with director Martin McDonagh. She previously starred in two of his plays though she's never been on Broadway (Off Broadway appearances plus stagework in London) as well as a small role in Three Billboards.

Other Select Awards

Born in Los Angeles, California

Star Sign: Sagittarius (Scorpio cusp)

Married to another famous actor (Christopher Guest) with 2 children.

She's only the second actor in history to follow both of her parents (Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh) in becoming an Oscar nominated actor. The first was Laura Dern (Bruce Dern & Diane Ladd)

The first Activia spokesperson to be Oscar nominated ;) 

Other Select Awards

2 Globes (Anything But Love, True Lies)

1 BAFTA (Trading Places)

Born in Los Angeles, California

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Relationship status: Unknown, no children 

Two Broadway shows, both musicals.

The first LGBTQ actor to be nominated playing LGBTQ character since Sir Ian McKellen back in 1998. (it doesn't happen often since most queer characters are still played by straight actors) 

Other Select Awards

1 SAG (Cast Mrs Maisel)

 

 

 

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