I thought Tom Holland was out of his depht. Anne Hathaway was good but Penelope is painfully underwritten, she's only in the movie for the first and final act (forget a Lead nom). Robert Pattinson does a good job as the amoraL Antinous but he never got a big scene. John Leguizamo is good but I kept expecting him to crack a joke. Charlize Theron, Zendaya and Lupita are given nothing to do. Elliot Page is excellent in his one big moment with Odysseus in what seems to be the Otherworld. But he's given very little to do.

For me, Matt Damon and Samantha Morton are the best ones to compete. Damon leads this story with nobility and strength, I was impressed by Damon's range and it's his best work since Ripley. It's also the first time I feel Damon embodied his real age instead of the usual boyish stuff.

Samantha Morton's role isn't as small as critics are saying. Her whole arc is self-cointained and she dominates it. She's terrifying, tragic and wise. The scene where Circe transforms the soldiers into pigs is unbelievable and Morton's monologue transfixing. She's in the movie for 10 minutes but you never forget about her and she's definitely the MVP.

Brenda Fricker, who won Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for My Left Foot, has sadly passed away at 81. She was marvelous in it!

I’m not talking about Cate Blanchett, Emma Stone, or Denzel, but rather actors who only have one—you see them working on projects that help them achieve that.

Penélope Cruz is an incredible actress; she has already won an award for *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* and has also secured two wins for *Volver* and *Parallel Mothers*. She has such an extensive body of work that I wouldn't be surprised if, in the future, she wins another award for Best Supporting Actress and another for Best Actress.

As a reminder that year’s actual nominees were:

Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Djimon Hounsou - In America

Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams

Alec Baldwin - The Cooler

2020
Lead Actress: Elisabeth Moss — The Invisible Man
Lead Actor: Joe Keery — Spree
Supporting Actress: Millicent Simmonds — A Quiet Place Part II
Supporting Actor: Steve Buscemi — Hubie Halloween

2021
Lead Actress: Agathe Rousselle — Titane
Lead Actor: Mason Thames — The Black Phone
Supporting Actress: Anya Taylor-Joy — Last Night in Soho
Supporting Actor: Vincent Lindon — Titane

2022
Lead Actress: Mia Goth — Pearl
Lead Actor: Ralph Fiennes — The Menu
Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer — Nope
Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance — Bones and All

2023
Lead Actress: Sophie Wilde — Talk to Me
Lead Actor: Tadanobu Asano — Godzilla Minus One
Supporting Actress: Alyssa Sutherland — Evil Dead Rise
Supporting Actor: Dave Bautista — Knock at the Cabin

2024
Lead Actress: Demi Moore — The Substance
Lead Actor: Hugh Grant — Heretic
Supporting Actress: Margaret Qualley — The Substance
Supporting Actor: Nicolas Cage — Longlegs

2025
Lead Actress: Lea Myren — The Ugly Stepsister
Lead Actor: Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan — Weapons
Supporting Actor: Miles Caton — Sinners

As a fun spinoff from Legitimate_Welcome14’s “Who should have won?” game - let’s now find out who would have made the lineup each year.

Lineups so far for 2010:

Actor:
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shutter Island
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network (winner)
Colin Firth - The King’s Speech
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine

Actress:
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman - Black Swan (winner)
Emma Stone - Easy A
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Click here to see previous lineups!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THE VOTING WORKS - FROM NOW ON, IT IS NOT MEASURED IN UPVOTES, BUT IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE IS MENTIONED. YOU CAN HAVE FOUR NAMES IN YOUR LINEUP AND THE VOTING WILL BE BASED ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES A NAME IS COMMENTED.

We know that Hailee Steinfeld and Andrew Garfield have already won!

Comment away!

People nominated in real life:

Actor:
Christian Bale - The Fighter
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Actress:
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Hans Zimmer's work for Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk were all nominated for Best Original Score, and Ludwig Goransson's work for Oppenheimer won.

I 100% agree Amy Madigan deserved to win. She absolutely deserves to keep her win and nomination but honestly I also wish it had been nominated for Best Actor for Josh Brolin, Best Actress for Julia Garner, Best Supporting Actor for Cary Christopher (I still believe Sean Penn deserved to win for One Battle After Another but I still believe he should've recieved a nomination), Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score

I was watching Creed. I been a huge Rocky Fan. Sylvester Stallone should’ve won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars in 2016. I would give him an Oscar if I was a Voter. He gave an incredible performance in Creed as Old Rocky Balboa. He only won Golden Globes and Critics Choice. He should‘ve won. He deserves it.

Anne Hathaway (The Odyssey)

Penelope Cruz (The Black Ball)

Mariana Di Girolamo (Wild Horse Nine)

Parker Posey (Wild Horse Nine)

Tao Okamoto (All Of A Sudden)

Likely winner: Cruz/Posey

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1979)

WINNER - MERYL STREEP for Kramer vs. Kramer

NOMINEES - JANE ALEXANDER for Kramer vs. Kramer, BARBARA BARRIE for Breaking Away, CANDICE BERGEN for Starting Over, MARIEL HEMINGWAY for Manhattan

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (1979)

WINNER - MELVYN DOUGLAS for Being There

NOMINEES - ROBERT DUVALL for Apocalypse Now, FREDERIC FORREST for The Rose, JUSTIN HENRY for Kramer vs. Kramer, MICKEY ROONEY for The Black Stallion

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Winners for 1970: Lead Actress - Glenda Jackson for Women in Love (A.W. Glenda Jackson for Women in Love), Lead Actor - George C. Scott for Patton (A.W. George C. Scott for Patton), Supporting Actress - Karen Black for Five Easy Pieces (A.W. Helen Hayes for Airport), Supporting Actor - Chief Dan George for Little Man (A.W. John Mills for Ryan Daughter)

Winners for 1971: Lead Actress - Jane Fonda for Klute (A.W. Jane Fonda for Klute), Lead Actor - Gene Hackman for The French Connection (A.W. Gene Hackman for The French Connection), Supporting Actress - Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show (A.W. Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show), Supporting Actor - Gene Wilder for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (A.W. Ben Johnson for Fiddler on the Roof)

Winners for 1972: Lead Actress - Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (A.W. Liza Minnelli for Cabaret), Lead Actor - Marlon Brando for The Godfather (A.W. Marlon Brando for The Godfather), Supporting Actress - Cicely Tyson for Sounder (A.W. Eileen Heckart for Butterflies Are Free), Supporting Actor - Joel Grey for Cabaret (A.W. Joel Grey for Cabaret)

Winners for 1973: Lead Actress - Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon (A.W. Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class), Lead Actor - Al Pacino for Serpico (A.W. Jack Lemmon for Save the Tiger), Supporting Actress - Linda Blair for The Exorcist (A.W. Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon), Supporting Actor - Christopher Lee for The Wicker Man (A.W. John Houseman for The Paper Chase)

Winners for 1974: Lead Actress - Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence (A.W. Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Lead Actor - Al Pacino for The Godfather Part II (A.W. Art Carney for Harry and Tonto), Supporting Actress - Madeline Kahn for Blazing Saddles (A.W. Ingrid Bergman for Murder on the Orient Express), Supporting Actor - Robert De Niro for The Godfather Part II (A.W. Robert De Niro for The Godfather Part II)

Winners for 1975: Lead Actress - Isabelle Adjani for The Story of Adele H. (A.W. Louis Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Lead Actor - Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (A.W. Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Supporting Actress - Louis Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (A.W. Lee Grant for Shampoo), Supporting Actor - Robert Shaw for Jaws (A.W. George Burns for The Sunshine Boys)

Winners for 1976: Lead Actress - Faye Dunaway for Network (A.W. Faye Dunaway for Network), Lead Actor - Peter Finch for Network (A.W. Peter Finch for Network), Supporting Actress - Piper Laurie for Carrie (A.W. Beatrice Straight for Network), Supporting Actor - Ned Beatty for Network (A.W. Jason Robards for All the President's Men)

Winners for 1977: Lead Actress - Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (A.W. Diane Keaton for Annie Hall), Lead Actor - John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever (A.W. Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl), Supporting Actress - Vanessa Redgrave for Julia (A.W. Vanessa Redgrave for Julia), Supporting Actor - Alex Guinness for Star Wars (A.W. Jason Robards for Julia)

Winners for 1978: Lead Actress - Ingrid Bergman for Autum Sonata (A.W. Jane Fonda for Coming Home), Lead Actor - Robert De Niro for The Deer Hunter (A.W. Jon Voight for Coming Home), Supporting Actress - Meryl Streep for The Deer Hunter (A.W. Maggie Smith for California Suite), Supporting Actor - Christopher Walken for The Deer Hunter (A.W. Christopher Walken for The Deer Hunter)

Winners for 1979: Lead Actress - Sally Field for Norman Rae (A.W. Sally Field for Norman Rae), Lead Actor - Roy Scheider for All That Jazz (A.W. Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer), Supporting Actress - ? (A.W. Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer), Supporting Actor - ?(A.W. Melvyn Douglas for Being There)

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List of Winners: Acting Quartets

Previous Post: Meryl Streep (The Deer Hunter, now 4x winner) & Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) win for Best Supporting Actress and Actor. Who should have won Best Actress & Actor in 1979?

As a reminder that year’s actual nominees were:

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water

Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

Meryl Streep - The Post

Margot Robbie - I, Tonya

For me, i think I'd pick Olivier, because he *did* also win Best Picture. I may have forgotten or missed one, but i think these are all of the films where the director/actor won one of the respective awards and was nominated for the other.

1948: Hamlet Olivier- **Actor** Director

1977: Annie Hall- Actor **Director**

1982: Reds- Actor **Director**

1990: Dances with Wolves- Actor **Director**

1992: Unforgiven- Actor **Director**

1998: Life is Beautiful- **Actor** Director

2004: Million Dollar Baby- Actor **Director**

Now it's time to redo the Supporting Actress lineup of the 2010s.

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU COMMENT YOUR NEW LINEUPS:  

Two of the rules are the same as always, but for the supporting lineups I'm modifying the first rule:

1. You can leave ONE winner of the decade unchanged, because I feel like the supporting lineups generally have fewer duds/outright bad choices than the lead lineups. You don't have to, you can overhaul the whole decade if you want, but know that you do have the option to leave one as is. If you choose to leave one winner as is, though, choose wisely. The other nine wins, even the ones you like as is, must be changed.
2. For the other nine winners you're changing, or all ten, you have to STICK TO THE NOMINEES from those years, so I'm afraid that means no Mila Kunis in Black Swan or Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers.
3. Ties are allowed, but try to use them sparingly.

With those three rules in mind, picking up where you left off in your alternate timelines with your new 90s, 2000s and 2010s Best Actor winners, your new 90s, 2000s and 2010s Best Actress winners, and your new 90s, 2000s and 2010s Best Supporting Actor winners, and your new 90s and 2000s Best Supporting Actress winners, what does your new 2010s Best Supporting Actress lineup look like?

Here's mine:

1. Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech (2010)
2. Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids (2011)
3. Helen Hunt, The Sessions (2012)
4. I'm keeping Lupita Nyong'o in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
5. Emma Stone, Birdman (2014)
6. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight (2015)
7. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea (2016)
8. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird (2017)
9. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (2018)
10. Florence Pugh, Little Women (2019)

Hathaway is given very little to do. It's a small part with two great moments. Morton's part is also small but it's self contained so you get a better showcase and Morton is fantastic.

This is the highest ever for him. How many Oscars do you think it will win now?

Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and Best Director:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and any for acting:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and any for screenplay:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, Best Director and any for acting:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, Best Director and any for screenplay:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, any for acting and any for screenplay:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, Best Director, any for acting and any for screenplay:

• One Battle After Another (2025)

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Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and Best Director without winning any for acting or any for screenplay:

• The Shape of Water (2017)

Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and any for acting without winning Best Director or any for screenplay:

• Chicago (2002)

Most recent movie to win both Best Picture and any for screenplay without winning Best Director or any for acting:

• Spotlight (2015)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, Best Director and any for acting without winning any for screenplay:

• Oppenheimer (2023)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, Best Director and any for screenplay without winning any for acting:

• Parasite (2019)

Most recent movie to win Best Picture, any for acting and any for screenplay without winning Best Director:

• CODA (2021)

Big event movies like The Odyssey are sometimes released in different formats like IMAX, 70mm IMAX, and so on and so forth.

Do the filmmakers pick a version for the Academy to consider? Could the cinematography look better in one version but the editing seems better in another?

I know many voters see quite a few of the nominees at home on screeners and there are already grumbles about how that affects their ability to judge BIG movies.

As a fun spinoff from Legitimate_Welcome14’s “Who should have won?” game - let’s now find out who would have made the lineup each year.

Lineups for 2009:

Actor:
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Sam Rockwell - Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man (winner)

Actress:
Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious (winner)
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Tilda Swinton - Julia

Supporting Actor:
Peter Capaldi - In the Loop
Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen
Fred Melamed - A Serious Man
Stanley Tucci - Julie & Julia
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds (winner)

Supporting Actress:
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Diane Kruger - Inglourious Basterds
Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Mo’Nique - Precious (winner)

Click here to see previous lineups!

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THE VOTING WORKS - FROM NOW ON, IT IS NOT MEASURED IN UPVOTES, BUT IN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE IS MENTIONED. YOU CAN HAVE FOUR NAMES IN YOUR LINEUP AND THE VOTING WILL BE BASED ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES A NAME IS COMMENTED.

We know that Natalie Portman and Jesse Eisenberg have already won!

Comment away!

People nominated in real life:

Actor:
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
James Franco - 127 Hours

Actress:
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine