One Week Left of Voting. Best Actor Battles.
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 2:59PM With only 18 days left until the big announcement, the fever is rising.
Over at my Tribeca Film Oscar column I'm sounding off on True Grit's hit status, the uncertain Supporting Actress race (it's the only race without a clear "winner" frontrunner), and which melodies are rising above the awards din. Read the article.
One thing I didn't cover in that article is these last minute endorsements of sorts we've been hearing about. Kathryn Bigelow and Martin Scorsese are pro Winter's Bone (and don't think they lack for pull in Tinseltown). Bigelow just hosted a screening. You've already heard that Javier Bardem's celebrity friends (including recent Eat Pray Love Vote co-star Julia Roberts) have been rallying for his Cannes-winning performance in Biutiful.
Meanwhile, Oscar winner Robert Duvall (Get Low) just put his hands in cement in front of Grauman's. You know what that means. Any reminder that you're still very much in it means that you're still working to win it. Not that Duvall isn't already a winner on every Oscar level. They've only ever loved 13 men enough to hand them six or more nominations and Duvall is one of that esteemed baker's dozen. If he gets this nod, he moves us to top ten Oscar beloved actor status (tied with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Burton in terms of nominations).
I've made some adjustments to the Best Actor chart to reflect the 7 man race nail-biter.
Reader Comments (16)
I still think (hoping?) Gosling and Williams will get the 5th slots.
Man, I really hope that Gosling can score a nod here. I know it looks like Bridges and Duvall for the fourth and fifth sposts, but a Ryan G. nom would be lovely!
Sort of related, but this uneasiness around Jacki Weaver's nod is infuriating me damnit!
BTW (and OT), whatever happened to the Best Actress psychic contest?!
The Best Actor category is the only acting category I won't mind if any of the those fighting to get in make it. All of them are worthy in my opinion It's Actress, Supp. Actor, and Supp. Actress that I'm deadset for the 5 that need to be nom'd. GTFO MANVILLE, HAWKES, AND STEINFELD.
Off topic, but just had to mention that the new website looks great. Kudos.
Danielle -- UGH. i keep forgetting about that. It sort of fell by the wayside with the hundreds of projects and the construction of this site and so on.
The lead actor race is making me all wishy-washy. it seems like as of now, any two of the four (bridges, duvall, bardem, gosling) could get in and i really wish they all can be nominated. to be honest, i'd be willing to kick out franco. i've given the least thought to his performance out of all the others, and i felt like it was a good, not great, performance.
Understandable. No need to really tally all the points like last year if that's too much, but I would love to know if anyone predicted all 5 nominees (or who predicated the most), etc.
i still think one of the old timers will get knocked out.... perhaps it's wishful thinking but surely Gosling and Bardem scored more #1 placements than Bridges and Duvall
Duvall JUST got his handprints down? Are you kidding me?
I'm hoping Duvall gets left off. He was okay, but I can't imagine him getting any #1 votes, which Bridges and Gosling will definitely get. Bardem's film is just too small and a foreign performance (like Cotillard's win or Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Maria Full of Grace") needs a strong critical push to get nominated. He'll go the way Kristin Scott Thomas did for "I've Loved You So Long."
Jeff Bridges
Jesse Eisenberg
Colin Firth
James Franco
Ryan Gosling
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
As long as Colin Firth, Jesse Eisenberg, James Franco, and Ryan Gosling get in, I could care less who gets the fifth slot.
I'd like Gosling will be in the top 5...what about the winning? Firth or the show host Franco?
It's not Franco. They know it's not Franco. He's a lock for a nom, but the win is between Firth (old career win) and Eisenberg (young buck who is decidedly NOT the host).
Volvagia --OMFG could you imagine how awkward if EISENBERG was the Oscar host. Teehee. I'm going to lose fantasizing about this all day.