We're just 20 days away from Hollywood's High Holy Night and voting on who will win the Oscars begins in just 8 days. Since 20 is the number for the day we're thinking of Meryl, the only actor in history to have amassed 20+ acting nominations (she's at 21 and the number will presumably climb) and we're wondering who she'll be voting for. Care to make a conjecture in the comments? We know from her speeches at awards shows that she really does watch, value, and think about work by other actors (even shouting out high quality non-nominees which is pretty rare as awards season behavior goes - remember when she praised Adepero Oduye's stunning debut in the little seen LGBT drama Pariah?).
Let's get silly in the comments and make presumptious guesses. Oh come on, you know you want to! I'll make a guess on Best Actor and Best Actress after the jump to get you started...
Best Actor ☑️ I'd like to flatter my own opinion and say that Meryl will notice how deep Bradley Cooper digs emotionally in A Star is Born but if anyone overvalues "transformation," it's surely the queen of chameleons. She's a Bale in Vice voter.
Best Actress. ☑️ Common wisdom might say Glenn Close, a formidable Streep peer, but we know from Close's own words that they aren't actually close friends. Best guess: She's torn but she's voting for her former screen daughter Olivia Colman (The Iron Lady) who is, like Close, a world class actor that other actors totally admire. And Olivia Colman gave her a cupcake for Mother's Day once...