The nominations are in and my fingers are crossed! i want Taraji P. Henson to lose because I feel that people win an Oscar and disappear! I want her to continue working! The nomination is enough! Here are the nominations:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year
“Bolt” (Walt Disney) Chris Williams and Byron Howard
“Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton
Achievement in art direction
“Changeling” (Universal) Art Direction: James J. Murakami
Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Peter Lando
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Art Direction: Michael Carlin
Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
“Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Kristi Zea
Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in cinematography
“Changeling” (Universal) Tom Stern
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Claudio Miranda
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design
“Australia” (20th Century Fox) Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Jacqueline West
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Michael O’Connor
“Milk” (Focus Features) Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Fincher
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Ron Howard
“Milk” (Focus Features) Gus Van Sant
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Stephen Daldry
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle
5 comments:
What?!? Two sistahs nominated in the same category? I guess you're rooting for Viola Davis since you don't want Taraji to win. I haven't seen either film, so I guess I am neutral.
I want them both to have a long and prosperous career! I don't want them to be the Marisa Tomei or Kim Basinger!
I thought it was just the brown folks that disappear after Oscar wins as for the big screen and their careers are concerned. Maybe it's just me...
The brown folks disappear faster! They, also, never get mentioned again! We don't get roles to reinvent ourselves like Mickey Rourke!
People are always saying Marissa Tomei "disappeared" after she won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar. But the truth is that she has been working pretty steadily since she won her statue. Sure, she may not be a "marquee" name with a lot of leading lady roles to her credit, but she has been supporting herself in her chosen profession.
And when you think about it, what kind of actors are cast in supporting roles anyway? "Supporting" or character actors. As far as I know, only 2 Supporting Actress Oscar winners have gone on to be nominated for best actress Oscars: Meryl Streep ("Kramer vs Kramer") and Angelina Jolie ("Girl Interrupted"). Of course Meryl has won a couple times and been nominated many, many times. But she and Angelina are probably exceptions.
Besides, in Angelina's case, she'd had a number of lead roles before she was cast in the role she won her statue for, "The Bone Collector," "Pushing Tin," "Gia," and "Foxfire" to name a few.
As for the black supporting actor winners disappearing faster than other actors, how many examples do we have to judge by besides Hattie McDaniel? Let's see...there's Morgan Freeman...then there's Denzel Washington. Yeah, those guys have COMPLETELY disappeared! They can't get an acting job to save their lives! Seriously? You mean those guys?
Sarcasm aside, I think Taraji will be okay.
So winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar may not catapult an actor into "stardom" or make them a household name. These things take time. But the winners probably won't work any less than they did before the win. They may work a little more and get paid a little more.
Seems like win-win to me!
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