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Oscar Contest: Best Actress
We continue with our Oscar contest and another relatively sewn-up race. Again, here are the rules:
All you have to do is correctly predict the winner in each category we present. And to do so, you comment on these blog posts we’ll do all week. Whoever gets the most categories right will win a DVD of the Best Picture Oscar nominee of their choice.
Remember, this is not who you want to win, but who you think WILL win.
The Best Actor entry can be viewed here. Today, we have
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right: Let’s face it, Bening is greatly overdue. If anyone can beat front-runner Natalie Portman, it’s her. Bening will win someday. Just not this year.
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole: Kidman turned in her best work in years for this very affecting film, but Rabbit Hole never gained much traction, and Kidman won fairly recently for The Hours.
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone: Her film has a fervent following, and it’s largely because of her. She was very natural and powerful in a difficult part, and she’s only 20. But all that being the case, she’ll be back. Maybe not as Mystique in X-Men: First Class, but she’ll be back. This isn’t her time.
Natalie Portman, Black Swan: She’s won every precursor award under the sun, and even people who didn’t like Black Swan tip their hats to Portman. The one thing that might trip her up is overexposure; she has two movies in theaters now, with at least two more on the way.
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine: Much as she did in Brokeback Mountain she took the part of a tragic figure and made her mutli-dimensional. But like Kidman, she’s the lone nominee from her film, which hurts her chances. Some other year.
Sir Critic’s prediction: Natalie Portman
Your prediction?
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By Don Carpenter
February 22, 2011 11:58 AM | Link to this
Have to disagree and go with Annette Bening because she is due an award and is a great actress.
By srah
February 22, 2011 1:33 PM | Link to this
Natalie Portman was good, but there has to be at least one Oscar upset. I’ll go with Jennifer Lawrence.
By Winona
February 22, 2011 1:35 PM | Link to this
Going with Annette Bening on this one for the “spoiler” Oscar.
By Lora
February 22, 2011 1:38 PM | Link to this
Natalie !
By Jay
February 22, 2011 1:42 PM | Link to this
Annette Bening
By Sue Hezlep
February 22, 2011 3:08 PM | Link to this
Natalie Portman
By Dawn
February 22, 2011 3:40 PM | Link to this
Natalie Portman
By Michelle
February 26, 2011 7:38 AM | Link to this
I would like to see Michelle Williams win.
By Renee
February 26, 2011 1:10 PM | Link to this
Annette Bening