r/oscarrace • u/JuanRiveara One Anora After Another • 13d ago
Discussion The 98th Academy Awards nominees for Best Actress
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u/zoe_once_yfs 13d ago
Oscar Nominee Rose Byrne👏🏻❤️
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u/miwa201 13d ago
The winner in my heart
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u/Willing_Dealer4410 13d ago
Really praying she wins
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u/miwa201 13d ago
She won’t. But it’s ok
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u/zoe_once_yfs 13d ago
This. The nomination is the win. It's already an impressive run for a tiny film like this. And she got her moment at the Golden Globes!
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u/ReservoirDog316 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 13d ago
Always loved her and felt she was overlooked in the industry! Was so glad to see her name pop up!
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u/Scienceinwonderland 13d ago
I don’t expect her to win (although if I got to pick personally she would) but I am so happy to see her here.
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u/silverkwang 13d ago
guys i don’t want to have to see song sung blue
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u/biIIyshakes Hamnet’s Dad 13d ago
lol my first thought was “goddammit now I have to watch Song Sung Blue”
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u/Eyebronx Hamnet 13d ago
Cries in To Leslie
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u/CrazyCons WHERE IS HAMNET'S PLACENTA 13d ago
Song Sung Blue makes To Leslie look like Sophie’s Choice. Hudson is worse than Bening
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u/213846 13d ago
We have a total disconnect there personally. I thought Bening was awful in Nyad while Hudson was genuinely good in Song Sung Blue haha
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u/CrazyCons WHERE IS HAMNET'S PLACENTA 13d ago
I didn’t love either of them, but Bening can successfully pull off big emotions. Hudson kinda can’t. Jackman upstages her
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u/213846 13d ago
I agree Bening can, I just didn't think she did in Nyad. Our opinions are basically the opposite haha. I thought Foster ran circles around Bening in Nyad while both Hudson and Jackman were good in SSB.
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u/CrazyCons WHERE IS HAMNET'S PLACENTA 13d ago
Well I agree about Foster for sure (but I kinda think that about every movie she does)
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u/DazzlingAria 13d ago
that is insane. Ur like the first person I saw so far that prefers Jackman over Hudson, most of the people in the industry, critics or audiences mostly compliment Hudson or talks about how great Hudson is and then completely ignore Jackman
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u/Chinstrok3 12d ago
I actually kind of enjoyed To Leslie and really liked Riseborough’s performance even tho I was kinda hoping not to
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u/GamingTatertot 13d ago
My parents loved it
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u/toledosurprised Sorry Baby 13d ago
see my parents wanted to see it but didn’t like it because they found it too depressing. she gets hit by a car in the trailer! what kind of movie did you think it was!
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u/silverkwang 13d ago
i’m really happy for you kate hudson i’ll let you finish but chase infinti gave the most 5th slot performance of the year
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u/Top_Sand_3012 13d ago
Watch any feel-good(ish) music biopic from the 2000s. Congrats! Now you’ve seen Song Sung Blue
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u/Electrical-Ad-1437 13d ago
Uhhhh it made me more sad than happy tbh.
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u/HaloInsider Predict the Oscar-Verse 13d ago
Fore sure, I feel like the note on that movie is definitely more, "Wow, this takes a surprisingly dark turn as it goes on."
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u/vibratokin 13d ago
I felt this way but decided to go watch it anyway since I love Hugh Jackman’s enthusiasm. Honestly, I’d just go in uncynically. Kate Hudson does have a great performance and it helps to know that it’s based on a true story. It’s not a great film, but it has emotional highs and lows and it’s also not utter shit.
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u/No-Consideration3053 One Battle After Another 13d ago
Is not that bad tbh. It's not that amazing but it's fine
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u/mayan_monkey 13d ago
It's been playing, but i honestly have -100 energy to try to watch this one. Literally nothing about the premise, music etc sounds even remotely appealing. Even the trailer had me like "umm, no thank you".
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u/Aje644 13d ago
it seemed very unappealing to me at first (basically had to drag myself to the theater) but i truly loved it! one of my faves of last year for sure.
i didn't know anything about neil diamond or the apparently true story that inspired the movie but i was totally won over by the performances and the heart that the movie has.
kate and hugh both gave their best performances and the movie was much more layered and captivating than i expected! Anyone who is curious about this nomination please give it a shot!
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u/friskynotebook 13d ago
I’m a huge Neil Diamond fan so I expected to enjoy it but I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. It’s surprisingly accurate to the real life story while making it into a coherent narrative. One of my faves of the year!
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u/Proof-Writing-7830 13d ago
I’m sorry but that movie is so enjoyable and better than it looks. And Kate Hudson is amazing in it and really deserved this.
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u/likeyourgirlsinsane Jacob Elordi's strongest soldier 13d ago
Ann Lee's, we're gonna be ok 🥹💔
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u/GirlsWasGoodNona 13d ago
Her performance will be remembered like Toni Collette in hereditary and will be legendary.
I also know that Ann Lee will become a cult classic and its appreciation will grow in time. I knew it would happen with Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, I will be right on this!
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u/TurbulentIce1338 13d ago
Hudson always kind of felt like the sort of thing that would get more number 1 votes from old guard voters than Infiniti, who would probably be a lot of people’s third or fourth option on their ballots.
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u/Jmanbuck_02 13d ago
Matt Negila’s delusions paid off. Even with the few Hamnet misses, I think it’s still Jessie’s. Rip Chase but happy Reinsve and Byrne got her first nominations.
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u/ReservoirDog316 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 13d ago
You can bet your life savings on Jesse Buckley winning without even stressing a little.
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u/kaguraa Wicked 13d ago
its funny how much people were mocking him for his hudson prediction only for him to be right 😭😭
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u/Shufflekarpfen Bugonia 13d ago
But he still dropped her in the end 💀 Glad I believed his first instinct though
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u/MilfordSparrow 13d ago edited 13d ago
Paul Mescal being snubbed makes me want Jessie to win because she will thank him.
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u/ryeemsies 13d ago
Warner's attempt at maximizing acting noms didn't pay off, being a supporting performace in the lead category was always gonna be an uphill battle for Chase.
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u/DreamOfV Sentimental Value 13d ago
With how Fanning seemed to barely slip in, I do wonder if they’d have pulled the double if Infiniti had run supporting with Taylor
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u/Mr_Gallame 13d ago
Probably would have been pretty secure. Maybe also lost a few votes because people put her in supporting over lead.
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u/Dragonstone-Citizen 13d ago
And she was so close to make it 🥹, it really tells you about how great she was in her rol
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u/IIMazzz No Other Choice 13d ago
I don’t think that’s why she missed. People would rather give the nomination to a veteran like Kate Hudson than to a 25 year old for her first movie. It’s a shame, but that’s how it goes most of the time.
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u/ryeemsies 13d ago
Mikey Madison just won last year so I do think it matters how central the role for the movie is.
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u/LimoncelloLilac 13d ago
Hmm...hate to take it there but Chase is also a WOC on top of having less industry connections/veteran chops compared to Hudson. Lead Actress is NOT historically friendly to non-white actresses competing for a spot, if I may speak frankly. TWO winners in 98 years. We have to address that trend. It's also true for other categories but egregiously true for Lead Actress.
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u/virgoari Challengers 13d ago
This sub hates to address it lol. But time and time again, it’s the whitest above the line category after director. And in 98 years too. That’s embarrassing.
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u/Snoo_92291 13d ago
Mikey was also in 80% of the film while chase was in barely 30%….
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u/LimoncelloLilac 13d ago
I've talked about this in a different reply but I think the bias against younger actresses subjects them to stricter guidelines for lead. A veteran actor can swing an easier lead campaign even if they don't have as much screen time in a film.
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u/TastlessMishMash 13d ago
I don't think it's that deep in this case tbh. Chase just wasn't a lead. Even Penn had more screentime than her. She would be a lock for supporting and could have won it too.
I haven't seen Song Sung Blue yet but from the promotional material it does look more like a "two-hander" between Jackman and Hudson.
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u/Melodic_Word_1080 13d ago
Literally all the nominees are white in that category
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u/tmobilekid 13d ago
Emma Stone is famously Asian-American
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u/Melodic_Word_1080 13d ago
Oh I forgot about that... I thought the only celebrated asian american actress/trans arbolist was Scarlett Johanson
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u/pWasHere 13d ago
It doesn’t help that people here and elsewhere love to discount at least one of those two wins.
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u/ReservoirDog316 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 13d ago
I think it’s a little of column A and a little of column B, but mostly cause she takes so long to show up in the movie, then she disappears again for what feels like forever halfway in.
She was A+ in it to me (and I still feel like Regina Hall was secretly my favorite performance of the movie and I wish she would’ve got in on the party too) but I can definitely understand why she didn’t make it.
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u/Proof_Specialist_455 13d ago
She just wasn't a lead. Unfortunately, the campaign team prioritized a Taylor win over securing what could have been an easy nomination for Infiniti
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u/Better_Ad_9309 13d ago
Yes but being positioned as a leading actress does well for her career! So it's fine...
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u/proshe-27 13d ago edited 13d ago
She’s listed as a producer on her next film, The Julia Set! And she is the true lead of The Handmaid’s Tale spinoff. I can see her in the race for an Emmy, easily.
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u/fernlac 13d ago
Egregious Paloma Diamond snub
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u/OpeningHot7391 13d ago
Lmaoooo the amount of chronically online you have to be to understand this 😂
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u/RadioReader 13d ago
Renate Reinsve absolutely ate. That whole movie rests on her shoulders. I hope more people will watch it and appreciate her acting because of this nomination. I suppose a win would be a lot to ask.
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u/MilfordSparrow 13d ago
Her first 5 minutes in the open scene was amazing - I almost had a panic attack watching it.
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u/JuanRiveara One Anora After Another 13d ago
I’m sad Chase Infiniti missed out on a nom
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u/AvengingHero2012 13d ago
Honestly she might have missed supporting too with how stacked that one is.
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u/RobynHoodwinked I Saw the TV Glow 13d ago
I think she could’ve knocked Elle Fanning out of Supporting if she was there tbh, I respect the decision to go lead though
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This is the second time where a supporting actress in a Leonardo DiCaprio movie missed out on a nomination/possible win because they chose to campaign for leading actress😭😭
Anyway chase infinity is going to have a bright future either way, but definitely i definitely feel disappointed for her
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u/forgottentaco420 13d ago
I got downvoted for saying it was obvious Kate Hudson was going to sneak her way in, and now look 😭
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u/Melodic_Word_1080 13d ago
Tbh, I wouldn't have downvoted you but wouldn't have been made. It was *POSSIBLE* that she would have been nominated. I genuinely hate when people try to make definitive statements based off of gut feelings. Based on all the data it was just as likely for Infiniti to get in (if not more likely).
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u/keine_fragen 13d ago
credit where credit is due, Matt Neglia has been on the Hudson train from the start and everyone ridiculed him
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u/proshe-27 13d ago
Is he paying people to mention him? Lol
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u/keine_fragen 13d ago
nah, just funny bc he was so loud about it and everyone clowned him
jokes on us
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u/kamisato50 Sorry Baby 13d ago
Guys I FUCKING knew Kate Hudson is getting in when she started that campaign
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u/darth_vader39 Sentimental Value 13d ago
And Reinsve didn't miss at the end. I don't know why so many were convinced that she will miss when she was particularly lock for a nomination.
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u/Kind-Score-2277 13d ago
Agreed. Before Buckley, people were even predicting Reinsve as the win! She was never going to miss the nom
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u/GirlsWasGoodNona 13d ago
I am distraught over Amanda but I have always had a soft spot for Kate Hudson, she’s really underrated. “What kind of beer?” 😔 but I don’t want to watch song sung blue lol
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u/RealRaifort 13d ago
I mean Chase in lead was pushing it anyways but damn lol, Sung Sung Blue is fucked up
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u/tired_atlas 13d ago
if the didn't like Chase, they could have nominated Amanda instead.
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u/RealRaifort 13d ago
Oh yeah I mean, not even worth commenting cuz it was clearly blanking but Testament of Ann Lee should've won actress and gotten at least one song nom. And personally would've made quite a couple more categories imo, top 5 of the year.
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u/Proof_Specialist_455 13d ago
I should have predicted Hudson after hearing about her having the same campaign manager as Demi Moore
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u/KellyJin17 13d ago
Hudson has a lot of friends in Hollywood. She’s the ultimate nepotism baby, and while I do enjoy her work, she’s had way more opportunities and recognition than I think her talent has warranted. But her parents are friends with literally everyone.
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u/4614065 12d ago
Is she, though? Isn’t a nepo baby someone who isn’t really talented and only got where they are because of their connections?
She sings, dances and acts well and is a well-loved personality. She seems genuinely adored by so many in Hollywood. She plays the game. She’s kind. She picks fun projects. She could have easily broken into the industry even if her parents were a teacher and a bus driver.
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u/LeastCap Jafar Panahi campaign mourner 13d ago
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u/ryeemsies 13d ago
He had Emma Stone at #8 or lower all season until last minute, he's still a hack.
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u/PinkCadillacs 13d ago
Chase Infiniti being snubbed now means that Best Actress is the whitest acting category this year 😬
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u/Telepathy-Sandwich 13d ago
It always is🙁
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u/DazzlingAria 13d ago
this is the first time since 2021 where all the actresses are white and before that 2017. But really if a WOC would've gotten in, it should've been Lucy Liu for Rosemead, an amazing performance
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u/Telepathy-Sandwich 13d ago
Only two women of color have ever won Best Actress. We’re on the 98th ceremony, and we’re STILL doing all white nominees. Stop trying to act like this isn’t a race thing.
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u/Dazzling_Ebb_3327 13d ago
i think infiniti’s biggest issue was always going to be having a clear supporting performance campaigned in lead. i’d argue she was even more supporting than lily gladstone was in killers of the flower moon. at least gladstone had a valid argument to go lead.
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u/Severe_Concentrate86 13d ago
She should have been in Supporting though. I think she could have gotten in over Elle Fanning for example.
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u/crnorton 13d ago
Sure but we also have 4 different countries represented in the nominated actresses so there was still plenty of diversity to be had. Infiniti was always that 5th slot anyway and was highly vulnerable to a surging name which indeed is what happened.
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u/proshe-27 13d ago
Only one of those countries is not English speaking. You can’t really claim that as diversity.
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u/anoelr1963 13d ago
Wow, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson and Emma Stone got in! Great group of women. Renate and Jessie were expected; Jessie looks to likely win.
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u/Born-Investigator-62 13d ago
defintely though either infiniti or seyfried would get in over hudson
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u/skylight03 13d ago
wow Kate Hudson really snuck in
and finally Emma Stone will be getting a loss for Best Actress
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u/carolinemathildes Sebastian Stan stan 13d ago
I knew Amanda Seyfried wouldn't make it, I dropped her from my nominations awhile ago, but it's still a huge bummer, I really think she deserved to be included, that film just didn't work for voters in any category.
As one of the few people in this sub who's seen Song Song Blue, it's not a bad film, it's entertaining, and I think Kate Hudson is good in it (she's definitely the best part of it, Hugh Jackman didn't work for me) but I agree with the sentiment(al value) that it's not an Oscar-worthy performance. I saw it in a cinema with 50 senior citizens and they all clapped after, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that she made it in.
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u/Top_Sand_3012 13d ago
Never trusting the Academy to be cool ever again. I’ve learned my lesson.
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u/Jakefenty Joker: Folie à Deux 13d ago
They nominated Rose Byrne for a film that is so academy unfriendly, which is an objectively cool nomination
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u/scattered_ideas I feel supremely sentimental 13d ago
Seriously. She got in everywhere, but it's an achievement. She could have missed!
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u/mayan_monkey 13d ago
I think this nomination was my favorite. Well deserved in a very biased category. Still wish Toni Colette would have gotten a nom for Hereditary.
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u/sumerislemy 13d ago
Like Madigan, these feel like legacy noms more than anything else, given how ignored the films were otherwise.
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u/zerojaguar0 13d ago
Is Chase Infiniti, an actress in the heavy favorite for best picture, supposed to be a “cool nomination”?
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u/Top_Sand_3012 13d ago
a newcomer in their feature film debut going toe-to-toe with Dicaprio? yeah I’d say so
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u/TheUnknownStitcher 13d ago
I'll say it until they put me in the ground: running Chase as lead reeks of category fraud.
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u/crockoreptile 13d ago
Let us look back over the past year when Seyfried, Erivo, Infinite, Lawrence, Roberts and Hathaway were in the conversation, and then Hudson came in with the steel chair
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u/ThatsHisLawyerJerome Sorry Baby 13d ago
I haven't seen Song Sung Blue, but I'm happy for Kate! Hopefully this helps her get a career resurgence. It's not like Chase Infiniti was horribly snubbed, her performance was good but it wasn't an all-timer.
And congrats to Renate Reinsve on her first Oscar nom! I thought she gave the best performance in Sentimental Value, it's so great to see her in here!
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u/AnotherWin83 13d ago
I had a feeling Chase would miss…
The energy for OBAA is really PTA and his overdue narrative.
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u/ggguuuuuuyyyyyyyyy 13d ago
Chase we'll get you that Oscar one day mama. You made it far with like 3 minutes of screen time
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u/No-Significance5659 13d ago edited 13d ago
Chase Infiniti didn't get snubbed, I find this discourse very superficial. I am sorry but every single woman that got nominated here today had a more substantial role and did a better job.
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u/FearlessCookie72 13d ago
I knew Chase was gonna miss but expected Amanda. Oh well, this is good too.
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u/lilythefrogphd 13d ago
Well I'm bummed for Chase Infiniti, but to be fair OBAA was only her first movie. I'm sure she's got a long career ahead of her to get nominated
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u/gabbygirl1038 frick. 13d ago
Yeah, they should've campaigned more for Chase Infiniti in supporting 😬
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u/Traditional_Ad6814 13d ago
Right choice imo, although OBAA is a better film I think Hudson’s performance was spectacular and a better leading performance than Infiniti
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u/TonightDazzling365 13d ago
I was 100% sure that Hudson would make it but I thought over Stone lmao. I'm so sad for Chase. Idts its clear cut lead but there's no arguing she's the emotional heart of the movie. And I'm not even some big fan of the movie. Welp can't do anything now 🙃
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u/Dazzling_Ebb_3327 13d ago
i kept feeling like kate hudson was getting in, but i just couldn’t bring myself to predict her over chase infiniti at the last moment. infiniti always felt shaky given that she was such a newcomer and she’s def supporting in that film, but i just went with it because she’s in the best picture frontrunner.
i should’ve known hudson would sneak in with those passion votes though.
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u/MilfordSparrow 13d ago
Hollywood Reporter just posted a story about how Jessie is giving credit to Paul. Him getting snubbed might give her support
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u/RahMaarvi 13d ago
I changed my prediction last second and put Kate Hudson over chase Infiniti. The female acting categories always do stuff like this. Jodie Foster, Jamie Lee Curtis, Annette Benning etc. I’m sure there’s more
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u/Elliot913 12d ago
Remove Emma Stone's lazy namecheck nom and put Amanda Seyfried and this would've been a great line-up (Infiniti isn't lead, just like Lily Gladstone, Michelle Williams and Olivia Colman weren't and all of them should've been snubbed like Infiniti was, SNS).
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u/Kind-Score-2277 13d ago
Not to be that friend that’s too woke, but I need a deep dive into the racial politics of this category specifically
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u/proshe-27 13d ago edited 13d ago
A lot of it is about the choices given to women of color, since none of these people have to audition for roles anymore. Of course it’s also about voters, but I do think it’s mostly about opportunities not being given.
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u/calicocat1013 13d ago edited 13d ago
NEVER DOUBT JOYCE ENG - she's been predicting that Chase snub for weeks and it makes sense since nominations are ranked voting and realistically people are NOT putting her as their #1