Best Supporting Actress 2014: Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts and Scarlett Johansson

Posted by · 8:30 pm · October 22nd, 2013

HitFix’s awards editorial staff surveys the field of this year’s Best Supporting Actress category. From suffering, wives to supportive mothers, the season’s crop is varied and accomplished.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 6:27 am · February 13th, 2013

Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt and Jacki Weaver square off.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 92 — Gotham nods, 'Flight,' 'Lincoln' and Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 8:00 am · October 19th, 2012

In this week’s podcast Kris and Anne discuss the freshly announced Gotham nominations, dig in to Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight” and Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and survey the Best Supporting Actress field.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 10:00 am · January 27th, 2012

Four first-timers, Bérénice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, join previous nominee Janet McTeer in the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race. We weigh up their chances, and decide who deserves to win.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Trying to get a bead on Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 8:34 am · November 25th, 2011

In today’s round-up, the Best Supporting Actress category gets a little scrutiny, the makeup of “Super8” gets some love and scrennwriter John Logan talks “Hugo.”

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AMPAS to salute Vanessa Redgrave in London

Posted by · 1:45 pm · November 4th, 2011

AMPAS is saluting Vanessa Redgrave at a special tribute evening in London next Sunday. Is this a good omen for her chances at a second Oscar for “Coriolanus?”

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Redgrave and the ladies of 'The Help' lead the conversation on Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 9:51 am · October 17th, 2011

Rounding out four weeks of performance analysis this week, we turn to Best Adapted Screenplay. Contenders include Vanessa Redgrave, Octavia Spencer, the ubiquitous Jessica Chastain and Shailene Woodley, among others.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 63 — Digging into the supporting categories

Posted by · 7:57 am · September 30th, 2011

In today’s podcast we urge you to see “50/50” and “Take Shelter” this weekend, we start chewing on the supporting categories and we discuss the box office of a few of the year’s early season contenders.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Rosebud 70 years later

Posted by · 6:51 am · September 30th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Kenneth Turan writes up the gorgeous new “Citizen Kane” anniversary DVD/Blu-ray, Hitfix’s own Drew McWeeny chats with “50/50” writer Will Reiser and we get a little more out of this weekend’s test screening of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”

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