And the 2007 Academy Award Nominations Are...!! (FULL LIST!)- Page 11

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 4:53pm

Rinko left me feeling a little cold.

Which is exactly how you were supposed to feel.

[PJ]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 4:56pm

Trust me, I am quite aware that a performance can be outstanding without screaming, crying, and yelling. For example, note my current avatar. But I just don't see why everyone, not just the Academy, is tripping over themselves to give her awards for this performance. At this point, she's damn near unbeatable. Unfortunately. I would pee my pants with glee if Streep stole that SAG award from her though.

[PJ]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 4:57pm

"Rinko left me feeling a little cold."

"Which is exactly how you were supposed to feel."

Oh, okay. Thanks for clearin' that up.

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 4:59pm

Trust me, I am quite aware that a performance can be outstanding without screaming, crying, and yelling. For example, note my current avatar.

Miranda in "The Devil Wears Prada" is the ultimate scenery chewing role!! If it weren't for the subtle things Streep gave the performance it would be a laughable part.

Streep is the greatest actress America has and if she won an Oscar for Prada I would not be upset. However, Mirren was able to take you into the soul of a woman many feel souless. The performance was so layered.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:01pm

Kikuchi shows her coochie?

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:03pm

Yes she shows it and it is gross!!

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:04pm

I was under the impression that Kikuchi did not in fact show her coochie but whipped out her Shippoopie.

[PJ]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:07pm

Streep's character chewed scenery, yes. But she didn't do so by throwing things at her assistants and screaming about her coffee not being there. She was tremendously authoritative without raising her voice. She did more with the perch of her lips or a simple glare that let you know exactly what she was thinking. Streep didn’t have to be dramatic and overpower her co-stars by “acting” upset.

Two great examples of chewing scenery:
Jack Nicholson...The Shining
Faye Dunaway...Mommie Dearest

Actors who went off the deep end in their characterizations truly chewed scenery. Updated On: 1/23/07 at 05:07 PM

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:29pm

PJ I was actually agreeing with you. Streep does not chew the scenery. The character could EASILY have been played that way but the subtleness of Streeps performance is what made it brilliant.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 5:53pm

I was told DREAMGIRLS screeners were sent to DGA members, but my friend who is a brother of a DGA member said his brother didn't get it or didn't remember getting it (he saw the movie in a theatre).

I'm more disappointed Condon didn't get a nomination for Direction than the film not getting a nod. Without him, Hudson wouldn't have been nominated. Without him, the musical wouldn't have worked as a movie. And of course, without him, we wouldn't even have the movie to begin with.

[broadway86]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:10pm

There is NO way that Streep's work in Prada can be called "scenery chewing". It was a grand performance, yes, but not in that sense.

Rinko left me feeling a little cold.

I disagree. Her loneliness and desperation moved me. So did Adriana Barraza's final scene. Brilliant work from both.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:34pm

"I'm more disappointed Condon didn't get a nomination for Direction than the film not getting a nod. Without him, Hudson wouldn't have been nominated. Without him, the musical wouldn't have worked as a movie. And of course, without him, we wouldn't even have the movie to begin with."


Amen, Capn.


Munk--as far as them getting off their arses and seeing movies in the theatres, I totally agree. But so many of them "claim" to be too busy to do that these days, in their "hectic" working schedules... so they use and rely on the screeners quite a bit.

More than we would like to believe, or than they would like to admit, I imagine.

They're known to be a necessary "evil," if you will.

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:45pm

WTF???? NO DREAMGIRLS???? WHAT IS THAT???
Butt the 3 song nominations will lead to a fun show

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:46pm

I am so, so, thrilled that all three Dreamgirls songs got nominated. JHud is singing at the Oscars!!

I'm happy for LMS and Ryan Gosling, too.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:48pm

I doubt Eddie Murphy will sing his "live" with Anika.

He'll probably chicken out like Renee Zellweger did for Chicago.

But actually each of the three "girls" has an nice opportunity to perform a song at the Oscars, if they want it.

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:57pm

I am also glad "I need to wake up " got a nomination. I looooove that song.
I really hope Anika performs her song

[Jon]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:23pm

Eddie Murphy got his start performing on live TV every Saturday night. Whay would he chicken out?

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:29pm

I'd love to see Jennifer Holliday sing all the Dreamgirls songs.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:35pm

That would be overkill, touchme. We certainly don't want a Beyoncé-type backlash from two years ago. No, I say Beyoncé sings her song ("Listen), Jennifer hers ("Love You I Do"), and Anika/Eddie theirs ("Patience"). I'm just hoping they don't turn it into a medley 'cause then that'll suck, but I'm almost certain it will be.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:40pm

LOL! Touchme said HOLLIDAY, not Hudson.

That would be hilarious!... and unlikely.



"Eddie Murphy got his start performing on live TV every Saturday night. Whay would he chicken out?"

Because that was 25 years ago, and he's older, more famous and sitting in a room full of his "peers" and a worldwide TV audience that is 1,000 times bigger than any SNL audience ever was. Plus, it's his first Oscar nomination, and he's going to be nervous and preoccupied.

Those elements are much easier to overcome when you're younger, and too happy to know to be scared sh*tless.

Maybe you're right, though. We shall see...

Updated On: 1/23/07 at 07:40 PM

[soapguy17]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:52pm

He has too! Beacuse, I said so.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:54pm

"Cate absolutely swallows Dench up during their big fight scene"

In my opinion, this is high camp. Of course she swallows her up - doesn't Faye Dunaway do the same to Diana Scarwid in similar Mommie Dearest scenes, and vice versa? Blanchett seems to be trying to reinvent English intonation in her lines there - "Youuuu think thissss is ahhh LOVVVVVEAF-FAIR?" - not unlike Dunaway. Both Dench and Blanchett are highly entertaining in the film. Really, Davis and Crawford couldn't have done it better, but this is 2007 - not 1957. We've already seen Blanchett go way over the top into caricature in The Aviator; it was a lot of fun, but the real success story of the year is a first-time actress running away with a big-budget studio film.

I have seen NOAS and Dreamgirls three times each. Cate Blanchett in NOAS is ultimately a guilty pleasure. She played to the debased crowd; it's shamefully wonderful. Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls is a performance I rave about to friends and family as evidence that 'it can be done' with little training.
Updated On: 1/23/07 at 07:54 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:55pm

The "girls" will probably talk him into it.

Besides, I'm sure Anika doesn't want to sing her part of "Patience" with Elton John, or Ann Reinking, or some crazy choice like that.

[*brina-doll*]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 7:59pm

I'm happy that Jennifer was nominated, she did an excellant job.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/23/07 at 8:03pm

She's a "natural."

Nothing wrong with that. I love naturals. They give raw, fresh performances without the schooled "training" you sometimes glimpse from the seasoned pros.

Other first-time "naturals" (like Hang S. Ngor and Harold Russell) have won well-deserved Oscars. All require excellent directors that know just how to extract and guide the performer. But if you don't have it in you to begin with, no director on earth can pull a performance like that out of you.