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IIRC, before The Substance, the last horror movie to get a BP nom is Get Out, almost 10 years ago. Before Get Out? Sixth Sense, maybe?! Horror is definitely a very underrated genre, much like how comedic performances are almost always snubbed for lead role noms.

It’s interesting because when you look back at the prior Best Actress winners, you have to look back at Julianne Moore’s win for Still Alice to be the only win AND nomination for the film. All other winners, like you said, have been in well-liked movies that were nominated for a bunch. Even Renee in Judy and Jessica in Tammy Faye had one other nomination for their movie. And looking at winners before Julianne, all previous winners were also from well-nominated movies. I remember the discourse during Olivia Colman’s mini-upset of Glenn Close in that The Favourite was nominated for a bunch of awards, over The Wife’s single nom, and therefore, was a priority for voters to watch, and because it had more eyes on it, it probably propelled Olivia to victory over Glenn. I think a lot of people are rooting for Demi after this awards season, so I hope she reinvents herself like Nicole Kidman and gets a second wind at her Hollywood career.

Interesting article. Like you mentioned previously, it does reference Demi’s past “reputation” of being a difficult person. Whether that’s true, who knows. I remember there was an article where a director or producer questioned her being cast in AFGM if she was not going to have a romance plot with Tom Cruise. She may have been a PITA for directors/producers, but it seems her fellow actors adore her. Lucy, Drew and Cameron all showed up to support her at a recent event, and she did win SAG. I figure if her fellow actors can’t stand her, that would have been obvious during this awards season.

My favorite joke of Conan was, aside from the Russian (which wasn’t a joke, I guess), was when he used the excess usage of the f word in Anora to segue to Karla’s PR nightmare: ”You tweeted WHAT?!?!?!?!?!” ”If you’re going to tweet about the host tonight, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.” It was a great way to reference to her scandal without directly wading into the specifics of the scandal (homophobia, racism, etc.). A joke that didn’t land for me was that joke about Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas. Just doesn’t have the same punch if the butt of your jokes aren’t present.

Sean Baker’s work has focused on the plight of sex workers - prostitutes, strippers, porn stars, etc. He finally gets his breakthrough when he penned a love story.

To Molly McNearney’s point - a perfect example of a lengthy production bit that didn’t have a payoff. And the only payoff would have been the introduction of the new Bond. Margaret Qualley would have been better off as a presenter.

Despite the loss, I do hope Demi Moore will end up working in more movies, or TV, in this renaissance of her career. I hope this Oscar run is more of a new chapter rather an epilogue. I look to Nicole Kidman who has reinvented herself as this powerhouse girlboss in both film and TV production at this stage of her career. And I hope Demi gets some of that similar arc.

It was fine, if that was indeed the point. But like your typical SNL skit, it just went on for too long. And it didn’t help that Conan then went on to do his not wasting time bit, instead of going to the first presenter.

The idea isn’t mine, but they should totally re-release The Substance and do this!

I felt this early on too. The show was very uneven. I remember last year being pleasantly surprised that they already got through the second tier awards and In Memoriam, and they still have a good close to an hour left. I don’t think it’s necessarily due to Conan, but something about the production was a miss. And it’s not like they didn’t have skits last year. Remember John Cena coming out in barely anything? It’s notable that they have a different production team this year than last year. I remember Molly McNearney, the exec producer, and Jimmy’s wife, stating that the production was successful last year because they avoided lengthy skits and bits that didn’t have much of a payoff. It felt like this year, they went the opposite of that.

My point was, getting nominated (and in some cases, winning) in the lead category rather than supporting gives you a much different visibility and focus to the industry. All of a sudden, the industry sees you as a leading actor, someone who can carry a movie, and not just someone as part of an ensemble. That’s why I felt Mikey vs. Alicia isn’t a fair comparison. Like you said, even though JLaw and Jessica were already established stars by the time they won the Oscars, getting nominated previously (and losing) in the Lead category catapulted them into the front of the attention span of producers, casting directors, and moviegoers. I disagree about Brie. After her Oscar turn, she got major star billing, in her own words, in a big-budget popcorn movie. And she headlined, what was then THE franchise to be in, as their first lead woman superhero, getting the first solo movie over its own established star who has already been with them for awhile (Scarlett). Would she be nominated for another Oscar? Who knows, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she did. As for Mikey, we’ll see. I’ve only seen her in other couple of movies, Quentin’s and Scream. She’ll get interesting scripts and lead roles from this point forward, and only time will tell what path she chooses.

Lead always has a different effect in an actor’s career though. Brie, Emma, Jessica, Jennifer L., Cate, Nicole, Renee, Natalie, etc., in general have had very different career arcs than Lupita, Octavia, Jennifer H., Ariana, Alicia (like you mentioned above) etc. That’s why Lily Gladstone fought to be in the lead category last year even though she was arguably more supporting, and Lead was a tough category. I bet Mikey will be the IT girl for awhile like how JLaw, Emma and Brie had their turn for big-budget lead roles.

His “fourth” win didn’t technically count because Best International Film goes to the country, not the producer or director.

At least she’ll always be introduced as “Academy Award-nominee Demi Moore”

SAG completely got both the leading roles wrong. Wow. When’s the last time that happened?!