There were five fantastic performances this year, but only one can claim the victory. Here’s our prediction for who will take home the Best Actress Oscar.
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Glenn Close works the awards circuit at the 21st Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards this year in Beverly Hills.
This year’s Best Actress Oscar nominees took us from 1970’s Mexico, to 18th century England, and even to the grounds of Coachella. The nominees include a veteran actress riding high on her seventh nomination, a global pop star phenomenon, a former bridesmaid, a queen in her own right, and even a brand new actress making her on-screen debut. These were five fantastic performances this year, but only one can claim the Oscar victory.
Here’s a brief rundown of each nominee followed by our prediction of who’s going to get the gold.
In The Wife, Close plays Joan Castleman, the supportive spouse of a novelist (played by Jonathan Pryce) who is about to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature. Based on the novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer, Close’s performance has already won her the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award. The film relies on Close’s power to really drive home the story and the veteran actress proves she’s more than up to the task at hand.
Close has been nominated for six previous Academy Awards for her work in The World According to Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, and Albert Nobbs. Will The Wife finally get her the win?
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While some may feel that a pop star playing a pop star isn’t something to alert the presses over, they probably haven’t seen Lady Gaga’s gut-wrenchingly real performance as Ally in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born.
