Kristen Stewart was ready for her royal coronation.
After the world premiere of “Spencer” — her movie about Princess Diana — at the Venice Film Festival …
Kristen Stewart was ready for her royal coronation. After the world premiere of “Spencer” — her movie about Princess Diana — at the Venice Film Festival last September, Stewart,31, was instantly heralded as the front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar. “The Venice crowd hooted and cheered,” a promising report in Variety said of the world premiere, “showering Stewart with a three-minute standing ovation.” The buzz was a well-deserved achievement from a real talent who critics adore, but nonetheless is often underestimated by the industry. Finally, it seemed the sun had set on her “Twilight” years, and Stewart would sail to the stage of the Dolby Theatre on a wave of goodwill. It hasn’t turned out that way. In the six months since that euphoric premiere, Stewart has picked up no major awards outside of esoteric critics groups and is now a long shot for Best Actress. She lost the Golden Globe Award (sure the ceremony was tarnished, but losing is losing) for best actress in a drama to Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in “ Being the Ricardos .” Then Stewart didn’t even make it onto the rosters of the BAFTA or SAG Awards, the latter was won by current favorite Jessica Chastain as the title character in “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” When the Oscar nominations were announced in February, Stewart and her team probably heaved a sigh of relief that she had been included at all. She’s gone from top dog to underdog. If Stewart emerges victorious Sunday night (8 p.
