Fun fact : Kate Winslet turned down The Reader because of conflicted schedule with Revolutionary Road , then they offered Nicole Kidman to replace, but Kidman was busy to shoot Australia but the producer was willing to wait for her..When Kidman was ready to do The Reader she was pregnant, so the role went back to Winslet who finished already Revolutionary Road.. What meant to be , meant to be, and Kidman was part of the presenter who gave Winslet her Oscar !! Amazing

@hyperballadbradx6486

Жыл бұрын

Wow didn't know this

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I had no idea! Love this trivia!

She should've won for Revolutionary Road. That performance is just phenomenal.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I know, I love it so much!

@ritabrennan4464

10 ай бұрын

I disagree, but then again the film just didn’t go anywhere for me.

Sandra Bullock’s Oscar win for The Blind Side has got to be one of the worst wins since Gwenyth Paltrow’s.

@marrmart7690

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 iwant the chanel tell us why ( gwenytg paltrow won? ) she was baaaaad and normal role 🤔🤔🤔

@popastrology1900

8 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more and Glenn Close is out here with no Oscar. Unbelievable.

@bilaalbadurdeen2733

4 ай бұрын

No Sandra done a great job 🎉

@davy209

4 ай бұрын

@bilaalbadurdeen2733- Sandra’s performance in “The Blind Side” was definitely entertaining to watch, and was deserving, at most of an Oscar nomination. She was in 4th place for me personally. Carey, Gabourey, and Meryl were way better and either of them would’ve been more deserving winners. I just don’t like the “Julia-Robertsesque” type of overreacting that Sandra did. I much prefer she’d won for “Gravity” instead because that’s her best performance to date. It was more of an emotionally restrained and subtle performance that made her real more like an actual real life person that the audience can relate to, emotionally invest in, and root for all throughout the movie!

Kate should have been nominated for Ammonite. She was so good.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great performance!

@luismiguelcuervo8885

11 ай бұрын

No

@HelloGorgeous1234

Ай бұрын

Its unbelievable good I dont understand how she wasnt nominated

81st Academy Awards 😊

Reason 4 is why I was sooo mad when Amy Adams didn’t even get recognized when she did Nocturnal Animals AND Arrival. She was phenomenal in both. I thought they would nominate her like they did with Kate

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I know, right?!? Still so wild Adams got passed over for Arrival.

Kate Winslet is the British Meryl Streep

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much!

@tiffanywitherspoon8722

Жыл бұрын

Cate Blanchett is the Australian Meryl Streep.

@Mchannnel

Жыл бұрын

@@tiffanywitherspoon8722Cate has been in more experimental films than Streep though. Cate can’t be compared with anyone tbh…

@giorgi6643

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheAwardsContenderkate Winslet better actress then blanchett

@arnepianocanada

10 ай бұрын

... and Meryl Streep is the American Kate Winslet.

I think she should have won for revolutionary road.. but that year my champion was Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway..but because that year belonged to Kate Winslet, I'm also happy for her win...

@poett8875

Жыл бұрын

I don’t get why they didn’t just double nominate her. Lead for “Revolutionary Road”, and supporting for “The Reader.”

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love that she won, but I would’ve preferred the win for RR.

@vodkatonyq

Жыл бұрын

Sally Hawkins gave the performance of the year, but wasn't even nominated.

@RLucas3000

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender Have you considered doing a team up with Be Kind Rewind? Would love to see it!

@davidstevenson404

Ай бұрын

@@poett8875 Academy rules, perhaps :)

I remember watching Heavenly Creatures and thinking “this girl is going to be a great actress” same feeling I had for Leo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Natalie Portman in the Professional.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I know, right??? Her talent is right there from the beginning!

@garrywallace1007

7 ай бұрын

An incredible movie...I thought the same about Jackson (the Director) too

Brian, please NEVER stop making these videos. Your channel is damn near my favorite on KZread. Don’t know why you haven’t blown up yet but it’ll happen in time. Absolutely love all of your series!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, thank you so much, your comment made my day! ❤️

@meadow9441

Жыл бұрын

I agree, the channel deserves tens of thousands of more subscribers at least! 😊

😘Kate Winslet is without a doubt,one of the most beautiful woman in the world!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

She is!

Angelina has always been the close second to me, right after KATE for The reader...... Such an incredibly great category, strong at drama so much, Anne's take on Rachel getting married made me appreciate her as an actress, Angelina's portrayal of the mother seeks for her lost son broke my heart...... The reader moved me in a way I just cannot describe... Perfect time for her Kate to win finally after years and years being an Oscar loser.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

So true! Thanks for watching!

Kate Winslet deserved her Oscar for Best Actress for The Reader. I wish people would consider impact more than clocked screentime, because its a film measured by impact. As for Sandra Bullock versus Meryl, that will be interesting. One's a white savior film and the other is a legendary director's last work.

@poett8875

Жыл бұрын

I would’ve given the Oscar to Gabourey Sidibe that year for “Precious.” Brilliant performance and that was her first acting role.

@outinsider

Жыл бұрын

@@poett8875 Same. Be Kind Rewind did an excellent summation of that race. I would check that out if you haven't already.

@giovannyespinoza6013

Жыл бұрын

​@@poett8875 Gabourey Sidibe really deserved to win over Sandra Bullock.

@singstreetcar5881

Жыл бұрын

Carey mulligan was good in an education

@outinsider

Жыл бұрын

@@singstreetcar5881 while I hadn't seen that one yet, I did see Promising Young Woman and she was good in that too!

LOVE THIS VIDEO! Thank you so much. I think that a major factor was... Winslet's performance in The Reader, regardless of what category it was placed in, won everything, completely swept. Wherever The Reader went, she was gonna win there. Secondly, I think that the Oscars didn't really want her to win for Supporting, they wanted her for best actress because that was where she belonged in terms of fame and recognition. It would have looked SOOO weird if Anne Hathaway won Best Actress and Winslet won Best Supporting Actress. (That's not a dig on Anne, I love Anne, but you know what I mean, especially at that point of their respective careers). Also her screen time in The Reader is categorically Lead. She's the lead role and the centrepiece to the whole film. My ultimate dream is that they had put Revolutionary Road in the vault and released it the next year. I think she would have given Sandra and Meryl a real run for their money, although she probs wouldn't have won cause winning back to back is really hard. But at least that way she would have had her moment in the sun for Revolutionary Road which she deserved. Thank you so much for the video.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, excellent point! Thanks so much for watching!

Doubt should have been nominated for best picture, best cinematography and best costume design

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Speaking of The Reader . . . Ralph Fiennes and the Elusive Oscar! I say this not just because I love him, but because anytime I can persuade someone to shine a light on the underrated gem that is Quiz Show, I do it. 😊 And speaking of THAT movie, it reminds me that the Oscar has also eluded Mr. John Turturro. What the heck is up with that? Okay, rant over. Good day, everyone.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

The reader is about an older woman having an affair with a 15 year old boy, not a “younger man.” It’s a very good movie and a very good book, but please don’t sugarcoat it.

@chayennep1984

Жыл бұрын

Exactly let's not gloss over pedophilia.

Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet. Two beauties.

As a huge kate winslet fan and someone who has read both the books Kate's films were adapted from, my ideal Oscars wins would've replicated her golden globe wins. But she was not supporting in the Reader. Even if the category is infamous for fraud. Personally, knowing and reading the book (which I can recommend to the highest degree), I would've given the Best Actress to Winslet for Revolutionary Road. She was a perfect April Wheeler. But The Reader was the "stronger, buzzer" role. Still, I relish in the golden globes and her double wins.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, same here!

Definetly a well deserved win for KW

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Kate should have won for Revolutionary Road, if any. Also, Marisa Tomei deserved Best Supporting Actress for the Wrestler along with Mickey Rourke.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great performances!

@davy209

8 ай бұрын

If Kate had been nominated in Supporting for “The Reader” and in Lead for “Revolutionary Road”, there was a very good chance that she could have won in both categories, which has never happened in Oscar’s history. I’m sure that the Academy members thought that would be too generous to award two acting Oscars for the same actor in the same year and intentionally placed both Winslet’s performances in Lead in order to cancel each other out, since Academy rules only allows one performance to be nominated in the same category for one actor.

“Boy was I a happy gay at the time” this makes the baby gay inside me feel seen ❤️❤️

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Haha I’m glad! Thanks for watching!

I think that Kate Winslet could have been nominated for both in lead and supporting and winning in supporting. I wish that Meryl Streep would had won the Oscar for Doubt instead of The Iron Lady don't get me wrong but that win was the makeup Oscar for not giving her third Oscar for Doubt.

@aboyboboiboy

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@singstreetcar5881

Жыл бұрын

She was the lead in the reader

@paulvoorhies8821

Жыл бұрын

She was quite obviously the lead in both films.

@paulvoorhies8821

Жыл бұрын

I’d completely forgotten about that performance by Leo.

@poett8875

Жыл бұрын

@@singstreetcar5881 the movie was two hours long and she had about 41 minutes of screen time. Is that really enough to justify a lead performance over supporting?

I remember this award season very well, and Kate Winslet was always the frontrunner. It was only a matter of which film she was going to be nominated for and win. I don't think Meryl Streep was that big of a factor like the video suggest. If I remember correctly, even Viola Davis was making more noice for her short performance than Streep. Fun fact, Kate Winslet became part of only a handful of actresses to win Best Actress in a drama at the Golden Globes, and not be nominated for an Oscar for the same performance.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, love this trivia! Thanks for sharing!

Kate Winslet is my all time favourite actor ever. If I could only ever watch one actor again it would be her (followed by Nicole Kidman and Natalie Portman) I adore The Reader. It's astoundingly good, so I'm more than happy with her win. Meryl was excellent in Doubt. Truly. The whole cast in that film were unreal. I feel like Meryl's performances in The Hours is criminally overlooked.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

So true! Thanks for watching!

Another incredible & spectacular video, Brian! This is one of my favourite Best Actress races EVER, not just for the unpredictability factor of the race but also because I thought Meryl, Angelina, and Anne Hathaway all delivered (near or) career best performances so I genuinely would have been happy to see any of them win as well. As a Kate stan (very excited for The Regime on HBO next year), I was ELATED to finally see her win as I do love her in The Reader but I do feel that it's unfortunate that her remarkable performance in Revolutionary Road went ignored as I still feel it's in her top 3 best performances alongside Little Children & Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind so that's the only reason I wish she remained lead in Revolutionary Road & supporting in The Reader as much as we can give a consensus on how that would be category fraud. Speaking of... an "Alicia Vikander Defeats Kate Winslet" video in Supporting Actress is a definite must as I remember that race being very exciting and Kate would have a second Oscar for Steve Jobs had Alicia remained in lead for The Danish Girl instead of going supporting (and she should have been there for Ex-Machina anyway)! Your 2010 video for Sandra will be exciting... it could go in either "Why Sandra Bullock won the Oscar" or "Sandra Bullock Defeats Meryl Streep & Carey Mulligan" really. Always look forward to your videos, they always make my mornings when I see them pop up on KZread!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your kind words, they mean a lot!

@davidstevenson404

Ай бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender I'M SORRY I dis-respected you in the comments section in "10 best actresses ranked in 2010 decade" I think you're great as the "Awards Contender." I'm the one who commented on ur placing of Meryl Streep as no. 10 (Iron Lady) for that decade---no biggie, I'm sure, but I AM SORRY.

man, the pacing of this video is so different from almost all of your others oscars race videos! cmon it's so nice, I'm loving it. guess michelle pfeiffer really did something haha. also, winslet's dad whistling for her to notice him in the crowd is top 10 cutest oscar moments material FOR SURE. SO cute.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Loved his whistling moment!! Thanks for your kind words!

Honestly Angelina gave my favorite performance this year. It always baffled me how overlooked people are towards this performance. If Winslet were to be nominated for Revolutionary Road, it would have been more deserving. That being said I’m happy Winslet won this year because she deserves to have an Oscar even if her role in The Reading is supporting.

@mollypercocet1718

Жыл бұрын

I think Angelina is too « hot » and pretty so people tend to overlook her performances

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Jolie is fantastic in Changeling!

@davy209

8 ай бұрын

If Kate had been nominated in Supporting for “The Reader” and in Lead for “Revolutionary Road”, there was a very good chance that she could have won in both categories, which has never happened in Oscar’s history. I’m sure that the Academy members thought that would be too generous to award two acting Oscars for the same actor in the same year and intentionally placed both Winslet’s performances in Lead in order to cancel each other out, since Academy rules only allows one performance to be nominated in the same category for one actor.

I vividly remember this race! Sorry but I was TEAM KATE all the way. The fact she got nominated for two separate roles in the same category at the BAFTAs speaks volumes. It didn't matter to me whether it was Revolutionary Road or The Reader, AS LONG AS KATE WON 😂😂😂😂 I feel she was truly robbed when she lost to Alicia Vikander. Alicia had more screen time than Eddie and she was supporting? Kate would have won it right then and there

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, Kate deserved another win for Steve Jobs!!

@erinpilla

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender Alicia was the real category fraud LOL! No shade to Alicia (but I was jealous she married Michael Fassbender HAHAHAHA)

what a great year for Winslett! And really a headscratcher for the supporting or lead nods. 2009 is one of my fave Oscarcast too!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks for watching!

Even though The Life of David Gale was a crap movie, her performance inspired me to pursue journalism.

I still think Kate should have won for sense and sensibility, titanic, or eternal sunshine.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great performances!

I hope and pray to see a film with Kate Winslet, Care Blanchett and Meryl Streep.

My personal favorite Winslet performances are The Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and A Little Chaos. Streep I love in everything! Julie and Julia is one of my favorite movies . I would have loved it if she had won for that.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Good picks!

The Oscar should have gone to Sally Hawkins in happy go lucky

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great performance!

Thanks a lot for such great breakdown! Can't wait for the video about Meryl's "Iron Lady" win over Viola Davis. That was one of the biggest Oscar robberies ever.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, and I look forward to making that one!

Thank you Brian! It’s really amazing to see how your videos have evolved since you first started. I love that you are showing your face and that we can see your reactions to something you are so passionate about. I can’t wait to see Sandra Vs. Meryl!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brett, I’m always trying to improve!

reminds me to alicia vikander whom supposed to win for ex machina instead

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Ex Machina was the better performance!

Thanks once again, Brian, for another excellent commentary. I was very pleased with Kate's Oscar for "The Reader." It was a compelling movie in every way.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad, thank you!

You mentioned that it was not certain that Oscar night whether Winslet will win BA but I disagree. Time magazine even made her their Front photo with the headline Best Actress daysss before the Oscar night. I still have that magazine with me.

Very well deserving. Her performance was stunning.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Love her!

I think Kate Winslet should've won for both sense and sensibility and eternal sunshine because she was more deserving than any actress was nominated in the same category , I think 2009 Oscar for lead actress should've been to Meryl or Anne because they really give the most complex beautiful performances then Kate

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I wanted Meryl to win, but this was just Kate’s year!

I'm looking forward to the KIDMAN vs ZELLWEGER video

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Yet another great fascinating video Brian , love your take on it all!! Sitting blown away in the cinema as the credits rolled on Heavenly Creatures, I said then now that is an Oscar winning actress, it’s just a matter of time!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bev!!

Good video, as usual! Thanks for breaking it all down, once again, Brian! Keep it coming!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, thanks for the support!

"I didn't even bought a dress!"

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I can already feel your excitement for the next video Looking forward to it

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay, can’t wait to get started!

I remember being blown away by The Reader years ago when I was just getting into “cinema” - will have to return to that move. Doubt is also one heck of a tour de force in acting.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, is it ever. Thanks for watching!

My first year watching the Oscars. Loved this year ❤❤❤ Great video 🔥🔥🔥

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

She won BAFTA best actress for the The Reader though

Small correction, the first half of Reader takes place in 1958, not during the war. Her crimes were during the war but those aren’t known until the second half with the trial in 1966. The plot somewhat mirrors Germany’s (in both sides) desire to focus on rebuilding and Cold War tensions during late 40s and 50s and many former Nazis were living normal lives during that time. The new generation in West Germany re-examined the past in 60s, alongside culture changing in general in West during 60s. Although Winslet’s character is presented as somewhat innocent in the end of what she was convicted of, because she could not read. But that’s pretty typical for fiction.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

What a race!!! I was so surprised to learn that she was nominated for "The Reader" as Leading Actress. Although, we disagree about which film we like most! I liked her more in "The Reader".

I was shocked that Winslet was nominated in lead for The Reader when it was a supporting role. I wished there was more love for Revolutionary Road. It was weird that Michael Shanon received a nod for supporting actor. Both Leo and Kate were giving devastating performances. I wonder if voters didn’t want to muddy up their perception of their onscreen reunion that they decided to shut that performance out come nomination time. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen The Reader. When I saw it, I don’t think I was all that invested. She was the best part of it, but I just didn’t really felt it was a strong film to receive multiple nominations, including best director and picture. Oh well, I guess no point complaining about any of it when what matters finally happened: Kate Winslet is an Academy Award winning actress. I would have loved that she won supporting and Streep won for lead, but it just wasn’t in the cards. I’d have preferred Streep win for Doubt over The Iron Lady. Looking back at that film, and learning more about Thatcher over the years since, the film sympathized too much when she did such horrific things in her tenure as prime minister which the film glosses over. Streep is great, but would have loved that her 3rd Oscar win been for Doubt. I’m curious now if Kate will receive her second Oscar for the right performance or even another nomination. It’s been a while since her turn in Steve Jobs. She’s been making strides on the television front. I wanna see her return to glory in film.

@sarasamaletdin4574

Жыл бұрын

She has the screentime and fame for Lead. The whole movie is about her even if it’s through someone’s else’s eyes through which we see her mostly. It’s a bit similar to Sophie’s Choice. Something like Davis in Help had a lot less screentime or ability to effect the story and was nominated in Lead.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, crossing my fingers for that next glorious movie role!

@craigmmcgill

Жыл бұрын

@@sarasamaletdin4574 agreed. Definitely a lead role!

It was criminal that Kristen Scott Thomas didn't get nominated. She was breathtaking in that role. Great video!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Thank you!

Thank you for the video ❤

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

great research and analysis, keep it up!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay, thanks so much!

Seriously, my new fave channel.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

OMG thank you!

I love your channel and your approach to the awards race. And I completely agree with your (our) favorite actress of all time ❤

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Thanks so much, Luis!

Changeling earned 110 million dollars at the box office

I need a Toni Collette and the elusive Oscar video please!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Will definitely get to that one!

That WAS Winslet year. She gave two fantastic performances playing 2 quite different characters. They were both deserving of the Oscar. Contrary to popular opinion, I do believe her performance in The Reader has a deeper emotional impact on the audience. I mean her acting in that scene when she listens to the tape for the first time in her cell and the one when she gets convicted are absolutely phenomenal. Reminds me of the scene in Monster when she is convicted and realizes she has been betrayed by her lover and Theron conveys such powerful emotion without even saying a word

Can you do one on Marisa Tomei, she definitely deserved it this year

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, will get to her!

OMG FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Woo hoo!

Hollywood sounds like high School only with better clothes

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

LOL

@sheilacrosby4894

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender glad you liked that comment

God, i love the voice over from Brian.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thanks!

Awesome video! I am so ready for the Sandra vs Meryl video!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay, will be a fun one!

The next actress destined for an Oscar seems to be Saoirse Ronan. So many great films and nominations already and she’s not yet 30.

@nickbigd

Жыл бұрын

@nickxero2740 why not? It's all subjective I know, but only Jennifer Lawrence has so many nominations at such a young age. I believe. So it's certainly possible

@jesusangelespinosasalgado9430

Жыл бұрын

Even when I truly like Saoirse... She's giving me an Amy Adams (who I also adore) vibe... They have shown over and over again the range they have, but never given a truly remarcable role to just say "now there's no way she would lose"... Imagine, till this day I still thing of all Amy's nominated performances the most remarcable one is still Junebug...

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

So true!! Her time is coming!

Another great video. Keep up the great work.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Kate Winslet should’ve won for her performance in the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind including the reader

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, agreed!

@robfuzz

10 ай бұрын

That's my favorite of her performances!

what about a video about Marcia Gay Harden beating Kate Hudson, Judi Dench, Julie Walters and Frances McDormand in the most unexpected way?😮💜

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Would love to tackle that one!

Doubt had 3 phenomenal actors. Meryl , Viola & Philip. Their performances were all Oscar worthy , and Meryl did not particularly stand out against Viola and Philip despite her amazing work.

@Maxi-nh7yh

Жыл бұрын

U left out amy adam

Her win for The Reader was kind of a no-brainer.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Meryl put up a fight to be sure!

@paulvoorhies8821

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender Yeah, but I had this feeling the whole time it would be Kate. So overdue, plus the 2 fantastic lead actress roles. I actually think she won for the right movie, though both were great.

Love your videos🖤🖤

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

FUCK YEAH BRIAN!!!!! This video is DA BOMB! Viola vs Meryl! Comin right up! I’M ALL HERE FOR IT!!! 😁😁😁😁😁

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay, thanks for watching!

After watching some of your most recent content on elusive oscars for Michele Yeoh and Kate Winslet, I couldn't help but think about the exceptional talent of actors and filmmakers who began their careers in the Australian film industry. Here are some notable Australian actors and filmmakers who have received Oscar wins and nominations from the 90s to the present: - Cate Blanchett (Actor): 2 wins, 8 nominations - Catherine Martin (Set/Costume Designer): 4 wins, 9 nominations - George Miller (Director): 1 win, 6 nominations - Baz Luhrmann (Director): 2 nominations - Nicole Kidman (Actor): 1 win, 4 nominations - Russell Crow (Actor): 1 win, 4 nominations - Heath Ledger (Actor): 1 win, 2 nominations - Geoffrey Rush (Actor): 1 win, 4 nominations - Mel Gibson (Actor/Director): 2 wins, 3 nominations - Hugh Jackman (Actor): 1 nomination - Toni Collette (Actor): 1 nomination - Judy Davis (Actor): 2 nominations - Margot Robby I am curious to know why it wasn't until the 90s and 2000s that foreign and diverse filmmakers and actors, such as those from Australia, the UK, and New Zealand, started receiving recognition from the Academy. During this period, we also began to see Africans, Asians, and Hispanics make inroads into the industry and receive nominations and wins, such as Djimon Hounsou (2 nominations) and Ken Watanabe (1 nomination), as well as countless Black American actors like Denzel Washington (2 wins, 10 nominations), Viola Davis (1 win, 4 nominations), and Whoopi Goldberg (1 win, 2 nominations). Growing up in Australia, I followed the journeys of some of these Australian Oscar winners and my favorite actors and nominated movies during this period were led by performers like Whoopi Goldberg, Djimon Hounsou, and Michele Yeoh. I find it fascinating how the Academy and the industry has evolved over time, and I would love to see a video on this Oscar retrospective.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great idea for a video, thank you!

@amierulsolihin18

9 ай бұрын

Michelle Yeoh is not Australian, she's actually Malaysian

The German actor from the reader was my first crush ❤

I still wish that Kristin Scott Thomas had been nominated for her emotionally frozen, closed off performance in I've Loved You So Long

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, such a great performance!

After all the confusion I think once Kate Winslet was nominated for Lead Actress for “The Reader” had it cinched. I think it was just a matter of which category, and which performance. Because it was clear that Kate Winslet was not going home, empty-handed. Of course I felt she should’ve already won for “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. I love these videos keep them up !

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@davy209

8 ай бұрын

If Kate had been nominated in Supporting for “The Reader” and in Lead for “Revolutionary Road”, there was a very good chance that she could have won in both categories, which has never happened in Oscar’s history. I’m sure that the Academy members thought that would be too generous to award two acting Oscars for the same actor in the same year and intentionally placed both Winslet’s performances in Lead in order to cancel each other out, since Academy rules only allows one performance to be nominated in the same category for one actor.

If the Academy has the prerogative to decide which category you go in - lead or supporting - why don't they use it more often? It seems they just accept whatever the studio submits, even if it defies logic. Since it's been 15 years since I've seen The Reader, I can't say if her performance was lead or supporting. Trying to remember, I thought she was in at least half the film, but I just looked it up and it was 41 mins.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

It’s so interesting! You could totally argue she’s a supporting performance.

@raymondtitano3819

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender Funny you mention that, it got me thinking: I bet Streep would have won her third Oscar for Prada if she completed in Supporting. Considering she's only in it for around 30 minutes, it would have been appropriate. It would have also been appropriate considering her character is literally supporting the protagonist's narrative. Oh well.

What an excellent race!! I've always been mesmerized by Melissa Leo's talent. Anne Hathaway exceeded all expectations that year. Although my personal vote would've been for Meryl Streep, I'm happy to call Kate Winslet an Academy Award winner. On a personal note, a third Oscar for Streep in this movie (Doubt) would've been better than what ended up happening (her win for The Iron Lady). Can't wait for your next video!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agree with all your points. Thanks for watching!

Kate Winslet is also my all time favorite (after Meryl Streep 😅). I still remember Kate appeared on TIME Magazine cover a week or two before Oscars in 2009, and TIME Magazine was still so influential. It seemed the whole world wanted to see her victory at that time.

Sure Angelina in Changeling was good but damn it felt like Sally Hawkins , Melissa Leo, and Kristin Scott Thomas were robbed by her. They were the tour de force performances that year for me. I am the biggest fan of Winslet but her win felt contrived and paled in comparison to Marion Cotillard’s win the year before. Heck, I was even worried that her win will become some what like a Grammy curse. But I was very happy that she keeps turning great performances after that win, such as Mildred Pierce, Mare of Eastown, Jobs etc. I really hope she gets another shot at the Oscars but I hope she’ll win fair and square and not because people are just so tired of seeing her get nominated.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Same! Thanks for watching!

In 2001 Steven Sodebergh was nominated as a best director in 2 different films, Traffic and Erin Brockovich

Possibly The two greatest actresses of all time.

I was wondering whether you think Helena bonham carter is worthy of an elusive Oscar video

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

It’s crazy how Winslet constantly delivers great, some of the very best in the industry in fact, performances yet she is almost never acknowledged by the Oscar ever since she won her first. Winslet should have at least 10 nominations by now and two Oscars wins. One for Eternal Sunshine and other for Sense and Sensibility. She is extremely underrated nowadays. Despite being the British Meryl Streep lol Can’t wait to see the film she’ll win her second Oscar for.

Usually actors end up in supporting at Oscar’s even if a lead role (Tatum oneal, Haley Joel osment, viola David fences) so it was weird to see somone not only end up in lead after winning everything in supporting but then winning the lead oscar

I really liked Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, so she would have been my pick for Best Actress, but Meryl Streep was great in Doubt as well. I feel as if Kate Winslet should have won before then, like for Titanic, and the Academy realized she should have won by that point. Of course had Winslet been nominated and won for Revolutionary Road, I don’t think people would see her win in 2009 as sort of an overdue award as I see people describe her win for The Reader. Thanks for the video Brian, keep up the great work!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jared!!

Anne Hathaway should've won that year tho. I feel like they gave it to Kate since it's a long overdue for her and that was Anne's 1st nom so the academy be like "you'll get yours too, you're still young blah blah". 😑

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yep, pretty much!

Meryl Streep vs Kate Winslet. Meryl Streep vs Sandra Bullock. "Meryl Streep vs ..." should be the title of all your videos 🤣

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Lol, I know, right?

The rule for actors not being able to be nominated in the same category twice is silly. Two different performances should be able to be recognised. Steven Soderbergh was nominated for Director twice in one year. I don't see why the rules should be different for actors.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

I agree! It’d be so rare anyway.

I think it should be more accurate Sandra Bullock vs Carey Mulligan 30:15

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Ha, you could argue that for sure!

I say that The Reader being nominated over Dark Knight is why we now have 10 best picture nominees. I wish it would go back to 5.

@giovannyespinoza6013

Жыл бұрын

The Reader really deserved to be nominate for Best Picture. Frost/Nixon takes The Dark Knigth place

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it totally was the reason!

Cate winslet must take two oscar for the reader and revoltionry road..same golden globe ♥♥♥

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Would’ve been epic!

@marrmart7690

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAwardsContender ♥♥♥

I preferred Kate’s performance in Revolutionary Road but she definitely deserved to win for The Reader if nothing else. Streep’s performance in Doubt is my absolute fav of hers but it was definitely Kate’s year.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely!

@davy209

8 ай бұрын

If Kate had been nominated in Supporting for “The Reader” and in Lead for “Revolutionary Road”, there was a very good chance that she could have won in both categories, which has never happened in Oscar’s history. I’m sure that the Academy members thought that would be too generous to award two acting Oscars for the same actor in the same year and intentionally placed both Winslet’s performances in Lead in order to cancel each other out, since Academy rules only allows one performance to be nominated in the same category for one actor.

Harvey Weinstein =🤢🤮. He has his hands all over so many of my favourite movies. I'm so annoyed

@giovannyespinoza6013

Жыл бұрын

Don't watch the movies if you hate Harvey Weinstein

I love Kate but do wish she had won for Revolutionary Road-

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Same! She’s incredible in that film!

Idk if you already made one but it think the 2012 year viola vs Meryl would be a good video I finally got to the end of the video: And you said your getting to that one 😂

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Haha yup, that one is coming!

it seems that speeches play an important role in order to win an award

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

They absolutely do!

Can you do a video on how Leonardo Dicarpio won an Oscar for the revenant in 2016? Thanks.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Ooooh, good idea!