Award season stirs up Hollywood
Elizabeth Skarr
Issue date: 1/19/09 Section: Scene
With the holidays over, I feel fully charged for an exciting award show season. However, this year I realized just how much of a "movie dork" I really am. Last Sunday night, the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards took place and surprised me just as much as the 2004 Academy Awards with "Crash" winning best picture.
With each category and nominees announced, my boyfriend turned to me and asked who was going to win. Literally with all of my responses, I was correct. That allows me to believe that award shows are getting either more obvious or that I am just getting better at guessing.
Either way, I was fairly surprised at how accurate I was. Awards to an actor guarantee some type of security in the industry where overnight you can become a has-been. However, I do believe that some of the best actors in our day have not received the "prestigious" awards that they deserve.
But it seems like this year, the Golden Globes finally got it right. I am used to being wrong with winners because I will choose someone that usually deserves it and not one that is constantly in the spotlight.
Everyday my excitement grows for my "superbowl," that being the academy awards. The Golden Globes are usually like a tasteful, yet unsatisfying appetizer before a steak meal. That steak being the Academy Awards a month after. Sometimes they also serve as a preview on what is to come in the Academy Awards.
Golden Girl
One of my favorite actors, Kate Winslet has been 0-10 at award shows; however, she won twice at the Golden Globes this year. She won best supporting actress for her role in "The Reader" and best leading actress for "Revolutionary Road."
Winslet was so excited and shocked to win not once, but twice.
It is a sad reality that women in this profession only gain attention if they play a character that is abused, used for sex or ugly. I hate to be that blunt, but year after year, it is hard to not think that way: case and point Halle Berry and Charlize Theron. The craft of acting is sometimes lost in the lust of the industry.
In Memoriam
Heath Ledger had the full potential of becoming the next leading man of his generation. To me, Ledger was more than just a teenage crush, he was a natural actor. When he studied to be a character audiences got lost in his ability to become that character. His performance this summer as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" made him legendary. When his name was called for best supporting actor, it was hard to find a dry eye in the place. Accepting on his behalf was the director of "The Dark Knight," Christopher Nolan, who said Ledger's talent best with "After Heath passed on, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema."
My Predictions
My predictions for the Oscar nominations stem from my dorky-ness on the subject. I do believe that Heath Ledger will make history as being the first academy award winner to an actor that is deceased, and I do think that the nominations will be fair with a variety of talent. And best of luck to my girl, Winslet.
With each category and nominees announced, my boyfriend turned to me and asked who was going to win. Literally with all of my responses, I was correct. That allows me to believe that award shows are getting either more obvious or that I am just getting better at guessing.
Either way, I was fairly surprised at how accurate I was. Awards to an actor guarantee some type of security in the industry where overnight you can become a has-been. However, I do believe that some of the best actors in our day have not received the "prestigious" awards that they deserve.
But it seems like this year, the Golden Globes finally got it right. I am used to being wrong with winners because I will choose someone that usually deserves it and not one that is constantly in the spotlight.
Everyday my excitement grows for my "superbowl," that being the academy awards. The Golden Globes are usually like a tasteful, yet unsatisfying appetizer before a steak meal. That steak being the Academy Awards a month after. Sometimes they also serve as a preview on what is to come in the Academy Awards.
Golden Girl
One of my favorite actors, Kate Winslet has been 0-10 at award shows; however, she won twice at the Golden Globes this year. She won best supporting actress for her role in "The Reader" and best leading actress for "Revolutionary Road."
Winslet was so excited and shocked to win not once, but twice.
It is a sad reality that women in this profession only gain attention if they play a character that is abused, used for sex or ugly. I hate to be that blunt, but year after year, it is hard to not think that way: case and point Halle Berry and Charlize Theron. The craft of acting is sometimes lost in the lust of the industry.
In Memoriam
Heath Ledger had the full potential of becoming the next leading man of his generation. To me, Ledger was more than just a teenage crush, he was a natural actor. When he studied to be a character audiences got lost in his ability to become that character. His performance this summer as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" made him legendary. When his name was called for best supporting actor, it was hard to find a dry eye in the place. Accepting on his behalf was the director of "The Dark Knight," Christopher Nolan, who said Ledger's talent best with "After Heath passed on, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema."
My Predictions
My predictions for the Oscar nominations stem from my dorky-ness on the subject. I do believe that Heath Ledger will make history as being the first academy award winner to an actor that is deceased, and I do think that the nominations will be fair with a variety of talent. And best of luck to my girl, Winslet.
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