In my very early Oscar predictions, I chose not to include anyone or anything from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. But then I realized who is directing: Stephen Daldry. And it must be said that Daldry has been nominated for Best Director at the Oscars for all of his previous feature films (Billy Elliot, The Hours, and The Reader). So I think he might be a contender this year.
Addendum to Jmunney’s Very Early Oscar Predicitions
December 9, 2011
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Jmunney’s Very Early Oscar Predictions
December 2, 2011
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Presently, the 2011 Academy Awards are looking significantly more unpredictable than the 2010 edition. At this point last year, I could have confidently said that pre-holiday season releases The Social Network, Inception, and Toy Story 3 were locks for Best Picture nominations. This year, I am not sure if any movie released before November will be nominated; most of the likely nominees are either yet to be released or still in limited release. Come February, the major categories may prove to be just as easy to call as they were last time, but at the moment, this race could go in any number of directions. (Predictions are listed in order of most likely to least likely to be nominated.)
Best Picture
The Academy changed the nominating rules for Best Picture again, so this year, anywhere between 5 and 10 films will be nominated. I’m going to call it in the middle and go with 7. Entertainment Weekly and other outlets are calling War Horse a sure thing, but I’m not necessarily buying it even as a contender, at least not yet. The Artist, despite its superficial disadvantages, could emerge the favorite, but I think The Descendants has the best mix of ingredients (previously nominated and really well-respected director, one of the biggest stars in the world, breakthrough young actress). At least one mainstream, crowd-pleasing box office success from summer or earlier could likely sneak in, probably The Help and maybe even Harry Potter.
The Descendants
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Help
War Horse
Hugo
Director
With the Best Picture picture as chaotic as it is, it is theoretically possible that this could be one of those years when the Best Director winner is not the director of the Best Picture winner. But no one director (except maybe Terrence Malick) seems to be that much more of a contender than his (no directing ladies seem to be in contention this year) film, so Payne and Hazanvicius are necessarily then at the top.
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Bennett Miller, Moneyball
Martin Scorcese, Hugo
Actor
One of the biggest stars of the country is the front-runner, and that country is … France. Dujardin, veteran of the French spy spoof series OSS 117, is the favorite over Clooney and Pitt. Ryan Gosling can make it on only if voters feel compelled by his overall great year.
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
George Clooney, The Descendants
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Actress
Who says there are no good roles for women over 40? There are three ladies who have reached that milestone (Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis) and are defiantly the front-runners in this category, and they might be joined by a fourth (Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin). Beyond Close/Streep/Davis, this category could go in a number of different directions. I’m betting on the presence of a young newcomer à la Jennifer Lawrence last year, likely either Elizabeth Olsen or Felicity Jones (Like Crazy). Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and Charlize Theron (Young Adult) must also have their due considerations.
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Viola Davis, The Help
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Supporting Actor
This is the most wide-open I can ever remember this category being. The favorite may very well be a gay eightysomething, and a motion capture simian performance may actually be nominated. Don’t bet the house on these predictions, unless you like to live life dangerously.
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Albert Brooks, Drive
Patton Oswalt, Young Adult
Kevin Spacey, Margin Call
Supporting Actress
Spencer and Chastain (in the best of her 6 performances from 2011) are obvious. Woodley is too, especially considering this category’s reputation as the ingenue category. McCarthy has a good chance, as comedic roles stand a chance in the supporting field. And I’ll round it out with Janet McTeer, because I hear things. But don’t fall asleep on Bérénice Bejo (The Artist).
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Best in Film 2011 Tracker, Part 3
November 1, 2011
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Since the last Tracker – posted on September 14 – I have seen Our Idiot Brother, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Drive, Moneyball, Straw Dogs, Contagion, The Ides of March, 50/50, Real Steel, and Paranormal Activity 3 in the theatre and Win Win on DVD. It has been a mix. Some of these movies will be a factor here; others, not so much. There are several movies out in limited release that have so far proven difficult for me to catch – Take Shelter, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Like Crazy. Hopefully, I will make it out to those as soon as I can, and since it’s November, there should be a notable release coming out just about every day. Stay tuned.
Best Film
Bridesmaids
Moneyball
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Midnight in Paris
Director
The orders for Film and Director aren’t quite matching up. Constant re-evaluation will likely be taking place.
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Paul Feig, Bridesmaids
Bennett Miller, Moneyball
Glen Ficarra and John Requa, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Lead Actor
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class
Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class
Lead Actress
Viola Davis, The Help
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Emma Stone, The Help
Saoirse Ronan, Hanna
Supporting Actor
Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class
Bruno Ganz, Unknown
Peter Sarsgaard, Green Lantern
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Supporting Actress
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Analeigh Tipton, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Lin Shaye, Insidious
Adapted Screenplay
Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Original Screenplay
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Dan Fogelman, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Editing
The seamless interweaving of the main story, flashbacks, and archival video and audio in Moneyball lead me to include Editing for the first time.
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Cinematography
I forgot to include cinematography on the first couple of trackers – I guess Tree of Life was just too obvious.
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Score
Cliff Martinez, Drive
Michael Andrews, Bad Teacher
The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
Cliff Martinez, Contagion
Visual Effects
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best in Film 2011 Tracker, Part 2
September 14, 2011
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Since posting the first Best in Film Tracker, I have seen Final Destination 5, The Debt, Colombiana, Warrior, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. Jessica Chastain performed another memorable performance in The Debt (but not quite on the level of what she did in The Help or The Tree of Life). There has been a good deal of buzz building for Nick Nolte, but I was most impressed by Tom Hardy when it comes to the cast of Warrior. The brooding hero has become a bit cliché lately, but Hardy made sure that Tommy Conlon’s moments of longing and forcefully workmanlike approach to fighting were filled with a clarity as to why he was so brooding.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. has vaulted near the top of my list for best films of the years. The cast was solid all-around, though I am not sure if any one actor stood out, with the exception of Analeigh Tipton, who had what was surely the trickiest role among tricky roles. And the more I think about it, the more I realize that Ryan Gosling was rather notable as well for all that he accomplished in a role that could have been one-note (so I guess there actually were some actors who stood out in that cast). And credit in that regard must surely also go to the screenplay from Dan Fogelman.
Best Film
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Midnight in Paris
Director
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Paul Feig, Bridesmaids
Glen Ficarra and John Requa, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Lead Actor
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class
Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class
Lead Actress
Viola Davis, The Help
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Emma Stone, The Help
Saoirse Ronan, Hanna
Supporting Actor
Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris
Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Bruno Ganz, Unknown
Peter Sarsgaard, Green Lantern
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Supporting Actress
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Analeigh Tipton, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Lin Shaye, Insidious
Original Screenplay
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Dan Fogelman, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Score
Michael Andrews, Bad Teacher
The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
Best in Film 2011 Tracker, Part 1
August 17, 2011
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As the year in cinema is a little more than halfway through, there have been, believe it or not, plenty of great (or at least good) movies, performances, and individual achievements in movies. So I have decided to start occasionally posting a tracker of the best in film in 2011, which I will continue to do until the end of the year, and then probably for a month or so after as well, as I catch up on the late 2011 films in the early days of 2012. I will be reposting the tracker whenever I catch a notable movie that will provide me with any notable updates regarding the best of the year. Now is a good time for me to start with the tracker, as I saw The Help last week, which featured about a dozen memorable performances. The supporting actress category is already overflowing, and unfortunately, awards shows will not have enough room to recognize all of the ladies of The Help.
In each category, honorees are listed in order of most deserving first.
Best Film
I very much enjoyed X-Men: First Class, The Tree of Life, and The Help, but I’d like some time to re-evaluate them to see if they are truly among the best of the year.
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
Director
Bridesmaids struck me as an accomplishment more of writing and performing than directing, but I’ve got to assume that Paul Feig did something worthwhile.
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Paul Feig, Bridesmaids
Lead Actor
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class
Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class
Lead Actress
Viola Davis, The Help
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Emma Stone, The Help
Saoirse Ronan, Hanna
Supporting Actor
Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris
Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class
Bruno Ganz, Unknown
Peter Sarsgaard, Green Lantern
Supporting Actress
Isn’t that new It Girl Jessica Chastain just cute as a button?
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Lin Shaye, Insidious
Original Screenplay
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Score
Michael Andrews, Bad Teacher
The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
2011 Mid-Year Report
July 3, 2011
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2011 is halfway through, and it is time for us to take a breath and get ourselves prepared for what we may very well have to include six months from now in the roundup of the best in entertainment for the whole year.
Best in Movies
The best films I have seen so far this year are Bridesmaids and Midnight in Paris. I haven’t caught The Tree of Life, so I can’t yet say if it loves up, or down, to the hype.
In Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen pulled out his best directing tricks since those he showed off in Match Point.
Woody’s literacy also earns him accolades for his screenplay, while Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo wrote a fascinating look at female friendship with Bridesmaids.
As for acting, the top female leads were Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) and Saoirse Ronan (Hanna), while James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class) led the way for the men. The top supporting ladies were Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) and Lin Shaye (Inisidious). The Supporting Actor fielded is already crowded, with Kevin Bacon (X-Men: First Class), Bruno Ganz (Unknown), Peter Sarsgaard (Green Lantern), and Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway (Midnight in Paris).
Best Trailers
Hanna blew our mind with its wild tonal shifts, X-Men: First Class promised us a visceral period piece, and the wedding invitation in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 marked the ultimate in cheese.
Best in Television
The top shows that I caught that debuted in 2011? Portlandia, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and Bob’s Burgers at number 1. Honorable mentions go to Perfect Couples and Happy Endings.
Best Songs
At the top is, of course, Adele with “Rolling in the Deep,” while former Tony! Toni! Toné! member Raphael Saadiq brought the funk with “Stone Rollin.'”
Best Music Videos
Guest stars galore has been the name of the game for great music videos for 2011. First off, two clips from Chris Marrs Piliero: Ke$ha’s “Blow” (featuring James Van Der Beek) and the Black Keys’ faux-trailer in “Howlin’ for You” (featuring Tricia Helfer, Corbin Bernsen, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Todd Bridges). There were also twisted tales from Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” with Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Rebecca Black, Hanson, Kenny G, Corey Feldman, and Debbie Gibson – and Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette – “Hello,” with tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils and fellow DJ Bob Sinclair. Meanwhile, sans guest stars, Taylor Swift was at her cutest and wittiest yet in “The Story of Us.”
Melissa McCarthy Oscar Buzz for Bridesmaids
May 14, 2011
Upon returning home from catching a showing of Bridesmaids, I decided to scour the Internet to see if I could find any movie fans out there calling for Melissa McCarthy to be nominated for an Oscar her role as the feisty, rip-roaring Megan. Since googling “Melissa McCarthy” and “Oscar buzz” together didn’t lead to any promising hits, I decided that I would go ahead and start the buzz myself. So, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, I hereby suggest Melissa McCarthy for your consideration for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 84th Academy Awards.
Jmunney’s 2010 Oscar Prediction Contest Results
March 1, 2011
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Thank you to everyone who entered my blog’s inaugural Oscar contest. To my blog readers whom I do not know personally, you certainly made it interesting. This year’s winner was Joel Steven, one of those entrants whom I do not know personally. Joel correctly predicted 19 out of 24 categories. Congratulations Joel!
The toughest category proved to be Animated Short, which nobody got right, with everybody making the same wrong selection (Day & Night). Lead Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Animated Feature, and Sound Editing proved easier, with everyone correctly picking Colin Firth, Aaron Sorkin, Toy Story 3, and Inception, respectively.
Detailed results are below:
1. Joel Steven – 19
2. Greg Hernandez – 17
3. Walter Wojcik – 16
T4. Brenton Andreasik – 15
T4. Joe Ball – 15
T4. Dave Coyle – 15
7. Rob Malone – 14
8. Jason Tkach – 11
Jmunney’s 2010 Oscar Prediction Contest
February 25, 2011
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ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!
(Correction: On the original post, I had the nominees for adapted and original screenplay switched up. A few of you figured this out and made your picks accordingly. One submitter did not figure it out, but I will transfer those selections to the correct categories, so all the picks will be counted correctly.)
The 2010 Oscars are soon approaching. The ceremony will air at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Sunday, February 27, on ABC, to be exact, which means there is still enough time for another Oscar prediction contest. This particular contest is of the simple pick the winners variety. The winner will receive nothing, except for bragging rights. Keep in mind, if you make predictions but do not enter this contest, whatever bragging rights you earn will not be official. Winning this contest will make those rights official. Come next year, the prize of this contest may have some monetary value.
Also next year, I am planning to also include an alternative oscar contest, which will quiz you on your predicting abilities for various random aspects of the Oscar results and telecast (How long will the show be? Who will be the first winner to cry? Who will have the longest acceptance speech?, etc.). I did not feel that I had enough time this year to fully do justice to the alternative contest, thus why it will be making its initial appearance next year.
The list of nominees appears below. To enter the contest, predict the winner in each category and e-mail your predictions to me at jeffmalonesemailaccount@gmail.com. All entries must be received by 7:59 on Sunday, February 27.
Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter’s Bone
Documentary Feature
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
Documentary Short
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Hors-la-Loi) (Algeria)
Film Editing
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Animated Short Film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
Live Action Short Film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Sound Mixing
Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Makeup
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
Original Score
A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer, Inception
Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Original Song
“If I Rise,” by A.R. Rahman, Dido, and Rollo Armstrong, 127 Hours
“Coming Home,” by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey, Country Strong
“I See the Light,” by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, Tangled
“We Belong Together,” by Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
Oscar Presenters
February 23, 2011
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It has been announced that the presentation of the acting categories at this year’s Oscars ceremony will not consist of groups of five presenters, one assigned to each nominee, as had been the case the past two years. That’s too bad, because I had some ideas for whom they could have called on to present. I preferred last year’s version, in which the presenters were former co-stars (or some other similar relation) of the nominees, as opposed to two years ago, when the presenters were just past winners in that category. If the five-for-five format had been stuck with, here’s who I would have recommended:
Lead Actress
-John Cusack, for Annette Bening: In case Bening wins this year, it would be nice to have her co-star from The Grifters, which was the first movie she was nominated for.
-Tom Cruise, for Nicole Kidman: I’m sure they get along these days. Tom doesn’t make a lot of live appearances on TV these days, so whenever he does, it is always a treat.
-Bill Engvall, for Jennifer Lawrence: I thought that Jennifer had come out of nowhere. It turns out that she’d been playing one of the kids on The Bill Engvall Show for the past few years.
-Andy Samberg or Chris Parnell, for Natalie Portman: Before Black Swan, Natalie showed some edge in the classic SNL digital short, “Natalie Raps.”
-Joshua Jackson, for Michelle Williams: With Fringe being a great show, Joshua has had as much success lately as his former Dawson’s Creek-mate.
Lead Actor
-Johnny Depp, for Javier Bardem: Javier’s role in Before Night Falls alongside Depp was likely quite the contrast to Biutiful.
-Sam Elliott, for Jeff Bridges: I figured for Jeff, we should go with someone from his last Coen bros. joint, The Big Lebowski. Julianne Moore, who would be there anyway for The Kids Are All Right, would have made sense, but she was already used for Jeff last year. Luckily, Sam makes sense as well and fits in with the Western element of True Grit.
-Kristen Stewart, for Jesse Eisenberg: News of Kristen Stewart presenting could have drawn some Twihards to watching the show, but it could have also turned some people off. But her performance in Adventureland alongside Eisenberg proved that she actually could act.
-Jennifer Ehle, for Colin Firth: They were iconic together in Pride and Prejudice, and they reunited in The King’s Speech.
-Seth Rogen, for James Franco: Seth, Franco’s Pineapple Express costar, could explain how playing a guy with his arm trapped under a rock is similar to playing a pothead.
Supporting Actress
-Will Ferrell, for Amy Adams: Amy Adams’ characters have a thing for athletes, with Ricky Bobby having preceded Micky Ward.
-Daniel Radcliffe, for Helena Bonham Carter: Harry Potter himself could speak for all Brits by discussing the appropriateness of Bellatrix Lestrange portraying the Queen Mum.
-Robert De Niro, for Melissa Leo: Melissa costarred in a couple of movies with De Niro, albeit two of De Niro’s worst (Everybody’s Fine and Righteous Kill).
-Jeff Bridges, for Hailee Steinfeld: Like Gabourey Sidibe and Carey Mulligan last year, Hailee hadn’t been in anything big before this role, so the presenter would have to be a current costar.
-Guy Pearce, for Jacki Weaver: Most of Jacki’s costars over the course of her career would be unfamiliar to American audiences, so it would make sense to go with her most recognizable costar from Animal Kingdom.
Supporting Actor
-John Malkovich, for Christian Bale: Malkovich costarred with Bale in one of his earliest roles in Empire of the Sun. Bale was already singularly intense at the age of 13.
-Ian McShane or Timothy Olyphant, for John Hawkes, Hawkes’ biggest role before Winter’s Bone was on the HBO series Deadwood, so either McShane or Olyphant would be appropriate.
-Rose Byrne, for Jeremy Renner: In 2007, Byrne and Renner costarred in an unnecessary, mildly entertaining sequel (28 Weeks Later). Since then, in the past couple of years, Renner has racked up two Oscar noms, and Byrne two Emmy noms (for Damages).
-Kirsten Dunst, for Mark Ruffalo: Mark Ruffalo had a weird relationship with Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He had a weird relationship with everybody in The Kids Are All Right.
-Kel Mitchell, for Geoffrey Rush: Kel and Geoffrey Rush were both in Mystery Men. Considering that his old buddy Kenan has found success on SNL, Kel deserves whatever sort of exposure he can get.
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