"So basically you're saying that while she was a cunt to you, you were an asshole back.Charlie, I have found that to be generally true. Both are superb in their roles.Because she and the movie sucked very badly. And the supporting actress oscar is often the category academy voters choose to exercise their free will.
Even Hollywood overcomes its petty jealousies and hatred to honor the Old Guard. She was one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History for 1995.

She already won a Golden Globe. The actress wearing vintage must invent for it a new role (a sequel if you will), giving it fresh expression just as she would inhabit a character’s life. "Kirk Douglas honored Bacall, his friend for more than 60 years, and confessed that he once tried to seduce her - "without success. "Ahhh, Paul Thomas Anderson's first two films "Cigarettes & Coffee" & "Hard Eight" were NOT nominated for Oscars. First, she tied with a Hollywood legend in what many consider Hepburn's greatest screen performance. making everyone in the world click on these pointless things while changing Some features on this site require a subscription. It was a set piece and she nailed it. She was damned lucky to get nominated.Academy voters like to vote the obvious choices, but not the obvious choices in any category in every year. I for one am thrilled that they both won. Effortlessly egoless.Honestly, I felt there was a backlash against her from academy members who felt it was a nothing role and couldn't believe she might actually win for it. After more than 50 years in her career, this was to be her first Oscar, but the award went to The English Patient star, Juliette Binoche. Barbra just laughed it off.Then Barbra was caught in the bathroom when Celine sang "I Finally Found Someone". said veteran producer Norman Jewison.Warren Beatty agreed: "It's so much better ... that nobody's worrying whether 36.5 million people are watching us or 29.2," he said.Morgan Freeman, Alec Baldwin, Steven Spielberg and other guests were serenaded by a violin quartet before the ceremony began in a room decked out in bronze and silver curtains with a giant Oscar statue at the center.Guests drank Champagne and dined on filet mignon as each honoree was celebrated with tributes, toasts and a generous montage of film clips - leisurely elements not possible in previous years when special-Oscar presentations were built into the already-crowded Oscar broadcast.Corman, 83, was the first to be honored Saturday night. Samuel Jackson had more screen time than John Travolta in PULP FICTION but because Travolta was a 'star' on a comeback trail, he was in the lead category and Jackson was supporting.Enjoy the reaction starting at 4:26 (along with some bad La Spacey hair).She's flipped off too many people. I think it's only people in the service industry who experience her bitchery. If you are interested you can take a look at The slapping Denzel and the SAG win might garner some support. (But we did).r48, being nominated is not the only way to get an Academy membership. Maybe that plays a role in the Babs hate in/by the academy. Who won BA that year? Whether you find yourself engaged with the Academy Awards every February or find the whole thing a tedious exercise in self-congratulation, it's hard not to be won over by the sight of an actor straining for an unconvincing smile as their acting rival saunters to the stage.
Maybe not Oscar-worthy but good and a memorable role for her. What director has done that?r48, are you saying that people who are not in the academy but nominated can't vote in the year they're nominated? She actually should have two, for her performance in "The Way We Were." It ain't that hard. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. I know we do! I just saw it last night. "Keep gambling. What does he have to be forgiven for?Anyway, I hated "The English Patient" thought it was the most boring film ever made, but I love Binoche...thought she should have won for "Chocolat".Because Larry King, the kiss of death, wrote in his USA Today column, "You can bet the mortgage on Bacall winning an Oscar this year . She is good. "Since the Oscars are a popularity contest, was it simply a matter of the voters not liking her? every single site you visit? "Hollywood never forgave Barbra for winning an Oscar her first time out. "I kind of liked her in that when I gave it back to her, she accepted it. Showing all 21 wins and 14 nominations. "She has directed only three films and each has been Oscar nominated. It ain't that hard? Academy Awards, USA. Ironically, Binoche, the dark horse, deserved an oscar and the movie, the favorite, did not. Bacall lost because Binoche got caught up in the "The English Patient" win. She's very talented, hires good actors, elicits great performances from her actors and makes award-winning movies. For some reason thereafter, it would be deemed a "tie" if the votes for a category were within THREE votes of each other (!?)