Supporting Actress, The Push Is On
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HarryGoldfarb
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But that might be enough... Not only she was unsufferably happy after Crash victory, but if I remember right, she was very enthusiastic and very outspoken in favor of Crash during the campaign. And even if nobody saw it coming, she was actually right in the end. That's quite a precedent...Big Magilla wrote:What Oprah wants, Oprah get at the Oscars? No, not since Crash.
Besides, what other campaign has she done after Crash? Forest Whitaker? Jennifer Hudson?... Dee last year? (who almost got the award after seccesfully grab the SAG!)
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Good, I hope Davis wins.
Oprah would've been good in the role of Mrs. Miller, but her high-profile status might've been a distraction.
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Oprah would've been good in the role of Mrs. Miller, but her high-profile status might've been a distraction.
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Oprah Winfrey is a powerful voice and could help Viola win.
Winfrey Has High Praise For Actress Who Took Her Role In Doubt
23 January 2009 9:27 AM, PST
Oprah Winfrey has faced off with the actress who took the role she wanted to play in Doubt just a day after her Oscar nomination was announced.
Talk show queen and occasional actress Winfrey lobbied director John Patrick Shanley for the role of Mrs. Miller in the drama, but he turned her down in favour of Viola Davis, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Thursday.
And the two ladies came face to face on the Oprah show on Friday, when Winfrey revealed the actress' portrayal of a desperate mum was "brilliant".
She told Davis, "I got such chills when you first entered the screen... I started to cry because I thought, 'Really, the person who deserved it most got this role.'"
And proving further she had no hard feelings, Winfrey added, "When I filled out my nomination ballot, you were the first person I put on the ballot."
Winfrey Has High Praise For Actress Who Took Her Role In Doubt
23 January 2009 9:27 AM, PST
Oprah Winfrey has faced off with the actress who took the role she wanted to play in Doubt just a day after her Oscar nomination was announced.
Talk show queen and occasional actress Winfrey lobbied director John Patrick Shanley for the role of Mrs. Miller in the drama, but he turned her down in favour of Viola Davis, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Thursday.
And the two ladies came face to face on the Oprah show on Friday, when Winfrey revealed the actress' portrayal of a desperate mum was "brilliant".
She told Davis, "I got such chills when you first entered the screen... I started to cry because I thought, 'Really, the person who deserved it most got this role.'"
And proving further she had no hard feelings, Winfrey added, "When I filled out my nomination ballot, you were the first person I put on the ballot."
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