Meryl was inching ever closer to a third Oscar in 2009, when she appeared in Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia as famed chef and Definitely Not a Spy Julia Child. Streep would go on to lose the Oscar to Sandra Bullock’s performance as a woman who wears a wig and is Definitely Not a Racist in The Blind Side. Elsewhere, Mo’Nique was making waves as an abusive mother in Precious, Christoph Waltz’s schtick was brand new in Inglourious Basterds, and Kathryn Bigelow was about to make history as the first female director to ever win Best Director at the Oscars. Join us as we discuss the drama surrounding the documentary shorts, James Cameron’s aggressive campaigning for Avatar, and the underappreciated A Serious Man.

 

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