Best Supporting Podcast

While Jessica Lange is GREAT as Julie in "Tootsie," is she the Best Supporting Actress of 1982? Or is life imitating art when it comes to co-star Teri Garr's solid but unrewarded work as Sandy? And maybe it all should have gone to Kim Stanley anyway, who knows. We also discuss our mixed emotions on Marriage Story, a hit parade of a musical from the UK and this year's potential shoe-in for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

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Colin Drucker

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While Penelope Cruz fairly won the Oscar in 2008 for her turn as the volatile Maria Elena in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," the true BSA of the year for us is Viola Davis in "Doubt." We spend much of the episode queening out on her brief but powerful portrayal of Mrs. Miller, as well as Amy Adams's fragile, complex Sister James. Also: is Marisa Tomei in "The Fighter" the dark horse of that year? And is Meryl actually amazing in "Doubt"? And is the movie really not set in Boston? Also, unrelated note, one of us did NOT like "Judy."

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Colin Drucker

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Our favorite season? Awards. This week, we're changing things up with a celebration of our favorite best supporting actresses (and a couple best supporting actors)on Schitt's Creek!

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Colin Drucker

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Velma Kelly may or may not actually be a supporting character in “Chicago,” but Catherine Zeta-Jones hits all of the BSA notes in her award-winning performance in the 2003 Best Picture winner. But it was a big year for women in film--in particular, Meryl Streep, nominated across both categories for her work in “Adaptation.” and “The Hours,” which we spend at least a few hours queening out on. We also discuss Renee Zellweger’s award-worthy turn as Roxie, Queen Latifah’s Gloria Stuart nomination, John C. Reilly signature dope energy, Richard Gere's tapping, of course Christine Baranski, and at least briefly, Michelle Williams in “Fosse/Verdon.”

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Colin Drucker

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Are you Team Ted or Team Joanna? (For the record, we're team Margaret.) This week, we discuss the first role to win Meryl Streep an Oscar, as a complicated ex-wife and temporary ex-mother seeking to reclaim her son from her ex-husband (Dustin Hoffman). We dive deep into our own personal Streep histories and her finest moments in this movie, as well as the behind the scenes Method acting mishigas Hoffman pulled with her, queen out on co-star Jane Alexander's also-nominated performance. Plus: we give a moment of appreciation to JoBeth Williams both in this and "Poltergeist," try to remember who Barbara Barrie played in "Company," tangent onto Toni Collette in "Hereditary," find some way to talk about Diane Keaton again, lose our marbles over Candice Bergen in "Starting Over," and recall fondly when Cameron Diaz was (finally!) "a serious actress."

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Dianne Wiest takes the tried and true tropes of Woody Allen's neurosis-rich writing and directing and elevates them in ways only she can as Holly in "Hannah and Her Sisters." This week, we spend about as much time praising the Wiest (in this, The Birdcage, Rabbit Hole...) as we do discussing Mia Farrow as the eponymous Hannah, plus Barbara Hershey's fierce performance in "Black Swan," Diane Keaton's questionable acting choices in general, our fantasy Wiest/Weston buddy comedy, our appreciation of Movie Clips, and a celebration of Sigourney, sweatpants and 70-something cheerleaders.

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Melissa Leo wields a cigarette and a wicked Boston accent as boxing momager Alice Ward in 2010's "The Fighter," but her performance is more than just props and working class drag. This week, we queen out on her best moments, from that thing she does with her chin to the way she says the word "sweetheart." We discuss co-star Amy Adams nearly as much, as well as some tangents on Hocus Pocus, Legally Blonde, Ina Garten, our Barefoot Contessa podcasting fantasies, the magic of Amy Ryan in "The Office," our struggles with straight men, code switching, and how The Fighter isn't The Wrestler--to say nothing of our shared love for Celia Weston and the awards show we'd like to see created in her name and honor.

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Ruth Gordon's performance as Minnie Castavet in "Rosemary's Baby" is as garish and oddly placed as the character itself, but that's part of why it's so great. Gordon is on her own frequency, managing to be both benign and evil, familiar and alien. And no one eats cake like her. Not to be left out, we also celebrate Mia Farrow's brilliant central performance, give some love to Ruth's fellow nominees and share our own BSA's of the Week!

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It's hard to talk about "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" without queening out on Elizabeth Taylor's monstrous performance as Martha--so we get into that right away. But this week, we are celebrating all of the mousy, brandy-sloshed nuances of Honey, played by the incomparable Sandy Dennis. She perfects the art of performing drunkenness, says a monologue's worth in a single gesture, and of course, pauses at the top of the stairs....

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Despite stiff competition in the category (including a devastating late career turn from Judy Garland), Rita Moreno's performance as Anita in 1961's "West Side Story" is truly quintessential and unmatched. This week we queen out on Rita, Anita, even a little Chita, plus a good bit of time on Judy as well as our own personal BSA's of the Week!

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Colin Drucker

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