On this edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we're talking about the Oscar race of 2000 and the actresses Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Marcia Gay Harden, Judi Dench, and Julie Walters. The panelists are (in alpha order): director Eric Blume, journalist Kyle Buchanan, actor Nicholas D'Agosto, actress Vella Lovell and your host Nathaniel Rogers.