Feinstein says Blanchett remains supporting
And The Winner Is columnist Scott Feinberg (no relation to Harvey Fierstein) has posted a fairly strong shoot-down of David Poland‘s report that the Weinstein Co. will be promoting Cate Blanchett I’m Not There performance for Best Actress…not! “I can now confirm that Blanchett’s performance will remain under awards consideration for Best Supporting Actress, not Best Actress,” he reported at 6:46 pm east coast time.
“A senior official at The Weinstein Company has made this unmistakably clear,” Feinberg writes. Blanchett “is still supporting as she always has been.”
I haven’t made any calls this afternoon to Weinstein Co., but my guess is that the Weinsteiners floated the Best Actress notion as a trial balloon. They fed it to Poland to see what the chattering class would say, and when the consensus came back that that at least a portion of Academy dullards have been uncharmed and unmoved by I’m Not There and (as I put it this morning) that “a bird in hand is worth two in the bush,” they realized that while the Best Actress field is certainly on the weak side, it’s better to stick with Best Supporting and be next-to-assured that Blanchett will win with this and that critics group and at least be nominated by the Academy.
Good choice. Just remember your elation when Bardem and Blanchett become the Whitaker and Mirren of the lock-step Critics awards this year. Poor Amy Ryan.
does anyone really think that Dave Poland’s THE HOT BLOG really sways voting members of the Academy in one direction or the other? I know it’s a good outlet for info, but god, Wells, you get more comments on a post-by-post basis that Poland does. Moviecitynews seems like the larger venue, but it’s more news driven, rather than insider gossip.
After seeing the film last weekend (liked it a lot) I don’t care what category that Blanchett is nominated in…just as long as she wins something. Amazing piece of acting.