Cate Blanchett, Tar and Oscar

You must have read the news already, if you've been following it a bit. But anyway, my favourite actress Cate Blanchett was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Tar. She did not win. I have neither seen the movie nor its competition, so sue me for that and say that I don't have sufficient information to make a judgment, but the fan in me can't help but suspect that she got robbed again, just like in 1999. Anyway, I will watch it and the other films/performances, I promise.

The consecration for Cate Blanchett

Well, she had won a BAFTA for Blue Jasmine, which made me very happy, and now my favourite actress won the Oscar for Best Actress. Thoroughly deserved. Anybody else would have been a downright travesty. Cate Blanchett got cheated of her Oscar back in 1999. I always thought she was the greatest actress of her generation since then. Now with this Oscar, and the praise for her role as Jasmine, I think we can talk of a certain confirmation of this. It is certainly a consecration for her. And here's her acceptance speech.

An evening with Cate Blanchett

As my wife will be back late and as I did a fair bit of "work" this afternoon (whatever an unemployed man has to do), I will wait for her watching Elizabeth: the Golden Age. I loved the first movie and I am glad I can watch (at last!) the second one. She really got robbed of an Oscar when she played Elizabeth the first time (nothing against Gwyneth Paltrow, but she is small potatoes compared to Cate, and well, that goes for almost every actresses of her generation). Anyway, as I vow an almost cultist admiration for Cate Blanchett and as historical fiction bores my wife to sleep, I have decided that I will not bother her with the movie and watch it alone.