And the Winner Is…
Appreciating the art of a great Hollywood acceptance speech.
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It wasJanuary 8, 2017.
At that same ceremony, the legendary Meryl Streep was receiving theCecil B. DeMille Awardfor lifetime achievement.
The speech, as you might expect,killedin the room.
And it made the then-president-elect so mad that helashed outat the actress.
But it didnt matter.
But what if Streep never gave that speech?
Would theFloFoJomomentum have died out?
Who gets that Oscar nomination instead?
What else plays out differently as those changes to the timeline ripple outward?
1.Meryl is out, Amy is in.
So when the Oscar nominations are read, itsArrivals Amy Adams who makes the Best Actress list.
It only makes sense, given that Denis Villeneuves film was a Best Picture and Best Director nominee.
Adams makes sure to mention those themes on the Oscars campaign trail.
She joins the Womens March and gets some public digs in about how Trump would treat visiting aliens.
Come Oscar night, theMoonlightvs.La La Landwar for the soul of American culture has reached volcanic proportions.
On another envelope is the name Amy Adams.
2.Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announce a different mistake.
3.Feud: Close vs. Stone
3.
Fast-forward about 18 months.
Coupled with the fact that shes aseven-time nominee who has never won, the buzz snowballs.
Suddenly, everybodys picking Gaga as their dark-horse Oscar winner.
When the time comes for the Best Actress award, it goes to Stone.
In the weeks and months that follow, Close tries to take her seventh Oscars defeat well.
Shes brewing the fuck out of some tea.
4.Close gets as many Dalmatians as she wants.
For the next year, Close is on the horn with every executive at the Walt Disney Company.
She pulls the strings, she gets the money, and its a green light for103 Dalmatians.
Heres the real pisser: The film is a HUGE hit.
The peoples Cruella de Vil is back, and audiences come out in droves for her.
Also nominated in that category?
No one has ever campaigned for a Golden Globe Award harder than Close does for103 Dalmatians.
Not evenSharon Stone forThe Muse!
Close also enacts a Joan Crawfordstyle whisper campaign against Emma Stone.
Anotherwin for a Yorgos Lanthimos movie?
5.Not so fast,Hillbilly.
It keeps a lady busy.
So she drops out too.
Vance remains limited to those who read it.
6.When Tammy met Nancy.
So what of Chastain?
She has now gone 0-for-3, having previously lost forZero Dark ThirtyandThe Help.
Tammy and Nancy, meeting … at a White House dinner?
On an episode ofLarry King Live?
In purgatory, one on her way up the escalator, the other on her way down?
