Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses
For a certain stripe of Oscar obsessive"c'est moi"it's all about actresses. A healthy variety of tough, sly, vulnerable, funny, chilling female performances signals that the state of the cinematic union is strong. The actress categories also reveal how well (or not) the movies refract women's lives. Did the nominees play love interests, sex objects, and worried wives of the male protagonists, or were they the agents …