1987 Best Actress (feat. Sebastian Gronback)


This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back his boyfriend/partner/best supporting actor Sebastian Gronback to discuss the 1987 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Cher won for her performance in “Moonstruck,” beating Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction,” Holly Hunter in “Broadcast News,” Sally Kirkland in “Anna,” and Meryl Streep in “Ironweed.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Cher.

 0:00 – 8:56 – Introduction

8:57 – 40:23 – Glenn Close

40:24 – 1:08:16 – Holly Hunter

1:08:17 – 1:27:53 – Sally Kirkland

1:27:54 – 1:44:25 – Meryl Streep

1:44:26 – 2:07:39 – Cher

2:07:40 – 3:03:07 – Why Cher won / Twitter questions

3:03:08- 3:10:41 – Who was the runner-up?

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Theme/End Music: “Diamonds” by Iouri Sazonov

Additional Music: “Storming Cinema Ident” by Edward Blakeley

Artwork: Brian O’Meara