2006 Best Actress (feat. Murtada Elfadl)
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back culture writer, critic, and curator Murtada Elfadl to discuss the 2006 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Helen Mirren won for her performance in “The Queen,” beating Penélope Cruz in “Volver,” Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal,” Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada,” and Kate Winslet in “Little Children.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Mirren.
0:00 – 16:00 – Introduction
16:01 – 34:16 – Penélope Cruz
34:17 – 57:43 – Judi Dench
57:44 – 1:17:54 – Meryl Streep
1:17:55 – 1:37:15 – Kate Winslet
1:37:16 – 1:52:49 – Helen Mirren
1:52:50 – 2:38:40 – Why Helen Mirren won / Twitter questions
2:38:41 – 2:44:33 – 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
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Big fan of this podcast. I’d been looking forward to this year – my all time favourite line-up – and it didn’t disappoint.
As a Brit, I can clear up the question about Helen Mirren’s acceptance speech. It’s an old-fashioned tradition in the UK at certain kinds of events (think high class weddings, military dinners, that sort of thing) for the host to give a toast to the monarch. They end by holding up their glass and say ‘ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen’ (or, I guess, ‘King’ now). That’s what Helen was referencing but I remember thinking it fell a bit flat with the non-UK audience. She might have been better off using the line at the BAFTAs!
Keep up the good work.
Incredible lineup but for me it’s Dench all the way.