2010 Best Actress (feat. Steven Canals)

This week on the season premiere of And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back writer-director Steven Canals to discuss the 2010 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Natalie Portman won for her performance in “Black Swan,” beating Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right,” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole,” Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone,” and Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Portman.

0:00 – 14:11 – Introduction

14:12 – 36:38 – Annette Bening

36:39 – 1:06:09 – Nicole Kidman

1:06:10 – 1:26:59 – Jennifer Lawrence

1:27:00 – 1:51:59 – Michelle Williams

1:52:00 – 2:23:25 – Natalie Portman

2:23:26 – 3:03:57 – Why Natalie Portman won / Twitter questions

3:03:58 – 3:10:02 – 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