2009 Best Actress (feat. Nick Ruhrkraut)

This week on the season finale And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes Oscar Wild cohost Nick Ruhrkraut to discuss the 2009 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Sandra Bullock won for her performance in “The Blind Side,” beating Helen Mirren in “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan in “An Education,” Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious,” and Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Bullock.

0:00 – 9:53 – Introduction

9:54 – 28:25 – Helen Mirren

28:26 – 55:48 – Carey Mulligan

55:49 – 1:17:33 – Gabourey Sidibe

1:17:34 – 1:35:34 – Meryl Streep

1:35:35 – 1:58:31 – Sandra Bullock

1:58:32 – 3:08:48 – Why Sandra Bullock won / Twitter questions

3:08:39 – 3:13:10 – 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