Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Elizabeth Dole has a shot at the Republican nomination, it is because of women like Bonnie Curzio, a stay-at-home mom and independent voter. When she heard that Dole was coming to Des Moines, Iowa, last week to announce her exploratory committee, Curzio bundled her 10-year-old daughter into the car and headed for the convention center. Curzio, 40, didn't know much about Dole, but she was drawn to the event in part because Dole is a woman--the first viable female presidential candidate in American history. "I guess that does make a difference to me, though...
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: In a unspectacular movie filled with incoherent gaps of logic, Blanchett provided the unifying arc. There is no doubt that her performance is a fierce, brave display of subtlety and strength. But Blanchett is foreign--and Gwyneth Paltrow is not. (Remember, this is the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love: Shakespeare in Love was brilliant--and Gwyneth was appropriately ethereal. But was she really that good? Put Julia Roberts in the role. Put Nicole Kidman. Put Elizabeth Berkeley. See What I mean? All she has to do is gasp and glow...
...SHOULD WIN: Blanchett. Hands down. She is a brilliant chameleon (too bad she's not a natural redhead). And that last scene in Elizabeth, where she declares herself a virgin? (Brrrrr...
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love. Sure, Dench was fun as a curmudgeon-ish Elizabeth I. But for goodness sakes, she was only on screen for nine minutes! But Dench plays ice queen better than anyone, and Academy members feel guilty for passing her over in Mrs. Brown last year for Helen Hunt (we all feel guilty for that...