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19 February 2009 5:55 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

There's a better than average chance that Kate Winslet will pick up an Academy Award Sunday night for The Reader. It's neither my favorite performance in that category, nor is it her best work, but at 33, she's already something of an Oscar spinster, having been nominated six times with no trophies to show for it.

Among actresses, Winslet is tied for the most nominations without a win. Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter have six, too, and curiously, all of them were sandwiched in a short amount of time, like Winslet. Kerr amassed six nods between 1949 and 1960, while Ritter did her damage between 1950 and 1962. Kate has lost for Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine, and Little Children.

The record for no wins, at least among actors, is the legendary Peter O'Toole, who it goes without saying is among the greatest of all time. Eight nominations with no gold. And they »

- Colin Boyd

8 January 2009 2:55 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Perennial Oscar nominee Kevin O'Connell failed to make the cut when the Cinema Audio Society announced nominations for the best sound mixing this year, perhaps because his two 2008 films -- "The Ruins" and "Space Chimps" -- were less than successful at the box office. Last year, he picked up nod No. 12 from the Cas and his 20th Oscar nomination for "Transformers," but lost both bids and remains winless with both kudos. Count on several of this year's Cas nominees -- "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Quantum of Solace," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "Wall-e" -- to make it into the final five when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22. Over the last 15 years, the... »

- tomoneil

2 articles from 2009