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Oscar races show Hollywood more friendly to women.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
A lot of women who deserve to be nominated for Oscars this year won't be. That's a good thing.
For the first time in ages, 2001 was a year when, instead of trying to dig up five women ("Was Meryl Streep in anything? OK, that's one. What about Susan Sarandon? No. Well, wasn't some French chick in something or other?"), Academy Awards voters will have lots to choose from.
(The awards show is March 24.)
It was a good year for actresses, from talented newcomers to veteran performers whose work we don't get to see often enough.
Sissy Spacek will probably win the best-actress Oscar this year, and, given her limited output the past few years (mostly supporting roles as somebody's mom), who would have expected that? Spacek isn't old _ she just turned 52 _ but that's an age that Hollywood doesn't have much use for.
Don't expect things to change too drastically. There still won't be any summer movies with middle-aged women saving Boston from alien invasions, but Spacek and a few other performers have suggested a way for women to get more work: by taking lower-paying ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Tim Page April 14, 1996 700+ words
...usually by necessity, ply two or more trades. There are many more such people out there. And so be polite to the young woman selling you a book at Chapters or Atticus, and leave that waiter at Kinkead's a big tip. It's good karma and -- who knows...
