Best Actress expert slugfest: Demi Moore is Oscar-bound after delivering 'the speech of a lifetime'
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Five leading ladies made the cut for Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here). But who will claim victory when the envelope is opened on March 2?
After the nominations were announced, five top Oscar experts from major media outlets debated their winner predictions for Best Actress: Gold Derby's Debra Birnbaum, Variety's Clayton Davis, The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg, Deadline's Pete Hammond, and Indiewire's Anne Thompson. Watch their Oscars slugfest video above.
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As a non-Brazilian, TORRES ALL THE WAY !!!!
nah demi all the way
@@Bbvb579for consolation or best aimed speech maybe
@@erwan3204 demi is winning
Brazilian "stan" here. I can't see how to not "overstate" the fact that "I'm still here" was nominated in BP category. It is a brazilian film, spoken in portuguese, with actors who are completely unknown to the public abroad, without broad release in US... There is all this challenge to make people watch the film, as Hammond highlighted... You can't just say: "Oh, look, the other actresses' films also got it". Really? The journey for "I'm still here" being nominated cannot be compared at all with these other films. If not by the huge quality of the film and Torres performance, it would have never happened. So, I can't see how Torres would not have decent odds to actually win this category. That said, I agree a lot with the analysis by Davis that BAFTA/SAG/etc awards will help us a lot in such prediction (but, still, there are ponderations here... BAFTA not even putting Torres into the long list is really something to be discussed in terms of how these awards are really receptive to latinos).
Yes!!!! 👏👏👏
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@SomaGirlie u r just spamming this nonsense throughtout the comments... Give me a break. Her reply was spot-on.
what about ms perfect moore and the 15yo? huh? @@SomaGirlie
@@SomaGirliewhat about blackface Zoe Saldana and Robert Downey JR?
Why does the moderator insist on finishing it around 10- minute mark? It's so dumb. Each time she ends their discussion abruptly. Is it forbidden to pass 10 minutes?
Just came here to ask this! Like they started the music like he was giving and Oscar speech that went too long
You're new to RUclips hmm?
@KaiOpaka LOL why? No, I'm not new. Joyce Eng and Chris Rosen, also from Gold Derby, have conversations on RUclips that last more than one hour. Why can't these guys talk longer than 10 or 11 minutes?
@@ktom5262 Tom O'Neil retired and Debra Birmbaum is not used to doing this job which why she's probably making this short. We need Tom back please! 🙏
The Deadline editors took one long conversation and edited it down to multiple segments. Do you really think she had multiple conversations with them for ten minutes when they all have busy jobs. They’re wearing the same clothes. They’re fighting the algorithm which sometimes demand shorter videos.
Fernanda Torres shows all the feelings and sensations just by looking. And you cry along with the character. Fernanda Torres deserves to win.
I still feel like The Substance getting into Director also gives Demi a huge advantage
@@bryanalstoncoxing Anora and Emilia Perez are in the Director category as well.
@@ktom5262 But it wasn't a surprise, it was to be expected. So it's hard to interpret if that means anything. But for the substance to get it, it just shows how much momentum the film is getting, a that momentum that is very likely because of Demi Moore. It just shows how much power she has in the conversation right now.
@leonardomoraes9195 The inclusion of The Substance wasn't a surprise at all. The list has 10 films, not 5 or 7, basically every movie that got high praise from film critics in 2024 is on it. Only the Brasilian movie I'm Still Here is a real surprise.
@@ktom5262 The Substance getting into Best DIRECTOR (which has 5 slots) was indeed a surprise
@ktom5262 A surprise for the Best Director category. She was generally in the conversation, but definitely wasn’t a shoe in like the other two.
Fernanda can win because she was stunning. Period. The difference btw us, “the maniacs”, and the audiences outside Brazil is that we knew her and the high quality of her work for a longer time. Demi and Mickey are amazing, but I really think that Fernanda delivers the most powerful acting of the season, with so many layers and complexity.
Unfortunately the Oscars sometimes are not about the level of quality, but about the narratives, just like Clayton Davis said.
nah demi will
that sour faced Torres woman is not winning I hope
blah blah blah
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
I think Fernanda will be the upset like it happen when Olivia Colman won when everybody thought Glenn Close would have her moment . It will be monumental to have the first latina actress to win best actress award. Go Fernanda Torres 🇧🇷
Fernanda Torres gave the best performance of the year in my opinion.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@@SomaGirlie And may I ask who gets to decide that? LOL. My opinion is the only one that matters. Your ignorance and bigotry make me laugh. Based on your atrocious cut and paste pathetic repeated comments. You're a robot. The architect of your soul appears to be social media. That's why uneducated folks like yourself would say things like that. Shortsighted and unjust.
@@SomaGirlie I said Torres gave the best performance of the year (in my opinion). I did NOT say she will win, there's a difference. So, hold your horses down. The race is not over until it's over. Any of these actresses could win the Oscar.
@@SomaGirliehahaha you’re obsessed. This just made her go up in rankings because she acted fast and apologized for something that happened 20 years ago. Get over it!
Demi Moore did a fantastic job in The Substance. Critics hailed as career defining role so get ready for her glory
All about Demi! She will win.
I agree, what are the chances of a Latina competing with a Hollywood star? This competition is unfair. The Oscar would never give an award to a Latin actress, especially from Brazil, where she doesn't even speak Spanish. Not to mention that Trump hates Latinos and was elected president. This says a lot about the USA. The USA hate us 😂
the substance could do the makeup and actress combo here. that has happened before.
Very common, and likely to happen again this year. Emma Stone, Brendan Fraser and Jessica Chastain most recently, but many other previous instances of that combination.
@@rhythmoriented Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Marion Cotillard, all the way to Jessica Tandy and F. Murray Abraham
and it will
make a space as Demi is coming for her Oscar
DEMI ❤
I think it’s still hard to be sure Demi is getting it. SAG, BAFTA and CC will probably change things. I think Torres can still get it.
Demi needs to win!!!
Demi and only Demi.
Building on Clayton Davis' final observation (first time since 1977 all Best Actress nominees are from Best Picture nominees), it's fun to recall 1977 Best Actress was so contentious People Magazine did a cover story on the race.
I can't imagine that anyone other than Demi Moore will win the Oscar. She was incredible!!
She nailed it
Have you seen I’m still here?
Fernanda Torres said some years ago that Oscar is the party of Injustice, but now she is so trying to get it! Being humans…
Fernanda Torres is the best one among the nominees ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nothing is define. When the Oscar run started, before Golden Globes, all specialists had said Mikey Madison was incredible and was the front runner to Oscars. Now, nobody bets in her. Things can change in 1 month.
Demi's story in The Substance resonated with many of course she is winning the oscar.
First, as someone has already said in these comments, the award is for best performance as actress in a leading role in a movie picture, NOT for best speech on another award ceremony.
Second, Fernanda Torres not "only" won for best actress in a drama movie picture on Golden Globe, she won Palm D'Or in Cannes when she was young, about 20 y.o.
Therefore, Fernanda Torres is TRULY Oscar-bound, she DESERVES to win!
And "I'm still here" IS one of the best movie pictures of the year!
Period.
Desperate brazilians
Obviously you have not observed much of Oscars history and see the kinds of performances they award. So many great performances lost to less worthy contenders. Including Fernanda's mom, Fernanda M., who lost despite giving the greatest performance 26 years ago.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@@tamn1397 says the brazilian
😍😍😍😍😍 Demi Moore is promoting The Substance for BAFTA.. We love you Demi ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Give Demi all the things
Cynthia Erivo brought such vulnerability and hope and power to Wicked. Her skills are so finite people just consider it all, just what she does
Demi is the frontrunner
Just to remind everyone, this is the award for best actress in a leading role over the past year… This isn’t a career achievement award, nor should it be awarded to the person who gives the best speech, or has the best “Narrative”.
That's how it should be, but sadly, that's not what it is.
Just a reminder to you, people use all kinds of reasoning to vote for whoever they vote for and it's not really up to you what their personal metric is.
"Best performance" is very subjective and is different to every person that's why campaigns, how strong the film is, narratives counts. Every nominee has a narrative.
you are an Anora stan and your taste is very low
Torres definitely delivered the best performance of the year. If moore wins it will be because she has the most compelling narrative.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
I still dont believe torres is winning. Its between demi mickey and cynthia
That's why she will win! the three will split voters
I can't see the blackface not mattering in Fernanda's case.
@@KaiOpaka I don’t think it’ll matter as much as if it were an American actress doing it. It’s still a generally troubling thing, but keep in mind that the problematic history of blackface and minstrel shows is pretty much an American phenomenon.
In other countries it doesn’t carry the same connotation/history/weight as it would in the USA, and the international brach (where Torres and most of her voters comes from) is pretty aware of that. So they probably won’t be as concerned.
The award is for Best Actress, not Best Speech. They're not in a presidential race. The Academy should judge based on the performance and nothing else. This type of interference only benefits those with connections in Hollywood.
Love your idealistic view but that hasn’t been the case in the entire history of the oscars
@jarm8618 That's why the Oscars have become a joke and just keep losing relevance year after year.
@@honestlyfodase the Oscars have always been about both performance and who campaigns for them, you can say that about all awards shows tbh
And when it comes down to Demi, I personally think that she gave an Oscar worthy performance that could stand on its own. The speech she gave marketed herself and the film very well, I don’t think it’s the only reason she got the Oscar nom
@honestlyfodase They were initially created in an attempt to union bust. They never had the credibility that you think they did. Besides, if Judy Garland can get screwed, nothing is safe.
Torres is from another drama movie. Yawn. The Substance was so out there and required so much from Demi
I watched Demi Moo's Q&A such a lovely classy lady ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Madison, Gascon, Erivo are good. Demi is the best.
absolutely Demi Moore is the winner, she carried all movie on her
Demi Moore is deserving every single awards possible. Rooting for her. Go Demi ❤❤❤💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I am brazilian, but sincerely what Fernanda Torres did any other good actress would do as Well.
I always think about acting: “Would be easy to find another actor/actress to do the same? If so, was not to extraordinary as people want to sell”.
My Brazilian heart wants Torres to win but if Demi wins I’m happy too.
I don’t know what people see in Emilia Perez that I can’t see it.
Demi for the win 🎉🎉❤❤
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is winning BAFTA, Mikey Madison winning CCA and Demi Moore is winning SAG. Torres will get Oscars!
Has that ever happened before? Those 4 awards split between 4 different people?
That would be awesome.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@@SomaGirlie Torres FTW!
@@ianrobinson4200 2021 ish? Globes went to Andra Day and Rosamund Pike, CCA went to Carey Mulligan, BAFTA went to Frances McDormand, SAG went to Viola Davis, and Oscar went to McDormand.
Torres deserves to win!
No, Torres doesn’t, but Moore won’t win. My guess is they do give it to Torress, because Torress is the most desperate for it.
@@tiffanywitherspoon8722 Torres performance is one of the best of this season alongside Marianne Jean Baptiste
@@tiffanywitherspoon8722Quite the opposite. She’s only the second brazilian to be nominated, no latina has ever won. She’s not expecting it at all. Y’all barely know her, if she was desperate she would’ve given a cry-scream performance like people do most years.
@@tiffanywitherspoon8722 So is Cynthia. Her queer WOC narrative and dream role since she was 10, that's more than justifying her narrative to win.
@@tiffanywitherspoon8722That's probably why uneducated folks like yourself say things like that. So, if this race for best actress does not conform to your bet or belief it’s desperate? You have a point, an idiotic one but a point.
Torres deserves it! 🎉🎉
What an impertinent assumption that most of us who’s rooting for Fernanda Torres were constantly on twitter. I’m not even a Brazilian Or a fan of the actress. I was just admiring her brilliant performance. So, truth to you people is being a “maniac?” Facts man! Just facts.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@ Sure, keep telling yourself that. If that what makes you feel better.
Torres deserves the win this year! Not even mentioning the historical reparations of the Weinstein steel of her mother 25 years ago.
Torres is the best, let’s face it!!! 💗💗💗💗
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@ your ass she’s done!!! If you wanna talk about ALL bad things that ALL nominees did in the past, let’s do it… Or the real problem here is just Fernanda????? It seems like that all of you uses this shit now just for excuse. It happened decades ago, in Brazil those things wasn’t in discussion yet, as you sad she already apologize and period.
Demi Moore all the way
My favorite was Marianne, now that Marianne is out, TORRES FOR THE WIN!!
1ª) FERNANDA TORRES, the best actress!!! - Oscar 2025
I’m rooting for Mikey Madison! She’s the winner in my heart.
Agreed, let’s hope that the most deserving performance eventually wins.
Mikey gave the best performance, but Demi will probably win (and that’s totally fine with me)
Moore to Win; Torres to Upset; but watch out for Erivo if she’s gets SAG AND BAFTA.
She's not winning bafta
Erivo was weak compared to demi and torres
SAG sometimes goes for Acting in a Fantasy. Remember Johnny Depp. So absolutely plausible for Cynthia to win SAG.
At the moment Demi is the frontrunner. Not necessarily the best performance. And I am a fan of hers. Baptiste is wonderful, but is not nominated. We'll know more after the next awards. Anything is possible in my opinion and, by the way they are all very good in very different roles.
I wish people would discuss how relevant WICKED is because it’s just as relevant as I’M STILL HERE. We see Cynthia’s Elphaba grow from insecure girl to powerful (literally) force. I don’t understand why no one is taking into account that Cynthia is the greenhorse in this race.
Fernanda's fans are so upfront of the black campaign on twitter to attack Demi Moore as a strong contender for this race.
They're so annoying and miserable
They are in for a surprise when they realise academy voters are not chronically online.
Disagree . Ppl have prefs, it’s not some ‘black campaign.’ Fernanda gets hate too, esp in Brazil. If anything, Demi’s fans do the same. Let’s focus on acting. Still backing Fernanda!
@@Mai-jt6us So glad that they are not chronically online. They had time to watch a brazilian film spoken in portuguese and put it into BP list ;). Please don't be so condescending...
@@julianozequinipolidoro6896 i'm literally latina and i couldn't be happier 'i'm still here' got in the best picture line up, rooting for it to win best international. The film deserves the praise, my comments is towards the brazilians acting like bots on social media. Fernanda is so classy and her fans ruin it.
Torres is gonna win because she has the narrative and the performance.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
How does it make someone a monster to not vote for a trans woman especially when you just went on and on about why someone else would win.
You guys don't think the Mexican backlash against Emilia Perez will have any effect?
Give it to Demi. Give horror it's due
These ppl thinking Demi is going to win or sweep when BAFTA is clearly going to Karla or Marianne, which makes this year like the year Regina won where wins were spread out, which gives more credence to Fernanda Torres winning.
Bafta who has NEVER awarded a black actress?? They are going to award marianne who is the lone nomination of her movie??? Don't think so.
I believe DEMI/FERNANDA(GG) - MADISON (CC) - DEMI (SAG) - ERIVO or GASCON(BAFTA). If I'm Still Here makes a huge dent Box Office in the US, it is the darkest horse for Oscars. I also think if CC tilts towards Demi, she might go all the way.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
@@Mai-jt6us Marianne/Cynthia are the lone UK nominees. BAFTA tends to reward their own here a lot. Marianne won a bunch of UK Awards, so yes she is a contender. Also, Karla has been winning a ton of Euro awards so she could win.
Fernanda Torres will win!!! ❤🇧🇷🇧🇷
Demi Moore for the Gold
🎉
Demi = Oscar
demi should win and will
Twitter maniacs for torres? What a disrespectful way to refer to people.
It's true though 🫢
I’m pretty sure Demi Moore team is behind the polemics involving the other actresses; soon it’ll all come out! Disturbing campaign
The message of this movie is great and I was looking forward to watch Demi's triumphant return. But unfortunately this film follows the trend of the world that in order to stand out you need to appeal and shock. The good stories were left behind. I like Demi and I was very happy with her return, but her performance is not even remotely worthy of an award. Little screen time (most of it sleeping naked), many filming tricks (cuts, makeup, sunglasses, ...) and most of the film was acted by someone else. I didn't hate it as most people l know. Just another streaming movie to watch sunday night.
demi will win inshallah, she is deserving
We want Demi to win. No if's , no but's
You are getting spammed by brazilians
A lot of americans commenting = ok
A lot of brazilians commenting = spam
Cool. Way to go.
@ ain't it true? everywhere I look in these award media channels a bunch of brazilians spamming their comments instead of talking about the films in general. The desperation for this glimmer of validation from an american media award is laughable lmao
@@lolalolalola3801 we have a different name for what you are doing, but go ahead...
@@lekreuz wow you think I care 🫢
@@lekreuz wow you think I care 🫢
You're right Clayton. All the SAG-less BAFTA-less surprises delivered by the likes of Harden, Waltz and King were all in Supporting. Leads are always straightforward, unsurprising, boring. So, Fernanda is not going to make it, unfortunately. I do want her to upset, but it's not realistic.
Fernanda needs to win. 🥇
Although the film had only two nominations, Marion Cotillard won for La Vie en Rose in the Best Actress category. The other nomination wasn't for Best International Feature but for Make-up. All this to say, Fernanda Torres has an equal chance to win or even is the front-runner. And please, do not give an award for the best acting performance to an actress who gave a great speech. This is not a Speech Award. It is about an acting performance in a specific movie. Similarly, international voters should not vote for Fernando Torres just because she is international. Dear Lord, use your brain. You people are just telling us that the Oscars have no more reputation!
Marion Cottillard was nominated for SAG and won BAFTA
The only female role not based on bad female stereotypes, such as use of the body, being out of control or unreliable, is Eunice Paiva on I'm Still Here. Based solely on this, I'd say because of the significance of a better female role model, Fernanda should win. This matters a lot.
The best performance is Mikey Madison, period. I couldn’t care less about Demi and her phony “poor me” narrative.
She was in a movie without an intimacy coordinator, basically a porno
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
So out of touch, sooo ivory tower. Torres is getting it. Right as rain.
The trans took the place of a woman
Torres is the best.
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
Thank you for continue on bringing awareness towards this horrible administration, really.
Viva Demi ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Fernanda Torres, the incridible performance, I'M STILL HERE 👏 👏 👏
“the maniacs” is a great assessment for those who leave the same sad comment for Torres. Their comments are just sickening
Demi isn't winning. Not after Torres comeback.
@hugolewis4896 Demi's film is horror, there's extreme resistance to that genre and 5 noms for The Substance shows that. Mikey is too young and new to win. She's also in a film that sparked a controversy about having no intimacy coordinators. It's like Baker wanted to make a porn film with actual assault. It's inhumane at that point and The Academy holds a strong resistance against that kind of film. Cynthia has the closest chance of winning now because her narrative of being the first queer WOC actress nominee is strong. Besides, she's got an entire year before the sequel comes out and her campaign will be running all the way through next year. Her diversity narrative is strong, but it's her narrative of her dream role that will strike a chord. She's dreamed of this since she was 10 and she nailed every ounce of it all while blowing everyone away by how good she was. She added more depth, nuance and urgency to the story than it ever had because of the racial politics of the story being heightened. She deserves this more than even Demi who was never really on my best actress list of all time. She's underwhelming honestly.
@@hugolewis4896You obviously can't even move on for something silly that she did more than ten years ago that has nothing to do with her amazing performance in the movie. We have to get to pass this endless unforgiving zero tolerance mindset bent in punishing and disappearing anyone caught doing or saying the wrong thing. Enough with this idiotic cancel culture mentality. It's pathetic.
@@AntsTheaterCorner2698first of all to say Sean Baker wants to make a porn film by that you mean make a realistic film. Intimacy coordinators are not necessary if the people involved don't want it - Mikey said she wanted to keep the circle smaller. Also Cynthia was not dreaming of this role at 10 that's Ari. She saw the musical at 25 for the first time. Also Demi was not underwhelming she was INCREDIBLE. She is going to break that horror bias glass ceiling into pieces.
@@hugolewis489620 years ago when every actor in Brazil played characters out of their race (which doesn’t mean it’s fine, but she aknowledged it) Demi has kissed a minor on camera, Robert Downey Jr and Zoe Saldaña have done black face too.
@@hugolewis4896 lol 20 years ago? Please.
This was Zendaya's year, she had two incredible movies in 2024, and deserved to be nominated
giving an acceptance speech to win an oscar is ridiculous. poor demi. she has the narrative. blah blah blah. it's the performance in the film that should matter. and jolie being snubbed is astonishing
Thank god Jolie's boring ass biopic got "snubbed"
@@mikekelly4702 No, it isn’t. Everybody was expecting her not to get it. She was probably behind Pamela Anderson and Nicole Kidman too.
The speech HELPED her, is not gonna be lone reason why she is the frontrunner. Great performance, strong film, comeback narrative, great speech, it's all of those things. The academy is kinda tired of drama biopics is best actress, Yeoh in eeaao and Stone is poor thing are exciting wins for genre movies and now Demi is going to join them.
Torres made a racist sketch a few years back. She doesn't deserve an award. Dumee to win. She gave the performance of a lifetime.
You guys dont know how to listen to each other, this was exhausting to watch. All of you need to be fired. NEXT
It was fine. They clearly didn't like your favorite the best. Cry about it.
Torres will win. I loved Demi but the movie is too surreal.
Would love to see these people's faces when an American from the south (Fernanda Torres) wins Best Actress!
Nope. Torres just apologized for doing “Blackface” and a racist sketch. She’s done. This is 2025. No one is giving her an Oscar.
Demi Moore played herself at The Substance.... that shouldn't be difficult..... just saying.
Demi Moore is essentially a soap opera actress.. she shouldn't be given the award because of her golden globe speech. Torres DESERVES it.. 💯%!
Fernanda Wins