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Tilda Swinton’s ice-queen balls of steel beat out Cate Blanchett’s strung-out drag king for Best Supporting Actress, one of the biggest upsets at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. In reality though, none of the Supporting Actress nominees (except Saoirse Ronan) would have been a huge surprise, as all had significant momentum heading in. Amy Ryan had all the critics awards, Ruby Dee had the career angle and the SAG trophy, Blanchett had the buzz (and many of the awards), and Swinton had the upset vibe.

This is bittersweet. Blanchett really deserved it for that brooding physicality, but Swinton deserves an accolade like this. It’s nice to see a kooky British former Derek Jarman muse winning an Oscar. Also, her acceptance speech - fabulous. Any time Clooney is teased for Batman & Robin is a winning moment. And those eyes, those crazy EYES!

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