| | Entertainment Weekly - Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress -- 01-30-01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Seventeen years after receiving a Best Actress nomination for her first film, ''Educating Rita,'' JULIE WALTERS should earn a supporting nod as ''Billy Elliot's'' ballet teacher. |
 | | Two-time nominee FRANCES MCDORMAND (a Best Actress winner for ''Fargo'') is also a front-runner for her portrayal of an overprotective mom in ''Almost Famous,'' though she'll likely have to compete with costar KATE HUDSON, who won a Golden Globe for her performance. |
 | | And JUDI DENCH, who won for 1998's ''Shakespeare in Love,'' is poised to follow up with her turn as the town pariah in ''Chocolat'' (which could also have a long shot in past nominee LENA OLIN). |
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