Oscars Nominations 2022: 8 Ups & 9 Downs

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8. Kristen Stewart Beats Out Lady Gaga & Jennifer Hudson (Best Actress)

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To call Kristen Stewart's road to an Oscar nomination dramatic is quite the understatement indeed.

Stewart received rave reviews from film festivals for her performance as Princess Diana in Spencer, and immediately emerged as the frontrunner for the Best Actress Oscar.

This continued for months until more prominent awards guilds began chiming in with more muted enthusiasm, and Stewart was shockingly snubbed for a SAG nomination. This appeared to signal the high possibility that the Academy would snub her also.

But alas, Oscar voters saw sense and gave Stewart the nomination over far more conventionally awards-friendly - but infinitely inferior - performances from Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) and Jennifer Hudson (Respect).

Sadly Stewart is probably priced out of the win at this point, but at least this nomination should decisively put the "she can't act!" haters to bed.

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