Kate Hudson’s ‘Song Sung Blue’ Oscar chances, by the numbers
With her breakthrough role in Cameron Croweβs βAlmost Famous,β Kate Hudson received her first Oscar nomination at age 21. This season, she reaches another high note β and makes the case for a second nomination β with her performance as Claire Sardina, one half of a Neil Diamond tribute band, in the romantic drama βSong Sung Blue.β
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Years since Hudson received her only Oscar nomination, for playing rock musician enthusiast and bon vivant Penny Lane in βAlmost Famous.β
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Hudsonβs βAlmost Famousβ performance also earned her a Golden Globe Award, plus BAFTA and SAG Award nominations and several critics group prizes.
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Domestic box-office haul for the 2003 Hudson-Matthew McConaughey pairing βHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,β the peak of Hudsonβs post-βAlmost Famousβ rom-com run.
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Hudson returned to the realm of music with the flawed yet prestigious βNine,β which showed off her singing chops and drew a SAG Award ensemble nomination, her highest recognition post-βAlmost Famous.β
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The past year and a half has brought a Hudson resurgence, with her high-profile rock album βGlorious,β hit Netflix show βRunning Pointβ and current Oscar buzz.
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Hudson and Goldie Hawn; Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh; Laura Dern and Diane Ladd; Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland; Isabella Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman; and Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro are the six daughter-mother pairs who have been nominated for acting Oscars.
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A Hudson nomination for βSong Sung Blueβ would make her and Hawn the third daughter-mother duo to each have multiple nominations, after Minnelli/Garland and Dern/Ladd.
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Supporting actress winner Hawn (βCactus Flowerβ) and Hudson would be the first mother-daughter pair to win acting Oscars. (Minnelli won for βCabaretβ and Garland received a special βjuvenileβ award in 1940 but no competitive Oscars.)