Kate Hudson’s ‘Song Sung Blue’ Oscar chances, by the numbers

Kate Hudson’s ‘Song Sung Blue’ Oscar chances, by the numbers



With her breakthrough role in Cameron Crowe’s β€œAlmost Famous,” 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 β€œSong Sung Blue.”

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Years since Hudson received her only Oscar nomination, for playing rock musician enthusiast and bon vivant Penny Lane in β€œAlmost Famous.”

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Hudson’s β€œAlmost Famous” 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 β€œHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” the peak of Hudson’s post-β€œAlmost Famous” rom-com run.

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Hudson returned to the realm of music with the flawed yet prestigious β€œNine,” which showed off her singing chops and drew a SAG Award ensemble nomination, her highest recognition post-β€œAlmost Famous.”

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The past year and a half has brought a Hudson resurgence, with her high-profile rock album β€œGlorious,” hit Netflix show β€œRunning Point” 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 β€œSong Sung Blue” 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 (β€œCactus Flower”) and Hudson would be the first mother-daughter pair to win acting Oscars. (Minnelli won for β€œCabaret” and Garland received a special β€œjuvenile” award in 1940 but no competitive Oscars.)

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