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 Croweโ€™s โ€œAlmost Famous,โ€ Kate Hudson received her first Oscar nomination at age 21. This season, she reaches another high note โ€” and makes the case for a second nomination โ€” with her performance as Claire Sardina, one half of a Neil Diamond tribute band, in the romantic drama โ€œSong Sung Blue.โ€

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

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Hudsonโ€™s โ€œAlmost Famousโ€ 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 โ€œHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,โ€ the peak of Hudsonโ€™s post-โ€œAlmost Famousโ€ rom-com run.

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

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The past year and a half has brought a Hudson resurgence, with her high-profile rock album โ€œGlorious,โ€ hit Netflix show โ€œRunning Pointโ€ 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 โ€œSong Sung Blueโ€ 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 (โ€œCactus Flowerโ€) and Hudson would be the first mother-daughter pair to win acting Oscars. (Minnelli won for โ€œCabaretโ€ and Garland received a special โ€œjuvenileโ€ award in 1940 but no competitive Oscars.)

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