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But Day’s nomination for her portrayal of Holiday the legendary jazz singer and civil rights champion was a victory in itself for the 2003 San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts graduate.
Her shape-shifting performance as Holiday marked her debut film performance of any kind. Moreover, she is only the fifth best actress contender in Oscar history who was nominated for their debut film performance
“If they put icing on the cake with a cherry with some kind of award, that’s great,” said Bill Doyle, Day’s now-retired San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts theater teacher. He pivotally introduced her to Holiday’s music when Day, now 36, was 11 or 12.
This year’s 93rd Academy Awards was going to be unique but what really set it out from years previous was the fact that so many of the films have not been released yet.
With cinemas shut in large parts of the world, many releases have been delayed until normality will once again resume.
And after Sunday night, you might be itching to tuck into the winners and other nominees from the weekend.
This year’s 93rd Academy Awards was going to be unique but what really set it out from years previous was the fact that so many of the films have not been released yet. Pic: Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images
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New Billie Holiday biopic shows a hard life that bore Strange Fruit
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130 minutes, in cinemas April 22
Lady Sings the Blues, Hollywoodâs previous tilt at a Billie Holiday biopic in 1972, was produced by Berry Gordy and his company Motown who ensured that reality was thoroughly upstaged by the glamour of the filmâs star, an unbelievably slim and glossy Diana Ross.
Andra Day in The United States vs Billie Holiday.
Credit:Paramount Pictures
More recently a television movie concentrated on a performance Holiday gave four months before her death in 1959, but Lee Danielsâ new movie is the first clear-eyed look at her life that weâve seen on screen. And this time, thereâs plenty of grit with the glamour.
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