Silver Linings Playbook Won An Oscar
Yes, readers, one of the major disability-related films of this year did win an Oscar after all! Jennifer Lawrence got the Best Actress Award for Silver Linings Playbook.
Unfortunately The Sessions and Silver Linings Playbook both lost out to Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) for Best Supporting Actress.
Silver Linings Playbook was nominated for a brilliant eight awards- winning 1 out of 8 ain’t bad!
And readers, two special mentions for mainstream movies that won awards. Firstly, I feel a strange pride that Daniel Day Lewis made history last night, becoming the first man to win Best Actor three times. You see, his first victory was for playing a disabled person. A very famous, inspirational disabled person- Christy Brown in My Left Foot in 1990. So, there’s a disability link in that, too, although a very small one.
Secondly, Adele won Best Original Song for Skyfall– and I feel a strange pride- well, simply because she’s a brilliant singer and I love her music!
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