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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Denzel included. It would have better if he won for Malcolm X or The Hurricane, but they had to give it to him for Training Day (I think Russell Crow was the frontrunner that year). I don't begrudge his win, though.
Halle winning for **** is on some other stuff, but I believe she won other awards that year, so I guess.
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The tide turned for Halle very quickly.
The race was seen as Sissy v. Nicole. Halle was lucky to get a nomination at that point; she was fighting it out with Tilda, Renee and Naomi to get in.
But Nicole had two films that year, and the voters who loved her performance in The Others did not necessarily love her performance in Moulin Rouge and vice versa.
Sissy's was a supporting performance in Lead. She's gone for almost half the movie!
Halle was at least a co-lead. Couple that with the general Black positive sentiment of the time, and "her bravery," and she had it in the bag. But it was a nail biter. SAG turned the tide.