Divamensch
Movies / Oscars
[somehow I skipped 2004 - oops!]
1/3: 2005 - - Amy Adams, *Junebug* / Catherine Keener, *Capote*
1/10: 2006 - - Jennifer Hudson, *Dreamgirls* / Abigail Breslin, *Little Miss
Sunshine*
1/17: 2007 - - Marion Cotillard, *La Vie en Rose* / Julie Christie, *Away From
Her*
1/24: 2008, Best Original Screenplay - - *Milk* / *Happy Go Lucky*
1/31: 2009 - - *Avatar* / *The Hurt Locker*
2/7: 2010 - - Natalie Portman, *Black Swan* / Annette Bening, *The Kids
Are Alright*
2/14: 2011 - - Kenneth Branagh, *My Week with Marilyn* / Christopher
Plummer, *Beginners*
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[time off for my health crisis]
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4/17: 2012 - - Philip Seymour Hoffman, *The Master* / Christoph Waltz,
*Django Unchained*
4/24: 2013 - - Matthew McConaughey, *Dallas Buyers Club* / Bruce Dern,
*Nebraska*
5/1: 2014 - - Julianne Moore at Cannes, *Maps to the Stars* / Julianne Moore
at the Oscars, *Still Alice*
5/8: 2015 - - Jennifer Lawrence, *Joy* / Saoirse Ronan, *Brooklyn*
5/15: 2016 - - *La La Land* / *Moonlight*
5/22: 2017 - - Lesley Manville, *Phantom Thread* / Laurie Metcalf, *Lady
Bird*
5/29: 2018 - - Olivia Colman, *The Favorite* / Glenn Close, *The Wife*
6/5: 2019 - - Brad Pitt, *Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood* / Tom Hanks,
*A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*
6/12: 2020 - - *Mank* / *Nomadland*
6/19: 2021, Best Director - - Jane Campion, *The Power of the Dog* / Paul
Thomas Anderson, *Licorice Pizza*
6/26: 2022, Best Costume Design - - Ruth E Carter, *Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever* / Jenny Beavan, *Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris*
7/3: 2023, Best Song - - "i'm Just Ken" / "What Was I Made For?"
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Random Pairs
7/10: Mustard / Ketchup
7/17: Red / Black
7/24: The solo violinist playing "Orange Blossom Special" / the rest of
the band
7/31: Barbie / Ken
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Grammy Awards
8/7: 1958, Best Individual Jazz Performance, *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke
Ellington Songbook* - - "I Didn't Know About You" / "Azure"
8/14: 1959 - - Album of the Year, Frank Sinatra *Come Dance With Me* / Best
Arrangements, Billy May for *Come Dance With Me*
8/21: 1960 - - Song of the Year, *Theme of Exodus* / Record of the Year,
*Theme from A Summer Place*
8/28: 1961, Best Performance By a Vocal Group, Lambert Hendrick and Ross
- - Ross / Lambert and Hendricks
9/4: 1962 - - Song of the Year, Sammy Davis Jr. for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" /
Record of the Year, Tony Bennett for *I Left My Heart in San Francisco*
9/11: 1963 - - Best Classical Performance, Soloist w/orch, Rubinstein
Tchaikovsky piano concerto / Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music,
Julian Bream Consort, *An Evening of Elizabethan Music*
9/18: 1964 - - Song of the Year, Louis Armstrong, "Hello Dolly" / Album of the
Year, Stan Getz and the GIlbertos, "Girl from Ipanema"
9/25: Best Classical Chamber Music Performance, the Juilliard String Quartet
Diva, 4th quartet / Mensch, 6th quartet
​10/2: Best Classical Vocal Soloist: L Price, *Prima Donna* collection - - Diva
"Io son ​l'umile ancella" / Mensch "Dido's Lament"
10/9: Best Sacred Performance, Elvis Presley *How Great Thou Art* / Best
Pop Vocal Performance, Male, Glen Campbell "By the Time I Get To
Phoenix"
10/16: Best Original Cast Album, *Hair* - - Diva "Age of Aquarius" / Mensch
"Frank Mills"
10/23: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Peggy Lee, "Is That
All There Is?" / Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Harry
Nilsson, "Everybody's Talkin' "
10/30: Record of the Year and Album of the Year, *Bridge Over Troubled
Water* - - Diva, 2nd half / Mensch, 1st half
11/6: Best New Artist, Carly Simon / Album of the Year, *Tapestry*
11/13: Song of Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" / Best Pop Vocal
Performance by Duo or Group: "Where is the Love"
11/20: Best New Artist, Bette Midler / Presenter, The Carpenters
11/27: Best Country Song: "A Very Special Love Song," Charlie Rich / Best
Country Vocal Performance, Female: Anne Murray, "Love Song"
12/4: Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "The Hustle" / Best Pop Vocal
Performance, Female: "At Seventeen"
12/11: a George Benson duo - - Record of the Year, "This Masquerade" /
Best Pop Instrumental Performance, "Breezin' "
12/18: The Eagles duo - - Record of the Year, "Hotel California" / Best
Arrangement For Voices, “New Kid in Town”
12/25: *Saturday Night Fever* duo - - "More Than a Woman" by The Bee
Gees / "More Than a Woman" by Tavares
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