The 1993 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress was little Anna Paquin for her scene-stealing role in *The Piano.* Winona Ryder was another nominee for her quiet, gracious, and nuanced role in *The Age of Innocence,* showing glimmers of unsuspected depths.
Diva: Paquin
Mensch: Ryder
Composer David Del Tredici died the other day at the age of 86. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1980 for "In Memory of a Summer Day," part one of Child Alice. He wrote many pieces inspired by A
The Best Actress winner for 2000 was Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. That performance was a beguiling mixture of diva and mensch so instead I'm going to focus on two other Best Acrtess nominees tha
The Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 1998 went to Bill Condon for Gods and Monsters, a quiet and thought-provoking movie about James Whale, who directed Frankenstein. One of the other nominees that y