{"id":2897,"date":"2026-02-20T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:43:13","slug":"song-sung-blue-makes-kate-hudson-oscar-worthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/song-sung-blue-makes-kate-hudson-oscar-worthy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d Makes Kate Hudson Oscar Worthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I\u2019ve never given the actress Kate Hudson much thought: She\u2019s Goldie Hawn\u2019s daughter so I\u2019ve probably unconsciously (and unfairly) dismissed her with the ubiquitous \u201cnepo baby\u201d label (see under: Gwyneth Paltrow). I liked her in the unlikely Larry David comedy from years ago,\u00a0Clear History<\/em>\u00a0(2013), starring opposite Jon Hamm, and remember her as the sexy groupie in Almost Famous<\/em> (2000). And that movie is a good comparison for this moment: 25 years later she just made her best film yet, and for my money, deserves the Best Actress award this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I won\u2019t give much away here: This is a terrific movie and I don\u2019t want to spoil it for others. I\u2019ve seen most of the films up for Best Picture and all but one up for Best Actress and this is my favorite so far. Kate Hudson doesn\u2019t even look like herself. Which makes it more \u201creal.\u201d (As Hollywood movies go, of course.) No doubt the Director (Craig Brewer) deserves some credit. They don\u2019t glamorize her and make her seem too pretty in this \u201cBased on a True Story\u201d (we know how that goes) narrative. She actually looks like a somewhat frowsy \u201ctribute\u201d singer (at first she\u2019s doing Patsy Cline songs) who falls for another tribute singer (Hugh Jackman) and unites to create a Neil Diamond tribute band. It\u2019s funny and touching, and mostly free of indulgent-musician\/diva nonsense. Part of the humor is how Do It Yourself their band, publicity, and act is. But there\u2019s plenty of drama and that\u2019s where the touching moments occur. Plus Hugh Jackman gives his signature, over-the-top performance. He must be the greatest ham actor of his era. I think this role as a Neil Diamond impersonator ranks up with his magician role in the knockout Christian-Bale film (2006) The Prestige<\/em>. Now that<\/em> is a great movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I\u2019ve never given the actress Kate Hudson much thought: She\u2019s Goldie Hawn\u2019s daughter so I\u2019ve probably unconsciously (and unfairly) dismissed her with the ubiquitous \u201cnepo baby\u201d label (see under: Gwyneth Paltrow). I liked her in the unlikely Larry David … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,326],"tags":[329,328,327],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booksfilm","category-film","category-oscar-movies-2026","tag-the-prestige-film","tag-song-sung-blue","tag-kate-hudson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t