About this episode
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes back culture writer, critic, and curator Murtada Elfadl to discuss the 2006 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Helen Mirren won for her performance in "The Queen," beating Penélope Cruz in "Volver," Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal," Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada," and Kate Winslet in "Little Children." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Mirren. 0:00 - 16:00 - Introduction 16:01 - 34:16 - Penélope Cruz 34:17 - 57:43 - Judi Dench 57:44 - 1:17:54 - Meryl Streep 1:17:55 - 1:37:15 - Kate Winslet 1:37:16 - 1:52:49 - Helen Mirren 1:52:50 - 2:38:40 - Why Helen Mirren won / Twitter questions 2:38:41 - 2:44:33 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261 ! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Murtada Elfadl on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara