While the Best Supporting Actress Oscar is often awarded to an ingenue, like the 2022 winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”), it can also be a way to reward a more seasoned performer. In 2023, Jamie Lee Curtis reaped her first Oscar bid at age 64 and won for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In …
Well, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” did their part this summer, reminding audiences that — pandemic or not — sometimes there’s no replacement for watching a movie in an honest-to-goodness movie theater.