Toronto: Jennifer Lopez (JLo) is poised to land her first Oscar nom for Hustlers
, the 1980 classic about women facing nonsense in the workplace, and, a 2018 film about women who team up to commit crimes, but also to a host of male-centric films that the Academy actually embraced.
But Lopez's performance, as the veteran stripper who is also the ringleader of the group of lawbreakers, may be a different story. A highly skilled actress who has been around the, well, block, for quite some time, the 50-year-old has amassed a body of work that includes fluffy rom-coms, but also some excellent performances, most notably in 1997's.
Moreover, for what I'm sure are a variety of reasons, the Academy has a long history — really, from the very first Oscars onwards — of nominatingwho play sex workers — usually strippers who have a heart of gold and/or face serious consequences before the end-credits. Think about it:
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