Ladywatch Awards Announce Nominations; Online Voting Ends 1/12

LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason - the popular weekly podcast co-hosted by Ryan O'Connor ("Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star") and Jason Powell (Best Worst Movie) - reporting current events related to over eight hundred fascinating women in pop culture over the age of Celine Dion, have announced the nominees for their Second Annual LadyWatch Awards on the podcast's episode 149: The Second Annual LadyWatch Award Nominations.

The nominees were selected by O'Connor and Powell, and voting is open online to the general public via http://www.ladywatchpod.com/awards, or by visiting www.LadyWatchPod.com. Online voting ends at 11:59 PM on Thursday, January 12th, and the winners will be announced on a special January 13th episode of LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason, available on iTunes, Stitcher, RSS or however you listen to your favorite podcasts.

The 2016 Nominees are:

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON FILM

Tyne Daly - HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS

Viola Davis - FENCES

Leslie Jones - GHOSTBUSTERS

Leslie Uggams - DEADPOOL

Sigourney Weaver - A MONSTER CALLS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY IN AN ANIMATED FILM

Christine Baranski - TROLLS

Ellen Degeneres - FINDING DORY

Salma Hayek - SAUSAGE PARTY

Diane Keaton - FINDING DORY

Brenda Vaccaro - KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION

Eileen Atkins - THE CROWN

Christine Baranski - THE GOOD WIFE

LorEtta Devine - THE CARMICHAEL SHOW

Celia Imrie - BETTER THINGS

Judith Light - TRANSPARENT

Bernadette Peters - MOZART IN THE JUNGLE

BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY ON TELEVISION

Monica Bellucci - MOZART IN THE JUNGLE

Lynda Carter - SUPERGIRL

Anjelica Huston - TRANSPARENT

Laurie Metcalf - HORACE AND PETE

Lisa Kudrow - KIMMY SCHMIDT

Leslie Uggams - EMPIRE

BEST THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE BY A LADY

Glenn Close - SUNSET BLVD (London)

Christine Ebersole - WAR PAINT (Chicago)

Glenda Jackson - KING LEAR (London)

Jessica Lange - LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Broadway)

Patti LuPone - WAR PAINT (Chicago)

BEST LADY ALBUM

Celine Dion - ENCORE UN SOIR

Cyndi Lauper - DETOUR

Yoko Ono - YES, I'M A WITCH TOO

Bonnie Raitt - DIG IN DEEP

Barbra Streisand - ENCORE

Wynona & The Big Noise - CURB

BEST LADY MEMOIR

THE PRINCESS DIARIST by Carrie Fisher

TIPPI: A MEMOIR by Tippi Hedren

GET A LIFE by Vivienne Westwood

TALKING AS FAST AS I CAN: FROM GILMORE GIRLS TO GILMORE GIRLS by Lauren Graham

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY IN A LEADING ROLE ON TELEVISION

Pamela Adlon - BETTER THINGS

Geena Davis - THE EXORCIST

Viola Davis - HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - VEEP

Jane Fonda - GRACE AND FRANKIE

Julianna Margulies - THE GOOD WIFE

BEST LADY TELEVISION SHOW

BETTER THINGS

THE GOOD WIFE

GRACE AND FRANKIE

MOM

VEEP

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LADY IN A LEADING ROLE ON FILM

Annette Bening - 20TH CENTURY WOMEN

Sally Field - HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS

Isabelle Huppert - ELLE

Joanna Lumley - ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE

Susan Sarandon - THE MEDDLER

Jennifer Saunders - ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE

Meryl Streep - Florence Foster JENKINS

BEST LADY FILM

20TH CENTURY WOMEN

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE

Florence Foster JENKINS

HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS

THE MEDDLER

LADY OF THE YEAR

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Geena Davis

Viola Davis

Jenifer Lewis

Cecile Richards

LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason celebrates women in pop culture and entertainment over the age of 50 by combing through weekly Google Alerts that have been created for over 800 women recognized and approved for inclusion on the list by the hosts via listener submissions. O'Connor and Powell wouldn't dream of creating such a show without regularly featuring the BOUNDLESS energy and antics of Celine Dion, and so LadyWatch has instituted an interim "Celine Dion Clause" in which eligibility for the list is extended to women who are currently under the age of 50 but were born before Celine Dion. The Celine Dion Clause will remain in place until she herself turns 50 on March 30th, 2018.

It is the mission and joy of LadyWatch to celebrate the lives, successes and accomplishments of these fascinating women in an effort to not only entertain audiences through the unique perspective of its hosts, but to continually champion increased opportunities and visibility of this egregiously marginalized and overlooked population of female entertainers, newsmakers, and politicians. A new episode of LadyWatch with Ryan & Jason is available for download every Monday via iTunes, Stitcher, RSS feed, or wherever you find to your favorite podcasts. More info available through the official podcast website at www.ladywatchpod.com.

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