The year is 1991 and the nominees are: 1. Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost 2. Lorraine Bracco - Goodfellas 3. Annette Bening - The Grifters 4. Mary McDonnell - Dances With Wolves 5. Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart - In 1991 Whoopi Goldberg became the first black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in nearly 50 years, and the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind in 1940). Many argued she should have won for The Colour Purple losing out to Geraldine Page in 1986. In 2002 Whoopi sent her Oscar statue to be replated only to have it intercepted and go missing. It was later found in a trash can in a Los Angeles airport and Whoopi has since said she will never part with Oscar again. Her competition included Lorraine Bracco for Goodfellas who frankly should have been a lead but category fraud means nothing to the Academy (as I’ve learned with this podcast). Annette Bening gave one of her best and funniest performances in The Grifters. Mary McDonnell was in mourning in Dances with Wolves opposite Kevin Costner. Finally, Diane Ladd was nominated for one of the strangest movies I have ever seen, Wild at Heart. A film that I think you either love or you hate. Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Kate Davis as they discuss.