The year is 1994 and the nominees are: 1. Angela Bassett - What’s Love Got to Do with It 2. Holly Hunter - The Piano 3. Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day 4. Debra Winger - Shadowlands 5. Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation In 1994 Holly Hunter won the Best Actress Oscar for The Piano directed by Jane Campion. This was the first time a female director was nominated for Best Director for directing a Best Picture nominee. Hunter plays a mute Scottish woman who uses her piano to express herself. Hunter actually played all the piano scenes herself. Angela Bassett gave a career best portraying Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do with It. Emma Thompson gave a familiar performance in The Remains of the Day playing opposite Anthony Hopkins in a story of unrequited love. Debra Winger was nominated for a similar film to Thompson in Shadowlands playing Joy Gresham wife of emotionally distant CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins). Stockard Channing reprised her Tony nominated role in Six Degrees of Separation for the big screen. Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Fiona O’Brien as they discuss.