Annette Bening and the Politics of Who's 'Due' an Oscar

Her fierce 'Nyad' performance faces a changed voting body at the Academy

(Photo illustration by Dawn Camner; Bening: Jeff Vespa; WireImage; Peter Dazeley/ The Image Bank; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

One of the perennial narratives that surfaces every Oscar season is a general consensus that develops around one contender who, it’s declared, is long overdue to pick up a career-capping award. Famously, Paul Newman finally too…