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Film awards’ hilarious Michelle Williams mix-up

The Broadcast Film Critics Association confuses the "Blue Valentine" actress with a Destiny's Child singer

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Like other agglomerations of movie reviewers across the land, the Broadcast Film Critics Association is in the process of selecting its year-end award winners. The BFCA has nominated Michelle Williams in the forthcoming (and no longer NC-17-rated) “Blue Valentine” for its best-actress award. I’ve seen the film, and she’s an admirable choice. But the photo the BFCA chose to illustrate its nomination on Monday morning was, shall we say, less expected:

(In case you’re confused: That Michelle Williams, former member of R&B supergroup Destiny’s Child, is not this Michelle Williams, who stars opposite Ryan Gosling in “Blue Valentine” and is the mother of the late Heath Ledger’s child.)

By Andrew O'Hehir

Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon.


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