So if you think the Oscar nominees are excited, you should step into the shoes of their parents as this Portland, Maine news outlet discovered. Portland, Maine is the hometown of Anna Kendrick.
“Jan Kendrick decided to go in late Tuesday to her job as an accountant at Unum.
She stayed at home, sat on her couch and watched TV.
Then she screamed – as she watched the announcement of her daughter, Anna Kendrick, being nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Then she went to work.
“I walked into this meeting and someone said, ‘Jan, can you explain why you are so late?'” she said. “I told them, and everyone applauded.”
Anna Kendrick, 24, is a Portland native and a 2003 Deering High School graduate who has been acting on a national level since she was in middle school.
Still, her mother said it was somewhat stunning to hear that she had been nominated for an Academy Award, for her role opposite George Clooney in “Up In the Air.” The nominations were announced Tuesday on ABC.”
See more on Maine Today. TY to Kerry for the heads up!
Anna was also recently on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
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