Close's next movie, "The Wife," comes out this Friday. There is Oscar buzz. When that happens so early in the season, I worry. Once upon a time, everyone seemed really, really certain that Sally Hawkins would win the Oscar for "The Shape of Water." -Ms. Close is the living person most-nominated for Oscars who has never actually won the Oscar. She does share this record with (dead) Deborah Kerr, who was so enchanting in "Bonjour Tristesse." If Close doesn't win for "The Wife," she will charge ahead with her film adaptation of ALW's adaptation of "Sunset Boulevard," and this, to me, seems to be a good strategy. As Ms. Close has observed, she has been in "this business" for over 40 years. The lady is tough; she has stamina. I want her to campaign, campaign, campaign. -Everything Ms. Close says is brilliant and scintillating, all the time. In a recent issue of "People," she was effortlessly captivating. S...