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The Academy Awards, with a focus on the acting categories and performance contenders. Oscar Nominees and Winners: for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress___By Dana Kaminski___
Oscar Winners Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo 83rd Academy AwardsOscar Winners Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo 83rd Academy Awards

The Academy’s Actor Oscar® Winners Group Portrait Photo ©A.M.P.A.S.®

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I pasted this Oscar® Nominations list from the Press Release that the Academy Awards® sent to my email this morning. I did fool around with the order of nominees …
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)….

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Bridges didn’t need to win it for a ‘sum of the acting parts’… This one, in Crazy Heart, was that specific, deep, seamless, real. An Oscar winning performance, for a solidly Oscar-able actor. [speech transcript]

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A comic by Doug Savage about the Oscars and choosing actors that win for longevity rather than recent performance.

Pete Hammond LA Times Film CriticPete Hammond LA Times Film Critic

Hammond, out of a large slew of Oscarologists, made the most accurate Golden Globes winner predictions. Out of all of ‘em. And, as I told you, it’s a really tough year to pick award winner. Which does let all the legions of other Oscarologists off the hook, but it also says something about one of the journeymen of Oscarologists, Pete Hammond.
And, yes, he may not be a frequent Twitterer…

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Marlon Brando won an Academy Award for “On The Waterfront”, and he did accept it. He is so beautifully, surprised and honored. What a time it was, for movies…What a time it was, for acting.

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