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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___
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I Tweeted A Day-Before-Oscars Question:
‘What Oscar Nominated Acting Performance Knocked Your Socks Off?’
Here are some of the tweets that I got back:

A site called ‘oscarsijmen’ made up a list of all actors that were ever nominated for an Oscar©.
Here is the list, by name.

From The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences, The Press Release With Full Nominee List:
Beverly Hills, CA — Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, February 2) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak, Oscar® [ACTING] nominee Anne Hathaway…
The Nominees Are….

Kate Winslet Accept Her Acting Oscar 2009

Kate Winslet, Accepting The Best Actress Award, For Her Performance In “The Reader” ::: Video:::Photos
Penelope Cruz, Accepting The Best Supporting Actress Award, For Her Performance In Vicky Christina Barcelona::Video::Photos

Actress Taraji P. Henson In 'Benjamin Button'Oscars 2009 Best Supporting Actress Nominee

She is a spirited woman in the midst of all these aging people, who are getting ready to die. She is a cherishing, loving mother, to this child who was born an old man. And, even when he’s Brad Pitt, she convinced me of her maternal love for Benjamin Button.

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PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE  
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep in “Doubt”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams in “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis in “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A [...]

Viola Davis, Actress: Doubt

Well, I was drawing from my life, too, from my mom. We were the only black family in Central Falls, Rhode Island in 1965. She had to fight doctors who wanted to experiment on us when we were sick, and she had to fight parents who saw us as thugs and bad influences on their children, though we were just rambunctious, creative kids. She had to fight teachers who just didn’t see our intelligence at times.

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