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"I agree it's very difficult to separate them and decide who's in best actor, who's in best supporting actor, but we get guided by the academy on that and that's the way they vote," said Miramax President Daniel Battsek.
Other actors with nomination potential in a couple of categories are Philip Seymour Hoffman for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead or The Savages (best actor) and Charlie Wilson's War (supporting); Russell Crowe for 3:10 to Yuma (best actor) and American Gangster (supporting); and Casey Affleck for Gone Baby Gone (best actor) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (supporting).Best actor: Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma); Denzel Washington (American Gangster); Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford); [James McAvoy] (Atonement); Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead or The Savages); Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War); Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly); Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises); Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone); John Cusack (Grace is Gone); Richard Gere (The Hoax); [Tommy Lee Jones] (In the Valley of Elah); Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild); Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl); George Clooney ([Michael Clayton]); [Josh Brolin] (No Country for Old Men); [Johnny Depp] (Sweeney Todd); Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood).See the full content of this document
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No Oscar Shoo-Ins Leading Up to Noms
Crowded field of quality films, well-reviewed performances
By Christy LemireLOS ANGELES -- There's no Helen Mirren this time around, no Forest Whitaker.Unlike last year, when clear front-runners already had emerged in key categories, this awards season looks wide open.About a dozen films could be considered viable nominees for best picture at the Academy Awar...See the full content of this document
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