Searching for the Oscar Nomination Shocker: Who Will Receive the Acting Nod No One Saw Coming?
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Always expect the unexpected, especially in this unpredictable awards season.
I’ve been wondering if we might see the “WTF nomination” on Oscar-noms morning. I’m talking about an actor who is catapulted into the race without any previous mentions from the most crucial televised awards shows BAFTA, Critics Choice, the Golden Globes and SAG. Not many can achieve it, but it’s usually telling of a film’s support within the Academy when that occurs. Some “WTFs” in the past decade have been Javier Bardem (“Biutiful”), Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper”), Laura Dern (“Wild”), Marina de Tavira (“Roma”), Jonah Hill (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Max von Sydow (“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”) and Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”).
here s the nominees for best actor. only a little bit of time. javier bardem in biutiful, spelled weirdly, i guess the spanish way. just kidding. jeff bridges in true grit, jesse eisenberg, the social network. colin firth, break your heart in the king s speech, james franco, the kid, in 127 hours. colin firth isn t a lock, he s a lock locked in a lock. he will win and he should win. i think as a performer, you can recognize, there is nothing like that moment of existential terror when you re up in front of an audience and you open your mouth and the words do not come! and he captures that like no one i ve ever seen. let s take a look at him. i think everybody will see this movie eventually. let s encourage them. here it is, the king s speech, one of the great movies. let s listen. what will i call you? your royal highness. and sir, after that. how about bertie. only my family uses that. well, in here, it s better if we re equals.
absolutely love black swann. here s the nominees for best actor. only a little bit of time. javier bardem in biutiful, spelled weirdly, i guess the jeff bridges in true grit, jesse eisenberg, the social network. colin firth in the king s speech, james franco, the kid, in 127 hours. colin firth isn t a lock, he s a lock locked in a lock. he will win and he should win. i think as a performer, you can recognize, there is nothing like that moment of existential terror when you re up in front of an audience and you open your mouth and the words do not come! and he captures that like no one i ve ever seen. let s take a look at him. i think everybody will see this movie eventually. let s encourage them. here it is, the king s speech, one of the great movies. let s listen. what will i call you? your royal highness. and sir, after that.
hours, winter s bone , and remake true grit which ran second to the king s speech with ten tomorrow nations overall. plenty guns going off. reporter: jeff bridges has a chance to make back-to-back wins as best actor. his competition includes not only colin firth, but jesse eisenberg of the social network, javier bardem of biutiful and james franco of 127 hours. it s a big honor. i m very happy and the movie i just, you know, so happy to have been a part of it. attack it. attack it. reporter: winners are natalie portland of black swan and annette benning of the kids are all right will go head-to-head in the best actress race. looking to pull an upset, nicole kidman of rabbit hill, michelle williams and jennifer lawrence of winter s bone . geoffry rush of the king s speech is in the hunt for best supporting actor with john hawks of winter s bone , jeremy runner of the town and mark