Word: arkin
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...made for just $8 million, the film has earned nearly $60 million at the domestic box office and another $31.6 million abroad. For another, Sunshine boasts a strong mix of American actors (not the motley of U.S., Mexican, Moroccan and Japanese thesps in Babel). Two of the Sunshiners - Alan Arkin, 72, and Abigail Breslin, 10 - were nominated for Supporting Oscars. And now all the actors win the SAG award. Suddenly, they and their film are the little Menschen that could...
...JUDI DENCH In any other year, Dame Judi would win for the acute malice she lends to Scandal. But Dame Helen has it. GONG LI For all-stops-out scheming, China's foremost dragon lady should have been cited for Curse of the Golden Flower. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ALAN ARKIN, Little Miss Sunshine JACKIE EARLE HALEY, Little Children DJIMON HOUNSOU, Blood Diamond EDDIE MURPHY, Dreamgirls MARK WAHLBERG, The Departed EDDIE MURPHY There's nothing like revitalized talent for Oscar bait. Murphy shows some of his early-career thunder in a serious role. JACKIE EARLE HALEY A kid actor...
...Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls Mark Wahlberg, The Departed...
...Arkin got a prize for playing the nattering alterkocker (though he's the same age, 72, as Dench). Hounsou may be tiring of playing the iconic African, but Hollywood obviously hasn't wearied of seeing him do it. From a rich rogue's gallery of featured players, Wahlberg was chosen over Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen and Jack Nicholson. (The Academy must have agreed with some critics than Jack didn't support the movie so much as he subverted it.) Haley, out of the business for a decade, has a feel-good story, and is swell and creepy as the paroled...
...Arkin: I don't give my grandchildren any advice. They don't ask for it. I don't give it. I used to, but I've learned how to keep quiet. Nobody cares. If someone asks me a question, I'll answer it, but aside from that, I think that people are most interested in getting their agenda out into the world. Not listening to other people...