Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: Why stop now? Witherspoon has won just about every acting award on offer this time of the year, and her vehicle is, at least, a mainstream studio film, and those are in very short supply on the Academy's list of nominees. Nobody is saying the word lock yet, but she is the front runner...
...WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: Terrific performance in a picture that has not found an audience. Its transgressiveness doesn't even set it apart in the year of Brokeback Mountain and Capote...
...WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: At the Toronto Film Festival, where both Capote and Brokeback Mountain were launched, Ledger's performance was the one that earned the awe. But Academy members want a little showmanship in the roles they recognize (that's why Hustle & Flow's Terrence Howard is another viable contender), and it's Hoffman who is a one-man show...
...WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: Capote has won him nearly every award worth taking. He is also commonly described as the leading character actor of his generation but until now was never nominated for an Oscar. That will be not just a reward for a superb performance but also a career-achievement citation...
...WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: That he's the sentimental favorite. That he's an actor's actor. But also that the contemporary relevance of Clooney's vehicle trumps the nostalgic pleasures of Giamatti's. And that, of course, he'll get an Oscar someday...