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...creates its own all-or-nothing melodrama. That applies again this year, when some pretty intriguing head-to-head races are shaping up. Can Crash, the quintessential L.A. indie drama, make a stretch run to overtake the early favorite, Brokeback Mountain? Can Hollywood's most dapper leading man, George Clooney, beat out schlumpy but likable Paul Giamatti? Is dark horse Felicity Huffman the one to knock off everyone's darling, Reese Witherspoon? Will anyone catch Philip Seymour Hoffman...
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...
...FEELS AS THOUGH YOU'LL GET THOSE KINDS OF ROLES? Yes. They are already being offered. But a lot of it is now about creating. You've got to look at what George Clooney has done. Yeah, you can go and buy a car, rent a car or lease one. But there is nothing like designing your own vehicle. YOU PREPARED FOR YOUR OSCAR-NOMINATED ROLE IN HUSTLE & FLOW BY HANGING OUT WITH REAL-LIFE PIMPS. WHAT WERE THEY LIKE? Like you and me. People who had made bad choices in their lives, and sometimes the bad choices can follow...
...Brokeback Mountain is still the favorite for the top awards. At least Haggis thinks so: "We all know that George [Clooney] and Bennett [Miller] and I and Steven [Spielberg] are going to be in the audience applauding Ang. But one always hopes we'll be up there for something." Maybe. So don't count Crash out. The little movie that could may have one last surprise in store...
...George Clooney...