Word: ledgers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...HEATH LEDGER Brokeback Mountain...
...THIS FAR: Ennis Del Mar, the taciturn ranch hand with a love he dare not speak, is one of the most implosive and internalized figures ever put onscreen, and Ledger's work is artfully, painfully true to a man who never learns to express, perhaps even to understand, his feelings. As Ledger says, Ennis "was so beautifully complex, and there was so much to tell and so little words to help me tell his story." That's a mountain of a challenge and one that this young Aussie (just 25 years old when he shot the film) heroically scaled...
...Heath Ledger: From teen girl heartthrob to honorary gay icon, we vote this best actor nominee most improved...
...Michelle Williams: Yes, she's nominated, too, for best supporting actress in Brokeback Mountain. But really, when her sweetie Heath Ledger said he wanted six kids, wasn't that a prize...
...swell that Terrence Howard got a nomination in the super-indie Hustle & Flow! I'm also pleased that Joaquin Phoenix emerged from Witherspoon's shadow to get a nod. A win for either of them would be fine by me, but the race seems to be between Hoffman and Ledger. Hoffman's Capote is a stunt, a caricature, the kind Oscar often rewards, but it's also a great performance. Ledger, his character's emotions so internalized he's nearly made mute by his passion and guilt, would dominate any other year. But in the leading actor categories, I have...