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...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...
...illegal aliens in the U.S. without sending the economy, not to mention its poorest workers, into shock. But neither the President nor the amnesty crowd has a bill already rolling through Congress. That distinction belongs to House conservatives, who passed a hard-line border-security measure, stripped of any nod to guest-worker status, in December. The Senate will likely consider it this month...
Berry was the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actress, earning the nod for her 2001 role in “Moster’s Ball.” In 2003, she starred in “Gothika,” alongside 2004 Man of the Year Robert Downey...
...month later, shed scant new light on the president’s thinking.But perhaps the most significant line of the speech did not appear anywhere in the president’s notes and went largely unnoticed in the ensuing uproar. It was his very first sentence.Summers began with a nod to Richard Freeman, the Ascherman professor of economics, who organized the conference: “I asked Richard, when he invited me to come here and speak, whether he wanted an institutional talk about Harvard’s policies toward diversity or whether he wanted some questions asked and some...
...tepidly received efforts (“Anything Else,” “Hollywood Ending”) destined for Blockbuster clearance racks. Its reception at 2005’s Cannes Film Festival was rapturous, and the film has garnered four Golden Globe nominations, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for Johansson and a Best Director nod for Allen.For Johansson, the fascination with the director began at the age of ten, while most kids her age were still being weaned off of Saturday morning cartoons. The attraction of working with the iconic director stemmed from a long-standing curiosity about...