About this trail:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling, Peter O'Toole, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for his role in Blood Diamond. He has been nominated twice before for his roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and The Aviator.
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Ryan Gosling is nominated for his role in Half Nelson. Although he usually does independent films, you may have seen him in Murder By Numbers with Sandra Bullock or in The Notebook with Rachel McAdams.
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8th time may be the charm for O'Toole, who has been nominated for his role in Venus, which I'll admit I've never even heard of. Although he received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, he has never won outright, despite 8 nominations.
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Will Smith was nominated for The Pursuit of Happyness. This is his second nomination (the first was for Ali). Happyness is a true-life rags-to-riches story about Chris Gardner.
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Finally, Forest Whitaker was nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Last King of Scotland. Good luck to all the nominees, and be on the lookout for my trail of Oscar Predictions!




