i disagree wit you. we have fine actors like leonardo , Denzel,matt damon, ed norton etc . they all may not be recipients of awards but give award worth performances.

yes o

He's been doing alot of retarded films lately however. Im not sure what happened.

For some reason I thought he was gonna play Leo's role in "The Departed"

and of course we know the winners considering the fact that Oscars is behind (let alone the value of an Oscar Nod)
Best Actor: Forest Whitekar
Best Actress: Helen Mirren
Best supporting actress: Jeniffer Hudson
Best supporting Actor: eddie murphy
Best picture: Babel

forest whittaker for best actor? dont think he can win it.
dicaprio has a lot more chance of winning it.

nicole kidman - virginia wolf
julia roberts - erin brokovich
chalize theron- north country
reese witherspoon - walk the line
helen mirren - the queen

notice a similarity in all these actresses? yes they were all best actresses at particular times.
but there's somethin else. they all played roles modelled on real people.

Julia Roberts played Erin Brockovich-Ellis, who helped win one of the largest class-action suits in history.
Nicole Kidman depicted the famous British author
Chalize Theron played the lady factory worker who was sexually abused and dragged the factory to court
Reese witherspoon was the wife of johnny cash. . .

and now helen mirren, playin the queen


read more here
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/associatedpress/20070206/1118.html;_ylt=AiXfpiwnYOV7MNZZzDnDyvNiVLcF

It's quite obvious that Helen is gonna win

cos of the trend?

@seun, what u gat against the oscars?

The free publicity they get is just too much, but it's not a very accurate system for measuring greatness.

but there's somethin else. they all played roles modelled on real people.

I guess they are trying to tell us that the ultimate actor is one who can portray a real person in a compelling manner.

@justkunmi i thought charlize theron won for Monster? plus i think forest whitaker is winning. the trend continues from the previous award ceremonies. all the stars i put up there have won in this same category in Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics Award. MAKE SURE U WATCH, AND REMEMBER I SAID SO.

Best actors usually come from best movies of the year. forrest wittaker was in last king of scotland
dicaprio was nominated for blood diamond which is a very strong contender for best movie. i fancy dicaprio winning.

my bad

the african should win

Justkunmi thats not true now. best actors/actress dont always come from best movies of the year. Charlize won for monster yet the picture was not even a nominee for best picture. I know u like Dicarprio, and i did like blood diamond alot, this year is not for him.

I think the amazing grace ought to be nominated in the best international movie

From what I've heard, Amazing Grace is not that good.

I think forrest whitaker stands a great chance of winning best male actor at the oscars for his portrayal of idi-amin in the movie the last king of scotland!he has already won the gloden globes and only recently the bafta awards in london!in the same category,Helen mirren is his female companion with her breathtaking perfomance as the queen of england in the movie the queen!kudos to these movies that gave us alot of exposure on things we didnt know behind the camera?see yall in less than 2weeks when the oscars roll out.peace

@seun
heard from who?with all the rave and hype about the movie i think it should even make the cannes this year!

So, seun, which actor do you think should win the best actor?

Best actors usually come from best movies of the year. forrest wittaker was in last king of scotland
dicaprio was nominated for blood diamond which is a very strong contender for best movie. i fancy dicaprio winning.

forest whitaker or leonardo Caprio doesn,t stand a chance of winning the Oscar.
my sure bet is Irishman peter toole.he has been nominated seven times already and didn,t win any.if he loses again,he will go down in history as the actor with the highest number of nomination without a win,

chelsea4li:

Best actors usually come from best movies of the year. forrest wittaker was in last king of scotland
dicaprio was nominated for blood diamond which is a very strong contender for best movie. i fancy dicaprio winning.

[b]forest whitaker or leonardo Caprio doesn,t stand a chance of winning the Oscar.[/b]my sure bet is Irishman peter toole.he has been nominated seven times already and didn,t win any.if he loses again,he will go down in history as the actor with the highest number of nomination without a win,

are you confused? cuz I am reading your post

@seun: heard from who?with all the rave and hype about the movie i think it should even make the cannes this year!

Amazing grace? Seriously? All I heard is that some people don't like the way it handled the issue of slavery.

So, seun, which actor do you think should win the best actor?

Will Smith, for the Pursuit Of Happyness!

Lol Seun, Hollywood churns sappy movies like that every Christmas. Will isnt getting anything

That happens to be the one I like. Too bad the Oscar guys don't think it's better than all those silly war movies.

cos Americans are such saps for wars and their retarded veterans.

Wars they usually caused by their own hand by the way

Altho@TOH I think we need more war movies like blood diamond and things like that to show the stupidity of African wars and how the west helps aid the madness.

I thought Blood Diamond was stupid

Again another movie with a white guy claiming hero title for the poor pitiful African people. whatever.

what bothered me the most was that through all this between them they had to show him(leo) call Solomon a "kaffir", meaning he did think of him as being inferior despite the fact they were both supposed to be born and bred Africans

and did that movie really need the corny love angle plusb the "let's all stand and clap because we are all in awe that this dark barbarian can actually wear a suit"

That damn movie better not win shit.

ThiefOfHearts:

I thought Blood Diamond was stupid

Again another movie with a white guy claiming hero title for the poor pitiful African people. whatever.

what bothered me the most was that through all this between them they had to show him(leo) call Solomon a "kaffir", meaning he did think of him as being inferior despite the fact they were both supposed to be born and bred Africans

and did that movie really need the corny love angle plusb the "let's all stand and clap because we are all in awe that this dark barbarian can actually wear a suit"

That damn movie better not win shit.

LOL!!! TOH for Gods sake! LOL

Leo's character was a nasty piece of work but thats how a majority of white africans think. I thought it was a good eye opener to the ignorant tho

@seun
maybe the slavery ish was not a good idea but c'mon it did happen u know?moreover calabar-Nigeria-Africa!happened to be the first place the popular hymn 'amazing grace' was first sung

war movies?last king of scotland aint no war movie!i think whittaker will claim best male at the oscars for that movie role?