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2008 Oscar Watch: The Actors

By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff | Monday, December 01, 2008

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The Determined
Will Smith, Seven Pounds

Why he deserves it: Much like DiCaprio, Smith has been trying real hard to get an Oscar for some time now. His performance as an IRS man seeking redemption by helping seven strangers would be the actor’s third attempt at the serious. Don’t worry, Will, you’ll get there.

Supporting Actor Possibilities: Heath Ledger as THE Joker in The Dark Knight; Philip Seymour Hoffman as a kindly priest in Doubt; Michael Sheen as the affable David Frost in Frost/Nixon; Robert Downey Jr. as the method actor extraordinaire in Tropic Thunder (or possibly as Best Actor for Iron Man); Milk’s Men: James Franco, Emile Hirsch and/or Josh Brolin; Ralph Fiennes as the boring husband in The Duchess or the troubled lawyer in The Reader; Michael Shannon as a schizophrenic neighbor in Revolutionary Road