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Those winners were Sidney Poitier (Best Actor, 1963, "Lillies of the Field"), Denzel Washington (Best Actor, 2001, "Training Day"; Best Supporting Actor, 1989, "Glory"), Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, 2006, "The Last King of Scotland"), Louis Gossett Jr. (Best Supporting Actor, 1982, "An Officer and a Gentleman"), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Best Supporting Actor, 1996, "Jeny Maguire").
Halle Berry (Best Actress, 2001, "Monster's Ball"), Morgan Freeman (Best Supporting Actor, 2004, "Million Dollar Baby"), Jennifer Hudson (Best Supporting Actress, 2006, "Dreamgirls"), Jamie Foxx (Best Actor, 2004, "Ray"), Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress, 1990, "Ghost"), Hattie McDaniel (Best Supporting Actress, 1939, "Gone With the Wind").YOU DIDN'T have to like his character to know how good the always dependable Terrence Howard was in "Hustle & Flow" (Best Actor nominee, 2005). Meanwhile, Denzel Washington virtually became Malcolm X in the "Malcolm X" film (Best Actor nominee, 1992) and Reuben "Hurricane" Carter in "Hurricane" (Best Actor nomination, 1999).Halle Berry (Best Actress, 2001, "Monster's Ball"), Morgan Freeman (Best Supporting Actor, 2004, "Million Dollar Baby"), Jennifer Hudson (Best Supporting Actress, 2006, "Dreamgirls"), Jamie Foxx (Best Actor, 2004, "Ray"), Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress, 1990, "Ghost"), Hattie McDaniel (Best Supporting Actress, 1939, "Gone With the Wind").See the full content of this document
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And the Nominees Were...
When someone says, "It's an honor just to be nominated," someone else will invariably say, or at least think, "Yeah, right. You say that because you didn't win."
Well, when one considers the prestige of an Academy Award, the film industry's foremost award that has worldwide impact, and the...See the full content of this document
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