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Jeff Bridges, who has four nominations under his belt, is this year's front-runner for Best Lead Actor for his powerful performance in "Crazy Heart"

Continuing our analyses of the top categories for the upcoming Academy Awards, here is an in-depth look at the nominees up for Best Actor in a Leading Role by our own Marisa Carpico. Tell us what you think!

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges already won the Screen Actor’s Guild Award and the Golden Globe for his role in Crazy Heart, so he’s expected to win the Oscar as well.  However, he faces some strong competition from Jeremy Renner, who won an award from the National Board of Review, for his role in The Hurt Locker.  If Bridges and Renner don’t win, the next most likely candidate is George Clooney for his charismatic performance in Up in the Air.  Surprisingly, Colin Firth’s powerful performance in A Single Man gives him an advantage over Oscar-veteran Morgan Freeman, whose portrayal as Nelson Mandela is impressive, but his nomination wasn’t exactly a considered a sure thing so he is the least likely to win.
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Short Take: An inspirational sports movie unlike any other

Director: Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)

Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham, John Carlin (book: “Playing the Enemy”)

Cast: Morgan Freeman (Se7en), Matt Damon (The Informant!)

Length: 2h 14m

Synopsis: After Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1992 and elected as President of South Africa after blacks had just earned the right to vote, he sought to inspire a nation that had a divided population and was suffering from economic hardship. That inspiration came from the national sport of rugby. Withholding uncanny knowledge about how to motivate the masses, Mandela’s key was to first properly motivate the national rugby team into advancing to the World Cup finals. Read the rest of this entry »