02-11-2021, 09:19 AM
No whitewashes this time around but only Lee J. Cobb made a decent fight of it before losing to Doris Day.
I think the next offering might be a bit trickier to decide on. Marlon Brando & Paul Newman were both nominated 3 times.
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Results -
Lee J. Cobb 3 v 6 Doris Day
Bette Davis 8 v 1 Ricky Gervais
Tom Conti 2 v 7 Tilda Swinton
Mark Hamill 8 v 1 Jack Reynor
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Round 1 - Matches 57 - 60
William Holden - Won Best Actor for his role in Stalag 17 (1953). When accepting his statue at the Acadamy Awards, simply stated, "Thank you" and walked off.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000034/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Marlon Brando - Native of Omaha, Nebraska. His mother once gave stage lessons to Henry Fonda, another Nebraska native.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Kevin Spacey - After he dropped out of Julliard, he worked as a shoe salesman and a superintendent in his apartment building.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000228/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Colin Firth - Moved to Nigeria, when he was 2 weeks old, where his father had taken a teaching position, and lived there until age 4.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000147/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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James Earl Jones - [on being the recipient of a lifetime achievement Oscar] If an actor's nightmare is being onstage buck naked and not knowing his lines, what the heck do you call this? https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000469/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Paul Newman - He was among the celebrities on the famous "Enemies List" kept by President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Dan Aykroyd - Once helped to subdue a drunk and disorderly passenger on a Montreal-to-Los Angeles flight. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000101/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Kate Mulgrew - At age 16, she auditioned for the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, England. She successfully made it to the finals, but was crushed when she was told that she was too young for the classes.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000550/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 16 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 17 arrives.
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William Holden v Marlon Brando
Kevin Spacey v Colin Firth
James Earl Jones v Paul Newman
Dan Aykroyd v Kate Mulgrew
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