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The 80th Academy Awards: Best actor nominees

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Wesley Morris says ...
The singing serial killer, the stressed-out lawyer, the crazy oil man, the sneering mobster, the cranky Army father: Welcome to the house of mirth! Good as everybody else is (although Clooney seemed miscast to me), the oil man wins.

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No Country for Old MenBest picture
Jason ReitmanBest director
George ClooneyBest actor
Cate BlanchettBest actress
Philip Seymour HoffmanBest supporting actor
Saiorse RonanBest supporting actress
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