2011 Oscar Preview

by Adam Chitwood    Posted:November 26th, 2010

Best Actor

Frontrunners:
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Likely to be nominated:
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter
Robert Duvall – Get Low
Outside contenders:
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Leonardo DiCaprio – Inception
Yet again we come back to King’s Speech, Social Network, and 127 Hours. Firth was long thought to be the frontrunner by a fairly wide margin, but Franco’s performance has been getting a great deal of attention lately. Eisenberg’s a bit of a long shot; I see the nomination being his consolation this year. Bardem has some serious buzz for his performance, and could be a dark horse. Gosling could very easily garner a nomination given his pedigree and respect in the industry. Again, no one’s seen True Grit, so he’s a bit of a question mark at this point, but it would be neat to see Bridges win two years in a row (only Tom Hanks and Spencer Tracy have accomplished this feat).


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