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Byline: John Powers
After a decade in which good roles for actresses were as hard to find as the snow leopard, the Academy suddenly found itself in a blizzard of Oscar-worthy female performances, from Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada to Penelope Cruz in Volver. But Best Actress will go to Helen Mirren. In The Queen, she makes the kind of transfiguration to dowdy the industry loves to reward. Although the most galvanizing male performance was Daniel Craig's in Casino Royale, my own ...