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Golden Dreams.(Oscar predictions)(Brief article)
Byline: John Powers editor: Valerie Steiker
While this year's Oscar contenders may be dark, at least that means brilliant performances. GEORGE CLOONEY sparkles in Michael Clayton, and JOHNNY DEPP shines like a black pearl in Sweeney Todd, but Best Actor should go to the peerless DANIEL DAY-LEWIS as a brutal oilman in the great (and radical) There Will Be Blood. Best Actress should pit MARION COTILLARD' s tragic %dith Piaf in La Vie en Rose against JULIE CHRISTIE' s delicate turn as an Alzheimer's patient in Away from Her. Bet on Cotillard--the Academy likes its suffering flamboyant. Although No Country for Old Men is the Best Picture favorite, I'm predicting an Atonement upset. Why? In an awards season dominated by aggressively male pictures, female Academy voters will back a movie ...
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