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Byline: D. Marder
It's one thing when we see 25-year-olds writing their memoirs, but Leonardo DiCaprio getting a Lifetime Achievement Award?
He just turned 30.
Yes, he's up for an Oscar for his role in "The Aviator.'' Yes, the role already won him a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild award nomination.
True, he has done well for himself so far. In 1993's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?'' he played opposite Johnny Depp and Juliette Lewis; "This Boy's Life,'' also in 1993, saw him with Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin; the ill-fated (but hugely successful) "Titanic'' in 1997 matched him with Kate Winslet; and in 2002 he starred in Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can'' with Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken.
Our favorite, by the way, was 1995's "The Basketball Diaries,'' in which he played opposite Lorraine Bracco.
Of course, this guy's only been in the business 17 years _ hardly a lifetime.