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Bummed that the elections are over? Well, Variety has put together this cheat-sheet for you so when you commence your Oscar Night drinking games, you’ll be more than well-versed on who’s who!
Amy Adams
(“Doubt”)
- Previously Oscar nominated for “Junebug.”
- Says she never got over her stage fright when working with Streep on “Doubt.” Instead she says she “just had to learn to deal with it.”
- Appeared on several shows on the WB, including “Charmed,” “Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Smallville.”
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- Previously Oscar nominated for “Volver.”
- Reteams with “Volver” helmer Pedro Almodovar in next spring’s “Broken Embraces.”
- Will be honored in December at the IFP’s Gotham Awards and in January at the Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival.
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(“Doubt”)
- No previous Oscar nomination.
- Is a regular on primetime, appearing in such TV series as “CSI,” “Without a Trace,” “Brothers & Sisters” and “Law & Order: SVU.”
- Has appeared in four Steven Soderbergh films: “Traffic,” “Syriana,” “Out of Sight” and “Solaris.”
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(“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
- No previous Oscar nomination.
- Received critical acclaim for her performance in “Hustle and Flow” (2005) and has landed a three-episode arc on ABC’s “Eli Stone.”
- Begrudgingly had to set aside her garage sale for an audition with “Button” helmer David Fincher.
- Won an Oscar for “My Cousin Vinny” and was nominated for “In the Bedroom.”
- Her first credited role was in the 1984 Garry Marshall-directed pic “The Flamingo Kid.”
- Did voiceover work on “The Simpsons,” playing a movie star in love with Homer’s neighbor, Ned Flanders.
- “The Reader” marks the first time Winslet is working with fellow Brit Ralph Fiennes.
- Is the first actress to receive four Oscar nominations before turning 30 years old.
- Turned down the role that Gwyneth Paltrow won the Oscar for in “Shakespeare in Love.”
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