Forest Whitaker wins Oscar for Idi Amin role
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Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for best actor on Sunday for a critically hailed performance as Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," beating out 74-year-old screen legend Peter O'Toole.
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie win Screen Actors' Guild awards, with No Country for Old Men taking best film.
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Actors playing Truman Capote and June Carter Cash won top honors this year at the Academy Awards. Next year, actors playing Queen Elizabeth II and Idi Amin could do the same.
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Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award at the British Academy Film Awards Sunday, cementing   his place as an Oscar favorite for his role as a larger-than-life oilman in There Will be Blood.
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If Forest Whitaker fails to win an Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of Idi Amin, it would be only slightly less shocking than if the late dictator was seen walking the streets here again.
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie win Screen Actors Guild awards, with No Country for Old Men taking best film.
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Martin Scorsese won the Academy Award for best director on Sunday.
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After months waiting to see the  Oscar-nominated film "The Last King of Scotland," Ugandans  welcomed what they saw as a realistic portrayal of their  blood-thirsty former dictator, Idi Amin.
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The Clint Eastwood film "Letters from Iwo Jima" was named best film of 2006 by the National Board of Review on Wednesday in the first major award of the Oscar season.
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Black actors sometimes complain about being cast only as criminals or thugs in movies, but Don Cheadle has beaten that stereotype and earned critical acclaim for his roles in films like Oscar winner "Crash."
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Daniel Day-Lewis gave his Oscar chances a welcome boost on Sunday by landing the prize as best actor at the British Academy Film Awards for his searing portrayal of a driven oil prospector in "There Will be Blood."
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âFalling Slowly,â a song from âOnce,â is ruled eligible for this yearâs Oscar for best song.
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Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award at the British Academy Film Awards Sunday, cementing his place as an Oscar favorite for his role as a larger-than-life oilman in "There Will be Blood."
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Wilderness drama "Into the Wild," directed by Sean Penn and starring newcomer Emile Hirsch, topped the list of Screen Actors Guild award nominees on Thursday with four nods, including best ensemble cast.
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"No Country for Old Men" grabbed another award before the Oscars later this month, winning the best feature film award presented by the Producers Guild of America on Saturday.
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Academy Award winners Forrest Whittaker and Jennifer Hudson both added another prestigious honor to their long list of awards by snagging Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards at the 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards which aired Frid...
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Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson kept her winning streak alive and Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards Friday. Hudson, a former "American Idol" finalist, received a best supporting actress award for her role in the musical "Dreamgirls," the same category she won at the Oscars on Sunday.