The Oscars: Jeff Bridges vs Colin Firth, who wins Oscar
In the Oscar Award for the Best Actor category, there is a close race between Colin Firth (A Single Man) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart). Jeff Bridges has been nominated 5 times for an Oscar, but has never won any. Colin has a 1st nomination.
The Oscar Awards or the 82nd Academy Awards have many battles going on right now just under the perfect looking red carpet. Colin Firth’s turn in A Single Man is a master class in delicacy and restraint – qualities that Oscar voters often overlook.
Yet, Jeff Bridges, who has never won an Oscar, chews enough of the scenery as a washed-up country singer to clinch the category. Jeff Bridges refuses to get his hopes up about winning an Oscar. "I'm not counting any chickens," the actor told press in Downtown Los Angeles after winning Best Male at this year's Independent Spirit Awards. The Crazy Heart actor said he was just pleased to have picked up a nomination. "It's wonderful to be in that great company of nominees and it's always wonderful to get the nod from your guys, your peers, the fellows who do what you do." Jeff insisted there's no real difference between making an indie movie or a blockbuster. "Somebody asked me about the difference, a lot of it is very similar. Some of these big budget films like Tron and Iron Man, you'd think you were doing a student film sometimes. The scripts aren't written completely, there's a lot of improvisation. "One of the things that perhaps is different, really the thing that drives the independent film is that passion of the filmmaker. Like the film Once a few years ago, to make a film like that really takes passion." Colin Firth snubbed Brit actor?
Firth has picked up his first Oscar nomination, in the leading actor category for A Single Man. Firth, who also starred in the Bridget Jones's Diary films and Girl With a Pearl Earring, has won rave reviews for his role as a bereaved, gay college professor in A Single Man. It is his first Oscar nomination and he has been Bafta nominated for the same role. The actor, who was recently in box-office smash Mamma Mia!, said: "I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. "Perhaps I should do another musical," he added. (More Updates Coming up soon)
Yet, Jeff Bridges, who has never won an Oscar, chews enough of the scenery as a washed-up country singer to clinch the category. Jeff Bridges refuses to get his hopes up about winning an Oscar. "I'm not counting any chickens," the actor told press in Downtown Los Angeles after winning Best Male at this year's Independent Spirit Awards. The Crazy Heart actor said he was just pleased to have picked up a nomination. "It's wonderful to be in that great company of nominees and it's always wonderful to get the nod from your guys, your peers, the fellows who do what you do." Jeff insisted there's no real difference between making an indie movie or a blockbuster. "Somebody asked me about the difference, a lot of it is very similar. Some of these big budget films like Tron and Iron Man, you'd think you were doing a student film sometimes. The scripts aren't written completely, there's a lot of improvisation. "One of the things that perhaps is different, really the thing that drives the independent film is that passion of the filmmaker. Like the film Once a few years ago, to make a film like that really takes passion." Colin Firth snubbed Brit actor?
Firth has picked up his first Oscar nomination, in the leading actor category for A Single Man. Firth, who also starred in the Bridget Jones's Diary films and Girl With a Pearl Earring, has won rave reviews for his role as a bereaved, gay college professor in A Single Man. It is his first Oscar nomination and he has been Bafta nominated for the same role. The actor, who was recently in box-office smash Mamma Mia!, said: "I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. "Perhaps I should do another musical," he added. (More Updates Coming up soon)
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