Nick Nolte

The Nick Nolte movie that earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination this year was Gavin O'Connor's Warrior. In the photo, Nolte, among whose movies are The Deep, 48 Hrs., Hotel Rwanda, and Arthur, is seen at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday, February 6, 2012. Meryl Streep can be seen applauding him in the — upper left — background. Nolte, by the way, turns 71 on Feb. 8. (Photo: Greg Harbaugh / [...]

Goran Visnjic, Christopher Plummer, Beginners This is the first part of our last-minute Oscar 2012 predictions, beginning with the Best Supporting Actor category. The 2012 Academy Award nominations will be announced early morning Tuesday, Jan. 24. Surprisingly, the only Best Supporting Actor shoo-in this late in the game is veteran Christopher Plummer (the captain who romanced Julie Andrews in Robert Wise's The Sound of Music) for playing Ewan McGregor's gay father in Mike Mills' Beginners. Plummer has already won a Golden Globe, a series of [...]

Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz, Carnage Kristen Wiig, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Julia Roberts?: Golden Globe Contenders Best Actress Drama/Comedy For Best Supporting Actor, shoo-ins are Christopher Plummer for Beginners and Albert Brooks for Drive — a shoo-in that inexplicably failed to be shortlisted for the SAG Awards, whereas Armie Hammer was included for J. Edgar. We're betting on Brooks for the Golden Globes. In addition to Kenneth Branagh for his Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn, Andy Serkis for [...]