Oh, Morgan Freeman
Being a movie star may seem glamorous, until you see this interview Michael Caine, 80, and Morgan Freeman, 75, gave to a Seattle-Tacoma TV station, Q13, on Wednesday.
When the camera came back from showing a clip, his head was drooping way down on his chest. Freeman woke to nod now and then. And when answered the question: “What the key to being a great narrator?” He responded with, “Uh, probably just being a good reader.”
The last part is the best.
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I don’t want to jump the gun or anything, but it’s looking like a slam dunk for “Argo.”
2013 Academy Award nominees
Best Picture
- Lincoln
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Les Misérables
- Argo
- Life of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Amour
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
- Alan Arkin, Argo
- Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
- Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
- Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Oscar nominations: Best picture
- Lincoln
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Les Misérables
- Argo
- Life of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Amour
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
Oscar nominations: Best actress
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Oscar nominations: Best actor
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
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Oscar nominations: Best supporting actress
- Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
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