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- NewsKevin Polowy
13 Long Shots We'd Like to See Get Oscar Nominations This Week
The nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, and Golden Globe winners like Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) and Brie Larson (Room) are as close as you can get to sure things. But Oscar always has a few surprises up his sleeve and occasionally a long-shot contender makes the cut. Below are 13 unlikely actors and movies we’d love to see named on Thursday morning.
- NewsMeriah Doty
Double Duty: Actors Who’ve Played Identical Twins
In the new crime drama ‘Legend’ (expanding in theaters this week), Tom Hardy becomes just the latest in a long line of actors who’ve had us seeing double as they play identical twins in a movie. Click through for a mini-history of this time-tested cinematic phenomenon.
- NewsJordan Zakarin
How 'Legend' Star Tom Hardy Ended Up Playing Gangster Twins
When Tom Hardy met with director Brian Helgeland (42) to discuss a role in the period biopic/gangster film Legend (in theaters Friday), the actor and filmmaker had two different roles in mind. Hardy wanted to play Ronnie, the unpredictable and frequently violent brother, while Helgeland saw him more as Reggie, the more handsome and suave of the pair.
- NewsMeriah Doty
Watch Tom Hardy Times 2 in This 'Legend' Scene and See Why the Krays Always Got Their Way
In the crime thriller Legend, opening in select theaters this weekend, Tom Hardy takes on dueling roles as infamous London gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray. The film is based on the real mobsters, twin brothers who ran roughshod over London’s East End during much of the 1960s, even linking their underworld act to Las Vegas (seen here in this exclusive clip, above, featuring Chazz Palminteri). Directed by Oscar winner Brian Helgeland, we spoke with him in June about the film.
- NewsKevin Polowy
15 Early Oscar Contenders Coming Out of Toronto, Telluride, and Venice
Three film festivals in three countries over the course of three weeks kick Hollywood’s awards season into gear: Italy’s Venice Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, and the Toronto International Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend in Canada. The Buzz: After mostly positive early reviews from Venice and Telluride, the film got a huge reaction at TIFF.
