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How Did Viggo Mortensen’s 2008 Oscar Boom Go Bust?

4:44AM STV | Four months ago we suggested that Viggo Mortensen had three chances in 2008 to repeat as an Oscar nominee. As the last of those chances expires today, all we can say is, “Maybe next year?”

Is Busy Viggo Mortensen First in Line For Oscar Tuxedo Sizing?

5:00AM STV | In the spirit of reader participation, we’ll leave it to you to determine the good and bad news among this year’s crop of Viggo Mortensen films. For starters: Can the 2007 Oscar nominee climb his way back into Academy hearts with nary a nude, bloody bathhouse throwdown in three movies? Sure, suggests one observer, who points out that beyond roles in the Western Appaloosa and the Cormac McCarthy adaptation The Road, Viggo has a fail-safe ace in the hole to unveil this December. Sort of, anyway; assuming it can overcome its distributor’s ongoing cash woes, Good is apparently just the kind of Holocaust film for which Oscar voters swoon. Still, disadvantages persist: More »