Word: witherspoon
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...WHAT WITHERSPOON IS SAYING: As a teenager at a drama camp, she was told by a teacher that she might someday be a good actress but that she should never, ever try to sing in public. She has said that overcoming that "embedded" fear "was a really big accomplishment for me." And it is one that audiences somehow sense and share...
...Crash, the quintessential L.A. indie drama, make a stretch run to overtake the early favorite, Brokeback Mountain? Can Hollywood's most dapper leading man, George Clooney, beat out schlumpy but likable Paul Giamatti? Is dark horse Felicity Huffman the one to knock off everyone's darling, Reese Witherspoon? Will anyone catch Philip Seymour Hoffman...
...REESE WITHERSPOON Walk the Line...
...MIGHT NOT WIN: Walk the Line is an agreeable film but also a rather plodding one, fully energized only when Witherspoon is onscreen. Probably that is to her advantage, but the Academy might prefer something darker and meatier and a little nuttier...
WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: Why stop now? Witherspoon has won just about every acting award on offer this time of the year, and her vehicle is, at least, a mainstream studio film, and those are in very short supply on the Academy's list of nominees. Nobody is saying the word lock yet, but she is the front runner...