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Director: Roger Michell Starring: Bill Murray , Laura Linney , Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman Writers: Richard Nelson   USA release date: December 7 , 2012 " The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. " COMMENT: One thing seems guaranteed: Bill Murray will rock in this one! Murray has a strong screen presence and seeing him playing Mr. President Roosevelt in such what seems to be a super charismatic performance just sold me this movie. In fact, Hyde Park On Hudson looks better than what I was expecting: it looks like it can be some kind of 2012 version of The King's Speech , which sounds amazing to me. The cast is great, the plot sounds interesting and the trailer make me want to see it and it generated some buzz around this movie in my head... Can't wait! I'm very curious, at minimum...

1.  Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained Born: November 11, 1974 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Previous Oscar acting recognition: 1994 - Best Supporting Actor for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (nom); 2005 - Best Leading Actor for The Aviator (nom); 2007 - Best Leading Actor for Blood Diamond (nom) Oscar snubed performances: 2006 - The Departed ; 2008 - Revolutionary Road Oscar chances comment: With one of the most sucessful careers of today, DiCaprio may be considered the biggest movie star of his generation, but he never won an Oscar so far. To be honest, I don't think he already delivered that kind of Oscar-winning performance, but things may be changing for him once he landed the villain role of slave owning in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained . He plays the evil plantation owner who has a collection of slaves and everybody knows how the Academy loves mean guys and Tarantino is great directing all his actors and I bet he gave Leo a