Vying to be the best

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Actor

George Clooney,

Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis,

There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp,

Sweeney Todd

Tommy Lee Jones,

In the Valley of Elah

Viggo Mortensen,

Eastern Promises

Actress

Cate Blanchett,

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Julie Christie, Away From Her

Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Laura Linney, The Savages

Ellen Page, Juno

Supporting actor

Casey Affleck,

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward

Robert Ford

Javier Bardem,

No Country for Old Men

Philip Seymour Hoffman,

Charlie Wilson's War

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