Mickey Rourke pinned a Golden Globe for embodying THE WRESTLER*. Sean Penn, obviously, convinced The Screen Actors Guild to cry over kill’t MILK. If I were deciding this year’s Best Actor Oscar®, however, I’d give it to Richard Jenkins for his understated turn in THE VISITOR. Convince me otherwise and you just might win a prize. (Leave comments on this post, please.)
*For more on THE WRESTLER, check out my interview with director Darren Aronofsky.