For Your Consideration
An Oscar nomination for Matt Damon? Maggie Gyllenhaal? Guillermo del Toro? How about Sacha Baron Cohen? Here are eight likely non-contenders whose names we'd love to hear read on Oscar morning
By Dave Karger Updated January 19, 2007 at 05:00 PM EST
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The Good Shepherd, Matt Damon
Credit: The Good Shepard: Andrew Schwartz
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The Devil Wears Prada, Stanley Tucci
Credit: The Devil Wears Prada: Barry Wetcher
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Volver, Penelope Cruz
Credit: Volver: Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni
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Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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25. Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth | THE EVIDENCE: The Devil's Backbone (2001), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006) WHY HIM: Because this Mexican filmmaker manages to imbue geeky, fantasy, sci-fi stuff with
THE EVIDENCE: The Devil's Backbone (2001), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
WHY HIM: Because this Mexican filmmaker manages to imbue geeky, fantasy, sci-fi stuff with both compelling emotion and some of the most eye-popping visuals we've ever seen. (We're still reeling from the spooky Pale Man scene in Pan's Labyrinth.) When he lost three years to The Hobbit, we really missed him, which is why it's good he's coming back with multiple projects in tow, like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, which he produced, and movies based on Frankenstein, H.P. Lovecraft, and Disney World's Haunted Mansion. —Missy Schwartz
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By Dave Karger