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Will Smith doesn't get much play in these pages anymore, but the honor he received Tuesday deserves some props. Just a little over a decade ago, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the artist formerly known as the Fresh Prince were playing high school fieldhouses and charging a can of food for admission, but it was announced Tuesday that Smith was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category for his title role in "Ali." Seriously, did you ever think you'd see the day when an MC was nominated for an Oscar? "Jada and I were asleep, the phone rang, Jada answered it and it was my publicist telling me the news," Smith told E! "Jada got so excited, she started jumping up and down and hit her head on the door. So I got her some aspirin and then we laughed ourselves silly." It's a significant achievement, and if you don't believe it, just ask one of the actors that Smith is competing against -- Denzel Washington, whose nomination for "Training Day" is only his third nod for Best Actor ("Malcolm X" in 1993 and "The Hurricane" in 2000) and he unfortunately has no Oscars to show for it. (Washington did receive an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1989 for his role in "Glory.") Much already has been made of the fact that two black actors have been nominated in the Best Actor category for the first time. With Halle Berry's Best Actress nomination for "Monster's Ball," it also marks the first time since 1972 that three black actors were among the 10 nominated in the top two acting categories. "As blacks have proven we can make money at the box office, proved we can open a movie and take it around the world and be successful, from that standpoint, I think other things will be created from that," Smith told The Associated Press. "That's always been my approach, make as much money as I can at the box office in order to open up the other roles for myself." The 74th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC on March 24. The ceremony will take place in Hollywood for the first time since 1960 at the new Kodak Theatre, which is located a block away from the Roosevelt Hotel, the site of the first Academy Awards in 1929.
It's been long due for Denzel, Will Smith will just have to wait in line.They better not give it to Russel Crowe again either. Don't get me wrong, his performance in A Beautiful Mind was amazing but he already won it and Denzel has been robbed a couple times.Makes sense to give it to Denzel Washington.
The Denzel Washington acting performance in "Training Day" is the best acting i've ever seen from any actor ever... he really deserves to win the Oscar...
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