The 'Gladiator II' star earned a best leading actor nomination for 'The Hurricane' in 2000, however, Spacey ultimately took home the award for 'American Beauty.'
, who had already won one Oscar and scored three other nominations before that year’s ceremony, received another nomination for his role as Rubin Carter in 1999’s, however, the Academy Award ultimately went to Spacey .Governors Awards: Oscar Hopefuls Pack Room as Bond Producers, Richard Curtis, Juliet Taylor and the Late Quincy Jones Are Honored. “I have a memory of turning around and looking at him, and nobody was standing but the people around him. And everyone else was looking at me.
Washington continued of his reaction, “I’m sure I went home and drank that night. I had to. I don’t want to sound like, ‘Oh, he won my Oscar,’ or anything like that. It wasn’t like that. And you know, there was talk in the town about what was going on over there on that side of the street, and that’s between him and God. I ain’t got nothing to do with that. I pray for him. That’s between him and his maker.
Two years later, Washington finally won the Academy Award for best actor for his role as Alonzo in 2001’s‘Night Is Not Eternal’ Review: Nanfu Wang’s HBO Doc Is a Sharp, Timely Examination of the Fight Against Fascism. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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