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George Clooney, who is an Oscar winner and four-time nominee, is the leader of the pack with this year’s early buzz of Best Actor hopefuls. Up in the Air chronicles the life of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) a corporate downsizer who avoids emotional ties and readily fills the void in his life with frequent-flier miles. Ironically, the place he chooses to hide from life is the same place he meets it head on when he encounters Alex (The Departed’s Vera Farmiga). The chemistry between the two is being lauded as refreshing and George’s appeal has never been more effervescent. Hopefully, this early buzz won’t be a detriment to his chances in bringing home another golden boy. Maybe, best pal Brad Pitt can offer some advice on that topic.

Viggo Mortensen, George Clooney, Clive Owen in Line for Actor Noms

Other contenders in the Best Actor category are Viggo Mortensen in The Road, Clive Owen in The Boys Are Back and Matt Damon’s comic turn in The Informant. The Road is based on the Cormac McCarthy Pulitzer Prize winning novel, about a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) trying to survive after a mysterious cataclysm. They wade through barren land constantly dodging starving stragglers and packs of cannibals.