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A publicity shot of the cast of "The Wackness" (Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Method Man, Ben Kingsley, and Aaron Yoo), 2008

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For the past few years, Newsweek has done various interviews with possible Oscar nominees. Here are some of the shots from past Oscars Actors Roundtables. The Roundtables took place before Oscar nominations were announced for that particular year. These actors were asked to participate because they were all front-runners.

2007: Brad Pitt (Babel), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Penelope Cruz (Volver), and Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

*Pitt did not receive a nomination that year

*Whitaker and Mirren won Oscars that year

2008: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Ellen Page (Juno), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), James McAvoy (Atonement), and George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

*McAvoy and Jolie did not receive nominations that year

*Day-Lewis and Cotillard won Oscars that year

2009: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)

Not pictured: Robert Downey, Jr.(Tropic Thunder), and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

*Hawkins did not receive a nomination that year

2010: Woody Harrelson (The Messanger), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Gaboruey Sidibe (Precious), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Carey Mulligan (An Education), and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

*Bridges and Bullock won Oscars that year

2011: James Franco (127 Hours), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), and Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

*Firth and Portman won Oscars that year

2012: Michael Fassbender (Shame), Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin), George Clooney (The Descendants), and Viola Davis (The Help)

*Fassbender, Theron, and Swinton did not receive nominations that year

*Plummer won an Oscar that year

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Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Stacey Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Panalope Cruz, and Sophia Loren enjoy a sit-down while on the set of "Nine", 2009

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Maya Rudolph pays homage to her fabulous

mother, singer Minnie Riperton in a publicist still

"Saturday Night Live" 2000's

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Viola Davis looking phenomenal in the LA Times Magazine, 2012

*Here's hoping she takes home that Oscar

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Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Christopher Plummer,

Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, and Viola Davis participate in

Newsweek's Oscars Roundtable, 2012

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The reunited cast of "The Princess Bride" (l. Wallace Shawn, Bill Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest), including photos of Peter Falk and Andre the Giant

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George Clooney gets very close to

Brad Pitt during a game of croquet

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The cast of 2012's "Dark Shadows"

(l. Helena Bonham Carter, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green,

Gulliver McGrath, Bella Heathcote, Johnny Depp, Ray Shirley,

Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer)

The original cast from the 1966 television show

Director Tim Burton gives notes to Pfeiffer and Miller

Burton helps Depp with his creepy hand movements

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"Killers Kill, Dead Men Die": PART 4

Pedro Almodovar (as the Club Owner), Penelope Cruz (as the Songbird)

James McAvoy (as the Shutterbug), Jennifer Hudson (as the Thrush),

Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson (as the Pretty Boy),

Kerry Washington (as the Debutante), Adam Beach (as the Swell),

Amy Adams (as the Society Girl), Derek Luke (as the College Boy),

Evan Rachel Wood (as Betty)

Naomi Watts (as the Skirt), Peter O'Toole (as the Watchman)

Judi Dench (as the Maiden Aunt), Helen Mirren (as the Aristocrat)

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"Killers Kill, Dead Men Die": PART 3

Sharon Stone (as the Society Dame), Anjelica Huston (as the Society Broad), Diane Lane (as the Restless Wife)

Bruce Willis (as the Gumshoe), Ben Affleck (as the Shamus),

Tobey Maguire (as Jimmy)

Diane Lane, James Franco (as the Unsuspecting Husband),

Tobey Maguire, Jessica Alba (as the Kid Sister),

Kirsten Dunst (as the Heiress), Robert Downey, Jr. (as the Boxer)

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"Killers Kill, Dead Men Die": PART 2

Kirsten Dunst (as the Heiress), Bruce Willis (as the Gumshoe),

James McAvoy (as the Shutterbug)

Rinko Kikuchi (as the Queenpin), Abigail Breslin (as the Orphan),

Bill Nighy (as the Preacher), Penelope Cruz (as the Songbird),

Ben Affleck (as the Shamus)

Edward Norton (as the Undercover Cop), Kate Winslet

(as the Undercover Lady Cop), Robert De Niro (as the Rocketeer),

Jennifer Connelly (as the Informant), Helen Mirren (as the Aristocrat),

Julianne Moore (as the Mystery Woman)

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"Killers Kill, Dead Men Die": PART 1

Alec Baldwin (as the Homicide Detective),

Jennifer Connelly (as the Informer), Aaron Eckhart (as the Cop)

Jack Nicholson (as the Killer)

Helen Mirren (as the Aristocrat),

Kate Winslet (as the Undercover Lady Cop)

Jessica Biel (as the Lady in Red), Djimon Hounsou (as the Champ),

Sylvester Stallone (as the Trainer), Tobey Maguire (as Jimmy),

Forest Whitaker (as the Corner Man), and Robert Downey Jr. (as the Boxer)

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Dame Helen Mirren gets very comfortable at a

photo shoot for New York Magazine, 2010

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The now infamous Vanity Fair spread that spawned

rumors of on-set cat-fights and jealousy (all revolving

around that year's most popular housewife, Teri Hatcher)

Teri Hatcher, Nicollette Sheridan, Marcia Cross,

Felicity Huffman, and Eva Longoria, 2005

Rachel Dratch, Eva Longoria, Seth Meyers,

Amy Poehler, and Kristen Wiig recreate the

crazy shoot on "Saturday Night Live" the same year.

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Hmmm... I know! It's Quentin Tarantino meets "Mission

Impossible II" meets "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", right?

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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost do a publicity shot for "Shaun of the Dead"

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Tina Fey and Steve Carell re-enact a moment from "Lady and the

Tramp" in a publicity still from their "Date Night" campaign

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Vanity Fair did a tribute spread

of the films of Alfred Hitchcock

Part 2

Tang Wei, Josh Brolin, Casey Affleck, Eva Marie Saint,

Ben Foster, Omar Metwally, and Julie Christie

try to survive in "Lifeboat"

Renee Zellweger channels Kim Novak in "Vertigo"

Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem play

Grace Kelly and James Stewart in "Rear Window"

Keira Knightley and Jennifer Jason Leigh look great

as Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in "Rebecca"

Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey, Jr. are

Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief"

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Vanity Fair did a tribute spread

of the films of Alfred Hitchcock

Part 1

Jodie Foster portrays Tippi Hedron's character in "The Birds"

Emile Hirsch and James McAvoy take on "Strangers on a Train"

Naomi Watts fills in for Tippi Hedren in "Marnie"

Charlize Theron is a perfect Grace Kelly in "Dial M for Murder"

Seth Rogen does his best Cary Grant impersonation for "North by Northwest"