in that category? Well, the competition is pretty stiff as Scorsese is up against directors of films “The Hours”, “Chicago”, “Talk to her”, and the outstanding Holocaust epic “The Pianist”. Also racking up the nominations was “The Hours” with nine. Any MIA’s this year? Well how about Richard Gere’s performance in “Chicago”, or Tom Hanks’ in “Road to Perdition” and “Catch me if you can” that did not get recognized? Even without these outstanding performances in place, the nominees in each category have all achieved excellence.

Let’s get an in depth overview of this year’s noms, shall we? Contending for the highly anticipated award of the night, which is of course Best Picture, we have the screen adaptation of “Chicago”, a traumatic story of a Jewish “artiste”: “The Pianist”, Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York”, the 2nd edition to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, “Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers”, and the Virginia Wolfe story of Michael Cunningham’s

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