With the Academy Awards quickly approaching, we're going through
each of the major categories and pretending we're Academy
voters. Forget who will actually win, we have a decision to
make.  The Nominees: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln, Hugh Jackman
for Les Misérables, Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook,
Denzel Washington for Flight, Joaquin Phoenix for The Master  As
is also true of the Best Actress category this year, lots of
people think this one's all but sewn-up. Well, in the case fo
that race it's between two people, where as with the guys, it's
really down to just one. Having won a million awards already
this season, including the Golden Globe and the SAG, Daniel Day-
Lewis seems like a pretty sure thing for his rousing, wonderful,
and inspiringly understated performance in Lincoln. Look, none
of us actually knew Abe Lincoln, or ever heard him speak; at
least I hope none of us did, it would be creepy to have some
sort of undying immortal being reading this site. (Why would
such a creature be readin