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  • Sylvester Stallone Supported by Fans–Including Arnold Schwarzenegger–Following Oscars Snub

    Sylvester Stallone Supported by Fans–Including Arnold Schwarzenegger–Following Oscars Snub

    Sylvester Stallone was expected by many to win an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category at Sunday’s Academy Awards, for reprising his Rocky Balboa role in Creed.

    When Mark Rylance won the award instead of Sylvester Stallone, for his role in Bridge of Spies, the shock was obvious on the faces of many Oscar attendees.

    Arnold Schwarzenegger took to social media shortly after Sly’s Oscars upset, showing his support for his friend.

    “@officialslystallone To me, you’re the best, no matter what they say,” the former California governor captioned a short video clip.

    A number of Sylvester Stallone fans followed suit, reacting via Twitter to what many believed was an obvious snub.

    Were you among those who truly believed Sylvester Stallone would finally win an Oscar for his role as Rocky Balboa?

    It will be interesting to learn if the actor addresses the disappointment felt by so many of his fans.

  • Sylvester Stallone: Frontrunner for Best Supporting Actor for “Creed,” Will He Finally Win?

    Sylvester Stallone is a frontrunner in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Creed at tonight’s Oscars. Do you expect the Rocky star will finally score a big win?

    After winning a Golden Globe for his role as the “Italian Stallion” in Creed, he joked that Rocky Balboa is his imaginary friend.

    “I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever had,” Sylvester Stallone said.

    If Stallone wins at the Oscars, it will be quite a comeback story. He’s got some pretty stiff competition, however. In order to go home with the gold, he’ll have to beat out some Hollywood A-listers, including Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale, and Tom Hardy.

    Can he do it?

    In addition to the Rocky films, Sylvester Stallone is best known for his Rambo franchise. He also tried his hand at comedy in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.

    ABC News calls Sylvester Stallone’s role in Creed, “maybe the actor’s finest, most complicated work yet.”

    But is it enough?

    Will you be tuning in to the Oscars–the 88th Academy Awards–on Sunday evening? The show airs on the ABC network, with Live from the Red Carpet airing at 7:00 p.m. ET, and the awards show beginning at 8:30. Chris Rock is hosting.

    Will 2016 be the year Sylvester Stallone takes home an Oscar?

    Fans will have to tune in to see.

  • Jared Leto Is A Near Guarantee To Win an Oscar

    There are front-runners and then there are guarantees. Jared Leto seems as much as a guarantee as possible to take home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on Sunday night at the 86th Academy Awards. From Time Magazine to The Huffington Post to The New York Daily News, almost every critic is predicting that the 42-year-old is as good as gold to receive the trophy for his portrayal as a transgender HIV Positive woman named Rayon in the powerful drama Dallas Buyer’s Club.

    Leto’s competition for Best Supporting Actor:

    Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
    Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
    Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
    Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

    While a case could be made for any other contender, especially Johah Hill’s over the top comedic performance in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Leto leaving without a statue on Sunday would be a shock to the industry. Leto’s transformation to Rayon is considered a career best for the actor who actually “retired” from the Hollywood life for the past six years in order to front his rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

    Leto has already swept most the critic’s awards this year. He also won both the Golden Globe and the Screen Actor’s Guild trophies. Leto, who is known as a method actor, totally disappeared into the role of Rayon. Although, Matthew McConaughey is the star of the film and the Dallas Buyer’s Club is his vision to provide HIV Positive patients with affordable and effective medicine outside of the health care system, it is Leto’s Rayon that turns McConaughey’s Ron Woodroof from a homophobic bigot to a compassionate caring man.

    The actor describes Rayon like a living person, rather than a character on a page. “She’s an incredible, empathetic, beautiful dreamer. A heart the size of an ocean. She’s an absolutely one-of-a-kind creature. So, a lot of love and support for her as well. I feel like she became a person, a real person. Especially because I was so deep inside of her. I really feel like I got to know this person. It became like a living, breathing life. It was a once-in-a-lifetime role.”

    It’s clear that Leto brought that passion for the role into his performance. She wasn’t just a drag queen with AIDS, Rayon was a deep soul with kindness in her heart. Leto should have his Oscar speech ready to go, there are no guarantees in life, but the chances weigh heavily in his favor that he will have “Academy Award Winner” next to his name come Sunday night.

    Image via Jared Leto, Twitter