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Article: THE JULIA IN OSCAR'S CROWN THE ACADEMY AWARD IS HERS TO LOSE, ALMOST EVERYONE AGREES, BUT WINNING MIGHT NOT BE THE GREATEST BOOST FOR HER CAREER.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 25, 2001
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Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer
The Academy Awards are meant to go to the best, but every once in a while some are bestowed to satisfy Hollywood's collective sense of duty.
There are the body-of-work tributes (John Wayne, ``True Grit,'' 1969). There's the she'll-never-get-a-better-chance (Marlee Matlin, ``Children of a Lesser God,'' 1986).
There's the who-knew-he-could-do-all-that (producer-director Mel Gibson, ``Braveheart,'' 1995). There's the he's-gonna-die-soon (Henry Fonda, ``On Golden Pond,'' 1981), and the he's-already-gone (Peter Finch, ``Network,'' 1976). They are the movie industry's versions of honorary doctorates from ...