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BranaghsBelfastcandidacy will sink or swim on its own merits.
Neither of them feel likely to garner too many No.
1 votes, so perhaps there is room for a surprise passion pick like Cage to sneak in?
Instead lets talk more about the biggest shock oflast week the precipitous fall of presumed front-runner Kristen Stewart.
Early advantage would seem to go to Kidman, who is furrowing fertile soil with this biopic transformation.
Thats its own kind of transformation, even if its one less likely to catch the Academys eye.
