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The Sacrifices

sacrifice 1[Blind Gossip] Oscar contenders (and their publicists) have all different sorts of ways to try to appeal to Academy Awards voters during awards seasons. A key to generating votes is being relatable to the majority of voters. In the past, we’ve revealed to you how one actor suddenly got very involved with his wife and kids to look like a family man. A second actor got married to portray himself as more mainstream than he actually is.

Now let’s talk about our third actor!

He’s basically a rich, spoiled, self-involved, self-indulgent ladies man. However, those things don’t make him relatable to most of the people in his category. So instead of the usual stories about decadent parties and gorgeous girls, you’ll see sympathetic stories about how he really is just a nice, normal guy making sacrifices for his art and looking to settle down. Of course it’s all baloney… but he REALLY wants that Oscar!

Similar: Fantastically Mainstream

Third Actor:

[Optional] Do you think our Third Actor will win the Oscar?

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  4. RedGirl77 says

    Obviously Leo. But I missed the first one. Who was the actor who suddenly got involved with his wife and kids? Was that Affleck? (That MUST be old!)

  5. ChairmanMeow says

    Eddie Redmayne got married, Matt McCoughnaey became a family man.

    Leo’s about to play dirty. Just give him the damn Oscar. Gaga got an acting award. They’re meaningless now.

  7. lepidoteran says

    1. Affleck
    2. Redmayne
    3. Dicaprio – I think he will win this year. Just seems like the right timing in a well reviewed role. We BGers won’t be fooled by any attempts to make over his image though 😉

  18. FiyahHotFlashy says

    3rd Actor: Leo DiCaprio
    Friends have seen his new movie and all have given it rave reviews. Stellar acting by Leo. If he doesn’t win this time, I’ll be shocked

  21. melrose71 says

    Leonardo DiCaprio. He’ll probably win someday. I guess it may as well be this year since he’s so desperate to get it. I heard The Revenant wasn’t that great, though. And, yes, I do believe he’s rich, spoiled and selfish. I don’t care how many documentaries he makes to try to appear otherwise.

  25. redpixie says

    GIVE IT TO HIM ALREADY!!

    poor Leo, it shouldn’t be a personality contest,
    man, that man can act!

  27. thisisannoying says

    Leonardo DiCaprio, and hopefully not. Very overrated actor, and again I am going to emphasise how much I hated his acting in Gatsby.

  44. amjxray says

    Leo DiCaprio. No doubt he’s a great actor but as a person…not very likable or relatable.

  47. I Am PunkA says

    Leo Dicaprio.

    Clooney used to be similar, and no one really had a problem with him. He was more discreet and engaged in other ways though. Darfur comes to mind. And it certainly helped his PR.

    Leo needs a cause. and then to do more than just talk about it.

  48. Kerengende says

    Leonardo diCaprio.

    This could be his year for one of those Oscars best classified as “Have a statue, now leave us alone please, and you’re not getting one again.”

  50. bhakti says

    Leonardo Di Caprio
    Yes he will win. I think he’s so talented! Should have won for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and The Departed

  55. WillowPotter says

    Third Actor: Leonardo Dicaprio ?, I hope this isn’t true but than again I don’t know him and yes I do, I heard that the Revanant is a good film.

    • Ralphie says

      It’s not. It’s overrated. I’m starting to get a real smug vibe off the director. Birdman was overrated too. So back to back years of people kissing his ass and overhyping his films won’t help.

  56. empirean says

    Leo. Leo. Leo.

    And I do believe he will win. He wants that Oscar so badly he dumped his gorgeous model girlfriend just before it was announced she was cast in the movie Baywatch. Or it could be just because she turned 25. His cut off age for dating.

    I’m obviously not a fan.

    • johnnyjewel says

      Or it could be that she was one in a very long line of blonde contracted beards who have specific requirments which she aged out of

      *shrug*

  66. MademoiselleRose says

    First actor is probably Ben Affleck
    Second actor might be Eddie Redmayne
    Third I think is Leo DiCaprio.

    He hasn’t won one to this point, most likely the constant modelising makes him seem shallow, because he is, that’s personal, not work. He should be able to buy an Oscar like others. I don’t take notice of awards, since internet it seems obvs awards, even right back thru time, don’t mean anything, it’s down to campaigning, who u f*ck or give presents to, not talent. They’re…

    • luvprue1 says

      The first actor is definitely Ben Affleck.
      The second actor could be Johnny Depp, or Benedict Cumberbatch

      The Third actor is definitely Leo DiCaprio.

  68. rexczarina says

    Leonardo DiCaprio. He’ll win the Oscar because of the rough filming, he just won the Golden Globe and is talented enough of an actor.

  70. Saphron says

    Oh Leo. But but he really cares about the indigenous people! He really cares about the much maligned female gender! He wasn’t icked out because a woman not under the age of 25, blonde, and a model brushed up against him!

  71. EastlakeGirl says

    Sounds like Leo DiCaprio.
    I haven’t seen any new movies in a while so I don’t know how good anyone was in any of them.

  73. Lilac7 says

    Leonardo DiCaprio. He was nominated for an Oscar more than once but never got it and according to word on the street he really, really wants to have one!

    Optional: I think in general an Oscar should be given based on performance. Having said that, I can’t help it… sometimes actors/actresses just rub me the wrong way. And Leo is one of them. What a pretentious idiot. Telling the world to save the planet but flying everywhere on a private jet. What a hypocrite!

    • mojomarlin says

      Agreed! But you forgot about the gas guzzling yacht vacations he’s always on with the boat load of models. Granted he does throw a lot of money around with charities, but wouldn’t it be best in today’s day and age and lead by example. For real, Leo, take the bus sometime and give your pilots a rest. Honestly, I think he’s about as phony as they get, good thing the plays pretend for a living.

  74. danneka says

    another blind about leo dicaprio of course. He’s so annoying this oscar season and fake….. maybe if he gets it he will get over this obsession!

  75. Mixtape says

    Third Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

    Optional: Yes. You can only be nominated so many times without the Academy feeling they owe it to you, regardless of the film. This is his year. (BTW, I thought he should have won BSA way back when for Gilbert Grape; have been less of a fan of everything since.)

  77. missmissy says

    Leo – don’t know haven’t seen the movie. I would rather see Michael B. Jordan or better yet Michael Caine take it.

  86. wendysuuue says

    Leonardo DiCaprio.
    Hahaha. So that’s what those “Marriage and Kids in the Future” headlines are floating around for.

  87. Pizzalove says

    Third Actor: Leo

    [Optional] Do you think our Third Actor will win the Oscar? Yes. This year’s competition is decent but not outstanding. Plus his publicists have been working overtime hyping how dedicated Leo was to his craft during filming of “The Revenant”.

    • butwhatever says

      glargh, yes. Spent half an hour telling Charlie Rose about interviewing people for his enviro-documentaries in between braving the icy river for The Revenant. Inarritu chimed in about global warming making it hard to find places to film. They were both up to HERE in devotion to their craft.

  89. HelenHowie says

    The DEEPLY in denial
    Leo
    Yes, he’ll get what he covets, but not a true, authentic life
    Just ask Tobey…

    • johnnyjewel says

      @helenhowie

      Did you see him blow a kiss at Tobey while Tobey was presenting The Revenant?

      I thought he was Lukas’s but now and then I think it might be Tobey.

    • research boy says

      He’s got that whole group of ex-child stars (Lukas, Tobey, Elijah Wood) and I think that even if there are couples, there’s also some mix and match polyamory on occasion. (Remember his Chilean vacation with Kevin Connolly and the alleged kiss pix?)

  90. FelipeA says

    Leonardo DiCaprio

    I think so. He’s a genuinely good actor and has proven himself time and time again, so I say: Just give it to him already. I would rather they gave it to him now than have the Academy take the Oscar from a more deserving performer later on to write a past wrong, or just because he’s beloved by his peers (like Sandra Bullock). It really pisses me off when that happens.

    • Katmandu says

      If Jennifer Lawrence can win an Oscar, Leo most certainly can – and should. There have been many ‘WTF???’ winners since the competition began back in the 20’s, and voting is all political as in everything. But he is certainly worthy of getting an Oscar, I don’t think he’s ever been in a piece of time-killing junk.

    • Okayeah says

      Now hang on. At least Sandra Bullock can act. A better example of a ridiculous Oscar win would have been Julia Roberts! 🙂

    • FelipeA says

      They’re both examples. Julia was a mix of “we love her” and “her best performance ever” (which Erin Brockovich is, you can’t deny). Sandra on the other hand, was just a “we love her” winner. In my eyes. She deserved it for Gravity or even a supporting nod for Crash, but The Blind Side? Really?

    • Shontelle Montelle says

      if it’s a popularity contest, maybe he isn’t so popular among the industry people.

  95. PrincessTiff says

    *eye roll* Leonardo DiCaprio. Yeah he’ll get it just because everyone is tired of his obvious thirst for it

    • johnnyjewel says

      +100000

      Exactly. Just give it to him and get it over with already so he can stop being so thirsty.