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Welcome, welcome, welcome to an Oscar nomination special here on 5 Live. With Sheila Fogarty

Richard Bacon, we dragged him in half an hour early and I'm going nowhere, hello Richard

and Mark Kermur joins us as well. Hi Mark. Hello.

We just date minutes away from finding out who's up for what at the 84th Academy Awards.

Could Meryl Streep get her first best actress award for 29 years for the Iron Lady?

The job of the actor in this film to find myself in there, to find what elements of humanity

we hold in common. That's sort of the job of the film as well, that's sort of what our

mission was.

George Clooney will be hoping this is the year he can get best actor for the descendants.

I am very lucky to have gotten a chance to work with the people that I've gotten a chance

to work with over the years. I'm lucky to have gotten a part like this, which is a once

in a lifetime chance. I'm a lucky man to get to work with such wonderful actors.

We'll be live in Los Angeles for the announcement and then we'll hear from Mark with his verdict.

I can't imagine any awards ceremony in which the artist doesn't pick up some significant

awards. I mean, everyone loves it. I have yet to find somebody who doesn't like the

artist.

I have a listen to the nominations when they start and tell us who you think should

win 85058. Okay. This is an Oscar nomination special

on 5 live until 215. Then it'll be me as normal with Michelle Rue, Michelle Rue, Jr. and

a cast of many other people. Sheila. Hello. We're co-presenting you. We've done this

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