Rinko Kikuchi Archives

Check out these great portraits from the New York Times, their “photographic portfolio of the actors and actresses who defined excellence in the past year.” Celebrities featured include:

• Christian Bale, The Prestige
• Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Ken Watanabe, Letters form Iwo Jima
• Cate Blanchett, Babel & Notes on a Scandal
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed & Blood Diamond
• Brad Pitt, Babel
• Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Annette Benning, Running with Scissors
• Vin Diesel, Find Me Guilty
• Eddie Murphy, Norbit
• Ivana Baquero, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Maggie Cheung, Clean
• Peter O’Toole, Venus
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Abbie Cornish, Somersault
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
• Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine
• Penelope Cruz, Volver

You can check out the rest of the New York Times portraits here.

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Oscar nominees arrived at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel yesterday. The actual award show will take place on Sunday, Feb 25. with Ellen DeGeneres as the host. Check out the pictures below; many more after the jump!

Attendees included: Djimon Hounsou, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Speilberg, Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Penelope Cruz, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Melissa Ethridge, Steven Spielberg, Penelope Cruz, Martin Scorsese, Babel star Rinko Kikuchi, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Abigail Breslin, and Forest Whitaker.

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