Elsewhere, however, Brits did less well than expected when the list of nominees was read out by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and 2006 best actor winner Forest Whitaker at the Samuel Goldwyn theatre
in Los Angeles.
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