Question: Renee Zellweger has been nominated for an Oscar three years in a row. Can you tell me how many other times this has happened? Has anyone ever pulled it off more than three times in a row? Thanks!Answer: William Hurt and Russell Crowe have both been nominated for best actor three times in a row, Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987) — he won for Kiss of the Spider Woman — and Crowe for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe won for Gladiator. And just for the record, Zellweger's three-in-a-row nominations were for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Chicago (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003); the third time was the lucky one for her.
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Remember Port Charles cutie Carly Schroeder? The tot who played Serena Baldwin, the TV daughter of Kin Shriner's Scotty, has grown up into a 15-year-old lovely with hot prospects in Hollywood. Next month Schroeder costars in the Warner Bros. hostage thriller Firewall as the offspring of Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen. Other notables in the cast include A Beautiful Mind's Paul Bettany and 24's Chloe herself, Mary Lynn Rajskub. Nice going, Carly!
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