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Pitt, 56, has never won an acting Oscar despite
30 years in the movie industry and three previous nominations.
But he is considered the favorite to win the best supporting
actor Academy Award next month, according to awards pundits,
after wowing critics in Quentin Tarantino's love letter to
Hollywood last summer.
Pitt's performance as the laid-back stunt double and fixit man
Cliff Booth to Leonardo DiCaprio's fading 1960s TV Western star
has already won him a Golden Globe prize and a Screen Actors
Guild nomination.
It was lauded as a career best turn by the Hollywood Reporter,
while Britain's Sunday Times said last year that the
"well-matured Pitt steals the show."
An extended shirtless scene sent fans and celebrity media
swooning, ending a long period when Pitt was portrayed as the
bad guy in the breakup of his marriages to both Angelina Jolie
and first wife Jennifer Aniston, one of America's most popular
celebrities.
Pitt, not seen on the big screen since 2016 war drama flops
"Allied" and "War Machine," followed up "Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood" with a second well-received performance in space
drama "Ad Astra" in 2019 where he played an introspective
astronaut.
"I Think It’s Finally Acceptable to Be Completely and Totally
Obsessed With Brad Pitt," ran a headline on women's website
Cosmopolitan.com after Pitt returned to the red carpet last
year.
Pitt had adopted a low profile since 2016 as he and Jolie spent
more than two years in a bitter custody dispute over their six
children that involved accusations against the actor of child
abuse, heavy drinking and drug use.
In a 2017 interview, Pitt admitted a heavy marijuana habit and
said his drinking had gotten out of control, but said that since
the split with Jolie he had quit alcohol and was undergoing
therapy. Pitt was cleared by investigators in Los Angeles of
abuse allegations, which stemmed from an angry altercation in
front of his children toward the end of his marriage to Jolie.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" got a total of 10 Oscar
nominations on Monday, including best picture, director and best
actor for Pitt's co-star DiCaprio.
The Oscars ceremony will take place in Hollywood on Feb. 9.
(Reporting by Jill SerjeantD; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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