The FINANCIAL — One-in-three Americans (33%) say they are at least somewhat likely to watch the upcoming 83rd annual Academy Awards, with 15% who say it's very Likely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Their favorites for the best acting categories are Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" and Natalie Portman in "Black Swan."
Twenty-four percent (24%) of likely Oscar watchers want Bridges to win the award for best actor, which would make him the second Oscar winner in the role of Marshall Rooster Cogburn. John Wayne won the Best Actor Oscar for the original version of "True Grit" in 1969. But nearly as many (21%) are hoping Colin Firth wins the Oscar for his portrayal of King George VI in “The King’s Speech.”
Both Bridges and Firth were nominated last year in this category, and Bridges won. A year ago, just three percent (3%) wanted Firth to win for his performance in “A Single Man,” while 24% tapped Bridges to win for “Crazy Heart.”
Just nine percent (9%) want James Franco to win the Best Actor Oscar this year for “127 Hours,” while six percent (6%) are pulling for Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” and one percent (1%) for Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network.” But a sizable 38% are undecided.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of those who intend to watch the Oscars would like to see Portman win the Oscar for Best Actress. Nearly half that number (14%) are pulling for Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole.” Ten percent (10%) favor Annette Bening for “The Kids Are Alright.”
Only seven percent (7%) want Michelle Williams to win for “Blue Valentine,” and three percent (3%) hope Jennifer Lawrence gets the award for her performance in “Winter’s Bone." Again, over one-third (38%) of Oscar watchers have no favorite.
Most Americans say they seldom, if ever, go to a movie theater these days, but plenty of them are watching movies at home. In an average recent week, just 17% went to see a movie in a theater.
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