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01/25/2005:

"Academy History Made With This Year's Nominees"

More actors playing actual real-life people were nominated for Oscars than ever before, and more minorities were nominated in the acting categories than ever before, making some Academy Award history for the 77th year of nominations.

Nine of the 20 acting nominations are based on real people, from films like "Ray," "Finding Neverland," "The Aviator," "Kinsey," "Hotel Rwanda" and "Vera Drake." In addition, "Million Dollar Baby" has three more nominations from a fictional book that is based on real-life characters.

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