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This story initially came out inside the 12 ,. 9 problem in the Hollywood Reporter. our editor recommendsHow being an Oscars Champion: Dress Like One out of the Golden GlobesWhy 'Tintin' and 'Rango' Stand Out One Of The 2010 Animated Honours Competitors (Opinion)Does Kaira Pitt's Beane in 'Moneyball' = Gregory Peck's Finch in 'Mockingbird'?THR Actor Roundtable: George Clooney's Worst Job, Nick Nolte's Applying For Grants Dying, which Has 'Rage' IssuesMichael Fassbender on Sexual Deviance in 'A Dangerous Method' and 'Shame' (Video) At 84, Oscar might no more be described as a stud, but he still dangles out witha pretty studly crew. No less than that might be this year if, since the bloggerati are predicting, a particularly handsome choice of leading males is nominated for top actor. Which, consequently, might help the Oscar broadcast's efforts to fight further ratings decline. VIDEOS: THR's Honours Season Stars Roundtable Your competition is fluid -- nominations won't be introduced until Jan.24 -- nevertheless the consensus has George Clooney, for his unhappy father inside the Descendants, and Leonardo DiCaprio, for his embittered FBI director in J. Edgar, near the top of this list. Kaira Pitt can be a strong contender for your casual ease he steps to the shoes of baseball GM Billy Beane in Moneyball. Along with a couple of relative beginners are becoming early faves: Germany-born, London-based Michael Fassbender, who fearlessly enables everything spend some time inside the NC-17 Shame, and French matinee idol Jean Dujardin, who flows round the charm just like a diminishing star inside the quiet movie The Artist. PHOTOS: Oscar Tales on Oscar It's a variety completely from the GQ Males of year Honours by way of People's Hottest Guy Alive cover-- Clooney and Pitt are two-time titleholders. (There's even an outdoors chance fellow SMA Matt Damon could join them for We Bought a Zoo.) It's not just a typical Academy roundup if possibly because the Oscars frequently underrate the task of most of the best-searching leading males. Large-screen shakes, they causes it to be look too easy they often times are available in action films or romantic comedies that aren't considered honours-worthy and avoid the fancy changes the Academy favors. That's one reason DiCaprio, who was simply overlooked for his clean-cut earnestness in Titanic, is becoming being congratulated for wearing everything aging makeup in J. Edgar. It's much more impressive that Clooney and Pitt are increasingly being taken heed of this year because neither retreats into a thick accent or funny mustache to see his part. PHOTOS: Oscar Show Moments Now everything would likely be something for fan sites to gush over whether or not this also didn't have ratings implications. The Academy might have breathed a sigh of relief when Billy Very made the decision to emcee the show inside the wake of Eddie Murphy's departure. But Very, who hasn't situated since 2004, is 63, which makes them the second-earliest solo host since a 74-year-old Bob Hope fronted the show in 1978. Which's not can make the youthful women swoon. There's furthermore an issue of techniques common the advantage of the flicks nominated for top picture will probably be when the show is broadcast Feb.26. When noms were introduced last honours season, there has been two mega-grossers: Toy Story 3 ($415 million domestic) and Beginning ($293 million). But this year, with only five nominees guaranteed, it's an empty question if 2011's top-grossing movie, Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part2, could make the cut. The closest step to some popular nominee at this time around might be the all-girl The Help, which has collected $168 million in your area. PHOTOS: Oscar Hosts With time However when the most effective-picture nominees are short on crowd-pleasers, a posse of hot stars could provide ratings insurance. Certainly, it could profit the surrounding media industry that feeds to the Oscars. "It's a fantastic possibility that George Clooney, Kaira Pitt and Matt Damon, the males within the Ocean's movies, might be round the red-colored-colored carpet together competing for top actor," states Entertainment Tonight executive producer Linda Bell Blue. "And so they all play strong males with backbone, that's what female moviegoers are trying to find.Inch GOLDEN BOYS: Dishy leading males have to wait to obtain the gold Cary Grant: Two nominations before his Honorary Oscar in 1970 Paul Newman: 10 noms, victory for your Colour of cash, an Honorary in 1986 Robert Redford: 1 acting nom, 1 pointing win, then an Honorary in 2002 Warren Beatty: 4 acting noms, 1 pointing win, your Thalberg in 2000 PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Oscars 2012: The Very First Signals Related Subjects Kaira Pitt George Clooney Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Michael Fassbender Moneyball The Descendants Shame Honours Season Preview