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Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor Oscar for Django Unchained | Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor Oscar for Django Unchained |
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Christoph Waltz picked up his second best supporting actor Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, winning the prize for his silken turn in Django Unchained. | Christoph Waltz picked up his second best supporting actor Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, winning the prize for his silken turn in Django Unchained. |
Quentin Tarantino's self-styled "slavery western" cast the Austrian-born actor as a soft-spoken bounty hunter in the American south. "Like slavery, it's a cash for flesh business," he explains at one point. | Quentin Tarantino's self-styled "slavery western" cast the Austrian-born actor as a soft-spoken bounty hunter in the American south. "Like slavery, it's a cash for flesh business," he explains at one point. |
Waltz was the marginal favourite heading into the night, having already won at both the Golden Globes and Baftas. | Waltz was the marginal favourite heading into the night, having already won at both the Golden Globes and Baftas. |
He won his previous Oscar for playing a smirking Nazi in Tarantino's 2009 war thriller Inglourious Basterds. The American film-maker is clearly Waltz's lucky charm. | He won his previous Oscar for playing a smirking Nazi in Tarantino's 2009 war thriller Inglourious Basterds. The American film-maker is clearly Waltz's lucky charm. |
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