Second Oscar crown 'thrills' Daniel
Daniel Day Lewis said he was "thrilled and delighted" by his second Oscar win. "It will keep me ticking over for a while," he said after his win for Best Actor for film There Will Be Blood, before paying tribute to the film's director Paul Thomas Anderson. "My working partnership with Paul is so
mething I will cherish for the rest of my life," he said. "I miss working with him every day but we have to think about the fact that life goes on." The win for Daniel capped a great night for European stars, with American actors going home empty handed. "There were many great performances by Amer
ican actors," he said, referring to the European wins. "So I don't know if it serves any purpose to reflect on that." On hearing his name read out, Daniel embraced George Clooney, who was also nominated in the Best Actor category. "George has been there for me," he explained. "And apart from anyon
e else, he was the nearest nominee and he's just so incredibly generous. I was very proud to be included in that group of actors." Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood NOMINATED ROLE As Daniel Plainview, Daniel Day-Lewis plays a ruthless California oilman who will stop at nothing to achieve weal
th and power. ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY This is the fourth Academy Award nomination for Daniel Day-Lewis. He was previously nominated for: * GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) -- Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role * IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993) -- Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role * MY LEFT FOO
T (1989) -- Winner, Actor in a Leading Role FILM SYNOPSIS In his ruthless pursuit of wealth, misanthropic oilman Daniel Plainview tricks a local farmer into signing away his valuable drilling rights and rejects his own son, H.W., when the boy loses his hearing in an accident. As he becomes increasi
ngly isolated and unstable, Daniel places his trust in a vagrant claiming to be his half-brother, and finds his position unsettled by H.W.'s return and the growing popularity of the farmer's son, now an evangelical preacher.

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