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Day-Lewis is 8th double Oscar lead actor

With his win tonight, Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the eighth man to win matching best actor Oscar bookends, having won his first in 1989 for "My Left Foot."

He joins:

Spencer Tracy
("Captains Courageous" 1937; "Boys Town" 1938);

Fredric March ("Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" 1932; "The Best Years of Our Lives" 1946);

Gary Cooper ("Sergeant York" 1941; "High Noon" 1952);

Marlon Brando ("On the Waterfront" 1954; "The Godfather" 1972);

Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer v. Kramer" 1979; "Rain Man" 1988);

Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia" 1993; "Forrest Gump" 1994); and

Jack Nicholson ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 1975; "As Good As It Gets" 1997).

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Wow, that's some really amazing company... I have a feeling Denzel will be in there soon enough, probably in the next five years.

so, tom....I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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