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  • Where are they now? Justin Henry

    By Yahoo! Movies staff | Yahoo! Movies Oscars Blog – Tue, Feb 19, 2013 3:35 PM EST

    We all know 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis is the youngest-ever best actress Oscar nominee. But what about the youngest nominee of all time? That record is still held by Justin Henry after more than 30 years.

    At the tender age of 8, Henry was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "Kramer vs. Kramer," a tale of divorce starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman.

    "I got into acting relatively accidentally," Henry tells Yahoo!, also admitting that he had no idea at that age the scope of impact the famed awards show had.

    Think you recognize Henry from something else? He also played Samantha's annoying little brother, Mike, in "Sixteen Candles." One of his most memorable lines (said to Molly Ringwald as Sam): "Sofa City, Sweetheart."

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  • Ben Affleck aces his acceptance speeches

    By Thelma Adams | Yahoo! Movies Oscars Blog – Tue, Feb 19, 2013 3:19 PM EST

    Photo: WireImage

    There are an endless parade of awards shows that lead up to the Academy Awards. Often the frontrunner -- who might win every or nearly time -- winds up giving the same speech over and over again. So by the time the big night rolls around, a speech might seem to get a little stale.

    So what can we expect Ben Affleck to say when he ascends the podium late on Sunday night to pick up his Best Picture Oscar? The “Argo” director, producer and star has been building toward this moment since his first acceptance speech at the Critcs' Choice Awards and, while occasionally he stumbles into the pit of extreme humility where Anne Hathaway wallows, Affleck generally sets the right tone between aw-shucks and boo-rah.

    The key to Affleck’s unflagging performance on the podium is that, as in “Argo,” he knows his audience and how to balance serious material and laughs rooted in human frailty. It doesn’t hurt that when he takes the stage on Oscar night, he is connected to almost every audience he stands

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  • Michael Douglas (Jim Spellman/WireImage); Jamie Foxx (Jim Spellman/WireImage); John Travolta (JB Lacroix/WireImage); Liam Neeson (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

    The Academy Awards are Hollywood's night to show off to the world, and as they've been doing for the past few weeks, the show's producers have rounded up several more A-list stars to hand out trophies when the Oscars are broadcast live Sunday night.

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