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WHY HIM His Best Actor Oscar for ''Training Day'' proved he could play antiheroes and sealed his place among Hollywood's elite $20 mil-per-pic club; he'll cash his first post-raise paycheck for the Carl Franklin thriller ''Out of Time,'' due next year. Though critically challenged, the HMO drama ''John Q.'' (which grossed a respectable $71 million) was his third straight $20 million-plus bow and his seventh movie to open at No. 1. Directorial debut ''Antwone Fisher,'' a biopic about a troubled naval petty officer in which he also stars, moved audiences to tears and ovations in Toronto, generating Oscar buzz.
Posted Oct 09, 2002
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