Smooth Operators

One of these things is not like the others

What do all five Best Actor in a Leading Role nominees have in common?

Give up?

They were all here.

Who wasn't?

Paul Giamatti.

Guess he should've spent less time hosting SNL and more time telethoning*.


*I know that neither the telethon nor Giamatti's SNL appearance had any actual impact on the Academy Award nominations, as ballots were due the afternoon of the telethon's broadcast and a week before Giamatti's hosting duties. But still...