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 NEW YORK (AP) - Out of the expansive, talented ensemble cast of Paul Haggis' "Crash," the Academy has yanked Matt Dillon, the rock-jawed former teen heartthrob.
Dillon's turn as a ferociously racist cop landed the 41-year-old actor his first Oscar nomination, and at the March 5 Oscar gala the statuette will go to either him, George Clooney ("Syriana"), Paul Giamatti ("Cinderella Man"), Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain") or William Hurt ("A History of Violence").
Nominated for six Oscars including best picture, "Crash" details the impact of racism on colliding characters in Los Angeles. Though the cast includes Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard and Sandra Bullock, Dillon's menacing but humanistic police officer has been singled out more than any other.
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