1. Here’s Nicole Kidman, after winning the Oscar for Best Actress In A Leading Role for The Hours.
2. Here’s Daniel Day-Lewis, when he was up for Best Actor In A Leading Role for Gangs of New York.
Here’s Daniel in a more recent pic:
3. Here’s Queen Latifah, when she was up for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Chicago.
Here’s Queen Latifah now:
4. Here’s Julianne Moore, when she was nominated for Best Actress In A Leading Role for Far from Heaven.
5. Here’s John C. Reilly, when he was nominated for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for Chicago.
6. Here’s Salma Hayek, when she was nominated for Best Actress In A Leading Role for Frida.
7. Here’s Michael Caine, when he was nominated for Best Actor In A Leading Role for The Quiet American.
8. Here’s Renée Zellweger, when she was up for Best Actress In A Leading Role for Chicago.
9. Here’s Eminem that same year he won the Best Original Song Oscar for “Lose Yourself.”
10. Here’s Diane Lane, when she was nominated for Best Actress In A Leading Role for Unfaithful.
11. Here’s Ed Harris, when he was up for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for The Hours.
12. Here’s Catherine Zeta-Jones, when she won the Oscar for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Chicago.
13. Here’s Adrien Brody, after winning Best Actor In A Leading Role for The Pianist.
14. Here’s Kathy Bates, when she was nominated for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for About Schmidt.
15. This was Chris Cooper, when he won Best Actor In A Supporting Role for Adaptation.
16. Here’s Christopher Walken, when he was nominated for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for Catch Me If You Can.
17. Here’s Meryl Streep, when she was up for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Adaptation.
18. And finally, here’s Martin Scorsese, when he’d received the Best Directing Oscar for Gangs of New York.
And then, here he is now:
