Brody, who portrayed Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman in "The Pianist, " the true story of a musician in a Warsaw ripped apart by World War II and the Holocaust, beat competition including Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Caine and Nicolas Cage.

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The movie was much-maligned when it opened in 1980, partly because Popeye's guttural mutterings were hard to understand (as they were meant to be), but mainly because the screwy characters and their antic behavior bore no resemblance to such comic-book competition as "Superman II, " which opened the same year.

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Also competing were two examples of the 12-meter class that dominated the America's Cup competition in the decades after World War II and an entire fleet of 6-meters--aristocratic racing machines that have been the favorites of such yachtsmen as the kings of Spain, Denmark and Norway.

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The structure of the competition will see the three regional leagues hosting StarCraft II competitions over a period of several weeks.

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Since eSports is truly a global phenomenon, Blizzard has partnered with Twitch to broadcast all competition worldwide on its online platform in 720p HD through a unified StarCraft II destination.

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The timing of the Lumia launch will however put Nokia in direct competition with a host of popular smartphones such as the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy Note II.

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