Ms. IVEREM: I think she may have the edge only because of the Golden Globe already, and there is this buzz that's building around her nomination that I don't hear for the other actresses, and maybe my hearing is subjective and - but you know, the thing I love about the nomination is that, you know, she's had a chance to, you know, show who she really is as an actress.

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On the same day, Sienna Miller, an actress who thinks she was a victim of the paper's hyperactive newsgathering, won a court order making her mobile-phone company provide third-party data to help determine whether she is entitled to damages.

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But, while Tautou's unmistakable similarity to Coco Chanel made her an obvious choice for the role, the striking actress says she wasn't interested in doing a "birth to death" biopic of the designer.

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