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The supporting actor race finds several multiple nominees in the running alongside an icon among Latino entertainment figures looking for his first-ever nod.

Anne Thompson declares, “The favorite is [Andrew] Garfield, who plays tricky billionaire Sam Altman in ‘Artificial.’ It is a winning, if not positive, portrayal.”

“Past winner Sam Rockwell is also a lock,” says Dave Karger, “while veteran John Leguizamo is angling for his first nomination. And the always-reliable Edward Norton would increase his tally to five.”

Glenn Whipp says front-runner Paul Giamatti has been “so good for so long,” it seems as if he has won before, though he hasn’t. But “the way he brings to life the demanding, bighearted theater director in ‘The Debut’ will give him another shot.” As Robert Daniels says, his turn is “made memorable for the actor’s moments of tenacity, anguish and vulnerability. It’s Giamatti giving a classic Giamatti performance.”

1. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
2. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
3. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
4. Andrew Garfield, “Artificial”
5. Edward Norton, “The Invite”
6. John Goodman, “Digger”

RogerEbert.com

Robert Daniels

1. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
2. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
3. Andrew Garfield, “Artificial”
4. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
5. Edward Norton, “The Invite”

“Paul Giamatti got extremely close to winning best actor for ‘The Holdovers.’ His role as a theater director in ‘The Debut,’ isn’t the showstopping kind, but it is made memorable for the actor’s moments of tenacity, anguish and vulnerability. It’s Giamatti giving a classic Giamatti performance.”

Turner Classic Movies

Dave Karger

1. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
2. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
3. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
4. Andrew Garfield, “Artificial”
5. Edward Norton, “The Invite”

“Could this finally be Paul Giamatti’s year? He will definitely earn his third career nomination for going toe-to-toe with Julianne Moore in ‘The Debut.’ Past winner Sam Rockwell is also a lock, while veteran John Leguizamo is angling for his first nomination. And the always-reliable Edward Norton would increase his tally to five.”

Los Angeles Times

Amy Nicholson

1. John Goodman, “Digger”
2. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
3. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
4. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
5. Reggie Absolom, “Club Kid”

“Dismal box office aside, there’s a lot of passion for ‘Digger’ burbling up from the internet. I wouldn’t count it out yet, and John Goodman’s ferocious president goes toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise in every scene.”

IndieWire

Anne Thompson

1. Andrew Garfield, “Artificial”
2. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
3. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
4. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
5. Edward Norton, “The Invite”

“The favorite is Garfield, who plays tricky billionaire Sam Altman in ‘Artificial.’ It is a winning, if not positive, portrayal. His challengers are strong: Leguizamo in ‘The Odyssey,’ which has coattails, Giamatti in ‘The Debut,’ Rockwell, who won for Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards,’ and four-time nominee Norton in ‘The Invite.’ ”

Tribune News Service

Katie Walsh

1. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
2. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
3. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
4. Edward Norton, “The Invite”
5. Andrew Garfield, “Artificial”

“Giamatti and Rockwell (a previous winner) are reliable standbys, and they’re terrific in ‘The Debut’ and ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ respectively. I would love to see John Leguizamo (‘The Odyssey’) and Andrew Garfield (‘Artificial’) recognized, but to win, it’s a coin toss between Giamatti and Rockwell for me right now.”

Los Angeles Times

Glenn Whipp

1. Paul Giamatti, “The Debut”
2. John Leguizamo, “The Odyssey”
3. Sam Rockwell, “Wild Horse Nine”
4. Edward Norton, “The Invite”
5. Guitarricadelafuente, “La Bola Negra”

“Paul Giamatti has been so good for so long in so many great movies that you assume he must have won an Oscar for one of them. Nope. But the way he brings to life the demanding, big-hearted theater director in ‘The Debut’ will give him another shot.”

A father who shot dead a gunman at his two daughters’ school in the US state of Oregon has described “hearing children pleading for their lives” and his anguish over those he could not save.

Three students and a teacher were killed by a 16-year-old former student at Silver Rail Elementary School earlier this month. The attacker was then killed by parent Kaylub Giamanco.

“I want to apologise for not saving their babies,” Giamanco, who has been hailed as a hero, said of his thoughts for the parents of the children killed in an interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) that aired on Friday.

“The gratitude for saving people’s children is awesome, but there were ones that I didn’t save.”

Giamanco, 36, said he wanted to meet the victims’ families and “cry with them and hold them”.

He credited a teacher who fought the attacker with giving him the chance to intervene without losing his own life.

“I would love to give her a hug because that’s a real true hero,” he said.

The students who were killed were all boys, aged five, eight and 11. They were among six people in total who were shot in a classroom at the school, police said. Alongside the teacher who was also killed, another child and a teacher were wounded.

Giamanco told OPB the day of the attack began with breakfast and packed lunches. He and his wife spent extra time getting their daughters ready because it was school picture day.

The carpenter had taken lunch to work but decided to go home to eat with his wife instead. That decision brought him past the school as the attack began.

He initially wondered whether someone carrying a long gun was playing a prank. Then he saw him fire at a pickup truck and head towards the school.

Giamanco retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and called emergency services.

“I said, ‘I’m sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die,'” he told the broadcaster.

He followed the attacker, who shot through the school’s locked glass doors. Hearing children pleading for their lives and more gunfire, Giamanco crawled towards the building.

“I told myself this is probably the last thing that I’m ever going to do,” he said.