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