Michael Keaton won pretty much every award he was nominated for this year for playing Riggan Thomson in Birdman. He won Best Actor at the Critic's Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globes, Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards along with several others.

He was a shoe in to win the Academy Award.  He didn't. Instead, Eddie Redmayne who played Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything picked up the Oscar.

Michael was so sure - along with everyone else - that he was going to win, he had his acceptance speech in his hand and ready to go. There is a viral video that shows poor Michael tucking the piece of paper back into his suit pocket.

You have to feel pretty bad for the guy. All actors were worthy of the Best Actor award, but for some reason, I was rooting for Michael Keaton. I still think of him as the guy trying to raise those kids in Mr. Mom.  

 

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