Road to the Oscars: Two Best Actor nominees are from Delaware Valley

the countdown to the Oscars is on and today we're looking at the five contenders for best actor this is shaping up to be a big year for Philadelphia we start with over Brooks Coleman Domingo we are committed to altering the trajectory of this country towards Freedom that's what's on the line nothing less this is the Temple University Al's first Oscar nomination for his role in Rustin in it he plays Westchester born civil rights leader byard Rustin with this nod Domingo makes history as the first afro Latino to be nominated for best actor he's also only the second openly gay man to earn a nomination for playing a gay character I'm such a proud black man of you know so many different descents in many ways and I I know I'm representing so many people and to be seen by my community this way means the world know they really see especially for the role that I'm portraying for by Rustin I think that amplifying me is also amplifying him now Domingo is up against jenin Town's Bradley Cooper this is Cooper's fourth time being nominated for best actor among countless other nominations along the way well this best actor not is for his role as composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro he's also a director and producer on the film which is nominated for best picture and also for best original screenplay he co-wrote the script with ambler's Josh singer Paul jimat is also up for best actor this is his second Oscar nomination this time for his role in the holdovers this is a first nomination for Jeffrey Wright for his role in American fiction if you haven't seen this one it's getting so much buzz and a really a great role for Jeffrey Wright it's also a first nod for Killian Murphy for his title role in Oppenheimer after his win at the Golden Globes bafta and Screen Actors Guild Awards experts say Murphy is now the favorite to win the Oscar but of course anything can happen so we just have to watch now we're also learning about one of the performances on tap Ryan Gosling will take the Oscar stage to perform I'm just Ken from Barbie oh that song is a banger we love it this comes after months of specul isn't it good it's like really like anywhere else I'd be girl we love it the track from the Blockbuster movie up for best original song Gosling nominated for best supporting actor for his role as Ken Barbie really coming in with some big nominations s he can dance he can act he can stand there and just look gorgeous the Oscars Sunday March 10th you can watch the ceremony live right here on 6abc starting at 7