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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Which winner doesn't belong in the '80s?

Oscars

Okay, pop quiz, '80s fans: Which of the Oscar winners for Best Actor from Sunday's night's show doesn't belong on the Stuck in the '80s blog? You wanna say 35-year-old Adrien Brody, don't you?

You'd be wrong. Technically, all of them had film credits in the '80s. Some are just more obvious than others. (I still prefer Brody as "Danny Hemmerling" in 1994's Angels in the Outfield. I'm a sucker for movies with the great Taylor Negron. Lifetime achievement Oscar, please?)

Here are just a few of their film credits from our fave decade.

BEN KINGSLEY: Gandhi (1982) and Without a Clue (1988)

ROBERT DE NIRO: Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1982), The Untouchables (1987)

ADRIEN BRODY: New York Stories (1989)

SEAN PENN: Taps (1981), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

MICHAEL DOUGLAS: The Star Chamber (1983), Romancing the Stone (1984), Wall Street (1987)

ANTHONY HOPKINS: The Bounty (1984), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

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Relive the '80s music, movies and culture with Tampa Bay Times entertainment news editor Steve Spears. A teen during the greatest decade ever, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.

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