Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kuma zabi Mortensen don Kyautar Kwalejin don Mafi Kyawun Actor a 80th Academy Awards, amma ya gaya wa Associated Press: "Idan akwai yajin aiki ba zan tafi ba". <unk> Magana game da yajin aikin Writers Guild of America da ke gudana. A ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2008, Hukumar
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