(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Jake La Motta (L) and Actor Robert DeNiro. Oscar hype begins this week with the announcement of the nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globes and the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Luise Rainer became the first actress to receive an Academy Award for her role in the 1936 biopic ‘The Great Ziegfeld,’ playing stage performer Anna Held. Over half of the last ten Oscars for best actor or actress have been for performances in a biopic. The trend continues this year with the nominations for actors Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio for their roles in ‘My Week With Marilyn.’ ‘The Iron Lady,’ ‘A Dangerous Method’ and ‘J Edgar.’ Please refer to the following event on Getty Images Archival for further composite imagery of various actors who have been nominated for a biopic role at www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=135361196&EditorialProduct=Archival
***LEFT IMAGE***1949: American contender for Middleweight title, Jake La Motta, gestures in training to meet Marcel Cerdan, the French middleweight champion at Detroit in 1949. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)***RIGHT IMAGE***LOS ANGELES – MARCH 11: Actor Robert DeNiro attends the premiere of “Showtime” at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Ca. Monday, March 11, 2002. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.