By Sandy Cohen
The Associated Press
For your consideration: A pedophile serial killer with a creepy dollhouse hobby, a murderous Nazi who delights in tormenting Jews, and a hateful mother who abuses her daughter and granddaughter.
Hollywood loves a bad boy and so does Oscar, with academy voters nominating several roles this year that are less than cordial, if not downright crazy.
There’s Christoph Waltz for his chilling performance as smooth-talking, Jew-hunting Nazi Col. Hans Landa in “Inglourious Basterds”; Stanley Tucci for his scary, blue-eyed turn as pedophile George Harvey in “The Lovely Bones”; and Mo’Nique for her role as Mary Jones, the abusive mother in “Precious.”