CHEADLE TIPS FOXX TO WIN OSCAR

ACADEMY AWARD contender DON CHEADLE has tipped fellow nominee JAMIE FOXX to take home the Best Actor statuette.

HOTEL RWANDA star Cheadle is certain the RAY actor will beat him, JOHNNY DEPP, CLINT EASTWOOD and LEONARDO DiCAPRIO at Sunday's (27FEB05) OSCAR ceremony in Los Angeles.

Of the first thing going through his head should his name be called out, Cheadle jokes, "Jamie's (Foxx) fist - which I don't think I'm going to have to worry about because they're going to say his name."