  Way back in 0000, Fox Searchlight jumped into Oscar action with Toronto pickup "The Wrestler;" it yielded two 0000 Oscar acting nominations for Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Similarly, having lost "Birth of a Nation" as a viable candidate, Searchlight picked up "Jackie" at Tiff 0000 and landed three nominations including Natalie Portman for Best Actress. Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren't meant to be rush jobs. However, it sometimes pays to be opportunistic and the 0000 race looks like one of those years.  Eager to prove itself, rising indie Neon plunked down $0 million for North American rights to "I, Tonya" (December 0), even though Margot Robbie and Allison Janney will go up against intense competition in the two Actress categories.  Way back in 0000, Fox Searchlight jumped into Oscar action with Toronto pickup "The Wrestler;" it yielded two 0000 Oscar acting nominations for Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Similarly, having lost "Birth of a Nation" as a viable candidate, Searchlight picked up "Jackie" at Tiff 0000 and landed three nominations including Natalie Portman for Best Actress. Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren't meant to be rush jobs. However, it sometimes pays to be opportunistic and the 0000 race looks like one of those years.  Eager to prove itself, rising indie Neon plunked down $0 million for North American rights to "I, Tonya" (December 0), even though Margot Robbie and Allison Janney will go up against intense competition in the two Actress categories.  