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Saturday, December 16, 2006

FYI:

The GOLDEN GLOBES air on Monday, Jan 15th 2007.

The OSCAR nominations are announced Tuesday, Jan 23rd 2007.

The Independent Spirit Awards air Saturday, Feb 24, 2007.

The OSCARS air Sunday, Feb 25, 2007.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Well, it's that time of year again....Awards season!
64TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
BABEL
BOBBY
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
THE QUEEN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
PENELOPE CRUZ — VOLVER
JUDI DENCH — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL — SHERRYBABY
HELEN MIRREN — THE QUEEN
KATE WINSLET — LITTLE CHILDREN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

LEONARDO DICAPRIO — BLOOD DIAMOND
LEONARDO DICAPRIO — THE DEPARTED
PETER O'TOOLE — VENUS
WILL SMITH — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
FOREST WHITAKER — THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ANNETTE BENING — RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
TONI COLLETTE — LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BEYONCE KNOWLES — DREAMGIRLS
MERYL STREEP — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
RENEE ZELLWEGER — MISS POTTER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

SACHA BARON COHEN — BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
JOHNNY DEPP — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
AARON ECKHART — THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR — KINKY BOOTS
WILL FERRELL — STRANGER THAN FICTION
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
APOCALYPTO (USA)
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)
VOLVER (SPAIN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ADRIANA BARRAZA — BABEL
CATE BLANCHETT — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
EMILY BLUNT — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
JENNIFER HUDSON — DREAMGIRLS
RINKO KIKUCHI — BABEL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

BEN AFFLECK — HOLLYWOODLAND
EDDIE MURPHY — DREAMGIRLS
JACK NICHOLSON — THE DEPARTED
BRAD PITT — BABEL
MARK WAHLBERG — THE DEPARTED
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD — FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
CLINT EASTWOOD — LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
STEPHEN FREARS — THE QUEEN
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU — BABEL
MARTIN SCORSESE — THE DEPARTED
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
GUILLERMO ARRIAGA — BABEL
TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA — LITTLE CHILDREN
PATRICK MARBER — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
WILLIAM MONAHAN — THE DEPARTED
PETER MORGAN — THE QUEEN
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — THE PAINTED VEIL
CLINT MANSELL — THE FOUNTAIN
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA — BABEL
CARLO SILIOTTO — NOMAD
HANS ZIMMER — THE DA VINCI CODE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"A FATHER'S WAY" - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESSMusic by: Seal and Christopher BruceLyrics by: Seal
"LISTEN" - DREAMGIRLSMusic & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles
"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" - BOBBYMusic & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
"THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEETMusic & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
"TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" - HOME OF THE BRAVEMusic & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow
London Film Critics
British producer
Paul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, "United 93"
Al Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams, "London to Brighton"
Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel, "The Last King of Scotland"
Rebecca O'Brien, "The Wind that Shakes the Bar-ley"
Graham King, "The Departed"
British newcomer
Andrea Arnold, writer/director, "Red Road"
Paul Andrew Williams, writer/director/producer, "London to Brighton"
Jodie Whittaker, actress, "Venus"
Clare-Hope Ashitey, actress, "Children of Men"
Rebecca Hall, actress, "The Prestige"
British actress in support

Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Emma Thompson, "Stranger than Fiction"
Juliet Stevenson, "Pierrepoint"
Emily Watson, "The Proposition"
Helen McCrory, "The Queen"
British actor in support
Eddie Marsan, "Pierrepoint"
Michael Caine, "The Prestige"
Bill Nighy, "Notes on a Scandal"
Leslie Phillips, "Venus"
Dominic Cooper, "The History Boys"
British actress
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Loraine Stanley, "London to Brighton"
Kate Dickie, "Red Road"
British actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat"
Toby Jones, "Infamous"
Timothy Spall, "Pierrepoint"
James McAvoy, "The Last King of Scot-land"
Christian Bale, "The Prestige"
British director
Andrea Arnold, "Red Road"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Christopher Nolan, "The Prestige"
Kevin Macdonald, "The Last King of Scotland"
Ken Loach, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Actress
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Joan Allen, "The Upside of Anger"
Actor
Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Richard Griffiths, "The History Boys"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Screenwriter
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Dan Futterman, "Capote"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Director
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Pedro Almodovar, "Volver"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Children of Men"
British Film (the Attenborough Award)
"Children of Men"
"The Queen"
"Red Road"
"The Last King of Scotland"
"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Film of the Year
"The Departed"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Volver"
"United 93"
"The Queen"
Toronto Film Critic Noms
BEST PICTURE
"The Departed" (Warner Bros.)
"The Queen" ( Alliance Atlantis)
"United 93" (Universal Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of Americafor Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan "
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland "
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Danny Huston, "The Proposition"
Michael Sheen, "The Queen"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, " Babel "
BEST DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, "L'Enfant"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
BEST SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, " Babel "
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
BEST CANADIAN FILM
"The Journals of Knud Rasmussen" ( Alliance Atlantis)
"Manufactured Landscapes" (Mongrel Media)
"Monkey Warfare" (Odeon Films)"Six Figures" ( Seville Pictures)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
"Brick", directed by Rian Johnson
"Little Miss Sunshine", directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
"Thank You for Smoking", directed by Jason Reitman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Happy Feet" (Warner Bros.)
"Over the Hedge" (DreamWorks/Paramount)
"A Scanner Darkly" (Warner Independent Pictures)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"L'Enfant" (Mongrel Media)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Odeon Films)
"Volver" (Mongrel Media)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Deliver Us from Evil" (Maple Pictures)
"An Inconvenient Truth" ( Paramount Classics)
"Manufactured Landscapes" (Mongrel Media)

Friday, December 01, 2006

Woody Allen is 71 today. I never realized how old he is.
I saw his last movie, Scoop.
All I have to is this:
Scarlett Johansson is SCORCHIN' HOT.