Golden Globe Nominations

The actual nominees for the Golden Globe Awards. My predictions are underneath the actual ones. Actual ones- bold

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

BABEL
Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De Zeta Film/Central Film Production; Paramount Pictures/Paramount Vantage

BOBBY
Bold Films; The Weinstein Company

THE DEPARTED
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

LITTLE CHILDREN
New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema

THE QUEEN
A Granada Production; Miramax Films

I did not see Bobby coming at all. Just goes to show you what ensemble films can accomplish. I am very glad to see Babel and Little Children and The Queen and The Departed were expected. I got 4/5 predicting United 93 in favour of Bobby.

Best Motion Picture- Drama

Babel
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen
United 93

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
One America; Twentieth Century Fox

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox

DREAMGIRLS
DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/Content Film; Fox Searchlight Pictures

I thought that the HFPA would nominated A Prairie Home Companion in honour of Mr. Altman. I guess I was wrong. Otherwise I got 4/5 predicting Companion in favour of Thank You For Smoking.

Best Motion Picture- Musical/Comedy

Borat
Dreamgirls
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

CLINT EASTWOOD LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

STEPHEN FREARS THE QUEEN

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ
IÑÁRRITU BABEL

MARTIN SCORSESE THE DEPARTED

It sucks that Clint Eastwood got 2 director noms. 1 for LoIJ would have been good enough for me. BUT 2! no fair. I got 2/5 here (ouch)predicting Pedro Almodovar for Volver, Bill Condon for Dreamgirls and Paul Greengrass for United 93 over the 2 Eastwood and Frears. Happy Inarritu is in here as well as Mr. Scorsese who should win.

Best Director

Pedro Almodovar- Volver
Bill Condon- Dreamgirls
Paul Greengrass- United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu- Babel
Martin Scorsese- The Departed

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


The same beef that I have with the Eastwood noms. I would have been perfectly fine with Leo being nominated for The Departed. But no, no, no. Blood Diamond just had to be put in there. I got 4/5 predicting Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson in favour of Leo's Blood Diamond performance.

Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio- The Departed
Ryan Gosling- Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole- Venus
Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker- The Last King of Scotland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

PENÉLOPE CRUZ VOLVER

JUDI DENCH NOTES ON A SCANDAL

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL SHERRYBABY

HELEN MIRREN THE QUEEN

KATE WINSLET LITTLE CHILDREN

Being the smart person I am, I correctly predicted 5/5 here. Woohoo! All of these people deserve to be nominated here. One of the best nominee groups

Best Lead 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 – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. SACHA BARON COHEN BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE
BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

b. JOHNNY DEPP PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

c. AARON ECKHART THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

d. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR KINKY BOOTS

e. WILL FERRELL STRANGER THAN FICTION

Who the hell saw Chiwetel Ejiofor coming in for Kinky Boots? I thought everyone forgot about that. Oh well. I got 4/5 here predicting Jamie Foxx for Dreamgirls in favour of Ejiofor. Ferrell, Eckhart and Cohen definitely deserve to be here. Im iffy on Depp, because I think he did a wayyy better job with this character in the first one.

Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical/Comedy

Sasha Baron Cohen- Borat
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Aaron Eckhart- Thank You For Smoking
Will Ferrell- Stranger Than Fiction
Jamie Foxx- Dreamgirls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. ANNETTE BENING RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

b. TONI COLLETTE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

c. BEYONCÉ KNOWLES DREAMGIRLS

d. MERYL STREEP THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

e. RENEE ZELLWEGER MISS POTTER


Where the hell is A-B-I-G-A-I-L B-R-E-S-L-I-N???????????? No offense to Collette, but Breslin gave the better performance!!! I got 4/5 (obviously) predicting Breslin in favour of Toni Collette. The rest of them were expected to be here. No matter what anyone says...Beyonce and Renee DESERVE TO BE HERE. It looks like they both give good performances in their movies.

Best Lead Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical/Comedy

Annette Bening- Running with Scissors
Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles- Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada
Renee Zellweger- Miss Potter

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

The Departed craziness begins. I got 4/5 here predicting Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine instead of Mr. Wahlberg for The Departed. Good choices all around and happy to see Affleck even though Hollywoodland faded. I should get around to watching it.

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Ben Affleck- Hollywoodland
Alan Arkin- Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy- Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson- The Departed
Brad Pitt- Babel

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


My FAVOURITE nominee group here. Even though I got 4/5 predicting Maggie Gyllenhaal for World Trade Center in favour of Emily Blunt for The Devil Wears Prada, im still so happy that Blunt got in. These are all deserving to be here because they all give (from what I've seen) Excellent performances. Blanchett, Hudson, Barraza and Kikuchi were all (happily) expected here.

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Adriana Barraza- Babel
Cate Blanchett- Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal- World Trade Center
Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi- Babel