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The nominees are out. They say that the Golden Globes are 80% accurate for predicting the Oscars but I question the validity of that. They have twice as many performance awards so the odds of being right are skewed. The Goldren Globes are also chosen by a group of 90 foreign entertainment reporters, dopes like myself, who happen to be based in other countries, so the credibility is minimal.

I like the double nominations for Leo and Clint. I was happy to see "Thank you for Smoking" get some recognition.
And I'm loving that "Borat" is picking up steam. I'll be annoucing my picks for the best and worst of the year just after Christmas. In the meantime, let's mull these over.
Dean

Nominees for the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards announced
Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif.:

MOTION PICTURES:
Picture, Drama: "Babel," "Bobby," "The Departed," "Little
Children," "The Queen"
Actress, Drama: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes
on a Scandal"; Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"; Helen Mirren,
"The Queen"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Actor, 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"
Picture, Musical or Comedy: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America
for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears
Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Thank You for
Smoking"
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening, "Running With
Scissors"; Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Beyonce
Knowles, "Dreamgirls"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada";
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"
Actor, Musical or Comedy: 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"
Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett,
"Notes on a Scandal"; Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada";
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"; Eddie Murphy,
"Dreamgirls"; Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"; Brad Pitt,
"Babel"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Director: Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers"; Clint
Eastwood, "Letters from Iwo Jima"; Steven Frears, "The Queen";
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The
Departed"
Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Todd Field and Tom
Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a
Scandal"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Peter Morgan, "The
Queen"
Foreign Language: "Apocalypto," USA; "Letters from Iwo
Jima," USA/Japan; "The Lives of Others," Germany; "Pan's
Labyrinth," Mexico; "Volver" Spain
Animated Film: "Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House"
Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"; Clint
Mansell, "The Fountain"; Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"; Carlo
Siliotto, "Nomad"; Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"
Original Song: "A Father's Way" from "The Pursuit of
Happyness"; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls"; "Never Gonna Break My
Faith" from "Bobby"; "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy
Feet"; "Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"

TELEVISION
Series, Drama: "24," Fox; "Big Love," HBO; "Grey's
Anatomy," ABC; "Heroes," NBC; "Lost," ABC
Actress, Drama: Patricia Arquette, "Medium"; Edie Falco, "The
Sopranos"; Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"; Ellen Pompeo, "Grey's
Anatomy"; Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Actor, Drama: Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"; Michael C.
Hall, "Dexter"; Hugh Laurie, "House"; Bill Paxton, "Big
Love"; Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
Series, Musical or Comedy: "Desperate Housewives," ABC;
"Entourage," HBO; "The Office," NBC; "Ugly Betty," ABC;
"Weeds," Showtime
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Marcia Cross, "Desperate
Housewives"; America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"; Felicity Huffman,
"Desperate Housewives"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures
of Old Christine"; Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"; Zach Braff,
"Scrubs"; Steve Carrell, "The Office"; Jason Lee, "My Name is
Earl"; Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
Miniseries or movie: "Bleak House," PBS; "Broken Trail,"
AMC; "Elizabeth I," HBO; "Mrs. Harris," HBO; "Prime Suspect:
The Final Act," PBS
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Gillian Anderson, "Bleak House";
Annette Bening, "Mrs. Harris"; Helen Mirren, "Elizabeth I";
Helen Mirren, "Prime Suspect: The Final Act"; Sophie Okonedo,
"Tsunami, The Aftermath"
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Andre Braugher, "Thief"; Robert
Duvall, "Broken Trail"; Michael Ealy, "Sleeper Cell: American
Terror"; Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Tsunami, The Aftermath"; Ben
Kingsley, "Mrs. Harris"; Bill Nighy, "Gideon's Daughter";
Matthew Perry, "The Ron Clark Story"
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Emily Blunt,
"Gideon's Daughter"; Toni Collette, "Tsunami, The Aftermath";
Katherine Heigl, "Grey's Anatomy"; Sarah Paulson, "Studio 60 on
the Sunset Strip"; Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Thomas Haden
Church, "Broken Trail"; Jeremy Irons, "Elizabeth I"; Justin
Kirk, "Weeds"; Masi Oka, "Heroes"; Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"

The awards will be given out on January 15th. Watch for our PRE coverage leading up to it on WGN News.