Golden Globe noms
HE's first reaction to the Golden Globes Best Picture nominations in the Drama category: Bobby? Say it again: Bobby? The HFPA didn't need to persuade anyone that their motives and criteria are suspect from time to time, but they've sure as hell done it again. A tip of the hat to Harvey Weinstein for his usual backstage persuasions.
It's well and good that nominations have also gone to Babel, The Departed, Little Children (the efforts of Russell Schwartz notwithstanding) and The Queen, and no surprise at all that the Hollywood Foreign Press ignored United 93 and the groundbreaking Children of Men...but of course. Likeliest winner(s) at this stage: The Queen, Babel, The Departed (in that order).
Babel, which had been seen as a fader over the last two or three weeks, is now back in the shit with seven GG nominations. That is, if you think that the Golden Globe nominations are in some way influential. Congrats to director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, nominated costars Rinko Kikuchi , Adriana Barraza and Brad Pitt, and of course the Paramount Vantage team.
The Best Picture noms in the Musical or Comedy category are Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Little Miss Sunshine and Thank You for Smoking. Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Dreamgirls, Borat.
Nominating Leonardo DiCaprio for both Blood Diamond and The Departed means, as it does with the BFCA noms, a possible cancel-out factor. The other three contenders in this category -- Peter O'Toole (Venus), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) -- were programmed into the communal consciousness weeks ago. Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: DiCaprio.
It's good to see that an org has finally gotten behind The Lives of Others, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language film along with Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima, Pan's Labyrinth and Volver. Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: The Lives of Others.
Clint Eastwood snagged two Best Director noms (for Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima) along with Stephen Frears (The Queen), Inarritu (Babel) and The Departed (Martin Scorsese). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Eastwood or Scorsese.
Best Actor, Musical/Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest....sure thing!), Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking), Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction....forget it!), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Kinky Boots...rounding out the pack). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Cohen.
Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza (Babel), Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal), Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada...good call), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Rinko Kikuchi, (Babel). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Hudson.
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland, Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls ), Jack Nicholson (
Best 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). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: A toss-up. Queer Omission: Michael Arndt's screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine.
Best Actress, Drama: Penelope Cruz (Volver), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby...good for her), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Kate Winslet (Little Children). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Mirren or Cruz.
Best Actress, Comedy or Musical: Annette Bening (Running with Scissors), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Beyonce Knowles (Dreamgirls), Meryl Streep (Devil Wears Prada), Renee Zellweger (Miss Potter...go, Harvey!). Likeliest Winner(s) at This Stage: Streep.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 14, 2006 at 5:46 AM
comment #1
JD
says ...
"Queer Omission" is far worse than the Hollywood Reporter's "Closet Screenwriter" headline. Is this supposed to be an homage or something? Incomprehensible Brad Pitt nomination notwithstanding (did he do anything in that movie?), I still don't see that this gives Babel a more realistic shot at any Oscars. The general tide still seems to be in Dreamgirls' favour, it just happens to be in different categories than Babel. That said, I hope The Departed wins everything.
Posted by JD
at December 14, 2006 7:17 AM
comment #2
insidah
says ...
I liked Bobby and I especially liked the fact that it was relatively low key...I'd take it any day over the histrionics of a BABEL.
Posted by insidah
at December 14, 2006 7:29 AM
comment #3
p.Vice
says ...
Is nobody perplexed as to how Eastwood got TWO directing nominations but neither film made the best picture roster... but meanwhile BOBBY and LITTLE CHILDREN, two tank jobs, managed to make the cut?
Yet another reason this is all just bullshit to begin with.
Posted by p.Vice
at December 14, 2006 7:40 AM
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christian
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gee, the organization that gave pia zadora an award might be suspect in its taste? whoda thunk...
Posted by christian
at December 14, 2006 7:40 AM
comment #5
MichaelC
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No celebrities in United 93 = No nomination.
Posted by MichaelC
at December 14, 2006 7:49 AM
comment #6
KeithNYC
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Of course United 93 didn't get nominated. "Anti-Americanism" is the new "Anti-Semitism" in Europe. Morons.
Posted by KeithNYC
at December 14, 2006 8:11 AM
comment #7
FNG
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Hi, p.Vice
Flags of Our Fathers wasn't a strong enough contender to get a Best Picture nomination. Letters From Iwo Jima on the other hand, the likeliest nominee out of the Eastwood two, wasn't even eligible according to HFPA guidelines. So it was reverted to the Foreign Language category as was Gibson's Apocalypto. "The films are ineligible to be nominated in the best drama category, which is reserved for English-only fare" (USA TODAY, 12/14/06).
Posted by FNG
at December 14, 2006 8:17 AM
comment #8
Mike K
says ...
Bobby, in.
United 93, out.
Bobby.
United 93.
...
What a bunch of fucking retards.
Posted by Mike K
at December 14, 2006 8:29 AM
comment #9
MichaelC
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If it had been Russel Crowe saying "Let's Roll." in United 93 they would have been all over that film.
Posted by MichaelC
at December 14, 2006 9:01 AM
comment #10
Jay T.
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I hate the possible cancel-out factor when someone gets nominated twice. I think it's fair to say that if one actor attracts the most votes, they should win even if it's spread over two movies. A simple solution would be to give it to the nominee with the most votes, and then give them the award for whichever movie got them more of the votes. So let's say DiCaprio gets a bunch of votes for The Departed and a good number for Blood Diamond, he should win the award for The Departed with the other votes helping out. Just a thought...
Posted by Jay T.
at December 14, 2006 9:21 AM
comment #11
dre
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Beyonce over Jennifer Hudson...haha, HFP, you're so cute
Posted by dre
at December 14, 2006 9:26 AM
comment #12
Larry
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The Golden Globes are, and have always been, a complete joke. We should just ignore them.
Posted by Larry
at December 14, 2006 9:27 AM
comment #13
dre
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They're not a complete joke, they're like 89% joke, that's all :)
just put our recap up if anyone's interested.
http://ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=4882
Posted by dre
at December 14, 2006 11:07 AM
comment #14
Joshua Mooney
says ...
Well writes: "The HFPA didn't need to persuade anyone that their motives and criteria are suspect from time to time, but they've sure as hell done it again."
I would only quibble with "from time to time," unless what Jeff really means is "moment by moment."
So why should we even take note of this insanity? Oh-- because the HFPA have somehow become THE Oscar prognosticators. Could someone explain again how that happened? I still don't get it.
Pia Zadora IS the Globes. And vice-versa.
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at December 14, 2006 11:12 AM
comment #15
Hallick
says ...
Out of left field, but it pleased me: Chiwetel Ejiofor got nominated for Kinky Boots (wh-wha-whaaaa?) and HBO's Tsunami. Poor man once again got his name butchered during the announcement.
Pyrrhic Victory: Thank You For Smoking's best comedy and best comedic actor noms.
Funkiest Nomination - Carlo Siliotto's score for Nomad. Has anyone ever heard of this movie? If you google Siliotto and "Nomad", the first result is a site with this:
THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS and ASCAP
Present a special screening of The Weinstein Company’s NOMAD
Aha! Mystery solved.
Posted by Hallick
at December 14, 2006 11:47 AM
comment #16
austin111
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The Golden Globes are and always have been "fun". Although, of late, they've gotten away from the Pia Zadora factor meaning that they aren't quite as much fun as they used to be. Now we have to take them more "seriously". Still it's just a group of schlubs throwing out their choices and opinions, biased and flawed and influenced by all sorts of things (hey, smells like AMPAS to me).
Posted by austin111
at December 14, 2006 6:45 PM