Golden Globes Announced

And the nominees are: (The PR guy’s predictions are in bold)

Best drama: “Babel,” “Bobby,” “The Departed,” “Little Children” and “The Queen.”

Best comedy or musical: “Borat,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Dreamgirls,” “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Thank You for Smoking.”

Best actor in a drama: Leonardo DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond” and “The Departed“), Peter O’Toole (“Venus”), Will Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness”) and Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”).

Best actress in a drama: Penelope Cruz (“Volver”), Judi Dench (“Notes on a Scandal”), Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Sherry Baby”), Helen Mirren (“The Queen”) and Kate Winslet (“Little Children”).

Best actor in a comedy or musical: Sasha Baron Cohen (“Borat”), Johnny Depp (“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”), Aaron Eckhart (“Thank You for Smoking”), Chiwetel Ejiofor (“Kinky Boots”) and Will Ferrell (“Stranger Than Fiction”).

Best actress in a comedy or musical: Annette Bening (“Running with Scissors’), Toni Collette (“Little Miss Sunshine”), Beyonce Knowles (“Dreamgirls”), Meryl Streep (“The Devil Wears Prada”) and Renee Zellweger (“Miss Potter”).

Best director: Clint Eastwood (“Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima”), Stephen Frears (“The Queen”), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Babel”) and Martin Scorsess (“The Departed”).

Best supporting actor: Ben Affleck (“Hollywoodland”), Eddie Murphy (“Dreamgirls”), Jack Nicholson (“The Departed”), Brad Pitt (“Babel”) and Mark Wahlberg (“The Departed”).

Best supporting actress: Adriana Barraza (“Babel”), Cate Blanchett (“Notes on a Scandal”), Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”), Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”) and Kikuchi Rinko (“Babel”). (no prediction)

Best screenplay: “Babel,” “Little Children,” “Notes on a Scandal,” “The Departed” and “The Queen.”

The award ceremony is set for January 15. Not too many surprises are present, and it looks like Scorsese won’t have Francis Ford Coppola to worry about this year, as “The Good Shepperd” is set for the 2007 awards, of which it should take several. To explain a few of my thoughts, Wahlberg had a breakthrough performance in “The Departed,” and I think he added a lot to the movie, making him worthy of a nod. Scorsese’s time has come and he will take home directing awards this year. Leo will take best actor in one of his two nominations for the category. He’s had a good year.

What to look for in 2007? Keep your eyes on Matt Damon in “Shepperd.” Damon was overlooked in “The Departed” but that’s only because they can’t nominate everyone that starred in that movie. Vera Farmiga did deserve a supporting actress nomination, however, as not only was this her best movie performance, but it was also a damn good job of portraying the psychologist that sleeps with her patients.

Borat will get recognition that may surprise some, but its unbelievable box office success will propel both it, and its leading man, Sasha Baron Cohen to awards. It was a great year for comedies. “Pirates,” “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Smoking” could easily take any of the awards in the comedy/musical category.

John Guilfoil, writer of PRrag, is the Editor-in-Chief of Blast Magazine and a Boston Globe Correspondent.

In Entertainment, Film/Theater, News on December 14, 2006 at 08:20

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