The Weigh in 81

With the announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, award season is in full swing. These nominations are considered good indicators of some of the names and films that are expected to pop up around Oscar time. The Golden Globes is unique from the Oscars in the sense that it also acknowledges television shows in its ceremony, neglecting the technical awards. So, for your perusal and a chance to add these films to your Netflix queue, Tivo, or to check them out at your local Blockbuster before you start hearing more about them from your co-workers in February, here it is; the list of Golden Globe nominations for 2007:

(source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association website)

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 HAPPYNESS
Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics by: Seal
"LISTEN" - DREAMGIRLS
Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles
"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" - BOBBY
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
"THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEET
Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
"TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" - HOME OF THE BRAVE
Music & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
24 (FOX)
BIG LOVE (HBO)
GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
HEROES (NBC)
LOST (ABC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
PATRICIA ARQUETTE — MEDIUM
EDIE FALCO — THE SOPRANOS
EVANGELINE LILLY — LOST
ELLEN POMPEO — GREY'S ANATOMY
KYRA SEDGWICK — THE CLOSER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
PATRICK DEMPSEY — GREY'S ANATOMY
MICHAEL C. HALL — DEXTER
HUGH LAURIE — HOUSE
BILL PAXTON — BIG LOVE
KIEFER SUTHERLAND — 24

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
ENTOURAGE (HBO)
THE OFFICE (NBC)
UGLY BETTY (ABC)
WEEDS (SHOWTIME)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL
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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
ALEC BALDWIN — 30 ROCK
ZACH BRAFF — SCRUBS
STEVE CARELL — THE OFFICE
JASON LEE — MY NAME IS EARL
TONY SHALHOUB — MONK

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BLEAK HOUSE (PBS)
BROKEN TRAIL (AMC)
ELIZABETH I (HBO)
MRS. HARRIS (HBO)
PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT (PBS)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
GILLIAN ANDERSON — BLEAK HOUSE
ANNETTE BENING — MRS. HARRIS
HELEN MIRREN — ELIZABETH I
HELEN MIRREN — PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT
SOPHIE OKONEDO — TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
THOMAS HADEN CHURCH — BROKEN TRAIL
JEREMY IRONS — ELIZABETH I
JUSTIN KIRK — WEEDS
MASI OKA — HEROES
JEREMY PIVEN — ENTOURAGE

The Golden Globes will be televised Monday, January 15th.


Next week in my world:

Next week the best of 2006 special will round out the end of the year and then most of the crew will be rotating articles through the month of January. I’ll be back at the beginning of February at which time the Oscar nominations will have been announced and I’ll spend that month taking an in depth look at some of the biggest categories. Until then..

Enjoy our best of 2006 and January rotation. I’ll see you back here before you know it.


All the news that is fit to forget (real news, not so real commentary):

Although it always gives me a chuckle to joke about some of the “celebrity news” that comes out of Hollywood every week, there isn’t much going on this week, and coincidentally I will be abandoning my little post here for a while so I wanted to put together a quick list of stuff to keep an eye out for while I am gone.

The new Shield Season
24 Season
The second half of Lost
The first Transformers trailer
The Oceans 13 trailer (with Al Pacino???)
The second half of the Battlestar Gallactica season
The Superbowl (at least one cool movie trailer)
Pan’s Labyrinth
Smoking Aces
Idiocracy on DVD
 

This weekend at your local multiplex (12/20 and 12/22/2006)

(12/20)
Rocky Balboa: Drama
Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton, James Frances Kelly III, Antonio Tarver
Plot: The sixth film in the Rocky series, Rocky decides to get back into the ring to fight small regional fights and when a virtual match suggests he could beat the reigning champion, Mason “The Line” Dixon, he has to decide whether fighting again at that level is worth the possible damage to his health.
Buzz: Come on man. It is another Rocky movie. Who doesn’t love Rocky Balboa?

The Good Shepherd: Drama
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, John Turturro, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin
Plot: The story of the yearly years of the CIA told through the eyes of one of its members.
Buzz: Directed by Robert DeNiro and the movie is picking up a lot of Oscar buzz. This may be one to check out.

(12/22)
Night at the Museum: Comedy
Ben Stiller Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Kim Raver, Robin Williams
Plot: Down on his luck and looking for a better life, Ben Stiller gets a job as a night watchman during the graveyard shift at a museum. When the artifacts start coming to life he has to figure out to stop them and save the museum.
Buzz: Ben Stiller as Ben Stiller in a comedy about museum artifacts. Slap a funny mustache and give him a bad accent and I am there. Sadly this movie has neither.

We Are Marshall: Drama
Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackey, January Jones
Plot: The story of the death of most of the Marshall University football team and the efforts of some of the townsfolk to revive it.
Buzz: (see review)


This week on DVD (12/19/2006)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Lady in the Water
A Scanner Darkly
Invincible
All the King’s Men
Jet Li’s Fearless
Little Miss Sunshine
The Wicker Man
Step Up
The Simpsons (season 9)
ER (season 6)
American Pie: Naked Mile
Charlie Chan Adventures
Married With Children (season 6)
National Lampoon’s: Pledge This
Police Story
Hogan’s Heroes (season 5)
When the Levee’s Broke
The Celestine Prophecy
 

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