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A fuller obit: AP NEW YORK – Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," "A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mutiny," died Friday of natural causes. He was 92. Johnson di...

AP NEW YORK – A close friend says Van Johnson, Hollywood star of the movies' golden age, has died. Family friend Wendy Bleiweiss says Johnson died Friday at an assisted living center in Nyack. He was 92. Johnson was known for his boy-next-door wholesomeness and was a major heartthrob in the 1940s. ...

An excellent choice. It's clear they are going with someone who will add class to the presentation instead of another comic who won't increase the size of the audience anyway.

And Sabin - please go to tnd best by the best thread and add your second round choice. Thanks.

Sabin, you need to stop just looking in the current Oscar threads and post your second round choice so we can on with this.

There are two things that are charactistic of the Globes. One, as has been discussed to death, is that they tend go for the big names. This may be to draw the bigest names to their show, as we cynically like to think, or it may be because they are simply star-struck. Then again, it may be a combina...

Barry, you get a second pick in round 2 on the first go-round.

Sabin and ruedeboy and that's it for this year - Hustler has already jumped ahead with his 2nd round pick.

I haven't seen anything on whether or not SAG considers Winslet lead or support in The Reader.

My gut tells me Downey will be nominated instead of Shannon, but I wanted to be a "little" different.

MALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Sean Penn, Milk Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Melissa Leo, Frozen River Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Lo...

Mamma Mia! - 7/10 Silly but infectious. Better than it has any right to be considering it has no real plot and is fueled by songs that mostly sound alike although they are put over with gusto by an energized cast, most of whom, Pierce Brosnan excepted, really can sing and dance. The easy on the eye...

Eric wrote:
Big Magilla wrote:You all know, of course, that the version of The Rules of the Game released in 1950 was a heavily cut version and that the complete film as we now have it wasn't released until 1959?

Nice, maybe it can make the best picture lineup twice!

Sorry, the 1950 version is the only one eligible.

This one's for Eric:

Best Supporting Actor - Doug McKeon, On Golden Pond

Rolo, unfortunately the Golden Globes are taken seriously by Hollywood. There have been pockets of time when they were laughed out of town, but they always manage to come back, largely due to their star whoring. The trick is to be able to distinguish between what are truly Golden Globe trend-setter...

Group 2 - as it was part-adapted from an Alfred de Musset book, I'll replace Father of the Bride with Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir and Carl Koch). Nevertheless the de Musset book is uncredited so it fits he "Story and Screenplay" category, not the "Screenplay" category. I've e...

OscarGuy wrote:With 15 players, the first turn through, everyone gets two, separate-category picks in Group 2.

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