Predictions: Golden Globe Style - Just to break it down a bit...

[Big Magilla]

You may be on to something. The Globes often pick someone to announce who has a good shot at being nominated.

[Bog]

I was about to say things might be looking up for Ashley Judd since she is announcing the Globe noms, but then I thought that maybe I'm wrong, does the nomination presenter at the Globes have a correlation with actually being nominated?

Maybe I was thinking of a different set of awards

[Sabin]

Can we confirm if 'Once' is eligible for Best Song.

[anonymous1980]

My FINAL Globe predictions!

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Atonement
Into the Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
The Savages
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
James McAvoy, Atonement

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Halle Berry, Things We Lost in the Fire
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley, Atonement

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Seth Rogen, Knocked Up

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Sacha Baron Cohen, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST DIRECTOR FOR A MOTION PICTURE
Joe Wright, Atonement
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A MOTION PICTURE
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Diablo Cody, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A MOTION PICTURE
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Paul Cantelon, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE
"Come So Far (Got So Far To Go)", Hairspray
"Falling Slowly", Once
"Guaranteed", Into the Wild
"Lyra", The Golden Compass
"That's How You Know", Enchanted

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, France
The Kite Runner, USA & Afghanistan
La Vie En Rose, France
Lust, Caution, Taiwan
The Orphanage, Spain

[dylanfan23]

Even though she played the title character...tamblyns was a supporting performance i thought...not that that sort of thing matters these days in where she would actually be put...but she was good, as was swinton. But its not a film that stayed with me at all.

[OscarGuy]

Anonymous, they DID change the rule, but the change came too close to the deadline, so it doesn't take effect until next year.

[Big Magilla]

I updated my predictions again. Most notably I dropped Cate in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and replaced her with Amber Tamblyn who plays the title role in Stephanie Daley in light of the Satellite nominations. Tamblyn, not Tilda Swinton, has been winning festival awards for her performance in this film. Her chances are slim, but since he Globes love to flaunt their disagreements with the Satellites, this gives them that opportunity.

[anonymous1980]

Is 'The Kite Runner' eligible for Best Dramatic Picture? Or only Best Foreign-Language Film?

Globes have a rule that foreign films must only compete in the Best Foreign Language Film category and are not eligible for any other Best Picture categories.

I'm kinda surprised The Kite Runner is in Foreign. Didn't the HFPA change the rules that U.S. produced foreign language films (a la Letters from Iwo Jima) will no longer be eligible for Foreign Film?



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[Sabin]

Is 'The Kite Runner' eligible for Best Dramatic Picture? Or only Best Foreign-Language Film?

[Big Magilla]

I know, but Cate has a harder working publiscist than Halle and Jodie.

[dylanfan23]

I don't think they will nominate cate in the lead....that film was such a dissappoint and painfully bad i can't see that happening(maybe its just hope)....i know there aren't many choices which is why you put her there...but i think it'll be a shocker there...maybe jodie foster....maybe sienna miller....maybe halle berry....god this catorgory is a fraction of what it was a year ago...too bad.

[Big Magilla]

You really don't think hanks will sneak in best actor now that the film is in the comedy department? as well as hoffman for supporting...i don't know, i haven't seen it but it seems like a film the hfpa loves to eat up.

I meant to make the change for Hanks as lead actor. I suppose it's possible that Seymour will get two nods from them, but I can't bring myself to make that prediciton. It's bad enough I'm predicitng two nods for Blanchett now.

[atomicage]

Dylan, it's funny you should mention that. I was just looking at that, and now I'm a little nervous... this means Depp has some noticable competition now. (Before anyone says something in response, I really didn't think any of the men we are predicting against him should a chance save Hoffman for Savages.)

Also, I've always predicted Hoffman for Supporting in Charlie Wilson's War. I really don't know why; I guess if somebody asked me, I'd have to reply honestly: "just cuz."

[dylanfan23]

You really don't think hanks will sneak in best actor now that the film is in the comedy department? as well as hoffman for supporting...i don't know, i haven't seen it but it seems like a film the hfpa loves to eat up.

[Big Magilla]

Predicitons revised to coincide with the HFPA's category placements.