Well, it’s that time of year boys and girls. This morning the official list of the 2006 Golden Globe nominees was announced, and although I don’t agree wtih all of them, I can at least say that I’m “ok” with the list. Here is the list of nominees… my pick for the winners will be in red.
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen
BEST ACTOR: DRAMA
Leonardo DiCaprio (For both Blood Diamond and The Departed)
Peter O’Toole “Venus”
Will Smith “The Pursuit Of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker “The Last King of Scotland”
BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA
Penelope Cruz, “Volver”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Sherrybaby”
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”
BEST PICTURE: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“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 ACTOR: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
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 ACTRESS: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening, “Running With Scissors”
Toni Collette, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Beyonce Knowles, “Dreamgirls”
Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”
Renee Zellweger, “Miss Potter”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck, “Hollywoodland”
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Brad Pitt, “Babel”
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”
Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel”
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, “Flags of Our Fathers”
Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Steven Frears, “The Queen”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
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”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Apocalypto,” USA
“Letters from Iwo Jima,” USA/Japan
“The Lives of Others,” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico
“Volver” Spain
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Cars”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House”
So there you have it. Any glaring omissions? Anything on there that certainly doesn’t belong? What are you winners?
