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So the Golden Globe noms were announced this morning and you can check them over on the web’s best Oscar coverage site, Oscarwatch.com.

I will now proceed to make snide commentary and tell you who’s probably going on to an Oscar nomination:

Picture, Drama:
“Babel”
“Bobby” - Bobby gets a nomination but not United 93. FAIL.
“The Departed” - This is all but cemented in the final five.
“Little Children” - This won’t get a Best Picture nod but I’m glad it continues to get attention. It really is a solid little flick.
“The Queen” - This seems to keep sneaking on to lists. I wish I had caught it since it seems to keep popping up this season.

Actress, Drama:
Penelope Cruz, “Volver”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal” - Sure Nomination.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Sherrybaby”
Helen Mirren, “The Queen” - Sure Nomination, and probably a sure victory.
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”

Actor, Drama:
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Departed” - You know, I like Leo too, but you decided to waste a nomination on nominating him twice when you could have thrown Matt Damon a nod for The Departed? Or what about Hugh Jackman for The Fountain? Well, the Fountain is fucked. It’s this year’s best neglected picture.
Peter O’Toole, “Venus”
Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Picture, Musical or Comedy:
“Borat”
“The Devil Wears Prada” - This is what happens when good comedies are hard to find.
“Dreamgirls” - Welcome to the Oscars.
“Little Miss Sunshine” - Welcome to the Oscars.
“Thank You for Smoking”

Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening, “Running With Scissors” - Really?
Toni Collette, “Little Miss Sunshine” - Really?
Beyonce Knowles, “Dreamgirls” - Really?
Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada” - You win by virtue of being Meryl Streep.
Renee Zellweger, “Miss Potter”

Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat” - The question remains: will he attend the Oscars as Cohen or as Borat?
Johnny Depp, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” - Cute but why not throw Jamie Foxx a nod for Dreamgirls instead?
Aaron Eckhart, “Thank You for Smoking” - The more Eckhart love the better.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Kinky Boots” - I actually haven’t seen this film, but the guy is a tremendous actor so the more attention he receives, the better.
Will Ferrell, “Stranger than Fiction” - If Jim Carrey can win this award twice, then Ferrell has a definite shot at taking the globe, which will be nice because he’s not going to get nominated for an Oscar.

Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”
Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal” - See you at the Oscars.
Emily Blunt, “The Devil Wears Prada” - Probably will see you at the Oscars.
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls” - See you winning the Oscar.
Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel”

Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck, “Hollywoodland” - I like Affleck too, but you can’t nominated Little Children for Best Picture and then not acknowledge its groundbreaking performance of James Earle Haley.
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls” - Oscar nod.
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed” - Oscar nod.
Brad Pitt, “Babel” - Maybe an Oscar nod.
Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed” - Nice nomination and I’m not pissed about not nominating Baldwin since he got attention for his work on 30 Rock.

Director:
Clint Eastwood, “Flags of Our Fathers”
Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima” - Hey, I like Eastwood too, but this doubling-up shit has got to go, especially since Flags of Our Fathers is supposed to be weak sauce anyway. Why not show some love to Bill Condon (Dreamgirls), Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) or Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain)? [rhetorical question; I know why not]
Steven Frears, “The Queen”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel” - Boy, I wish I could be nominated for an award for making the same film three times! Why not nominate Takashi Shimizu for making The Grudge 800 times?
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed” - Please let it be his year. Give the man a fucking Oscar already. He certainly deserves it for this film.

Screenplay: - You know, for all the dividing they do in the major categories, I wonder why they don’t do adapted and original like the Oscars.
Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”
Patrick Marber, “Notes on a Scandal”
William Monahan, “The Departed”
Peter Morgan, “The Queen”

Foreign Language:
“Apocalypto,” USA - You’re shitting me, right?
“Letters from Iwo Jima,” USA/Japan - You’re shitting me, RIGHT? This is the Hollywood FOREIGN Press. How the hell did two American films made my two American directors get on the list? Catch some foreign films for fuck’s sake!
“The Lives of Others,” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico
“Volver” Spain

Animated Film:
“Cars”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House” - Oh please. And why only three films? Why not make it interesting and throw Over the Hedge and Flushed Away on there? Dreamworks Animation is not happy this morning.

Original Score:
Alexandre Desplat, “The Painted Veil”
Clint Mansell, “The Fountain” - YES. YES. YES.
Gustavo Santaolalla, “Babel”
Carlo Siliotto, “Nomad”
Hans Zimmer, “The Da Vinci Code”

Original Song:
“A Father’s Way” from “The Pursuit of Happyness”
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” from “Bobby”
“The Song of the Heart” from “Happy Feet”
“Try Not to Remember” from “Home of the Brave”

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And now, the far less important television nominations!

“24″ - Fuck you.
“Big Love”
“Grey’s Anatomy” - Fuck you too.
“Heroes” - Gimme a fucking break. I like it too but this year we have Dexter. I know Heroes is popular, but it ain’t that good yet.
“Lost”

ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Patricia Arquette - “Medium”
Edie Falco - “The Sopranos”
Evangeline Lily - “Lost” - I love Kate too, but really?
Ellen Pompeo - “Grey’s Anatomy”
Kyra Sedgwick - “The Closer”

ACTOR (DRAMA)
Patrick Dempsey - “Grey’s Anatomy”
Michael C. Hall - “Dexter” - YES. YES. YES.
Hugh Laurie - “House” - Globes get what Emmy don’t.
Bill Paxton - “Big Love”
Keifer Sutherland - “24″

MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Desperate Housewives” - In the year since the last GG, nothing Housewives has done has merited this nomination.
“Entourage” - I like this show too but last season (or half-season, whatever you want to call it) was shite.
“The Office”
“Ugly Betty” - Right on!
“Weeds”

ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Marica Cross - “Desperate Housewives”
America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty” - Right on again!
Felicity Huffman - “Desperate Housewives”
Julia Louise Dreyfuss - “The New Adventures of Old Christine”
Mary Louise Parker - “Weeds”

ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock” - Any Alec Baldwin love is good love in my book.
Zach Braff - “Scrubs”
Steve Carrell - “The Office”
Brandon Lee - “My Name is Earl” - Wow, that’s pretty impressive considering he’s not on the show and has been dead since 1993 [these noms were copied and pasted straight from Variety.com this morning]
Tony Shaloub - “Monk”

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Miniseries/TV movie noms have got to go; and here, they’re gone.
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt - “Gideon’s Daughter”
Toni Colette - “Tsunami”
Katherine Heigl - “Grey’s Anatomy”
Sarah Paulson - “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” - No. No on so many levels.
Elizabeth Perkins - “Weeds”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church - “Broken Trail”
Jeremy Irons - “Elizabeth I”
Justin Kirk - “Weeds”
Masi Oka - “Heroes” - You go, Hiro!
Jeremy Piven - “Entourage”

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So that’s my awards masturbation for today. And now I’m late for work!

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