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Doubles – Winner for that Nomination
* - Golden Globe Nom
$ - Guild Nominees (Guilds=PGA, DGA, SAG, WGA, ACE)
+ - Edge
Best Picture
Babel (GGGG, PGA, SAG, DGA, WGA, ACE) – An accident in Turkey with two American tourists leads to an international incident on three continents.
The Departed (GG, PGA, SAG, DGA, WGA, ACE) – Two moles, one a Boston cop posing as mobster, the other a mobster posing as a cop, are put in charge of finding the other.
Letters From Iwo Jima (GG, ACE) – The Japanese side of the Battle of Iwo Jima (as Directed and conceived by Clint Eastwood)
Little Miss Sunshine (GG, PGA, SAG, DGA, WGA, ACE) – A dysfunctional family tries to get behind their youngest member when she is entered in a beauty pageant while on a road trip.
The Queen (GG, PGA, DGA, WGA, ACE) – A fictional account of the week following Princess Di’s death from the points of view of the Royal Family and Tony Blair.
Early analysis shows this to be a dead heat between Babel and Scorsese’s The Departed. Further Analysis pending.
Best Director
Clint Eastwood – Letters From Iwo Jima GG
Stephen Frears – The Queen GG$
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel GG$
Paul Greengrass – United 93
Martin Scoresese – The Departed GGGG$
It could be Scorsese’s year. He is considered to be one of the most influential Directors in Hollywood but has never won this category. This puts him in the same league as Alfred Hitchcock. Although he always seems to get nominated at the same time as Actor / Directors, beware of those that say this is a rematch of 2004’s race (Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby Vs. Scorsese’s The Aviator).
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond GG$
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson $
Peter O’Toole – Venus GG$
Will Smith – Pursuit of Happiness GG$
+Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland GGGG$
Look for Whitaker’s take on Ida Amin to win. Further analysis pending.
Best Actress
Penelope Cruz – Volver GG$
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal GG$
+Helen Mirren – The Queen GGGG$
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada GGGG$
Kate Winslet – Little Children GG$
Look for Mirren’s Queen Elizabeth II to win. Further analysis pending.
Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls GGGG$
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine GG$
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children GG$
Djimon Honsou – Blood Diamond GG$
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed GG
Look for Eddie Murphy’s desperate soul singer, James “Thunder” Early, to take the prize here. Further analysis pending.
Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza – Babel GG$
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal GG$
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls GGGG$
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel GG$
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine $
Look for First time ACTRESS Hudson’s performance as the stubborn Effie White to win. Further analysis pending.
Best Original Screenplay
Babel $
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine $
Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
The Queen GGGG$
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan $ - Sacha Baron Cohen (aka. Borat)
Children of Men – Alfonso Cuaron
The Departed $
Little Children $
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