Golden Globe Predictions

Yes, this is a music blog, but sometimes, especially during awards season, I like to write about movies too. The Golden Globe nominees come out tomorrow. Here's my predictions for who will be nominated:

Best Picture (Drama)

1. Babel
2. The Departed
3. Flags of Our Fathers
4. The Queen
5. United 93

(other possibles: Little Children, Notes on a Scandal, and Blood Diamond)

Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)

1. Borat
2. The Devil Wears Prada
3. Dreamgirls
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Stranger Than Fiction

(others: Thank You For Smoking, A Prarie Home Companion, and For Your Consideration)

Best Picture (Foreign Language)

1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. The Lives of Others
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Volver
5. Water

Best Actor (Drama)

1. Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
2. Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
3. Will Smith, Pursuit of Happyness
4. Ken Watanabe, Letters From Iwo Jima
5. Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland

Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)

1. Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
2. Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking
3. Will Ferrell, Stranger Than Fiction
4. Jamie Foxx, Dreamgirls
5. Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine

Best Actress (Drama)

1. Penelope Cruz, Volver
2. Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
3. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
4. Helen Mirren, The Queen
5. Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best Actress (Comedy/Musical)

1. Annette Bening, Running With Scissors
2. Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
3. Beyonce Knowles, Dreamgirls
4. Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
5. Renee Zellweger, Miss Potter

Best Supporting Actor

1. Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
2. Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
3. Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
4. Jack Nicholson, The Departed
5. Michael Sheen, The Queen

(Other: Adam Beach, Flags of Our Fathers)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Adriana Barraza, Babel
2. Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
3. Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
4. Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
5. Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration

Best Director

1. Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
2. Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima (or Flags of Our Fathers or both)
3. Stephen Frears, The Queen
4. Paul Greengrass, United 93
5. Martin Scorsese, The Departed

(others: Pedro Almodovar, Volver and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel)