Golden Globe Nominations are about to come out.  I will update the blog a bit later with them.  Stay tuned.

<font color="red">Edit:</font>  Here we go (my personal comments in parentheses) -

<B>Picture, Drama:</B> "Babel,"(haven't seen it) "Bobby,"(haven't seen it) "The Departed,"(Excellent film, so far my favorite) "Little Children,"(haven't seen it) "The Queen"(haven't seen it)

<B>Actress, Drama:</B> Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"(probably going to win); Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

<B>Actor, Drama:</B> Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"(should win, Leo was really good); Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"(dark horse)

<B>Picture, Musical or Comedy:</B> Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Little Miss Sunshine,"(super good film) "Thank You for Smoking"(saw it in Chicago and enjoyed it)

<B>Actress, Musical or Comedy:</B> Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"; Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"(good choice, but where is the little girl? she rocked); Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"

<B>Actor, Musical or Comedy:</B> 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"(old news); Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You for Smoking"(good choice); Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Kinky Boots"; Will Ferrell, "Stranger than Fiction"(loved this movie, I don't think he has a chance though)

<B>Supporting Actress:</B> Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

<B>Supporting Actor:</B> Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland" (Phantom?); Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"; Brad Pitt, "Babel"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"(I hope he wins)

<B>Director:</B> Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers"; Clint Eastwood, "Letters from Iwo Jima"; Steven Frears, "The Queen"; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

<B>Screenplay:</B> Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

<B>Foreign Language:</B> "Apocalypto," USA(he hates the Jews, not a chance in hell he wins); "Letters from Iwo Jima," USA/Japan; "The Lives of Others," Germany; "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Volver" Spain

<B>Animated Film:</B> "Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House"

<B>Original Score:</B> Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"; Clint Mansell, "The Fountain"; Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"; Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"; Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"

<B>Original Song:</B> "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"
