Gary Dretzka
Leonard Klady
Emanuel Levy
David Poland
Douglas Pratt
Ray Pride

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BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake (GG/D)	Find another heavyweight dramatic performance by a woman in a mainstream film this year... seriously...
Annette Bening - Being Julia (GG/C-M)	Can't get too casual about it...
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (GG/D)	She is so good here and she is so well loved by The Academy
Scarlet Johansson - A Love Song For Bobby Long (GG/D)	She was twice shafted last year and this is her most emotive work
Emmy Rossum - Phantom Of The Opera (GG/C-M)	If the movie becomes the movie, she become the Oscar "It" Girl
Potential Alt Golden Globers (drama)
Julia Roberts - Closer	How can we do a show without Julia?
Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore	WiP is going to have to rev those engines a lot louder to get this done
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby	One week of poking around in the dark with no real information is all she gets
Potential Alt Golden Globers (comedy/musical)
Natalie Portman - Garden State	She's so good...
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason	There's room for an old friend
Julie Delpy - Before Sunset	There is an ongoing freely expressed buzz around town... quiet, but maybe loud enough
Laura Linney - P.S.	She could go either way or both ways
Tea Leoni - Spanglish	How will the movie play?
Kim Basinger - The Door In The Floor
Claine Danes - Stage Beauty
Catalina Sandrino Morengo - Maria Full Of Grace
Audrey Tautou - A Very Long Engagement

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Natalie Portman - Closer	No one who has seen the film seems to doubt a nomination is forthcoming
Virginia Madsen - Sideways	Great intimate performance
Cloris Leachman - Spanglish	The comedic scene stealer of year
Lynn Redgrave - Kinsey	She is beloved and even in a tiny role, everyone seems to mention her name afterwards
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate	She's Streep
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Potential Alt Golden Globers
Laura Linney - Kinsey	She should get Oscar nominated, but there is some hard work to come to get past her acting doppelganger, Streep
Barbra Streisand - Meet The Fockers	Will she sing the HFPA love theme?
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda	Rising star... great as a hooker in Dirty Prety Things last year... great as a mother and wife here
Paz Vega - Spanglish	She could be the great surprise of the year... or not
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator	Why doesn't she get as many nods as she deserves?
Regina King - Ray	If the movie catches fire...
Lauren Bacall - Birth	The movie won't help, but she is working her rear off for the film
Gena Rowlands - The Notebook	Too far to walk... if she really wants it, maybe

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
October 14, 2004
September 22, 2004
August 4, 2004

October 21 , 2004

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