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BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio xxx(italics = little seen)	Comment
This Week's Frontrunners (in order of likelihood)
The Phantom Of The Opera - WB (GG/C-M)	It fits The Academy like a mask
The Aviator - Miramax (GG/D)	First screenings result in good, but not overwhelming buzz
Ray - Universal (GG/C-M)	The box office is making it look stronger
Sideways - Fox Searchlight (GG/C-M)	The critics' love child
I Wish I Knew...	Let the battle of the "small" films begin!
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Comedy/Musical) 2 of 5 likely
Beyond The Sea - Lions Gate	A Globe lock, but look for the Academy to stick to Spacey
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Focus	Turns out that Focus thinks this drama is a comedy... funny.
The Incredibles - Disney	Incredible, but still a cartoon
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Paramount	Family movie... uphill fight... when will it be ready for mass consumption?
Meet The Fockers - Universal	Only Globes... they love big names with big noses
Spanglish - Columbia	You never know with Brooks
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Drama) 3 of 8 likely
Finding Neverland - Miramax	The likely NBR "winner"
Kinsey - Fox Searchlight	Can HFPA see how it relates to European sex?
The Sea Inside - New Line	Hard strong the embrace?
Closer - Columbia	Will the HFPA be titilated?
Hotel Rwanda - MGM	Many love it...
A Love Song For Bobby Long - Lions Gate	Looking like actors only
The Motorcycle Diaries - Focus Features	Get those engines revving!
Vera Drake - New Line	Could spread, could just be Imelda
And...
Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros	When we see it...
Other Possibles - By Studio
Disney
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
DreamWorks
Collateral
Shrek 2
Focus
The Door In The Floor
Fox Searchlight
I Heart Huckabee's
Lions Gate
Fahrenheit 9/11
Stage Beauty
MGM
De-Lovely
New Line
The Notebook
Newmarket
The Passion Of The Christ
Paramount
Alfie
The Manchurian Candidate
Team America: World Police
Sony
Spider-Man 2
Sony Pictures Classics
Being Julia
Bad Education
House Of Flying Daggers
Twentieth Century Fox
None
Universal
Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason
In Good Company
Warner Bros
Alexander
The Polar Express
Warner Indie
We Don't Live Here Anymore
A Very Long Engagement

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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