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BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Jamie Foxx - Ray (GG/C-M)	The most sure nomination, but will people tire of the frontrunner?
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby (GG/D)	Growling, barking, heart-grabbing
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator (GG/D)	Some think he does too much intensity, but it is his most mature performance
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside (GG/D)	How can the most powerful performance of the year be left behind?
Kevin Spacey - Beyond The Sea (GG/C-M)	He does it all and charms pants off everywhere
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Drama) 2 of 4 likely
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland	He's so well liked.... but bland performance
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda	Respect more than love?
Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries	Seems sure to suffer from crowding and two films
Liam Neeson - Kinsey	What do all five of my projected noms have in common? Emotional connectivity
Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon	To come from behind you have to show up
John Travolta - A Love Song For Bobby Long	He'll be out there working... but needs Globes to even start to push Oscar
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Comedy/Musical) 3 of 5 likely
Paul Giamati - Sideways	Should really be an Oscar lock, but hard to read
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind	Globers forced to pick between two performances... must get one with such a small crowd, but Oscar looking rough
Gerard Butler - The Phantom Of The Opera	Should have unmasked enough support
Jim Carrey - Lemony Snicket's a Series Of Unfortunate Events	The bigger hit, but perhaps too family for foreign press
Adam Sandler - Spanglish	They saw the film on Monday... not likely
And...
Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman	A fine performance, but like the movie, not going anywhere
Jeff Bridges - The Door In The Floor	A shame, but a summer flop
Jim Caviezel - The Passion Of The Christ	Could be the surprise that bites prognosticators on the buttocks
Tom Cruise - Collateral	Too busy working to beg
Mark Ruffalo - We Don't Live Here Anymore	Still waiting for the big breakout

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways	Will any group fail to honor him?
Clive Owen - Closer	He is the Renee Zellweger of Closer
Patrick Wilson - The Phantom Of The Opera	Some love him, some find him boring, but expect to see him
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey	A big performance by a guy who deserves some love
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby	Can you go home again after Dreamcatcher?
Potential Alt Golden Globers
Rodrigo De La Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries	Would help if he could charm in English
Alan Alda - The Aviator	A glorified cameo
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland	Can you love a boy too much?
And...
William Sadler - Kinsey
Liev Schreiber - The Manchurian Candidate
Mark Wahlberg - I Heart Huckabees

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
November 25, 2004
November 18, 2004 | November 11, 2004 | November 4 , 2004 | October 28, 2004
October 21, 2004 | October 14, 2004 | September 22, 2004 | August 4, 2004

December 2 , 2004

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