..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby (GG/D - BFCA)	Yes... and the strategy of showing her on-screen beauty without overglamming makes sense
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake (GG/D - BFCA)	She should get a pass, but needs to come to L.A. and ask for it or she'll be forgotten
Annette Bening - Being Julia (GG/C-M - BFCA)	Still hovering, but looking more and more like a tip of the hat
Golden Globe/BFCA Possibles
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (GG/C-M - BFCA)	They should be hip to this brilliant turn... sorry, Jim, it's different for girls... and Brits
Scarlet Johansson - A Love Song For Bobby Long (GG/D)	A thank you for last year's films combined with a performance that stretches?
Catalina Sandrino Moreno - Maria Full Of Grace (BFCA)	She is coming on fast... keep showing up at parties
Emmy Rossum - Phantom Of The Opera (GG/C-M - BFCA Young Actress)	Could go down with the ship... not pushing her singing nearly hard enough
Golden Globe/BFCA Unlikelies
Nicole Kidman - Birth (GG/D)	Fine performance... tough movie... terrible hair
Ashley Judd - De-Lovely (GG/C-M)	If only she had a scene with her lover in the film....
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill, V2 (GG/D - BFCA)	Didn't happen the first time... did something change?
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones 2 (GG/C-M)	From Ado Annie to Nancy in Oliver!
Way Outside Shots
Julia Roberts - Closer
Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore
Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
Laura Linney - P.S.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Virginia Madsen - Sideways (GG/BFCA)	Stocking up on ball gowns
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator (GG/BFCA)	Happy that she might finally make it... but not one of her great performances
Natalie Portman - Closer (GG/BFCA)	Really deserves it... came of age this year
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland (GG/BFCA)	One of her least important performances
Laura Linney - Kinsey (BFCA)	A very strong performance by one of our best
Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate (GG)	Can the power of her stardom overcome no campaign?
Potential Alternatives
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda	An up-n-comer... maybe not her year...
Minnie Driver - Phantom of the Opera	Charmingly over the top.... could be a surprise
Cloris Leachman - Spanglish	Nice turn... movie died...

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
December 23, 2004
December 16, 2004 | December 9, 2004 | December 2, 2004 | 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 30, 2004

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