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

BEST ACTRESS
	Actress - Film	HFPA	Comment
1	Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line	M/C	Hard to beat
2	Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents	M/C	A perfect role for her... but Witherspoon's role is more rangey
3	Charlize Theron - North Country	D	Soft year... great actor
4	Zhang Ziyi - Memoirs of a Geisha	D	Not the big performance, but as the film solidifies, so does he position
5	Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World	D	Malick's new discovery?
6	Felicity Huffman - Transamerica	D	Just inches away from perfection
7	Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof	D	Closer than she should be
8	Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger	M/C	Could be pushed into a nod
9	Keira Knightly - Pride & Prejudice	M/C	Proud to have a Globe nod, Academy often prejudiced against mediocre movies
10	Claire Danes - Shopgirl		Disney believes... should be enough for The Globes with a terrific actress like Danes
11	Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone	M/C	Faded. Great performance. Bad sales job

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
	Actress - Film		Comment
1	Uma Thurman - The Producers	GG	Just feels like her year
2	Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain	GG	A great, small performance that should be recognized
3	Michelle Yeoh - Memoirs of a Geisha	GG	Rising with the flow
4	Diane Keaton - The Family Stone	GG	Once promising, now just another supporting run
5	Scarlett Johnasson - Match Point	GG	She looks great and adult here
6	Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes		Can she overcome on charm alone?
7	Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener		A great near-lead on a film that needs stoking
8	Lynn Cohen - Munich		If he turn as Golda Meir is big enough could move up fast.
9	Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha		The other geisha in geisha
10	Maria Bello - A History Of Violence		Shoulda, coulda... this work will be remembered for a long time
11	Amy Adams - Junebug		Really wonderful, but really ISP

 

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November 10, 2005
- by David Poland