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

BEST ACTRESS
Rk	LW	Actress - Film	HFPA	Comment
1	1	Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line	M/C	Would help if she didn't miss so many appointments because she's "sick"
2	2	Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents	M/C	Dangerous lady
3	4	Felicity Huffman - Transamerica	D	Rising as a slightly more passionate choice
4	3	Charlize Theron - North Country	D	The veteran, second time out
5	5	Keira Knightly - Pride & Prejudice	M/C	Marginal... could be pushed
6	-	Naomi Watts - King Kong	D	She's no monkey, but she does a great Chaplin
7	8	Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World		The new girl in town... emphasis on "girl"
8	6	Claire Danes - Shopgirl		Never got to 500 screens
9	7	Zhang Ziyi - Memoirs of a Geisha	D	She wants an award that is hers!!! But not looking likely this year
10	9	Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof		Hanging around
11	10	Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger	D	No capaigning makes for a rough campaign
-	11	Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone	M/C	Wonderful performance, but not big show ready as lead this year
-	-	Toni Collette - In Her Shoes	M/C	Not too many comedy choices out there

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rk	LW	Actress - Film		Comment
1	1	Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain		Great small performance
2	2	Diane Keaton - The Family Stone	GG	Great performance, living legend
3	5	Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener	GG	Lead performance, excellent, terrific non-campaigning campaigner
4	3	Uma Thurman - The Producers	GG	Big, brassy, surprising performance in what has become a tough, though not deep category
5	4	Scarlett Johnasson - Match Point	GG	Fighting off Gong Li for the last slot... will depend on how much Geisha suppport there is because there will be Match Point support
6	6	Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha	GG	Dragon lady falling behind
8	8	Maria Bello - A History Of Violence		Strong lead role, but not being talked about much
9	9	Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes		Still an outside shot
-	10	Michelle Yeoh - Memoirs of a Geisha		Gone with the reviews
-	7	Lynn Cohen - Munich		Too small a role
-	11	Amy Adams - Junebug		Would be nice, but just not room for this small a film

 

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December 8, 2005
- David Poland