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

PictureX Director
xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress
xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Forrest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland	In this slot by default. Really a supporting performance. Vulnerable.
Peter O'Toole - Venus	He's a bit sad in a role that should be a joy, but perhaps they want to fete him
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness	A serious role playing a great real-life characters
George Clooney - The Good German	Last year's Oscar winner
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond/The Departed	The Departed has a kind of heat and Leo may be ready to step up as an Academy fave
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat	A genous perfomance, but requires a real wave of phenomenology
Nicolas Cage - World Trade Center	If the movie gets strong again...
Derek Luke - Catch A Fire	Nice performance, but can this film get him there?
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson	Incredibly charasmatic, but very Indie Spirit
Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn/The Prestige	Strong in The Prestige, spectacular in Rescue Dawn... will enough Academy mmebers see either?
Jamie Foxx - Dreamgirls	He's the lead, he's got an Oscar, big movie
Edward Norton - The Painted Veil	Perhaps..

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls	If he does the lifting, he wins the heavy gold
Jack Nicholson - The Departed	They are talking about running him as a lead.... but that would be stupid. Does he really want to be embarrassed by Borat geting in and him missing?
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine	Great adult comeback story... great role... joy to watch any clip with him in it
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children	The big comeback story of the year... needs to the movie to stay strong to get here
Brad Pitt - Babel	How can a movie star who gives a strong perforrmance not get a supporting nod with so little star power to choose from?
Michael Pena - World Trade Center	Terrific performance could move up if the movie does
Michael Sheen - The Queen	Great, great, great performance... but easy to misjudge and a foreigner
Steve Carrell - Little Miss Sunshine	2 from the same film? Tough one
Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn	Really terrific... but will the movie get into play?
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys	Fading as they push him into supporting. It's his film. No guts, no glory.

Charts from August 11 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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October 12, 2006
- David Poland