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

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Dame Helen Mirren - The Queen	Hers to lose.
Kate Winslet - Little Children	Her career best... now someone has to be told
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada	Great, great work... she has already gotten the award of revival as an opener
Dame Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal	Supposed to be sensational... more so than the film
Penelope Cruz - Volver	She sneaks in if Bening falls off
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors	3rd act money performance... but will Academy members get to that part of the DVD?
Maria Bello - World Trade Center	As the movie goes...
Cate Blanchette - The Good German	Could leap into serious contention
Naomi Watts - The Painted Veil	If the role is right...
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls	The lead overshadowed
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter	Dubious, but can't rule out John Carrabino

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls	Hers to lose.
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine	Lots of people who will be rooting for her... upset that Super Freak can't get a song nod
Cate Blanchette - Babel	She's Cate Frickin' Blanchett acting while peeing! Of course she gets a nod for that! Right?
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children	The actor's actor's choice of a surprise nom
Maggie Gyllenhaal - World Trade Center	She'll heat up from Stranger Than Fiction too
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel	A real shot... terrific performance... but does labial exposure turn voters away?
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson	Would be great to see her and Breslin go head-to-head. A very, very strong performance
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction	Fine small turn from a long beloved of The Academy

 

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

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October 12, 2006
- by David Poland