..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
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness	The world's one surviving superstar
George Clooney - The Good German	Now in the Oscar groove
Forrest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland	Might have peaked too early
Peter O'Toole - Venus	Media coronation might be stopped by pity instead of passion... or not.
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond/The Departed	Could be pushed out by the guy in the thong
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
Nicolas Cage - World Trade Center
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys	Searchlight says "lead"... this week. Not a very smart choice.
Derek Luke - Catch A Fire
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Christian Bale - The Prestige
Jamie Foxx - Dreamgirls
Edward Norton - The Painted Veil

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls	If he works, he wins. Current strategy... stay in the background. Smart
Jack Nicholson - The Departed	Some critics are fighting it... but he's Jack... only question is if he goes lead... could miss if he does
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine	A great vet story
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children	Comeback kid
Brad Pitt - Babel	Really fine work.... but could miss it
Michael Sheen - The Queen	Moving into position
Michael Pena - World Trade Center	Deserving, but too many small names
Steve Carrell - Little Miss Sunshine	Likely makes way for Arkin

Charts from October 12 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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October 19, 2006
- David Poland