..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	Comedian does drama
George Clooney - The Good German	Oscar's favorite!
Forrest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland	Should be in supporting
Peter O'Toole - Venus	I have my doubts, but the attention is heated
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed	Looking stronger daily
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat	If the movie is perceived as underpeforming, he not only falls, but he's off the list... and if it succeeds, it becomes a We Shall Overcome phenom and he moves into Top 5 (where he belongs)
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson	Still the performance that I have experienced the most passionate reactions about this year (even if I am personally not a huge fan of the film itself) Almost unimagineable for ThinkFilm to pull it off, but they're going to try...
Nicolas Cage - World Trade Center	The big machine...
Jamie Foxx - Dreamgirls	... rolls along
Derek Luke - Catch A Fire	Really nice performance
Edward Norton - The Painted Veil	Haven't seen it, but a great actor

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls	Tough to beat
Jack Nicholson - The Departed	Brilliant performance, though smart critics thought it went too far... belongs in this category
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine	Needs more heat, but should get there
Brad Pitt - Babel	Really belongs in lead, but a real likelihood here
Michael Sheen - The Queen	Weakness of Little Children at this point and focus on Sheen by Miramax puts him in for now
Michael Pena - World Trade Center	Great guy... keep working him and he can take a slot most people don't see coming
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children	Movie is flailing commerically... dangerous
Steve Carrell - Little Miss Sunshine	The other guy... bigger name than Arkin, but Arkin gets the actors' heart vote

Charts from October 19 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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October 26, 2006
- David Poland