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

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada	She'll probably fall back next week, but I am getting that Heath Ledger too much/too early thing about the Mirrren win...
Helen Mirren - The Queen	As likely as not to win
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal	How delicious will it be?
Cate Blanchett - The Good German	Word is, she is the homerun hitter on the film
Kate Winslet - Little Children	Lots of good publicity, but the movie is sinking
Penelope Cruz - Volver	The next wave starts tonight at AFI Screening
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors	The movie isn't catching... too strong a year for actresses to walk in just for being great
Maria Bello - World Trade Center
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Naomi Watts - The Painted Veil
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls	What about what I want...
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine	Too good not to vote for
Cate Blanchett - Notes of a Scandal/Babel	Could go either way... but likely to go
Rinko Kikuchi or Adriana Barraza - Babel	2 strong possibilities, but Rinko owns her third of the film... Vantage eventually needs to choose
Sylvia Syms - The Queen	Not even on my list last week... but more than a little intriguing if the film stays strong
Maggie Gyllenhaal - World Trade Center
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children
Vera Farmiga - The Departed
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction

 

Charts from October 26 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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November 2, 2006
- by David Poland