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

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Golden Globes	Comment
Helen Mirren - The Queen	D	With Hudson out of the way, she is a clear frontrunner... but too long in front is trouble... a threat would help lock her in more tightly
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada	C/M	Could be the threat
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal	D	Could be the threat
Kate Winslet - Little Children	D	Needs to be handled better... could win if she was
Penelope Cruz - Volver	C/M	Vulnerable
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls	C/M	Slightly behind Cruz... a tough get
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors	C/M
Cate Blanchett - The Good German
Maria Bello - World Trade Center
Naomi Watts - The Painted Veil	D
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine	SA	Supporting Actress at The Globes?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Golden Globes	Comment
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls	SA	Winner.
Cate Blanchett - Notes of a Scandal	D	They like this film more than Babel, even though it is not half as serious. (Globes putting her in lead, for some odd reason.)
Adriana Barraza - Babel	-SA	More and more the one they'll go with
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine	C/M	Wacky HFPA Puts Her In Lead...She'll still be supporting at Academy time
Sylvia Syms - The Queen	SA	She hasn't been available here yet, but after the success of Michael Sheen in L.A., who knows?
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel	SA	Looking like her last hurrah, as Academy voters identify with the older woman
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children		Critics groups are needed
Maggie Gyllenhaal - World Trade Center
Vera Farmiga - The Departed
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Mary Beth Hurt - The Dead Girl
Brittany Murphy - The Dead Girl

 

Charts from November 16 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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November 30, 2006
- by David Poland