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

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Helen Mirren - The Queen (GG)	Lock fatigue is the only danger
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (GG/C)	The most influential filmed performance of the year by any actress
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal (GG)	As always....
Kate Winslet - Little Children (GG)	Could she stun The Queen? (It would stun everyone!)
Penelope Cruz - Volver (GG)	Stil hanging on
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls (GG/M)	Would be smart to shift to supporting for Oscar along with J-Hud.
Globuals
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors (GG/M)
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter (GG/C)
Toni Collette - Litle Miss Sunshine (GG/C)
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby (GG)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film	Comment
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (GG)	This time... J-Hud... is gonna... wiiiin
Cate Blanchett - Notes of a Scandal (GG)	When her name is announced, wait for the affiliation... could be Babel
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine	Searchlight needs to pump this one up a bit
Adriana Barraza - Babel (GG)	Stronger, older, emotional
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel (GG)	Vantage's favorite stat... two supp actress nods from the same film has happened 28 times
Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration	Well liked actress, but not feeling much traction
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children	Brilliant, but undersold
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson	Saturday
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada (GG)	If Fox were working it harder, maybe

 

Charts from December 14 Picturex Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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December 21, 2006
- by David Poland