..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 (GG) (BFCA) (SAG)	Assuming he gets nominated, people will see the perfomance of a superstar playing drama
Forrest Whitaker - Last King Of Scotland (GG) (BFCA) (SAG)	Lots of awards, but will being a supporting role cost him in the end?
Peter O'Toole - Venus (GG) (BFCA) (SAG)	He did Letterman... we'll see how the rest goes...
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed (GG) (BFCA) (SAG) or Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond (GG) (BFCA) (Supporting - SAG)	Presummably, The Academy has him as lead in both films... could split himself out.
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat (GG/Comedy)	I'm still hoilding out hope in a soft actor's year, even if the studio started way too late
Possible Alternates
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson (BFCA) (SAG)
Ken Watanabe - Letters From Iwo Jima
The Globistes
Johnny Depp - Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 (GG)
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking (GG)
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction (GG)
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Kinky Boots (GG)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls (GG) (BFCA) (SAG)	Needs one more wave of media
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine (BFCA) (SAG)	The film brought him back. A threat as a lifetime winner
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond (BFCA) (SAG)	Another roel he got shorted on, but now as a previous nominee, they look for him
Brad Pitt - Babel (GG)	He's a movie star in a small role in a nominated film (who also gives a very good performance)
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children (SAG)	Is SAG enough?
Michael Sheen - The Queen	Could make it... been quiet lately
Jack Nicholson - The Departed (GG) (BFCA)	Have there been too many shifts in who was in what slot for what award?
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed (GG)	Deserving... could leap frog Jack
Kazunari Ninomiya - Letters From Iwo Jima
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland (GG) (BFCA)
Adam Beach - Flags Of Our Fathers (BFCA)

Charts from January 4 Picturex Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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January 11, 2007
- by David Poland