Golden Globe predictions

Tonight I am picking who I think SHOULD win (but maybe not who WILL win). A few select predictions (don't have time or care about everything):

I love HEROES and vote for it as best TV series and the Japanese guy in that show MASI OKA for Best Supporting Actor in a TV series. I'd love Steve Carell to win Best Actor for The Office or even Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock but doubt they can beat Keifer.

Mrs. Harris was scathing but I wouldn't give Annette Benning the Golden Globe (even though husband Warren is picking up the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement tonight). I do pick Ben Kingsley as Dr. Scarsdale from the same mini-series. I would give Best Actress to Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I (she may also win for The Queen and pick up two statues). I don't think Julia Louis Dreyfus will win either of her nominations (although I heard her say in interview she wants both). For Musical or Comedy show and actress it's Ugly Betty all the way. Go America Ferrera! And maybe Sarah Paulson from Studio 60 for Supporting.

MOVIES: Brad will take it for Supporting Actor the Babel and Rinko Kikuchi will beat out Adriana Barraza both from Babel for Supporting Actress. I would LOVE Judi Dench to win for Notes on a Scandal (she was soooooo diabolical) but I think Helen will be triumphant again. Imagine winning 2 awards for protraying 2 queens (both Elizabeth) centuries apart? Too bad for Penelope because she was brilliant but I think Pedro will have to settle for Best Foreign Language Film.

Little Miss Sunshine SHOULD win for Best Picture Musical or Comedy but Borat WILL win (why I'll never know?) I would like to see Johnny Depp and Will Ferrell win but Sacha Baran Cohen will win for Borat (UGH!) I predict Leo will win for The Departed or they may give the sentimental vote to Peter O'Toole who looks like a walking skeleton from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. I don't think it's Will Smith's year.

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Babel and next picks

Finally saw Babel on Thursday with Pavlina. We went up to Canada Square to get better seats and a bigger screen than the Carlton but in the end the seats were just as uncomfortable and screen was probably the same small size (just seemed a bit larger since the theatre was bigger).

I wanted to see it before the Golden Globes since Babel was nominated for 7 awards. I would give it MMMm because it was only okay. It was too long, a bit boring in parts, and the Director's technique of repeating scenes to show them from different perspectives (as in 21 Grams) got tiresome by the end. I think that either Rinko Kikuchi of Japan or Adriana Baraza of Mexico could pull off the Best Supporting Actress award. Guess we'll see when the Golden Globes air on January 15th (oddly enough a Monday this year).

Babel was okay
loved the story in Japan
the rest a bit slow

I need to see The Queen and have heard great things about Children of Men.

Notes on a Scandal

Today was my first day back at work in 2007. Last night we went to see Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. WOW! JUDI IS AMAZING! Or as Mary said, "she's diabolical". I still have to see The Queen but I think Helen Mirren has some stiff competition in Judi. Her character (Barbara) is deliciously evil and unbelievably manipulative, and she gets to utter the most scathing observations in voiceover, despite how old and dowdy they make her look. Cate Blanchett (Sheba) is your typical gorgeous art teacher who can't resist the advances of a 15-year old schoolboy. The relationship between the two women develops to protect Sheba's illicit secret and we see how far they will go to protect it.

I quite enjoyed this movie and recommend it in cinema or on rental: MMMMm. I will be anxious to watch the Golden Globes on January 15 to who is named Best Actress.

Notes on a Scandal
Cate is gorgeous but tarty
Judi plays a creep