Damn it, I HATE when I come to a thread long after the snips have been delivered.

Anyway, hooray for The Hurt Locker! I don't know if it has a chance, but I really liked that movie.

Efan said:

The Hurt Locker was pretty intense.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

And Jeremy Renner is intensely hot.

Efan said:

Yes he is!!!! I just realized he played Jeffrey Dahmer in the movie DAHMER.Wow.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Have you seen Twelve and Holding? There's a VERY nice scene of him in there. He also does a great job with a difficult role in that movie too.

I'm so behind this year.

Woohoo!!

I'm behind on my movies as some of you are. I'm watching Precious tonight and I want to go see UP IN THE AIR 'cause I like Anna Kendrick and she's been nominated.

This is when I first fell for Anna.
She's the second girl.

CarrieMpls said:

Me too. Haven't seen a darned thing.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I must be the only gay who did not love this movie.

No one who sings pretty or is under 40 should ever touch this song.

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Love
Dexter
House
Mad Men
True Blood

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Simon Baker - The Mentalist
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love

Can there be ties in Golden Globes

if not, Dexter for Best Drama, Hugh Laurie for best actor

BklynBabe said:

Even tho, Monique makes my ass hurt, I'll be rooting for her. I haven't seen Precious yet tho. I'ma wait til it comes on cable so I can have my breakdown in private

prb said:

Yes, they should really just give both the award.

Damn it, I HATE when I come to a thread long after the snips have been delivered.

Anyway, hooray for The Hurt Locker! I don't know if it has a chance, but I really liked that movie.

Don't really care for award shows but I'm rooting for True Blood to win

JustErin already has the golden globes.

Mars23 said:

Look who's trying to get his Oscar polished

Efan said:

Me to

Mars23 said:

Look who's trying to get his Oscar polished

This article is old but interesting

Today the nominees for the 2006 Golden Globe Awards are announced.

Yeah, the easiest thing to say about award shows is that they are glorified fashion displays masquerading as boring, pompous escapes of endless self-flagellation. There's nothing wrong with this. In exchange, the rest of us get a refreshing alternative to watching, say, the fruits (no pun intended) of their labor.

What we need to talk about though is who on EARTH got the idea that the Golden Globes are a "major" forecaster for both the Academy Award nominees and winners? Every darn winter I have to read endless mainstream press lineage that tosses in this line like gospel. Honestly, this point is about as factually accurate as "guns kill people" (attention: the trigger doesn't pull itself. I realize this fact would leave do-gooders like Michael Moore with a lot less to complain about but that's just the way it is...)

The Golden Globes are nothing but a glorified PR machine. The nominees and winners are all determined by this thing called the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. While this sounds like some kind of international consortium of critics and entertainment figures, nothing is farther from the truth. The membership is comprised of "international" writers – yes, writers – who reside full-time in Southern California (Residency in La-La Land is actually a requirement for both being and remaining a member.) Practically none of the members actually write in the area of film criticism and none actually work in any of the industry trades. In fact, few even see movies at all (outside of "press junkets" paid for by the studios whereby you get to spend 2-5 minutes interviewing cast members, but you certainly don't get to see the actual movie.)
So how do they nominate? Pretty simple. They read press hype. If you look throughout the history of the nominations, the bulk of the films nominated are commercially released after U.S. Thanksgiving. In fact, some of those films aren't even released until after they are nominated because the nomination deadline is well prior to the Christmas film season. Don't believe it? Let's see how many virtually unreleased nominations are flogged this time around ie, "King Kong" and "Munich" – ironic since "King Kong" has had only one preview screening in New York after the nomination deadline and the only people (studio included) who have seen "Munich" are Steven Spielberg and, maybe, his mother.

In fact, in the category of "Best Picture", the HFPA is about as predictive as I am on the outcome of Namibian horse races (if Namibia even has a track.) That's a pretty stupendous feat considering the Golden Globes actually sub-categorize the acting and film categories into two (drama and comedy or musical.) Just last year, the two awards were bestowed on "The Aviator" and "Sideways" (the Oscar went to "Million Dollar Baby".)

Do you want to know the Golden Globe nominees? Don't waste your time waiting for the broadcast. Gather the press clippings of the last six weeks and highlight the most prevalent names in yellow. The only exception is if some "A-lister" that the HFPA wants to salivate over in the pre-show dinner had a studio dumb enough to spring his/her picture in, like, June (in case you're wondering why Renee Zelwegger will squeeze in for "Cinderella Man" or Cameron Diaz pops up for "In Her Shoes" even though her performance and the film itself didn't meet anywhere near the hype and expectations that preceded it.) So you just damn well know that Renee, Cameron, and Reese Witherspoon are locks in a category where they can join such famous past winners as Pia Zadora (no kidding.)

There's nothing wrong with a glorified party passing itself off as entertainment. But the Golden Globes is less a party, and more of a big, expensive, glossy Hollywood brochure. While the name sounds internationally prestigious, they should just be honest and give it the name it deserves. Something like "the Annual Film Suck ‘n Blow Fest" sounds about right...

SCNDLS said:

It's pretty much known within Hollywood that the Golden Globes are basically a joke, yet people attend the awards show because it's a huge party with an open bar.

The Golden Globes have been labeled as a potential predictor of Oscar nominations, but that is more from coincidence than from any discernible taste of cinema by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The primary reason (and probably the only reason) the Globes have gained any notoriety or importance is because Dick Clark's production company took over the rights to air the awards, and also because NBC airs them. (Ironically, it's the only major or semi-major awards show other they air each year.) Prior to that, the Golden Globes were aired on cable. A more realistic predictor of the Oscars are usually found from the Directors Guild Awards, Writer's Guild Awards, or New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Awards.

728huey said:

What got me was learning that often times the members pick the nominees without ever seeing the movie in advance.

SCNDLS said:

Personally, I think the Oscars are a big joke too and don't really represent talent and achievement all that much anymore. I like the Golden Globes because they at least don't seem to have the same smug satisfaction that the Academy does.