MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
DRAMATIC PICTURE
Prediction - The Departed. The Hollywood Foreign Press loves Scorsese.
Winner - Babel. The HFPA loves diversity even better.
MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE
Prediction - Dreamgirls. A pure musical, the ensemble performances are said to be some of the strongest so far this year.
Winner - Dreamgirls. Big night for this picture, it seems.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Prediction - Letters from Iwo Jima. Having shown up on a few critics' "Best Of" lists, I'm gonna say it's heavily favored to take away the award.
Winner - Letters from Iwo Jima. The critics can't be wrong.
BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction - Martin Scorsese. I'd like to see him win just because the sheer force of working with such big names has to make him more of an icon than he already is.
Winner - Martin Scorsese. It's still a mystery as to how the director and picture can be two different animals in this case, but Scorsese is the man.
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Prediction - Forest Whitaker. He may be the dark horse of the group, but he always delivers consistently.
Winner - Forest Whitaker. Once again, he delivers.
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Prediction - Penelope Cruz. I love her Spanish language work.
Winner - Helen Mirren. Apparently, she was amazing. This film is still on my "to see" list.
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Prediction - Johnny Depp. For the same reason that the academy loves Scorsese, they love the Depp.
Winner - Sacha Baren Cohen. I should have known the international flavor would help.
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Prediction - Annette Bening. Wouldn't it be nice for her to win while her husband accepts a lifetime achievement award?
Winner - Meryl Streep. I would have liked to have seen Bening win, does Meryl Streep need any more awards?
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTOR
Prediction - Jack Nicholson. Although I was going to pick Affleck, because I love the underdog, Jack Nicholson is the smart bet.
Winner - Eddie Murphy. Like I said, "Dreamgirls" had a big night.
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Prediction - Jennifer Hudson. I don't think I've ever heard so much buzz about a cinematic performance in a long time.
Winner - Jennifer Hudson. And the buzz pays off.
ANIMATED FILM
Prediction - "Cars." Pixar wins, every time.
Winner - "Cars." Nice to see John Lasseter in a tie. That guy loves his job.
SCREENPLAY
Prediction - Guillermo Arriaga. From what I've heard, "Babel" is another classic Inarritu film weaving and intersecting around several complex characters. Writing such a film deserves an award all by itself.
Winner - Peter Morgan. "The Queen" rakes in the award for stellar writing. It's the international flavor, I tell you, either way.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction - Hans Zimmer. Unfortunately, I don't recognize any other names.
Winner - Alexandre Desplat. I haven't heard much about "The Painted Veil" but it's got Oscar written all over it.
SONG
Prediction - "Listen." Beyonce's gotta win, because she's popular.
Winner - "The Song of the Heart." Beyonce's nightmare year continues.
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
DRAMATIC TV SERIES
Prediction - "Heroes." Because it's such a tough category, I'm going for the new show. I say Grey's is the favorite because it's the least genre-ish and the most mainstream, but I'd like to see Heroes take it all.
Winner - "Grey's Anatomy." Should have gone with the favorite, eh?
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Prediction - Hugh Laurie. Who could play Sherlock Holmes better than Hugh Laurie? Nobody, that's who.
Winner - Hugh Laurie. Nobody does it better.
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Prediction - Kyra Sedgewick. While Eve and Ellen, who can get their cry on at the drop of a hat, are quite popular, Kyra plays a strong, complex character week in and week out on "The Closer." Although Edie Falco's character on "The Sopranos" is award fodder, Kyra walks away with this one.
Winner - Kyra Sedgewick. She's simply great in this role. A big win for her and the show.
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - "The Office." Easily the funniest show of the bunch.
Winner - "Ugly Betty." The new entry takes home the prize after only half a season. Pretty incredible.
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - Alec Baldwin. I love Scrubs and I love Steve Carell's work in general, but Mr. Baldwin does a great job at playing the all-powerful, all-seeing network executive.
Winner - Alec Baldwin. Simply the best part of one of the top new shows this season.
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - America Ferrera. She's not really that "Ugly."
Winner - America Ferrera. Seriously, did you think she wouldn't win?
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - "Elizabeth I." I'm throwing this out there as a shot in the dark.
Winner - "Elizabeth I." Bullseye.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Gillian Anderson. SCULLY!
Winner - Helen Mirren. Two in one night for both a movie and a mini-series. How awesome.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Bill Nighy. Even if Mr. Ejiofor was great in Serenity, Bill Nighy really delves deep into his performances.
Winner - Bill Nighy. Can you believe I picked this based on his performance in Pirates 2? Neither can I.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Sarah Paulson . The Lisp wins!
Winner - Emily Blunt. Who!?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Masi Oka. Hiro is awesome. More awesome than the Pivs.
Winner - Jeremy Irons. The international flavor pulls through again.
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Warren Beatty
Prediction - Like this one even needs a prediction...
Winner - Yea... that would be lame.
So, not too bad this year. 48%, but I'm no expert.
DRAMATIC PICTURE
Prediction - The Departed. The Hollywood Foreign Press loves Scorsese.
Winner - Babel. The HFPA loves diversity even better.
MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE
Prediction - Dreamgirls. A pure musical, the ensemble performances are said to be some of the strongest so far this year.
Winner - Dreamgirls. Big night for this picture, it seems.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Prediction - Letters from Iwo Jima. Having shown up on a few critics' "Best Of" lists, I'm gonna say it's heavily favored to take away the award.
Winner - Letters from Iwo Jima. The critics can't be wrong.
BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction - Martin Scorsese. I'd like to see him win just because the sheer force of working with such big names has to make him more of an icon than he already is.
Winner - Martin Scorsese. It's still a mystery as to how the director and picture can be two different animals in this case, but Scorsese is the man.
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Prediction - Forest Whitaker. He may be the dark horse of the group, but he always delivers consistently.
Winner - Forest Whitaker. Once again, he delivers.
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Prediction - Penelope Cruz. I love her Spanish language work.
Winner - Helen Mirren. Apparently, she was amazing. This film is still on my "to see" list.
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Prediction - Johnny Depp. For the same reason that the academy loves Scorsese, they love the Depp.
Winner - Sacha Baren Cohen. I should have known the international flavor would help.
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Prediction - Annette Bening. Wouldn't it be nice for her to win while her husband accepts a lifetime achievement award?
Winner - Meryl Streep. I would have liked to have seen Bening win, does Meryl Streep need any more awards?
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTOR
Prediction - Jack Nicholson. Although I was going to pick Affleck, because I love the underdog, Jack Nicholson is the smart bet.
Winner - Eddie Murphy. Like I said, "Dreamgirls" had a big night.
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Prediction - Jennifer Hudson. I don't think I've ever heard so much buzz about a cinematic performance in a long time.
Winner - Jennifer Hudson. And the buzz pays off.
ANIMATED FILM
Prediction - "Cars." Pixar wins, every time.
Winner - "Cars." Nice to see John Lasseter in a tie. That guy loves his job.
SCREENPLAY
Prediction - Guillermo Arriaga. From what I've heard, "Babel" is another classic Inarritu film weaving and intersecting around several complex characters. Writing such a film deserves an award all by itself.
Winner - Peter Morgan. "The Queen" rakes in the award for stellar writing. It's the international flavor, I tell you, either way.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction - Hans Zimmer. Unfortunately, I don't recognize any other names.
Winner - Alexandre Desplat. I haven't heard much about "The Painted Veil" but it's got Oscar written all over it.
SONG
Prediction - "Listen." Beyonce's gotta win, because she's popular.
Winner - "The Song of the Heart." Beyonce's nightmare year continues.
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
DRAMATIC TV SERIES
Prediction - "Heroes." Because it's such a tough category, I'm going for the new show. I say Grey's is the favorite because it's the least genre-ish and the most mainstream, but I'd like to see Heroes take it all.
Winner - "Grey's Anatomy." Should have gone with the favorite, eh?
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Prediction - Hugh Laurie. Who could play Sherlock Holmes better than Hugh Laurie? Nobody, that's who.
Winner - Hugh Laurie. Nobody does it better.
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Prediction - Kyra Sedgewick. While Eve and Ellen, who can get their cry on at the drop of a hat, are quite popular, Kyra plays a strong, complex character week in and week out on "The Closer." Although Edie Falco's character on "The Sopranos" is award fodder, Kyra walks away with this one.
Winner - Kyra Sedgewick. She's simply great in this role. A big win for her and the show.
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - "The Office." Easily the funniest show of the bunch.
Winner - "Ugly Betty." The new entry takes home the prize after only half a season. Pretty incredible.
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - Alec Baldwin. I love Scrubs and I love Steve Carell's work in general, but Mr. Baldwin does a great job at playing the all-powerful, all-seeing network executive.
Winner - Alec Baldwin. Simply the best part of one of the top new shows this season.
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Prediction - America Ferrera. She's not really that "Ugly."
Winner - America Ferrera. Seriously, did you think she wouldn't win?
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - "Elizabeth I." I'm throwing this out there as a shot in the dark.
Winner - "Elizabeth I." Bullseye.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Gillian Anderson. SCULLY!
Winner - Helen Mirren. Two in one night for both a movie and a mini-series. How awesome.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Bill Nighy. Even if Mr. Ejiofor was great in Serenity, Bill Nighy really delves deep into his performances.
Winner - Bill Nighy. Can you believe I picked this based on his performance in Pirates 2? Neither can I.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Sarah Paulson . The Lisp wins!
Winner - Emily Blunt. Who!?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Prediction - Masi Oka. Hiro is awesome. More awesome than the Pivs.
Winner - Jeremy Irons. The international flavor pulls through again.
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Warren Beatty
Prediction - Like this one even needs a prediction...
Winner - Yea... that would be lame.
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