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Globi Dorati, Globes d’Or, 金地球, Gouden Bollen

See, it’s Foreign Press, so the title needs to be Foreign Languages.  I’d hug my cleverness, but I can’t get my arms around it, it’s so huge!

So, here are my predictions for the Golden Globes. And remember, this is the only place on this blog where you can get such a quality of prognostication.

Red Carpet:
Pam Dawber is in a stunning red dress, and…
…onto the awarding:

 

Best Motion Picture –
Drama
The Aviator
Closer
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby
     Winner: Million Dollar
Baby

Best Actrass in Motion
Picture – Drama
Scarlett Johansson – A
Love Song For Bobby Long
Nicole Kidman – Birth
Imelda Staunton – Vera
Drake
Hilary Swank – Million
Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman – Kill Bill
Vol.2
     Winner: Imelda Staunton

Best Actor in Motion
Picture – Drama
Javier Bardem – The Sea
Inside
Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp – Finding
Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio – The
Aviator
Liam Neeson – Kinsey
     Winner: Don Cheadle

Best Motion Picture –
Musical or Comedy
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The
Phantom of the Opera
Ray
Sideways
     Winner: The
Incredibles

Best Actress in Musical or
Comedy
Annette Bening – Being
Julia
Ashley Judd – De-Lovely
Emmy Rossum – Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera
Kate Winslet – Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Renee Zellweger – Bridget
Jones: The Shittier of the Two
    Winner: Annette Bening

Best Actor in Musical or
Comedy
Jim Carrey – Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jamie Foxx – Ray
Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Kevin Kline – De-Lovely
Kevin Spacey – Beyond the
Sea
     Winner: Paul Giamatti

Best Foreign Language Film
The Chorus (Les Choristes)
House of Flying Daggers
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Sea Inside
A Very Long Engagement
     Winner: A Very Long
Engagement

 Best Supporting Actress in
Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett – The
Aviator
Laura Linney – Kinsey
Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Natalie Portman – Closer
Meryl Streep – The
Manchurian Candidate
     Winner: Natalie
Portman

Best Supporting Actor in
Motion Picture
David Carradine – Kill
Bill Vol.2
Thomas Hayden Church –
Sideways
Jamie Foxx – Collateral
Morgan Freeman – Million
Dollar Baby
Clive Owen – Closer
     Winner: Jamie Foxx

Best Director – Motion
Picture
Clint Eastwood – Million
Dollar Baby
Marc Forster – Finding
Neverland
Mike Nichols – Closer
Alexander Payne – Sideways
Martin Scorsese – The
Aviator
     Winner: Clint Eastwood

Best Screenplay – Motion
Picture
Charlie Kaufman – Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
John Logan – The Aviator
David Magee – Finding
Neverland
Patrick Marber – Closer
Alexander Payne & Jim
Taylor – Sideways
    Winner: Charlie
Kaufman

Best Original Score –
Motion Picture
Clint Eastwood – Million
Dollar Baby
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek –
Finding Neverland
Rolfe Kent – Sideways
Howard Shore – The Aviator
Hans Zimmer – Spanglish
     Winner: Howard Shore

Best Original Song –
Motion Picture
“Accidentally In Love” – Shrek 2
“Believe” – The Polar Express
“Learn To Be Lonely” – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
“Million Voices” – Hotel Rwanda
“Old Habits Die Hard” – Alfie
     Winner: Million Voices

Best Television Series –
Drama
24
Deadwood
Lost
Nip/Tuck
The Sopranos
    Winner: (toughest call)… The Sopranos

Best Actress – TV Series –
Drama
Edie Falco – The Sopranos
Jennifer Garner – Alias
Mariska Hargitay – Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit
Christine Lahti – Jack
& Bobby
Joely Richardson –
Nip/Tuck
    Winner: Edie Falco

Best Actor – TV Series –
Drama
Michael Chiklis – The
Shield
Denis Leary – Rescue Me
Julian McMahon – Nip/Tuck
Ian McShane – Deadwood
James Spader – Boston
Legal
    Winner: Ian McShane

Best TV Series – Musical
or Comedy
Arrested Development
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Sex and the City
Will & Grace
    Winner: Arrested
Development

Best Actress – TV series –
Musical or Comedy
Marcia Cross – Desperate
Housewives
Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives
Felicity Huffman –
Desperate Housewives
Debra Messing – Will &
Grace
Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex
and the City
    Winner: Felicity
Huffman

 Best Actor – TV series –
Musical or Comedy
Jason Bateman – Arrested
Development
Zach Braff – Scrubs
Larry David – Curb Your
Enthusiasm
Matt Leblanc – Joey
Tony Shalhoub – Monk
Charlie Sheen – Two and a
Half Men
    Winner: Jason Bateman

Best Mini-series or Motion
Picture for TV
American Family – Journey
of Dreams
Iron Jawed Angels
The Life and Death of
Peter Sellers
The Lion In Winter
Something The Lord Made
    Winner: The Lion In
Winter

Best Actress – TV
Mini-series or Motion Picture
Glenn Close – The Liion In
Winter
Blythe Danner – Back When
We Were Grown-ups
Julianna Margulies – The
Grid
Miranda Richardson – The
Lost Prince
Hilary Swank – Iron Jawed
Angels
    Winner: Glenn Close

Best Actor – TV
Mini-series or Motion Picture
Mos Def – Something The
Lord Made
Jamie Foxx – Redemption
William H. Macy – The Wool
Cap
Geoffrey Rush – The Life
and Death of Peter Sellers
Patrick Stewart – The Lion
In Winter
    Winner: Geoffrey Rush

Best Supporting Actress –
TV Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture
Drea De Matteo – The
Sopranos
Anjelica Huston – Iron
Jawed Angels
Nicollette Sheridan –
Desperate Housewives
Charlize Theron – The Life
and Death of Peter Sellers
Emily Watson – The Life
and Death of Peter Sellers
    Winner: Drea De Matteo

Best Supporting Actor – TV
Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture
Sean Hayes – Will &
Grace
Michael Imperioli – The
Sopranos
Jeremy Piven – Entourage
Oliver Platt – Huff
William Shatner – Boston
Legal
    Winner:  Michael Imperioli

The Important Business of Running The City

This link tells of the City of Charlottetown’s City Council voting in the demand that the NHL owners and players resolve their differences and get on with the business of playing hockey.
It was an almost unanimous vote on the motion brought in by Councillor Mitch Tweel.  Kim Devine was the lone dissenter, expressing her enjoyment at being able to watch the CBC News at its regular Saturday night timeslot.

Two things: 
1) As a citizen of Charlottetown, I’m embarrassed by this motion, even if it was meant in a light-hearted way.
2) Will this single stance cost Kim Devine votes next election?  Being anti-hockey in this town is akin to being a liberal in the USA, or being a theatre critic on PEI.

A Favicon For Me

Ugly and Simple

My favicon.ico is rather lame:  cheap, ugly, amateurish and simple.  (before anyone makes the joke "favicons should represent the personality of its ‘owner’, and that describes you perfectly", I’ll make it first).  You will not be surprised that it was created in a minute or two using Microsoft’s simple Paint program.

How does one (who has very limited skill in such things) go about creating a better one?   Are they difficult to design?  If a software download is needed, I’ll probably not bother.

Is there someone out there who reads this blog who would be willing to create one for me?  For free?

iGuess

That it’s a flash system is good for those who ride on motorbikes across bumps, iGuess.
That it’s only $99(US) is good, iGuess.
Half a gig of space is more than enough if you’re gonna be regularly updating the playlist, iGuess.

But don’t get sucked into the marketing that it’s so fun to not know what song is coming up next.
If you already own an iPod, here’s a quick and easy way to turn it into an iPod Shuffle.

George’s Take-Out

Lately I’ve been really missing the greasy delicious food at George’s Take-Out.  I didn’t really enjoy visiting there, as I’d leave feeling covered in a greasy film, but boy oh boy did I like the food.  The burgers were fantastic, chicken fingers mmm-mmm good, and remember when they’d have a few different types of fries you could order?

George was a peach.  And Ed… well, I better stop this post before I get all verklempt.

I haven’t found a substitute place yet.  And because it was killing me every time I went there to eat, I’m not sure if I want to find a substitute.

A Hunnert Things, guv’nah…

Here’s a link to a BBC article called A Hundred Things We Didn’t Know This Time Last Year.

Kinda interesting, in a waste-a-few-minutes kinda way.

Happily On Madly Off

Just found out that Sketch 22 will be performing as part of the Madly Off In All Directions performance, Jan.22 in Charlottetown.
Should be a fun, fast fifteen minutes of material. 

I did a Madly Off a couple of years ago as a member of 4Play improv, and we had lots of fun.

*May Cause Loss Of Self

View this photo

This is wonderfully sad.  Poor Hobbes

WWJD?

Who Would Jesus Drown?

(from Eschaton)

This (Tuesday) morning at 9am, C-SPAN had a live telecast of
the 109th Congressional Prayer Service from a church on Capitol Hill. There
were some sentiments shared about the recently-passed Bob Matsui and Shirley Chisholm,
and, amidst the scripture readings, reminders from a few Congressmen about the
Christian foundation of our government. Others spoke of the Asian tsunami
tragedy.

Then Tom
DeLay gets up to the pulpit, and — striking a beautiful note in light of
the 150,000 dead from the floods referenced by his colleagues — lets loose
with some Matthew
7, beginning at verse 21.

(Many thanks to ben for the heads up on the exact wording, and to DemWatch for directing us to this transcription
of the reading and MP3.)

Saith DeLay:

"A reading of the Gospel, in
Matthew 7:21 through 27.

Not every one who says to me,
"Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who
does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me on that day,
"Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons
in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?

"Then I will declare to them
solemnly, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers.’"

Everyone who listens to
these words of mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man, who built his
house on a rock:

The rain fell, the floods
came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, but it did not collapse; it
has been set solidly on rock.

And everyone who listens
to these words of mine, but does not act on them, will be like a fool who built
his house on sand:

The rain fell, the floods
came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, and it collapsed and was
completely ruined."

He finishes reading, says nothing more, and sits back
down.

The People Gwynne Our Neighbourhood

Here’s a link to an interesting wrap-up of last year’s global political scene, authored by Gwynne Dyer.