Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Actress – Drama

2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actress – Drama

Annette Bening, Mother and Child
A middle-aged woman must come to terms with her past

Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Radical ideologue Leo Tolstoy’s wife Sofya has to put up with him

Carey Mulligan, An Education
In 1960s London, a teenager falls for a man in his 30s

Michelle Pfeiffer, Chéri
An older courtesan gets back on the job

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
An abused pregnant teen tries to take control of her life
 

Hilary Swank in Amelia (top); Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (middle, upper); Emily Blunt in Young Victoria (middle, lower); Natalie Portman in Brothers (bottom)

Not that long ago, there was a time — a very long time, stretching from the early [...]

by Andre Soares | November 21, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Actor – Drama

2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actor – Drama

Colin Firth, A Single Man
In 1960s Los Angeles, a gay college professor wants to end his life after learning that his lover has died in an accident.

Morgan Freeman, Invictus
By staging the Rugby World Cup in South Africa, Nelson Mandela attempts to unite black and white South Africans.

James McAvoy (above, with Paul Giamatti), The Last Station
Leo Tolstoy’s secretary and follower tries to reconcile reality with his idol’s radical ideology.

Viggo Mortensen, The Road
A man and his son struggle to survive in a cold, brutal post-apocalyptic world.

Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds
A ruthless Jewish-American guerrilla leader wants to kill as many Nazi officers as possible.

Stars are what matter. For every Golden Globe-nominated Djimon Hounsou there are [...]

by Andre Soares | November 20, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Picture – Comedy or Musical

2010 Golden Globes Predictions: Best Picture – Comedy or Musical

The Informant! (above, with Matt Damon), d: Steven Soderbergh; scr: Scott Z. Burns
A pathological liar helps the US government nab a nefarious agribusiness conglomerate.

Julie & Julia (above, with Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci), d & scr: Nora Ephron
Julia Child starts cooking decades ago, while in the early 21st-century blogger Julie Powell decides to boil and broil every single recipe found in Child’s first book.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (above, with Kevin Spacey), d: Grant Heslov; scr: Peter Straughan
US military "intelligence" and its use of paranormal activities.

Nine (above, with Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson), d: Rob Marshall; scr: Michael Tolkin, Anthony [...]

by Andre Soares | November 20, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Picture – Drama

2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Picture – Drama

The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow; scr: Mark Boal
A US Army elite unit disarms bombs in Iraq.

Invictus (above, with Matt Damon), d: Clint Eastwood; scr: Anthony Peckham
Newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela campaigns to stage the Rugby World Cup in South Africa so as to unite blacks and whites.

The Last Station (above, with Helen Mirren, James McAvoy), d & scr: Michael Hoffman
Leo Tolstoy’s family life is upended by the writer’s radical politics.

The Lovely Bones (above, with Saoirse Ronan), Peter Jackson; scr: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
A murdered girl sees the world, chiefly her small Pennsylvania town, from up above.

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, d: Lee Daniels; scr: [...]

by Andre Soares | November 20, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010: Five Best Animated Feature Nominees

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The 2010 Golden Globes will feature five Best Animated Feature contenders, as members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted last week to expand this year’s number of nominations for that category.
The amended rule for the Best Animated Feature category now reads: "Eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If less than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year."
(The Golden Globes press release doesn’t indicate the number of animated-feature submissions this year, but [...]

by Anna Robinson | November 17, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010: Martin Scorsese to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

Martin Scorsese will be the next recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Scorsese will be handed out his Cecil B. at the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony on January 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the show will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET).
The Cecil B. DeMille Award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced by Vera Farmiga.
Scorsese has already taken home two Golden Globe Awards for Best Director of a Motion Picture: for Gangs of New York (2002) and The Departed (2006). He has also [...]

by Anna Robinson | November 12, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010: Ricky Gervais to Host Awards Ceremony

Ricky Gervais. Photo: David Eustace / HBO

Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Ricky Gervais, probably best known for his role as David Brent on the BBC version of The Office, will host the 2010 Golden Globe Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 17, 2010, on NBC.
This year’s show will be broadcast live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. (PT) / 8-11 p.m. (ET) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This marks the first time the Golden Globes telecast has had a host since 1995.
"Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry which includes both film and TV," Gervais is quoted as saying in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s press release, "but also an environment where [...]

by Anna Robinson | October 26, 2009   
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Golden Globes 2010 Dates

Jorge Camara, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has announced the timetable for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards to be broadcast in HD Sunday, January 17, 2010, from 5-8 PM (PST) and 8-11 PM (EST) live on NBC from The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This will mark the first time that the Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live all over the United States. In previous years, those on the West Coast watched the Globes on tape delay, after already knowing who’d won, what the stars were wearing, and whose speeches were the most long-winded.
Among the 2009 Golden Globe winners were Slumdog Millionaire (best picture – drama), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (best picture – comedy/musical), Waltz with Bashir (best [...]

by Andre Soares | April 2, 2009   
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