2004 Golden Globe Nominees

[Janice]

List of nominees for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards, to be presented Jan. 25:


Motion pictures:

Picture, Drama: "Cold Mountain"; "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"; "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"; "Mystic River"; "Seabiscuit."

Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, "Veronica Guerin"; Nicole Kidman, "Cold Mountain"; Scarlett Johansson, "Girl With a Pearl Earring"; Charlize Theron, "Monster"; Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill - Vol. 1"; Evan Rachel Wood, "thirteen."

Actor, Drama: Russell Crowe, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"; Tom Cruise, "The Last Samurai"; Ben Kingsley, "House of Sand and Fog"; Jude Law, "Cold Mountain"; Sean Penn, "Mystic River."

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Bend It Like Beckham"; "Big Fish"; "Finding Nemo"; "Lost in Translation"; "Love Actually."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Jamie Lee Curtis, "Freaky Friday"; Scarlett Johansson, "Lost in Translation"; Diane Keaton, "Something's Gotta Give"; Diane Lane, "Under the Tuscan Sun"; Helen Mirren, "Calendar Girls."

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jack Black, "School of Rock"; Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"; Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"; Jack Nicholson, "Something's Gotta Give"; Billy Bob Thornton, "Bad Santa."

Foreign Language: "The Barbarian Invasions," Canada; "Goodbye, Lenin!" Germany; "Monsieur Ibrahim," France; "Osama," Afghanistan; "The Return," Russia.

Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, "The Cooler"; Patricia Clarkson, "Pieces of April"; Hope Davis, "American Splendor"; Holly Hunter, "thirteen"; Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain."

Supporting Actor: Alec Baldwin, "The Cooler"; Albert Finney, "Big Fish"; William H. Macy, "Seabiscuit"; Tim Robbins, "Mystic River"; Peter Sarsgaard, "Shattered Glass"; Ken Watanabe, "The Last Samurai."

Director: Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"; Clint Eastwood, "Mystic River"; Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"; Anthony Minghella, "Cold Mountain"; Peter Weir, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."

Screenplay: Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"; Richard Curtis, "Love Actually"; Brian Helgeland, "Mystic River"; Anthony Minghella, "Cold Mountain"; Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan, "In America."

Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "Girl With a Pearl Earring"; Danny Elfman, "Big Fish"; Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"; Gabriel Yared, "Cold Mountain"; Hans Zimmer, "The Last Samurai."

Original Song: "The Heart of Every Girl" from "Mona Lisa Smile," music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin; "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox; "Man of the Hour" from "Big Fish," by Eddie Vedder; "Time Enough for Tears" from "In America," by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer; "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain," by Sting.

[webuster]

Most of those films are just out- so I haven't had time to see them. In fact- the only film mentioned that I've seen in Finding Nemo. I'm looking to see Freaky Friday, which I believe is out tomorrow in the UK. Intending to go see Lord of The Rings, maybe Cold Mountain (from what I've seen in trailers etc, Renee Zellwegger looks to give a great performance). Thirteen is out next week in the UK- so if my cinema shows it I might see it- looks to be quite interesting. That's all really
I wish all the nominee's good luck.

I have a feeling LOTR will get best picture because so many acrticles written currently always bring it up that the films been ignored so far in Best Pictures categories at the academy awards and golden globes.

Evan Rachel Wood is only sixteen and up against Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and other great actresses- good luck to her.

[SBTB Geek]

It's amazing how they didn't overlook Jamie Lee Curtis and Johnny Depp. And seeing Jack Black up there is a pleasant surprise as well.

This is who I think the awards should go to:

Best Motion Picture, Drama:
Mystic River [I might change my mind after watching CM]

Best Actress, Drama:
Nicole Kidman, Cold Mountain [even though I haven't seen it. LOL]


Best Actor, Drama:
Sean Penn, Mystic River

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:
Finding Nemo
Big Fish [I haven't seen it yet, but I have always been a fan of Tim Burton's work. My vote might switch to this one.]

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Billy Murray, Lost in Translation


Best Supporting Actress:
Holly Hunter, Thirteen


Best Supporting Actor:
Tim Robbins, Mystic River


Best Director:
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

Best Screenplay:
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation

Best Original Score:
Danny Elfman, Big Fish

Best Original Song:
"The Heart of Every Girl" (Mona Lisa Smile, music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin


TELEVISION

Best Drama Series:
Nip/Tuck

Best Actress, Drama Series:
Jennifer Garner, Alias

Best Actor, Drama Series:
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

Best Musical or Comedy Series:
The Office

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy Series:
Reba McEntire, Reba

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy Series:
Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show

Best Miniseries or TV Movie:
Angels in America

Best Actress, Miniseres or TV Movie:
Judy Davis, The Reagans [I just don't want to see Meryl win.]

Best Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Al Pacino, Angels in America

Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City

Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie:
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace

[Mr. Stefani]

Angelina Jolie should of been nominated for her performance in Beyond Borders. Damn them!

[AKA]

Picture, Drama:
"Mystic River"

Actress, Drama:
Uma Thurman, "Kill Bill - Vol. 1"

Actor, Drama:
Sean Penn, "Mystic River."

Picture, Musical or Comedy:
"Big Fish"

Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Scarlett Johansson, "Lost in Translation"

Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"

Supporting Actress:
Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain."

Supporting Actor:
Albert Finney, "Big Fish"

Director:
Clint Eastwood, "Mystic River"

Screenplay:
Brian Helgeland, "Mystic River"

Original Score:
Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King";

Original Song:
"Man of the Hour" from "Big Fish," by Eddie Vedder

[TJL]

How can they nominate movies that haven't been released yet?

[Janice]

Originally posted by TJL
How can they nominate movies that haven't been released yet?

Good question birthday boy. My guess is that the Foreign Press Association gets advance screenings for voting purposes.

[Janice]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D7VH0H6G1.html

Law, Kidman Get Golden Globe Nod


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Love is in the air this Hollywood awards season but it's of the dark and bittersweet variety, with a leading eight Golden Globe nominations going to "Cold Mountain," about a Civil War deserter whose journey to find his sweetheart is marked by heartbreak and death.

Nicole Kidman's role as a prim Southerner in "Cold Mountain" and Jude Law as the wayward soldier who longs for her each received lead drama performer nominations, and Anthony Minghella was among the best director contenders.

Meanwhile, the platonic May-December romance "Lost in Translation" got five bids, including best comedy film and lead comedy performance mentions for Bill Murray as an aging, has-been actor and Scarlett Johansson as a young, lonely wife who strike up a will-they-or-won't-they relationship in a Tokyo hotel.

"They very much both love one another, but you don't always need a big passionate love scene to feel that between two people." Johansson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "It's about when you feel like you are completely lost and for a moment make this human connection."

Johansson had a second lead performance nomination for the 17th century drama "Girl With a Pearl Earring," about Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer and the female subject of his most famous painting.

The two characters are starkly different from each other, but share a shy softspokenness. "Both of them are quiet. I don't say much," Johansson said.

"Mystic River," about three adult friends whose lives are filled with tragedy and crime, also had five nominations, including best drama and best director for Clint Eastwood, who described the movie's theme as "the stealing of innocence."

"These are men who would rather be apart from each other, but its the tragedy that links them," Eastwood said.

Besides "Mystic River" and "Cold Mountain," best dramatic film contenders were the seafaring epic "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," the true-life horse racing story "Seabiscuit" and the fantasy saga "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

"The Return of the King," the third film in a hugely successful trilogy, had four nominations including Peter Jackson for best director. The previous two films were mostly passed over for top filmmaking prizes, and this year is the best and last chance for the series to take home big honors.

"Big Fish," director Tim Burton's offbeat story of a charismatic father and his repressed son, also got four nominations including best musical or comedy. It competes against the year's highest-grossing movie, the computer-animated "Finding Nemo," and three smaller films: "Lost in Translation," the soccer coming-of-age story "Bend It Like Beckham" and the British lonely hearts anthology "Love Actually."

Other nominated movies featuring love stories - star-crossed and otherwise - included the unlucky-in-love-and-everything-else drama "The Cooler," which had supporting acting bids for Alec Baldwin as a hard-nosed casino boss, and Maria Bello as a waitress who has an awkward love affair with the chronic loser played by William H. Macy.

"More than anything it's a real romance, not a Hollywood romance," Bello said Thursday. "They fall in love with each other and their own broken pieces in the process."

Macy had a supporting actor bid for playing a fictional, tongue-twisting horse race announcer in "Seabiscuit," but did not receive a mention for "The Cooler."

Another offbeat love-story was "American Splendor," a critically beloved biographical drama about grumpy comic book scribe Harvey Pekar and his bookish wife, Joyce Brabner, which received one nomination for supporting actress Hope Davis.

"In real life, when you meet Harvey and Joyce, whatever difficulties they suffer in their relationship - and they do - they couldn't get along without each other," Davis said.

The comedy "Something's Gotta Give," had dual lead comedy performer nominations for Jack Nicholson as an aging cad and Diane Keaton as an accomplished older woman who form a grudging affection for each other.

"My goal was to loosen it up and be friends," Keaton said of Nicholson, adding with a laugh: "He's a big jerk and just a lot of fun."

Among the dramatic actor nominees, Ben Kingsley's performance as a desperate Iranian immigrant in "House of Sand and Fog" joined with Russell Crowe's hardscrabble sea captain in "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" in the lead dramatic movie actor category. Other contenders were Tom Cruise for "The Last Samurai," Law for "Cold Mountain" and Sean Penn for "Mystic River."

Along with Kidman, lead dramatic movie actress nominees were Uma Thurman for "Kill Bill: Vol. 1," Charlize Theron for "Monster," 16-year-old Evan Rachel Wood for "thirteen," and Cate Blanchett for "Veronica Guerin."

The Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, mark the start of the annual Hollywood awards season and are regarded by some as indicators of potential Oscar nominees and winners.

The Golden Globes live telecast is scheduled for Jan. 25, while the Oscar ceremony is set for Feb. 29, about four weeks earlier than usual. Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 27.

[TJL]

Originally posted by Janice
Good question birthday boy. My guess is that the Foreign Press Association gets advance screenings for voting purposes.

The Foreign Press Association.

Some channel just showed a documentary exposing them as a bunch of star struck pseudo journalists who sell thier votes to the movie company who throws the biggest parties and gives out the most freebies.

How do you join them?

[Kitt]

Yeah, I think The Golden Globes come out early for a reason. They're like the documentary that TJL posted about said. They're promos for the movie makers. I don't know about the parties, but that's what probably goes on.

I'm interested to see Cold Mountain.

[animalcrackers]

I'm kind of surprised at some of the nominees and also who was snubbed. But I'm glad 'Seabiscuit' and Johnny Depp were nominated.

[Janice]

The Golden Globe Award is held in very high regard in the entertainment industry and is an extremely prestigious and distinguished award. For movies, the award is second only to an Oscar. For television, second only to an Emmy.
The Award Show itself is great fun to watch. I often enjoy it more than the Academy Awards Show because it honors television as well.
The Golden Globe Awards are considered an accurate indicator of upcoming Academy Award nominations and winners.



Hollywood Foreign Press Association

**Mission Statement**

To establish favorable relations and cultural ties
between foreign countries and the United States of America by
the dissemination of information concerning the American
culture and traditions as depicted in motion pictures and
television through news media in various foreign countries.

To recognize outstanding achievements by conferring annual
Awards of Merit, (Golden Globe® Awards), serving as a
constant incentive within the entertainment industry, both
domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon
the best in motion pictures and television.

To contribute to other nonprofit organizations connected with
the entertainment industry and involved in educational,
cultural, and humanitarian activities.

To promote interest in the study of the arts, including the
development of talent in the entertainment field through
scholarships given to major learning institutions.

[Janice]

Originally posted by TJL
The Foreign Press Association.

Some channel just showed a documentary exposing them as a bunch of star struck pseudo journalists who sell thier votes to the movie company who throws the biggest parties and gives out the most freebies.

Then again, money talks.

[LucyCompanyPhan]

*note* i haven't seen most of these movies but this is my prediction


Picture, Drama: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Actress, Drama: Charlize Theron, "Monster

Actor, Drama: Sean Penn, "Mystic River."

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Finding Nemo

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Diane Keaton, "Something's Gotta Give"

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain."

Supporting Actor: William H. Macy, "Seabiscuit"

Director: Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

Screenplay: Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"

Original Score: Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

Original Song: "The Heart of Every Girl" from "Mona Lisa Smile," music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin;

[barwars]

I would have never considered "Pirates of the Carribbean" a comedy.... but whatever.