..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

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xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Jamie Foxx - Ray (GG/C-M - BFCA)	Still the most sure nominee... but less and less likely to win
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator (GG/D - BFCA)	Unavoidable
Paul Giamatti - Sideways (GG/C-M - BFCA)	Finally?
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside (GG/D - BFCA)	The most ambitious performance of the year, turned to absolute perfection
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby	It's his story... everyone who mentions Morgan Freeman mentions his relationship with Eastwood... how can one be feted and not the other?
Golden Globers Who Could Step Up
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland (GG/D - BFCA)	A great actor... his Willy Wonka looks to match Pirates... but for this... over Eastwood or Giamatti or Bardem... really?
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda (GG/D - BFCA)	One of those guys who should win a few of these in his career... even better in The Assassination of Richard Nixon...
Kevin Spacey - Beyond The Sea (GG/C-M)	The Ego Tour is losing him votes.
Liam Neeson - Kinsey (GG/D)	Globes keep him in, but there just isn't the energy floating in his direction
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (GG/C-M)	A performance that won't be fully appreciated for a few years... once he gets an Oscar for something else, this will be seen as his great career turning point... unfairly abusive Lemony Snicket notices didn't help
Kevin Kline - De-Lovely (GG/C-M)	You're De-Kidding...
The Truly Great Performance That Is Being Totally Overlooked
Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Just find a way to see the film... he's never been better...
And The Longshots...
Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries
Jim Caviezel - The Passion Of The Christ

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways (GG)	Don't believe the backlash
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby (GG)	He's beloved, but we've seen this before
Clive Owen - Closer (GG)	Really excellent... but can he win for a movie that's so well disliked vs a breakthrough comedy
Jamie Foxx - Collateral (GG)	I can't believe this really might happen... but this really might happen... and give "experts" an excuse for him losing in two categories
Alan Alda - The Aviator	This shouldn't happen... the role is light and too small... but who else do voters vote for
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey	He deserves it... but he has before
Rodrigo De La Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries	Should have happened
David Carradine - Kill Bill, V2 (GG)	I... don't... think... so...

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
December 16, 2004
December 9, 2004 | December 2, 2004 | November 25, 2004
November 18, 2004 | November 11, 2004 | November 4 , 2004 | October 28, 2004
October 21, 2004 | October 14, 2004 | September 22, 2004 | August 4, 2004

December 23 , 2004

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