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

BEST ACTRESS
Actress - Film		Comment
Cate Blanchett - Benjamin Button	-	The old age stuff is the killer... all make-up, no CG
Meryl Streep - Doubt	G	Should really be here for Mamma Mia!, the gutsier performance
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married	G	Seems to have settled in, but still vulnerable to a star attack, especially from Winslet, whose performances are better then the films
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long	G	Seems to be settled in since Toronto
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky	G	The critics' groups poster girl this season
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road	G	Great work as always... so wouldn't be a real shocker
Angelina Jolie - Changeling	G	Some of her worst work... so it would be a real shocker
Melissa Leo - Frozen River	-	The indie beloved... usually means being forgotten by the mainstream Academy
Michelle Williams - Wendy & Lucy	-	Lovely work by a fine, delicate soul, but just not enough muscle to get the movie seen by enough of The Academy, it seems

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Actress - Film		Comment
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona	G	Your winner. Perhaps the only lock in the Oscars at this early date.
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler	G	Everyone is getting used to the idea that this is happening
Viola Davis - Doubt	G	Same for the great Ms Davis, who should have been nom'ed all the way back at Antoine Fisher
Kate Winslet - The Reader	G	As long as they can sell the supporting-ness of this lead... but then again, with Rev Road fading, Weinstein may reverse course and go for the lead slot... Globe nod for RR may stop that.
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona	G	The lead, but a newcomer. Deserves the nod as much as anyone this year.
Tilda Swinton - Benjamin Button	-	Small, brilliant turn.
Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married	-	Come out, come out, wherever you are
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married	-	Needs another wave of effort behind this
Taraji P Henson - Benjamin Button	-	The warmth in a cold movie...
Rosario Dawson - Seven Pounds	-	Perhaps too late to get this deserving work noticed
Sophie Okonedo - The Secret Life of Bees	-	-
Frieda Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire	-	-
Hiam Abbass - The Visitor	-	-
Elsa Zylberstein - I've Loved You So Long	-	-

December 11, 2008
- by David Poland

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