GOLDEN GLOBES recap

EDITOR'S NOTE: THE SWALLOWS RETURN TO CAPISTRANO, THE ROBIN HERALDS THE SPRING.....AND THE GOLDEN GLOBES KICKS OFF THE HOLLYWOOD BACK-SLAPPING SEASON.

2006 Golden Globe nominations and winners
(Winners in boldface)

Motion Picture -- Drama
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Focus Features/River Road Entertainment; Focus Features

THE CONSTANT GARDENER Potboiler Prods./Scion Films; Focus Features
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK Section Eight/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions; Warner Independent Pictures
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema
MATCH POINT Jada Productions; DreamWorks Pictures

Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama
MARIA BELLO A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
FELICITY HUFFMAN TRANSAMERICA

GWYNETH PALTROW PROOF
CHARLIZE THERON NORTH COUNTRY
ZIYI ZHANG MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama
RUSSELL CROWE CINDERELLA MAN
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN CAPOTE

TERRENCE HOWARD HUSTLE & FLOW
HEATH LEDGER BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
DAVID STRATHAIRN GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS Heyman Hoskins Prods.; The Weinstein Company
PRIDE & PREJUDICE Working Title Prods.; Focus Features/StudioCanal
THE PRODUCERS Brooksfilms; Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE American Empirical/Peter Newman - Internal; Samuel Goldwyn Films/Sony Pictures Releasing International
WALK THE LINE Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox

Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
JUDI DENCH MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY PRIDE & PREJUDICE
LAURA LINNEY THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
SARAH JESSICA PARKER THE FAMILY STONE
REESE WITHERSPOON WALK THE LINE

Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
PIERCE BROSNAN THE MATADOR
JEFF DANIELS THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
JOHNNY DEPP CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
NATHAN LANE THE PRODUCERS
CILLIAN MURPHY BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
JOAQUIN PHOENIX WALK THE LINE

Foreign Language Film
KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)Columbia Pictures Film ProAsia Ltd/Huayi Brothers/Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd/Star Overseas; Sony Pictures Classics
MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)Beijing 21st CenturySheng Kai/China Film Group/Capgen Investment Group/Moonstone Prods.; The Weinstein Company
MERRY CHRISTMAS (JOYEUX NOEL) (FRANCE)Nord Quest Prods. Senator Film Prods./The Bureau Artemis Prods/Media Pro Pictures/TF1 Films/Les Productions de la Gueville; Sony Pictures Classics
PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Films/Lumen Films/Arte France Cinema/Hazazah Film; Warner Independent Pictures

TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)UK/South African Prods.; Miramax Films

Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
SCARLETT JOHANSSON MATCH POINT
SHIRLEY MacLAINE IN HER SHOES
FRANCES McDORMAND NORTH COUNTRY
RACHEL WEISZ THE CONSTANT GARDENER

MICHELLE WILLIAMS BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
GEORGE CLOONEY SYRIANA

MATT DILLON CRASH
WILL FERRELL THE PRODUCERS
PAUL GIAMATTI CINDERELLA MAN
BOB HOSKINS MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

Director -- Motion Picture
WOODY ALLEN MATCH POINT
GEORGE CLOONEY GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
PETER JACKSON KING KONG
ANG LEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

FERNANDO MEIRELLES THE CONSTANT GARDENER
STEVEN SPIELBERG MUNICH

Screenplay -- Motion Picture
WOODY ALLEN MATCH POINT
GEORGE CLOONEY & GRANT HESLOV GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
PAUL HAGGIS & BOBBY MORESCO CRASH
TONY KUSHNER & ERIC ROTH MUNICH
LARRY McMURTRY & DIANA OSSANA BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Original Score -- Motion Picture
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT SYRIANA
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD KING KONG
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
HARRY GREGSONTHE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE WILLIAMS LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
JOHN WILLIAMS MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

Original Song -- Motion Picture
"A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD" -- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
"CHRISTMAS IN LOVE" - CHRISTMAS IN LOVE Music by: Tony RenisLyrics by: Marva Jan Marrow
"THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A SHOW ON BROADWAY" - THE PRODUCERS Music & Lyrics by: Mel Brooks
"TRAVELIN' THRU" - TRANSAMERICA Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton
"WUNDERKIND" - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBEMusic & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette

Television Series -- Drama
COMMANDER IN CHIEF (ABC)Touchstone Television
GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)Touchstone Television
LOST (ABC)Touchstone Television

PRISON BREAK (FOX)Original Film and Adelstein/Parouse Prods.
ROME (HBO)HBO Entertainment in association with BBC

Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -- Drama
PATRICIA ARQUETTEMEDIUM
GLENN CLOSE THE SHIELD
GEENA DAVIS COMMANDER IN CHIEF

KYRA SEDGWICK THE CLOSER
POLLY WALKER ROME

Performance by an Actor in a Television Series -- Drama
PATRICK DEMPSEY GREY'S ANATOMY
MATTHEW FOX LOST
HUGH LAURIE HOUSE

WENTWORTH MILLER PRISON BREAK
KIEFER SUTHERLAND 24

Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)HBO Entertainment
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)Touchstone Television

ENTOURAGE (HBO)Leverage and Closest to the Hole Prods. in association with HBO Entertainment
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (UPN)Chris Rock Enterprises, In
and 3 Arts Entertainment i.a.w Paramount Network Television
MY NAME IS EARL (NBC)Acme Prods. in association with 20th Century Fox Television
WEEDS (SHOWTIME)Lions Gate Television in association with Tilted Prods.

Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
MARCIA CROSS DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
TERI HATCHER DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
FELICITY HUFFMAN DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
EVA LONGORIA DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
MARY-LOUISE PARKER WEEDS

Performance by an Actor in a Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
ZACH BRAFF SCRUBS
STEVE CARELL THE OFFICE

LARRY DAVID CURBYOUR ENTHUSIASM
JASON LEE MY NAME IS EARL
CHARLIE SHEENTWO AND A HALF MEN

Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
EMPIRE FALLS (HBO)Mark Platt Prod., Aspetuck & Stone Village Pictures Prods. in association with HBO Films

INTO THE WEST (TNT)DreamWorks Television
LACKAWANNA BLUES (HBO)Bellah Films, Good Shepard Prods. in association with HBO Films
SLEEPER CELL (SHOWTIME)Showtime, Cardboard Guru Production
VIVA BLACKPOOL (BBC AMERICA)BBC/BBC America
WARM SPRINGS (HBO)Mark Gordon Prods. in association with HBO Films

Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
HALLE BERRY THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
KELLY MacDONALD THE GIRL IN THE CAFE
S. EPATHA MERKERSON LACKAWANNA BLUES

CYNTHIA NIXON WARM SPRINGS
MIRA SORVINO HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
KENNETH BRANAGH WARM SPRINGS
ED HARRIS EMPIRE FALLS
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS ELVIS

BILL NIGHY THE GIRL IN THE CAFE
DONALD SUTHERLAND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
CANDICE BERGEN BOSTON LEGAL
CAMRYN MANHEIM ELVIS
SANDRA OH GREY'S ANATOMY

ELIZABETH PERKINS WEEDS
JOANNE WOODWARD EMPIRE FALLS

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
NAVEEN ANDREWS LOST
PAUL NEWMAN EMPIRE FALLS

JEREMY PIVEN ENTOURAGE
RANDY QUAID ELVIS
DONALD SUTHERLAND COMMANDER IN CHIEF

EDITOR'S NOTE: THE GOOD NEWS IS, I INTEND TO HAVE A FUN OSCAR PARTY, BECAUSE ALL MY DWEEBPALS ARE FUN PEOPLE. THE BAD NEWS? NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SURPRISES, AND I THINK IT GAVE US A PRETTY CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT IS GONNA TRANSPIRE THE EVENING OF MARCH 5TH.

THOUGHTS ----

1. YEAH RACHEL WEISZ!! (WHO LOOKED RADIANT...AND PREGNANT?)

2. DOES DREW BARRYMORE OWN A BRA? OR A MIRROR?

3. ALMOST WANTED ZIYI ZHANG TO WIN, JUST CAUSE HER DRESS DESERVED A FULL SHOWING. GORGEOUS!

4. THE BIG RACE IS LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN REESE WITHERSPOON AND FELICITY HUFFMAN IN THE BEST ACTRESS COMPETITION (SINCE THE CATEGORY ISN'T DIVIDED COMEDY/DRAMA ON OSCAR NIGHT). THE OTHER DIVIDED AWARDS SEEM CLEARER IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER TO ME. (GLAD J. PHOENIX GOT HIS GOLDEN GLOBE, CAUSE HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN "WALK THE LINE". BUT PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN IS PRETTY MUCH A LOCK FOR "CAPOTE", ISN'T HE?)

5. DID ANYONE ELSE GET NERVOUS WHEN THE NICE PALESTINIAN MAN WAS TALKING?

6. JOHN WILLIAMS SHOULD NOT ONLY TEACH COMPOSITION FOR FILM....HIS SCORE FOR "GEISHA" WAS JUST ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THIS FALL THAT DIDN'T IMPOSE ON THE FILM AND DIDN'T MAKE ME WANT TO SHOOT THE COMPOSER....BUT HE COULD ALSO TEACH A CLASS IN CLASSY THANK YOU SPEECHES. ONLY THE BRITS DO IT BETTER.

7. THE DRIPPY SONG FROM "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" (THAT WON) IS DRIPPY FOR A REASON; BERNIE TAUPIN WROTE THE LYRICS. THAT EXPLAINS IT!

8. MARY-LOUISE PARKER LOOKED ALMOST UPSET TO HAVE WON. WAS IT CHRIS ROCK'S MAKING FUN OF HER CO-NOMINEES, OR DOES SHE ALWAYS LOOK A LITTLE PEEVY?

9. GEENA DAVIS WAS VERY VERY POISED AND FUNNY. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED FOR KYRA SEDGWICK NOT WINNING, BUT DAVIS WAS A CLASS ACT.

10. I REALLY WANTED TO WATCH A RECORDED LAW AND ORDER:SVU THIS MORNING WHILE I EXERCISED, BUT INSTEAD I DUTIFULLY WATCHED THE GOLDEN GLOBES. JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF QOTD I AM. (DEVOTED TO YOU, MY DWEEBPALS).