The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, made up of the 90 or so scribes who vote on the Golden Globes, kicked off awards season this morning by giving a warm, fuzzy embrace to the downsizing dramedy Up in the Air (which led the field with six nominations), Meryl Streep (two noms for best comedy actress in Julie & Julia and It's Complicated) and Sandra Bullock (comedy actress nom for The Proposal and dramatic actress bid for The Blind Side.
Unlike the Oscars, the Globes divide nominees between drama and comedy. Best drama contenders are "The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Precious, Up in the Air and Inglourious Basterds. Comedy nominees are The Hangover, (500) Days of Summer, It's Complicated, Julie & Julia and Nine. I'm not sure that these titles are an altogether accurate predicter of Oscar nominees - which will have 10 best picture contenders this year. I expect that the Pixar animation Up, and Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela story Invictus will make the Oscar cut.
But several interesting themes emerge: As I blogged yesterday, Oscar season promises to be a race between those ex-spouses James Cameron (Avatar) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). And it may be the first time in Academy history that more than one woman gets a best director nomination. The Globes cited Bigelow for Hurt Locket. It also nominated Nora Ephron's Julie & Julia and Nancy Meyers' It's Complicated for best comedy. If I were a betting woman, I'd put my money on Mo'Nique, a lock for best supporting actress for her performance as the abusive mother in Precious. Given the nods for Streep, Ephron, Meyers and Mo'Nique, I think we can safely say that we're seeing the creative sec ond wind of women of a certain age, what anthropologist Margaret Mead called "post-menopausal zest."
Your thoughts?
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Having just seen and enjoyed "Up in the Air," I'd be happy if it received several Oscar nominations - actor, director, and screenwriter being among them. And I'd like to see Vera Farmiga nominated, too - someone else will have to decide if that was a lead or supporting role, though. I'm not as certain as you that Cameron will be nominated. I wonder if it will come down to whether critics see him as having made an important technological breakthrough at the same time that the box office hits and then sustains a peak.— wwolfe- So happy Sandra Bullock got two nominations. Would love to see her get a statue over Streep, and snag an Oscar nom as well. Much as I like Mo'Nique in PRECIOUS, I'm hoping Julianne Moore is finally rewarded for her body of work for A SINGLE MAN.— garyk
- Carrie- Few people I know are astute as you about film - so perhaps you can enlighten me about this curiosity. Why is Marion Cotillard nominated for best actress (for "Nine"), while Mo'nique is relegated to the supporting category. I love them both in their films - but aren't they both part of an ensemble and, therefore, supporting actresses. Just curious. Enlighten me. Share!— Pash
- I can't figure this out, Pash, except that Cotillard is a prior Oscar and Globe winner and that might automatically elevate her to lead consideration.— carrierickey
- Woa! What happened to Nicholas Cage?!— Pash
- Thrilled to pieces that female directors are expected to get long overdue, well deserved nods.... A woman who didn't like Titanic?! Finally!! I thought I was the only one! (Totally missed the call on getting all the Oscars that year....just another pretty story was all....)— giggles
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