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  • Golden Globe predictions

    Ramin Setoodeh | Jan 10, 2008 06:33 PM

     

    As you may have heard, there are no Golden Globes this year. But that won't stop me from predicting the winners. Here are the names you'll hear at what's sure to be a spectacularly cheesy press conference Sunday night:

    Best Motion Picture, Drama: "No Country For Old Men"

    Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Sweeney Todd"

    Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"

    Best Actor in a Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

    Best Actress in a Drama: Julie Christie, "Away From Her"

    Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy: Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"

    Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"

    Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"

    Best Supporting Actress: Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"

    Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"

    Best Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"

    Best Foreign-Language Film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

    Best Score: "Atonement"

    Original Song: "That's How You Know," from "Enchanted"

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  • Another Big Blow to "Atonement"

    Ramin Setoodeh | Jan 10, 2008 04:05 PM

    The Writer's Guild of America nominations were just announced this afternoon. For best adapted screenplay, the nominees are: "No Country For Old Men," "There Will Be Blood," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild" and "Zodiac." What!? "Zodiac." That means "Atonement" was snubbed again. Really? For screenplay -- it's such a masterful adaptation of the book. This can only mean one thing: the frontrunner is ... dead. They better get Keira Knightley on the campaign trail now, to shed some tears.

    For best original screenplay, the nominees are "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "The Savages," "Knocked Up" and "Lars and the Real Girl."

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  • What Do "Atonement's" Snubs Mean?

    Ramin Setoodeh | Jan 10, 2008 12:44 PM

    Playing a little catch up--sorry I haven't posted more in the last few days. I'm starting to think "Atonement" might not get nominated for best picture, and that maybe it really is this year's "Cold Mountain": a beautiful, epic movie that's just a little too packaged for the Academy. There was no love from the SAGs. Then Joe Wright was snubbed by the Directors Guild of America this week.

    So was Tim Burton for "Sweeney Todd." (Another movie that didn't get any love from the SAGs.) This means both movies are extremely vulnerable for best picture, despite what all the Oscar bloggers (I'm guilty too) have been predicting all year. I think the Directors Guild nominations are very close to what we'll see in the top five for best picture: "There Will Be Blood," "No Country For Old Men," "Michael Clayton," "Into the Wild," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."

    The wild card: "Juno." 

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