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As we approach the 9pm hour and the press conference announcement of the Golden Globes, I want to do two things: (1) link you to my recently-posted final predictions, and (2) remind you that whatever happens tonight... it doesn't really have any bearing on the Oscars. The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press, and there is virtually no overlap between its membership and the Academy's. Still, it should be fun to watch.

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
(1) Atonement (Focus Features)
(2) No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
(3) American Gangster (Universal)
(4) Michael Clayton (Warner Brothers)
(5) The Great Debaters (The Weinstein Company)
(6) There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
(7) Eastern Promises (Focus Features)

BEST PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Juno (Fox Searchlight)
(2) Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
(3) Charlie Wilson's War (Universal)
(4) Hairspray (New Line)
(5) Across the Universe (Revolution)

BEST DIRECTOR
(1) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
(2) Joe Wright (Atonement)
(3) Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(4) Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
(5) Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
(1) Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
(2) George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
(3) Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
(4) James McAvoy (Atonement)
(5) Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
(2) Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War)
(3) Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
(4) John C. Reilly (Walk Hard)
(5) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages)

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
(1) Julie Christie (Away from Her)
(2) Keira Knightley (Atonement)
(3) Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
(4) Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
(5) Jodie Foster (The Brave One)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
(2) Ellen Page (Juno)
(3) Amy Adams (Enchanted)
(4) Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)
(5) Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
(1) Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
(2) John Travolta (Hairspray)
(3) Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James)
(4) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
(5) Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(1) Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
(2) Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
(3) Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
(4) Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
(5) Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)

BEST SCREENPLAY
(1) Diablo Cody (Juno)
(2) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
(3) Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(4) Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
(5) Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
(1) Ratatouille (Disney)
(2) Bee Movie (DreamWorks)
(3) The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
(1) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
(2) The Kite Runner (Paramount Classics)
(3) Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
(4) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (IFC Films)
(5) Lust, Caution (Focus Features)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
(1) Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
(2) Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
(3) Howard Shore (Eastern Promises)
(4) Clint Eastwood (Grace Is Gone)
(5) Alberto Iglesias (The Kite Runner)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
(1) "Guaranteed" (Into the Wild)
(2) "That's How You Know" (Enchanted)
(3) "Grace Is Gone" (Grace Is Gone)
(4) "Despedida" (Love in the Time of Cholera)
(5) "Walk Hard" (Walk Hard)

Various news outlets spent much of yesterday trying to reach the morning's newly-minted Golden Globe nominees for reactions. I caught up with some of them after sending out a few congratulatory emails, but the highlight for sure was hearing from Best Actress nominee Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose), who was nice enough to take a break from celebrating her first career nomination to call in from Paris. Here are some excerpts from our chat...

Since I am an American, and therefore not a potential future member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, let me not equivocate: the HFPA is one of the most corrupt, pathetic, kow-towing groups of awards voters imaginable, as their nominees this morning confirmed.

This group of rank-amateur nobodies first drag every potential nominee to special screenings, Q&As, and the like, largely so they can snap a photo with the talent to later show off to their friends, and then they apparently completely disregard everything they have seen and heard and instead nominate the biggest superstars in the race so they can have a few more famous faces at their party. For instance, yes to Julia Roberts in Charlie Wilson's War, but no to Laura Linney in The Savages?!? Give. Me. A. F-ing. Break. Further, they essentially have 'friends' to whom they give advantageous treatment, which is possible due to their fairly vague rules. Nothing against Harvey Weinstein's The Great Debaters, but how much do you want to bet it finished in seventh place for Best Picture (Drama), and that that is why the category was inexplicably expanded to include seven nominees?

This morning, the HFPA proved themselves to be as irrelevant as ever when it comes to being a reliable Oscar precursor. Mark my words: the Academy Award nominations are going to look very different.I could go on here, but instead I'll share a comment or two about each category, along with my predictions score—a pretty good day, aside from Into the Wild—and then I'll go back to bed. I don't need crap like this so early in the morning...

Best Picture (Drama) (5/7; missed The Great Debaters and There Will Be Blood): Mea culpa. I totally blew it on Into the Wild, which I thought would make it into their top seven, at least. Perhaps it is just too American a story? Who knows. It reminds me a bit of Crash, another story about the American experience that failed to muster even a nomination for Best Picture from the HFPA, but as we all remember was still honored by the Academy with not only a Best Picture nomination but also the big prize. Remember that unlike the HFPA, which is composed of a few dozen foreign journalists, the Academy is composed of people who actually make movies, which inherently helps contenders like Crash or Into the Wild that have large ensemble casts of well-known actors who all have friends that vote.

Best Picture Musical/Comedy) (4/5; missed Across the Universe): I have no problem with Juno, Sweeney, or Hairspray, but how do you explain the inclusion of Across the Universe, a movie that was only reviewed favorably by 52% of critics, lost at least $50 million, and most people thought died in Toronto, or Charlie Wilson's War, a movie without a third act that was rendered cute but impotent—a hollow shell of the book—by a desire to remain politically-correct and not mention Al-Qaeda or the Taliban or make any reference to the present day problems it foretold? I'm not sure what clicked with the former. I know why they bit on the latter... Mike Nichols, Aaron Sorkin, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Blunt, Amy Adams. Believe it or not, great talents can make weak movies, too...

Best Director (4/5; missed Ridley Scott for American Gangster): I guess they figured Sean Penn would show up anyway. (Seriously, though: nice job including Schnabel.)

Best Actor (Drama) (4/5; missed James McAvoy for Atonement): I picked the wrong young'n, Emile Hirsch. I could see either one or both making the cut at the Oscars.

Best Actor Musical/Comedy) (4/5; missed Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages): Pleased to be wrong here. Like most, I felt they would include Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life) or Jack Nicholson (The Bucket List), but apparently they actually watched The Savages... but, then again, no Laura Linney? Maybe they just picked out of a hat.

Best Actress (Drama) (5/5; missed none): Can't gloat... there were not a lot of other options to pick from, unfortunately, what with Marion Cotillard and Laura Linney going Musical/Comedy... which, retrospectively, was a mistake for both—no explanation required for Linney; for Cotillard, because Julie Christie's likely win in this category will give her momentum that might have been nipped in the bud had Cotillard taken her on directly.

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) (4/5; missed Nikki Blonsky for Hairspray): Blonsky is a feel-good story and she has her fans, but I'm not sure she was superior to Linney, Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up), or Keri Russell (Waitress)... it looks like the movie went over really well, though.

Best Supporting Actor (5/5; missed none): I think Travolta has a solid shot at the win here... much more so than at the Oscars.

Best Supporting Actress (4/5; missed Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson's War): In this case, I'm okay with being wrong just on general principle.

Best Screenplay (4/5; missed Aaron Sorkin for Charlie Wilson's War): At this point in the HFPA proceeding, Sean Penn longed to hear from American voters for the first time in years. (And Tony Gilroy wondered what the hell just happened to his Oscar frontrunner status.)

Best Animated Feature (2/3; missed Beowulf): With Ratatouille being the only obvious choice, they had to sit down and think for 10 or 11 seconds before realizing that they could get Jerry Seinfeld and the cast of The Simpsons to the event, and only screw one innovative movie (Beowulf) in the process. I mean, why nominate Beowulf when Jolie is already coming anyway?

Best Foreign Language Film (5/5; missed none): Leave it to me to miss one in most categories but nail Foreign Language... sheesh.

Best Original Score (2/5; missed Clint Eastwood for Grace Is Gone, Alberto Iglesias for The Kite Runner, and Howard Shore for Eastern Promises): I have no excuse for missing Howard Shore, who is a nomination-magnet, or Eastwood, who is Eastwood. I am, however, surprised they took a pass on Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood) in favor of Iglesias.

Best Original Song (2/5; missed "Despedida" from Love in the Time of Cholera, "Grace Is Gone" from Grace Is Gone, and "Walk Hard" from Walk Hard): I stopped giving a damn when I saw they snubbed both songs from Once, which will still duke it out with "Guaranteed" at the Oscars.

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
American Gangster (Universal)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Eastern Promises (Focus Features)
The Great Debaters (The Weinstein Company)
Michael Clayton (Warner Brothers)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)

BEST PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Across the Universe (Revolution)
Charlie Wilson's War (Universal)
Hairspray (New Line)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)

BEST DIRECTOR
Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
Joe Wright (Atonement)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Denzel Washington (American Gangster)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages)
John C. Reilly (Walk Hard)

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Jodie Foster (The Brave One)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Amy Adams (Enchanted)
Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)
Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Ellen Page (Juno)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
John Travolta (Hairspray)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody (Juno)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bee Movie (DreamWorks)
Ratatouille (Disney)
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (IFC Films)
The Kite Runner (Paramount Classics)
Lust, Caution (Focus Features)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild)
Clint Eastwood (Grace Is Gone)
Alberto Iglesias (The Kite Runner)
Howard Shore (Eastern Promises)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Despedida" (Love in the Time of Cholera)
"Grace Is Gone" (Grace Is Gone)
"Guaranteed" (Into the Wild)
"That's How You Know" (Enchanted)
"Walk Hard" ("Walk Hard")

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
(1) No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
(2) Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage)
(3) Atonement (Focus Features)
(4) American Gangster (Universal)
(5) Michael Clayton (Warner Brothers)
(Alt) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm), Eastern Promises (Focus Features)

BEST PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Juno (Fox Searchlight)
(2) Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
(3) Hairspray (New Line)
(4) Ratatouille (Disney)
(5) Lars and the Real Girl (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
(Alt) Charlie Wilson's War (Universal), The Bucket List (Warner Brothers)

BEST DIRECTOR
(1) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
(2) Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(3) Sean Penn (Into the Wild)
(4) Joe Wright (Atonement)
(5) Jason Reitman (Juno)
(Alt) Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd), David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
(1) Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
(2) George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
(3) Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
(4) Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
(5) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
(Alt) Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
(2) Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
(3) Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War)
(4) Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life)
(5) Jack Nicholson (The Bucket List)
(Alt) John C. Reilly (Walk Hard), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages)

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
(1) Julie Christie (Away from Her)
(2) Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
(3) Keira Knightley (Atonement)
(4) Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
(5) Jodie Foster (The Brave One)
(Alt) Halle Berry (Things We Lost in the Fire), Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
(1) Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
(2) Ellen Page (Juno)
(3) Amy Adams (Enchanted)
(4) Laura Linney (The Savages)
(5) Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)
(Alt) Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd), Keri Russell (Waitress)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
(1) John Travolta (Hairspray)
(2) Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
(3) Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
(4) Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
(5) Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James)
(Alt) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War), Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(1) Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
(2) Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
(3) Jennifer Garner (Juno)
(4) Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
(5) Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement)
(Alt) Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)

BEST SCREENPLAY
(1) Diablo Cody (Juno)
(2) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
(3) Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(4) Sean Penn (Into the Wild)
(5) Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
(Alt) Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
(1) Ratatouille (Disney)
(2) Beowulf (Paramount)
(3) Bee Movie (DreamWorks)
(Alt) Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics), The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
(1) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
(2) The Kite Runner (Paramount Classics)
(3) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (IFC Films)
(4) Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
(5) Lust, Caution (Focus Features)
(Alt) La Vie En Rose (Picturehouse), The Orphanage (Picturehouse)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
(1) Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
(2) Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
(3) Alexandre Desplat (Lust, Caution)
(4) Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille)
(5) Michael Brook (Into the Wild)
(Alt) Alan Menken (Enchanted), Alexandre Desplat (The Golden Compass)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
(1) "Falling Slowly" (Once)
(2) "Guaranteed" (Into the Wild)
(3) "Come So Far" (Hairspray)
(4) "Society" (Into the Wild)
(5) "That's How You Know" (Enchanted)
(Alt) "If You Want Me" (Once), "So Close" (Enchanted)

BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)
Projected Nominees
(1) Atonement (Focus Features)
(2) There Will Be Blood (Paramount)
(3) American Gangster (Universal)
(4) Charlie Wilson's War (Universal)
(5) In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent)
Major Threats
(6) Michael Clayton (Warner Brothers)
(7) Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage)
(8) No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
(9) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Think Film)
In the Mix
(10) Gone Baby Gone (Miramax)
(11) Lions for Lambs (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
(12) The Great Debaters (The Weinstein Company)
(13) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Brothers)
(14) Eastern Promises (Focus Features)
(15) Love in the Time of Cholera (New Line)
(16) Beowulf (Warner Brothers)
(17) 3:10 to Yuma (Lions Gate)
(18) The Golden Compass (New Line)

BEST PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Projected Nominees
(1) Juno (Fox Searchlight)
(2) Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
(3) Once (Fox Searchlight)
(4) Hairspray (New Line)
(5) Lars and the Real Girl (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Major Threats
(6) The Bucket List (Warner Brothers)
(7) Enchanted (Buena Vista)
(8) Across the Universe (Revolution)
(9) The Savages (Fox Searchlight)
(10) Knocked Up (Universal)
(11) I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
In the Mix
(10) Ratatouille (Disney)
(11) Waitress (Fox Searchlight)
(12) The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
(13) Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Twentieth Century-Fox)
(14) Across the Universe (Revolution)
(15) Dan in Real Life (Buena Vista)

BEST DIRECTOR
Projected Nominees
(1) Joe Wright (Atonement)
(2) Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
(3) Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson's War)
(4) Jason Reitman (Juno)
(5) Sidney Lumet (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
Major Threats
(6) Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
(7) Sean Penn (Into the Wild)
(8) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
(9) Paul Haggis (In the Valley of Elah)
(10) Marc Forster (The Kite Runner)
(11) Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
In the Mix
(12) Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
(13) Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(14) Robert Redford (Lions for Lambs)
(15) Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
(16) Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters)
(17) Rob Reiner (The Bucket List)
(18) Todd Haynes (I'm Not There)
(19) John Carney (Once)
(20) Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Projected Nominees
(1) Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
(2) Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War)
(3) Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
(4) George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
(5) Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
Major Threats
(6) Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(7) James McAvoy (Atonement)
(8) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
(9) Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
(10) Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
In the Mix
(11) John Cusack (Grace Is Gone)
(12) Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
(13) Benicio Del Toro (Things We Lost in the Fire)
(14) Frank Langella (Starting Out in the Evening)
(15) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
(16) Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men)
(17) Sam Riley (Control)
(18) Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters)
(19) Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner)
(20) Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Projected Nominees
(1) Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
(2) Jack Nicholson (The Bucket List)
(3) Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
(4) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages)
(5) Seth Rogen (Knocked Up)
Major Threats
(6) Glen Hansard (Once)
(7) Michael Cera (Superbad)
In the Mix
(8) Jonah Hill (Superbad)
(9) Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life)

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Projected Nominees
(1) Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
(2) Keira Knightley (Atonement)
(3) Julie Christie (Away from Her)
(4) Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
(5) Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Love in the Time of Cholera)
Major Threats
(6) Halle Berry (Things We Lost in the Fire)
(7) Jodie Foster (The Brave One)
(8) Uma Thurman (In Bloom)
(9) Cate Blanchett (The Golden Age)
In the Mix
(10) Nicole Kidman (Margot at the Wedding)
(11) Julia Roberts (Charlie Wilson's War)
(12) Reese Witherspoon (Rendition)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
Projected Nominees
(1) Ellen Page (Juno)
(2) Laura Linney (The Savages)
(3) Amy Adams (Enchanted)
(4) Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)
(5) Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Major Threats
(6) Keri Russell (Waitress)
(7) Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)
In the Mix
(8) Marketa Irglova (Once)
(9) Juliette Binoche (Dan in Real Life)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Projected Nominees
(1) Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
(2) Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
(3) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
(4) Russell Crowe (American Gangster)
(5) John Travolta (Hairspray)
Major Threats
(6) Ethan Hawke (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
(7) Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
(8) Ed Harris (Gone Baby Gone)
(9) Alan Rickman (Sweeney Todd)
(10) Tom Cruise (Lions for Lambs)
(11) Albert Finney (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
(12) Morgan Freeman (The Bucket List)
(13) Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
In the Mix
(14) Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
(15) Sacha Baron Cohen (Sweeney Todd)
(16) Philip Bosco (The Savages)
(17) Max von Sydow (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
(18) Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Projected Nominees
(1) Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
(2) Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
(3) Meryl Streep (Lions for Lambs)
(4) Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray)
(5) Jennifer Garner (Juno)
Major Threats
(6) Marisa Tomei (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
(7) Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement)
(8) Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
(9) Nicole Kidman (The Golden Compass)
(10) Evan Rachel Wood (In Bloom)
(11) Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
(12) Romola Garai (Atonement)
In the Mix
(13) Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot at the Wedding)
(14) Emily Mortimer (Lars and the Real Girl)
(15) Leslie Mann (Knocked Up)
(16) Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men)

The first Golden Globes projections of the year... I'm working on them now, so check back on Monday!