Tuesday, January 23, 2007

THE BIG STORIES OF THE DAY

  • DREAMGIRLS BOUNCED FROM BEST PICTURE AND CONDON FROM BEST DIRECTOR BY LETTERS AND EASTWOOD, BUT STILL GETS MOST NOMINATIONS (8)... LET THE CONTROVERSY BEGIN
  • GREENGRASS (UNITED) ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR
  • LEO NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR... FOR BLOOD DIAMOND! CATEGORY CONFUSION APPARENTLY ALSO CASTS NICHOLSON A SPOT (ALTHOUGH WAHLBERG EARNS NOMINATION)
  • GOSLING COMES THROUGH FOR BEST ACTOR NOMINATION
  • BOTH BABEL LADIES HOLD OFF BLUNT IN SUPPORTING
  • BORAT NOMINATED FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • SHOCKER: NO VOLVER IN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OR FOREIGN?!?
  • JESUS CAMP MAKES CUT FOR BEST DOCU!
  • DESPLAT NOMMED FOR ORIGINAL SCORE--FOR QUEEN, NOT VEIL
  • NOMINATIONS FOR ALL 3 DREAMGIRLS SONG CONTENDERS ("LISTEN," "LOVE YOU I DO," "PATIENCE")
  • APPARENTLY, WORLD TRADE CENTER IS NOT WORTHY OF A NOMINATION, BUT CLICK IS (BEST MAKEUP), AND BLOOD DIAMOND IS WORTHY OF FIVE?
  • UH-OH... BOBBY, WEINSTEIN CO. ONLY EARN 1 NOM; THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (AND WORTHY SCRIBE REITMAN), PAINTED VEIL, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION GO EMPTY-HANDED
  • ANALYST DAVID POLAND REPORTS THE SHOCKING STAT: BEST PIC NOMINEES SHOW UP ONLY SIX TIMES IN COSTUME (1), SONG (0), CINEMATOGRAPHY (0), ART DIRECTION (0), EDITING (2), MAKEUP (0), SCORE (2), SOUND (1), SOUND MIXING (0)
  • THE ALWAYS P-C ANALYST JEFFREY WELLS SUGGESTS THAT A "DAVID POLAND CURSE" EXPLAINS WHY HIS RECENT FAVES--PHANTOM, MUNICH, AND NOW DREAMGIRLS--HAVE CRASHED AND BURNED; POLAND ADMITS "I WAS WRONG," BUT THEN SO TOO WAS THE REST OF THE WORLD
  • KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES! MEANWHILE, FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TODAY'S NOMINEES...
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