So, this morning the nominations were announced for the Golden Globes. This is gonna be a pretty tough year. Check out who got a nod...
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
COMMANDER IN CHIEF (ABC)
GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC)
LOST (ABC)
PRISON BREAK (FOX)
ROME (HBO)
I think it's a toss up between Grey's Anatomy and LOST. I think I might lean towards LOST but damn if Grey's isn't a great frakin' show. Speaking of frakin', Battlestar Galactica? Where's the love?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Patricia Arquette
MEDIUM
Glenn Close
THE SHIELD
Geena Davis
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
Kyra Sedgwick
THE CLOSER
Polly Walker
ROME
I really don't have an opinion on this one because I only watch The Closer and Medium. Between those two I like Sedgwick. Geena Davis was just so bland in the few episodes of Commander in Chief I watched.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Patrick Dempsey
GREY’S ANATOMY
Matthew Fox
LOST
Hugh Lurie
HOUSE
Wentworth Miller
PRISON BREAK
Kiefer Sutherland
24
This is definitely the toughest category for me. Wentworth Miller, I mean really, do we care if he can act, I don't. Matthew's great as Jack on LOST but I think a better choice would have been Josh Hollaway. He's brillant as the tortured soul Sawyer. Patrick has pulled a Travolta and had a major comeback. Kiefer has kept the crazy one day a season life of Jack Bauer fresh and at moments heartbreaking (remember the end of last season when he broke down in his car???). I have a feeling this will go to Hugh Lurie. I don't watch the show but people talk about what a good job the guy does. I'm secretly wanting Wentie because besides those damn Weavers, I like the underdog. But damn, Kiefer can act the hell out of some Jack Bauer.
BEST TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
ENTOURAGE (HBO)
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS (UPN)
MY NAME IS EARL (NBC)
WEEDS (SHOWTIME)
So I'm torn in this category too. Curb is one of the funniest shows out there. I laugh out loud throughout the entire show. Desperate Housewives, well you know how I feel about that. I think the fight is on between My Name Is Earl and Everybody Hates Chris. Earl is truly a genius show and Earl himself is so endearing. Chris on the other hand, is just hilarious. Coming from the mind of Exec Producer Chris Rock, how can it not be. They're both break out shows so I'll be happy if either wins.
BEST 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
Seriously, these are my choices? I abstain. It would be cool to see Felicity win two awards that night. For this and Transamerica.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Zack Braff
SCRUBS
Steve Carell
THE OFFICE
Larry David
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Jason Lee
MY NAME IS EARL
Charlie Sheen
TWO AND A HALF MEN
No brainer, Jason Lee as Earl.
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
EMPIRE FALLS (HBO)
INTO THE WEST (TNT)
LACKAWANNA BLUES (HBO)
SLEEPER CELL (SHOWTIME)
VIVA BLACKPOOL (BBC AMERICA)
WARM SPRINGS (HBO)
The only one of these I saw was Empire Falls and it was God awful. I heard Into the West was bad too. I've seen promos for Sleeper Cell and it looks excellent, but I don't have Showtime so I can't watch it. Sorry I'm no help on that one.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Halle Berry
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Kelly MacDonald
THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ
S. Epatha Merkerson
LACKAWANNA BLUES
Cynthia Nixon
WARM SPRINGS
Mira Sorvino
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Yeah, sorry, still haven't seen any of this. I love S. Epatha Merkerson on Law and Order, so I'll vote for her.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kenneth Branah
WARM SPRINGS
Ed Harris
EMPIRE FALLS
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
ELVIS
Bill Nighy
THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ
Donald Sutherland
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
I want the Sutherland boys to sweep.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Candince Bergen
BOSTON LEGAL
Camryn Manheim
ELVIS
Sandra Oh
GREY’S ANATOMY
Elizabeth Perkins
WEEDS
Joanne Woodward
EMPIRE FALLS
I pray the Hollywood Gods won't strike me down for saying this, but Joanne Woodward was ghastly horrible in Empire Falls. Seriously, it was distracting how bad she was. I gotta give it to my girl Sandy, she's spectacular on Grey's.
Last, but not least...
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Naveen Andrews
LOST
Paul Newman
EMPIRE FALLS
Jeremy Piven
ENTOURAGE
Randy Quaid
ELVIS
Donald Sutherland
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
As much as I would love to see Donald win this one too, Jeremy Piven is just amazing on Entourage. He makes the show, so I think he should win.
So those are all of the tv nominees. A quick look at movies, Brokeback Mountain leads with 7 nominations, and George Clooney is nominted for Best Director (Good Night and Good Luck), Best Screenplay (GLAGN), Best Supporting Actor (Syriana) and his movie (GLAGN) is nominated for a few other things, including best picture. Terrance Howard is also nominated for Best Actor for Hustle and Flow and Matt Dillion for probably one of, if not the, best performance of his career, as the racist cop in Crash. Oddly enough, horse mouthed so so actress Keira Knightly is nominated for the twenty-ninth adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
