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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 13, 2004 –

Alexander Payne's comedy "Sideways" led the nominations with seven and actor Jamie Foxx scored the most individual nominations with three when contenders for the 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards were announced December 13.

Other nomination leaders in the movie categories were "The Aviator" (six), "Closer", "Finding Neverland" and "Million Dollar Baby", each with five.

In the television categories, "Desperate Housewives" was prominent in its first season and the made-for-TV movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" scored four nominations.

The Golden Globe Awards will be presented Sunday, January 16, 2005, during a star-studded ceremony broadcast live on NBC at 8 p.m. Eastern.

• BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

THE AVIATOR Initial Entertainment Group/Forward Pass; Miramax Films/ Warner Bros.

Pictures/Initial Entertainment Group CLOSER Columbia Pictures;

Sony Pictures Releasing FINDING NEVERLAND

Film Colony Productions; Miramax Films HOTEL RWANDA

Miracle Pictures/Seamus Productions; United Artists Films/ Lions Gate Films/MGM Distribution Co. KINSEY

Qwerty Films; Fox Searchlight Pictures MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

SCARLETT JOHANSSON -A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG

NICOLE KIDMAN - BIRTH

IMELDA STAUNTON- VERA DRAKE

HILARY SWANK -MILLION DOLLAR BABY

UMA THURMAN -KILL BILL VOL. 2

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

JAVIER BARDEM - THE SEA INSIDE

DON CHEADLE - HOTEL RWANDA

JOHNNY DEPP - FINDING NEVERLAND

LEONARDO DICAPRIO - THE AVIATOR

LIAM NEESON - KINSEY

• BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Anonymous Content/This is that; Focus Features

THE INCREDIBLES Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Really Useful Films; Warner Bros. Pictures

RAY Anvil Films/Baldwin Entertainment; Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Productions

SIDEWAYS Sideways Productions, Inc.; Fox Searchlight Pictures

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

ANNETTE BENING- BEING JULIA

ASHLEY JUDD- DE-LOVELY

EMMY ROSSUM- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

KATE WINSLET -ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

RENEE ZELLWEGER -BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY

JIM CARREY - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

JAMIE FOXX - RAY

PAUL GIAMATTI- SIDEWAYS

KEVIN KLINE - DE-LOVELY

KEVIN SPACEY -BEYOND THE SEA

• BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE CHORUS

(LES CHORISTES) (FRANCE) Galatée Films/Pathé Renn Productions/Jacques Perrin, Arthur Cohn & Nicholas Mauvernay Productions/France 2 Cinéma/Novo Arturo Films; Miramax Films

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (CHINA) Elite Group (2003) Enterprises, Inc.; Sony Pictures Classics

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (BRAZIL) South Fork Pictures/Tu Vas Voir Productions; Focus Features/Film Four

THE SEA INSIDE (SPAIN) Sogecine/Himenoptero; Fine Line Features

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (FRANCE) 2003 Productions/ Warner Bros. France/Tapioca Films/TFI Films; Warner Independent Pictures

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

CATE BLANCHETT- THE AVIATOR LAURA LINNEY - KINSEY

VIRGINIA MADSEN- SIDEWAYS

NATALIE PORTMAN - CLOSER

MERYL STREEP- THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

DAVID CARRADINE -KILL BILL VOL. 2

THOMAS HADEN CHURCH- SIDEWAYS

JAMIE FOXX -COLLATERAL

MORGAN FREEMAN - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

CLIVE OWEN -CLOSER

• BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD- MILLION DOLLAR BABY

MARC FORSTER - FINDING NEVERLAND

MIKE NICHOLS - CLOSER

ALEXANDER PAYNE - SIDEWAYS

MARTIN SCORSESE- THE AVIATOR

• BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

CHARLIE KAUFMAN -ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

JOHN LOGAN -THE AVIATOR

DAVID MAGEE -FINDING NEVERLAND

PATRICK MARBER - CLOSER

ALEXANDER PAYNE & JIM TAYLOR -SIDEWAYS

• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD- MILLION DOLLAR BABY

JAN A.P. KACZMAREK - FINDING NEVERLAND

ROLFE KENT -SIDEWAYS

HOWARD SHORE -THE AVIATOR

HANS ZIMMER -SPANGLISH

• BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

“ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE”- SHREK 2 Music & Lyrics by: Adam Duritz, Dan Vickery, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley & David Bryson

BELIEVE”- THE POLAR EXPRESS “Music & Lyrics by: Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri

“LEARN TO BE LONELY”- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by: Charles Hart

“MILLION VOICES”- HOTEL RWANDA Music by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis, Andrea Guerra Lyrics by: Wyclef Jean

“OLD HABITS DIE HARD”- ALFIE Music & Lyrics by: Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart

• BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

24 (FOX) Imagine Television/20th Century Fox Television; Real Time Television; Fox

DEADWOOD (HBO) Red Board Productions/Paramount Television/HBO Entertainment; HBO

LOST (ABC) Touchstone Television; ABC

NIP/TUCK (FX) Shephard-Robin Company/Warner Bros. Television Production, Inc.; FX

THE SOPRANOS (HBO) Chase Films/Brad Grey Television/HBO Entertainment; HBO

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

EDIE FALCO -THE SOPRANOS

JENNIFER GARNER -ALIAS

MARISKA HARGITAY -LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT

CHRISTINE LAHTI -JACK & BOBBY

JOELY RICHARDSON -NIP/TUCK

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

MICHAEL CHIKLIS -THE SHIELD

DENIS LEARY -RESCUE ME

JULIAN MCMAHON- NIP/TUCK

IAN MCSHANE- DEADWOOD

JAMES SPADER -BOSTON LEGAL

• BEST TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (FOX) 20th Century Fox Television/Imagine Television

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC) Touchstone Television

ENTOURAGE (HBO) Leverage/Closest to the Hole Productions/HBO Entertainment

SEX AND THE CITY (HBO) Darren Star Productions/HBO Entertainment

WILL & GRACE (NBC) NBC Universal Television/KoMut Entertainment/Three Sisters

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

MARCIA CROSS -DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

TERI HATCHER -DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

FELICITY HUFFMAN -DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

DEBRA MESSING -WILL & GRACE

SARAH JESSICA PARKER -SEX AND THE CITY

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

JASON BATEMAN -ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

ZACH BRAFF -SCRUBS

LARRY DAVID -CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

MATT LEBLANC- JOEY

TONY SHALHOUB- MONK

CHARLIE SHEEN - TWO AND A HALF MEN

• BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

AMERICAN FAMILY – JOURNEY OF DREAMS (PBS) El Norte Productions/KCET/Greenblatt-Janollari Studios/Fox Television Studios

IRON JAWED ANGELS (HBO) Spring Creek Productions/HBO Films

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS (HBO) DeMann Entertainment/Company Pictures/BBC Films/HBO Films

THE LION IN WINTER (SHOWTIME) Showtime/Hallmark Entertainment/Mat IV Productions

SOMETHING THE LORD MADE (HBO) Cort-Madden Productions/HBO Films

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

GLENN CLOSE -THE LION IN WINTER

BLYTHE DANNER -BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWN UPS

JULIANNA MARGULIES -THE GRID

MIRANDA RICHARDSON -THE LOST PRINCE

HILARY SWANK - IRON JAWED ANGELS

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MOS DEF -SOMETHING THE LORD MADE

JAMIE FOXX -REDEMPTION

WILLIAM H. MACY -THE WOOL CAP

GEOFFREY RUSH - THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS

PATRICK STEWART -THE LION IN WINTER

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

DREA DE MATTEO -THE SOPRANOS

ANJELICA HUSTON - IRON JAWED ANGELS

NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN -DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

CHARLIZE THERON -THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS

EMILY WATSON -THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

SEAN HAYES -WILL & GRACE

MICHAEL IMPERIOLI - THE SOPRANOS

JEREMY PIVEN- ENTOURAGE

OLIVER PLATT- HUFF

WILLIAM SHATNER- BOSTON LEGAL

[isthisnickcool]

They are given out by sycophantic foreign journalists.

That's not really true.....

[G Larry]

Here's a review segment that seems to disagree with your assessment of Vera Drake:

>Leigh makes few political points in the film. (No doubt conservatives would see the film as a horror story, this woman creeping around from house to house.) It is not an "issue" movie. It is much more about families and people, and how they support one of their own; it could just as easily about someone accused of child molestation, or who assisted suicides. The miracle of the film is that the catalyst for the emotional breakdown, the abortions, aren't just a device, they're a whole, complete film in their own right. It's what gives certain images such immediate, painful power. His film, planned as it is, consists of events that are completely random and unforeseeable to the characters, even though we, the audience expect them (it only serves to make them more devastating that we see it coming). We see an abortion; we see a couple get engaged; we see a rape; we see that someone is expecting a baby. Leigh has empathy for everyone in the film, and with the exception of three women -- Vera's sister in law, the woman who procures Vera's "patients," and the mother of one of the girls who she performs an abortion for -- he doesn't turn anyone into a villain. Even one horrific psychiatrist interview grows into something where we realize, haughty as he is, he's not exactly "out to get" this girl who wants help (although the scene hits home the difference involved in getting abortions performed by doctors and on the street).<

[G Larry]

And, as for Million Dollar Baby, it doesn't matter that the "Mercy Killing" is presented as a "tortured choice", it still promotes it as a viable option.

[snopercod]

What piece did the networks run opposite the Golden Globes a few years back? Wasn't it the Juanita Broaddrick interview with Lisa Myers?

[snopercod]

Golden Globes, Oscars and Emmy's are a tradition here.

So should we page CAL?

[Borges]

The position against abortion is presented very forcefully. The titular character is a dimwitted woman who doesn't think about the consequence of her actions. Actually, the film got positive reviews from Vatican Radio and conservative critic James Bowman. As for 'Million Dollar Baby', if you mean merely depicting something is promoting it then you're right. It's certainly not taken lightly nor is the opposition to it (a priest) downplayed or demonized.

[Borges]

Wikipedia seems to back up the assertion. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. is a tiny group (only about 90 members). It's really silly that these awards are taken so seriously.

[ilgipper]

be nice. I think she's a Republican.

[missyme]

have not seen any of these Movies either, Frankly I would rather watch old clips of Andy Griffith or the Patridge Family.

Yu know the leading Men now are pretty sorry, proably because there are so many out and about faries in tinseltown.

[missyme]

He's Gay and she looks like a Bullrider..

[missyme]

I wish we could protest the Academy Awards on Oscar day for not nominating The Passion, I would do it...

[Leo Carpathian]

be nice. I think she's a Republican.

I though that on TV they should have people that look and speak so it is pleasant to watch them. Rivers with her stitched up face and scrappy voice sure does not hold my attention for more than flick of a remote.

Then Briget Jones, with her sour mouth mimic makes my tea sour without lemon. Is she sucking on the lemon all the time? Another click on the remote.

[Borges]

Oscar noms haven't been announced yet. Will be early in the morning on 1/25. There are actually protests there every year for various reasons. Have been for many years.

[kellynch]

And, as for Million Dollar Baby, it doesn't matter that the "Mercy Killing" is presented as a "tortured choice", it still promotes it as a viable option.

I know all this, but I still LOVED that movie. It's incredible. And, don't forget, Clint Eastwood is a Republican, so we really should support him.

[mewzilla]

BTTT.

[kellynla]

It's bad enough that "The Passion" was ignored for Best Picture nomination but to ignore it for Best Picture in a foreign language category is OUTRAGEOUS! And no nomination for anyone? RIDICULOUS!

And anyone affiliated with the Globes should be ashamed!

It will be interesting to see if anyone even mentions this fact in passing during the ceremony?

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Movie fanatics of the world unite! Oh yeah, This is my kind of thread.

The Globes are a bit of a pale imitation of the Academy Awards (still THE big boy of all movie award ceremonies), but since my appetite for Oscar cannot be sated until the nominations are announced in the early morning of Jan. 25, the Globes will have to tide me over for the next 8-9 days.

Of all the nominated films in all the nominated categories, I'm rooting the most for Michael Gondry's absolutely brilliant Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to win the Best Comedy/Musical Award. Hopefully they will honor Kate Winslet's riveting, color-coded lead performance and Charlie Kauffman's endlessly original script as well.

I'd also looove to see Jaime Foxx take home Best Actor for Ray, and Natalie Portman win Best Supporting Actress for her sexy, solid work in Closer. For Best Supporting Actor, either Clive Owens' vicious turn in Closer or David Carradine's ultra-cool performance in Kill Bill: Vol 2 will suit me just fine.

[cyncooper]

So, anyone else watching Joan and Melissa on the TV Guide channel?

I have it on but don't know if it's tape delayed or LIVE.

They both look great, my husband thinks Joan is drunk (he could be right--she just called Jessica Walter Barbara Walters).

Jessica recalled winning a Golden Globe back in '71 for "Play Misty for Me", a movie I happen to like a lot.

[fatima]

You got that right,pay to play guide.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Joan and Melissa

Star Jones and her gay husband (not like there's anything wrong with that)