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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

[Borges]

If you want to see her at 14 watch...Michael Mann's Heat. :-) The way threads come together.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "Mamet is critizing the dog-eat-dog aspects of the free market."


True, but I love it anyway. And who said that respecting the free market means that we can't criticize those who use it to abuse others? I guess I'm an anomaly amongst some people. Let me explain: Socialism is anathema to me; it is the enslavement of the working man to beurocrats in the central government and the abolishment of personal liberty as manifested by a person's choice to buy, sell, hire, and fire as they wish without censorship or punishment. I'm a strict believer in the capitalist system as the strongest, freest economic system yet devised by man, YET I often curse those who put their own greed ahead of the betterment of their employees (recent examples include Enron and that bastard Ken Lay, Martha Stewart, and the slick-willy-esque "legalspeak" of many insurance companies). Just because it's legal doesn't mean that it's anymore than a necessary evil sometimes (or the lesser of evils, as it were).

Besides, I do agree with the other basic message of Glengarry Glen Ross, that Life is indeed unfair, and that an essentially good man (like Shelly Levine) can become cast aside by society when he has outlived his purpose to those who put money above all else.

[MarkL]

I agree that Kevin Spacey is a terrific actor, and alot of people aren't aware of this, he's quite a good comedian, and an excellent impressionist. When he was guest host on SNL, it was about the time of a major Star Wars anniversary. So they did bits of "screen tests" with Kevin playing all the actors trying out for the roles. I couldn't breath when he did Walter Mathau trying out for Obi Wan Kenobi... "What the hell's a Wookie?!?!"

My problem is that I always feel I'm watching Kevin Spacey playing a role.

Mark

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Portman is 23, and your daughter must be a serious looker
(Hey, YOU made the comparison, not me).

[varina davis]

Glad to see there are several on this thread who appreciate Glengarry Glen Ross. Most people I know don't have a clue that it even exists. Like you, I watch it anytime I find it on the late night channels. It's depressing, but oddly satisfying at the same time -- the performances and intensity are that good.

[Borges]

It's funny that you should call Levine a good man. Jack Lemmon said he despised the character. He thought that Levine would have sold his daughter to get that sale he thought he had. One of the great things about the movie is that you can see how a salesman's tricks eventually lose their sparkle and become stale and ineffective as the salesman gets older...I think the inference is to be made that Al Pacino's Ricky Roma will be just like Levine later in life a once great salesman remembering the good years.

[Borges]

Get the DVD! It's a great 2 disc set and the movie looks and sounds great. It was a long wait for it too.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

My niece. I don't have kids. And yeah, she is very cute. : )

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

I saw that SNL bit. It was a good one, and a great showcase for Spacey's Mattheau impersonation. Spacey can actually do a wealth of spot-on impersonations, and one of his best is Mattheau's old movie-buddy Jack Lemmon (RIP, both).

My favorite sketch, however, is still the tear-inducing, larger-than-life absurdist masterpiece that is the BOC Behind The Music sketch from 2000.

"I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more Cowbell!" -Christopher Walken

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Well, maybe Shelley was a jerk like Roma in his past, and knowing a little more of his backstory helped Lemmon form his opinion of the character. Seeing only what is presented later in life though, Shelly didn't seem too bad a guy to me though (thoigh his work is inherantly sleazy). Maybe it was just the sympathy I felt for his kicked-around sad sack that made me like him, or maybe it was Lemmon's broken-man slump and world-weary delivery.

Either way, it was a great performance.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Signing off again, this time for the night.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant MLK holiday
tomorrow.

[Petronski]

I defer your expertise in music history and bow to your expertise in professional vocals. Send me a tape. :O)

[Vicki]

I love the independent film channels. Last night I watched "Sid and Nancy" again. I also like "Requiem for a Dream" even I feel sick in the pit of my stomach when I view it. However, I feel compelled to watch it. Kinda' like driving by a bad car wreck.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

; ) (I hope I haven't ruined your impression of the great Ray Charles...I do agree with you that he was a master of his craft.)

[Petronski]

You've ruined nothing. You've added to the back story.

[Feiny]

Yeah, I loved both of those too...but Thief is still my fave.

[varina davis]

I know exactly what you mean. The vintage Hitchcock films, too. And I CANNOT surf past My Big Fat Greek Wedding without watching it again.What an ensemble cast! Also Blade Runner and anything else with Rutger Hauer.

[RightWingAtheist]

To be honest, I've been disappointed with most of Lee's output since Malcolm X. Clockers was very good,but it didn't "feel" like a Spike Lee film, and 25th Hour was interesting mainly for Norton's riveting performance than for Lee's direction. I think the loss of his cinematographer Ernest Dickerson might have something to do with my ennui; his movies just don't have that same look any more.

[Borges]

I thought 25th Hour was directed perfectly. The sense of melancholy. He certainly directed the actors well. And the cinematographer on 25th Hour..Rodrigo Prieto (or something) is regarded as one of the best around. He just did Oliver Stone's Alexander actually. Lee's 'Four Little Girls' is supposed to be real good. A documentary on the famous 1964 church bombing.

[Hildy]

Talk about snobbery...pot calling the kettle black. IT'S A MOVIE. A MADE UP STORY.