Movie Talk at Rogue Slayer Law Student Movie Fan

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced their nominees for the 2005 Golden Globe Awards. The awards will be presented on Sunday, January 16 at 8 pm on NBC. The motion picture nominees are as follows:

Best Motion Picture: Drama

• The Aviator
• Closer
• Finding Neverland
• Hotel Rwanda
• Kinsey
• Million Dollar Baby

Best Actress: 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 Actor: Drama

• Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
• Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Leonard DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Liam Neeson - Kinsey

Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Incredibles
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Ray
• Sideways

Best Actress: Musical or Comedy

• Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Ashley Judd - De-Lovely
• Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Kate Winslett - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Best Actor: 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)
• House of Flying Daggers
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• The Sea Inside
• A Very Long Engagement

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Virginia Masden - Sideways
• Natalie Portman - Closer
• Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate

Best Supporting Actor

• David Carradine - Kill Bill Vol. 2
• Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Clive Owen - Closer

Best Director

• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
• Mike Nichols - Closer
• Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Best Screenplay

• 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

• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Jan A.P. Kaczmerak - Finding Neverland
• Rolfe Kent - Sideways
• Howard Shore - The Aviator
• Hans Zimmer - Spanglish

Best Original Song

• Accidentally in Love - Shrek 2
• Believe - The Polar Express
• Learn to Be Lovely - The Phantom of the Opera
• Million Voices - Hotel Rwanda
• Old Habits Die Hard - Alfie

I've got a busy movie-going season ahead of me! So far, I've only seen Kill Bill Vol 2., The Incredibles, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, The Manchurian Candidate, Collateral and Shrek 2.

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