Golden Globes: DiCaprio and Damon to Battle Themselves?
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals, Awards, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Fox Searchlight, Newsstand, Dreamworks
Well, it looks like The Hollywood Foreign Press will be shaking things up come Golden Globes time, as their eligibility committee just announced who will be designated what and where as it pertains to the top awards. The main issue thus far has revolved around what to do with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Warner Bros. has been pushing for both men to be recognized in supporting roles for The Departed (going so far as to list them as such in those "For Your Consideration" advertisements) in order to steer clear of their buzzed-about starring roles in Blood Diamond (for Leo) and The Good Shepherd (for Damon). Guess what? It ain't gonna happen.
HFPA will consider their roles in The Departed as leads (which certainly makes sense), while Jack Nicholson has been stuffed down into the supporting category. This means there's a possibility we could see DiCaprio and Damon dominate four spots (out of five) in the Best Actor (Drama) category at the Globes. Another shocker is that, despite being only 10 years old, Abigail Breslin will be put in the lead spot for her performance in Little Miss Sunshine, even though Fox Searchlight has been campaigning her in the supporting spot. However, Dreamworks/Paramount has to be happy after HFPA agreed to classify Jennifer Hudson's much-buzzed about debut peformance in Dreamgirls as supporting, while Beyoncé Knowles will take lead. Head on over to The Envelope for a few other notable category classifications. Nominations for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced on December 14, with the ceremony itself taking place on January 15.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-01-2006 @ 8:18AM
Alfred Lewis said...
just go ahead and mail Helen Mirren all her awards...cuz THIS queen thinks SHE'S the queen!!! Always been a fan, but that performance was sheer perfection!
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12-01-2006 @ 8:27AM
evan said...
GAY!!!!!!!!!!
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12-01-2006 @ 9:59AM
Bertha said...
you go gurl!!!!
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12-01-2006 @ 10:11AM
Jade said...
Seeing as how she was totally ROBBED last year for "Don't Move", they should award Penelope Cruz one for "Volver" this year!!
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12-01-2006 @ 10:19AM
Phyllis Kunz said...
In my opinion, Alec Baldwin stole scenes from Jack Nicholson and should be nominated for Supporting Actor, not Nicholson who acts like a clown and is a goofball. Mr Baldwin has stature as an actor and is the best actor today.
Phyllis Kunz
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12-01-2006 @ 10:58AM
KIMBERLY said...
Editors Note: We've gone ahead and deleted this comment. It had absolutely nothing to do with the post itself, and the racist arguments included within are not something Cinematical supports. While we encourage your opinions, please try and stay on topic, without going out of your way to offend the race, religion, ethnicity and color of other people's skin. Thank you.
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12-01-2006 @ 10:45AM
Paula Miller said...
Jack Nicholson is Jack Nicholson. Poor Jack if he doesn't get the award he still got the paycheck.
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12-01-2006 @ 11:27AM
Nicole said...
Kimberly
you need help!!! Please go get it before you have kids and pass on this bullsh*t.
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12-01-2006 @ 4:24PM
Linda said...
Well #7, guess you just better curl up with a book, any book, because you won't be watching anything. You just name about every star in Hollywood. You must be a very sad, pathetic person. What on earth did poor deceased Christopher Reeves do? Bet you wear a white sheet over your head don't you! I'm surprised you even own a computer. To end all this, which I could write something as long as yours comment, you need to get out of your racist bubble, we don't have to like it, true....but you are to obessed with the whole thing. What's your thinking about our Lord Jesus? He's a Jew and he loves all colors, do you consider Him a trader also. If your comment wasn't so pathetic, it would be hilarious. Oh, in case you are wondering, I'm white, my husband is white, my children are white, their spouses are white, so it's not that I come from a bi-racial family, I come from a country that allows us to chose who we want to love. Our colors are red, white and blue, and those colors mixed beautifully together.
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12-01-2006 @ 12:16PM
Andrea said...
WOW.....Dear, Dear Kimberly, You need a physcological evaluation, What on earth is wrong with you????? Who are you to JUDGE or condemn, and for that matter even comment on whom anyone chooses to be with? I do value my life and the lives of all of my family members, friends and co-workers, and I feel we are in no danger, so until you are either GOD or President of the UNITED STATES of the WORLD, then maybe you should just THINK those thoughts, and not let anyone else know that is the way you feel......PERHAPS you are in danger, especially if YOUR friends, family and or co-workers know your true feelings........
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12-01-2006 @ 12:57PM
Larry said...
Give them all an award, just do me a favor. Please do not waste any more time on TV or print on this subject. The true measure is not Hollywood boosting it self, it is the box office. This fabricated event of many awards, really does not mean much other than another excuse for Hollywood power, not better performance, nor better movies.
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