Every so often a ridiculous thought enters my head, and instead of publishing it for the world to read (and ridicule), I simply put it out of my mind.
Well -- that's coming to an end.
From now on, when I have those craaaaaaazy ideas, I'm going to put them here at Idol Thoughts under the category of BOLD PREDICTION. These will be things that will come true or not, so once my BOLD PREDICTION has been confirmed or been proven ridiculous, I'll be able to return to the post and either tout my brilliance or lacerate myself.
Sounds fun -- right?
As my first BOLD PREDICTION I'm going to say that Zac Efron, that iconic teen heartthrob, will grab a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in High School Musical: Senior Year. He's been getting great reviews so far (Variety said he was "most likely to suceed," and the Hollywood Reporter says he has charisma to spare), and, of course, the Golden Globes has the category of "Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy," so the blue-eyed cutie won't have to compete against big guns like Leonardo Dicaprio (Revolutionary Road), Sean Penn (Milk) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt). If he does snag a nod, however, he will likely go up against Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading, leading to a pretty boy battle of the ages.
Does this mean Zac could end up an Academy Award nominee? Um...no. But if my first BOLD PREDICTION comes true, he will walk the red carpet for the Hollywood Foreign Press.
You heard it here first. Now feel free to riducule away...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
BOLD PREDICTION: Zac Efron Will Receive a Golden Globe Award Nomination for HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
Monday, January 14, 2008
The Good, Surprising and Bad From the Golden Globe Results: Go Mad Men!
What a bummer the Golden Globes announcement was.
There were plenty of worthy winners, sure, but watching Billy Bush and Nancy O'Dell deliver the news was borderline painful. We don't need to hear your commentary, guys -- just announced the awards and move on. Sheesh!
Here are my thoughts on the good and bad from the Golden Globe results:
The Good
1. Mad Men! Picking up two major awards (Best Drama Series and Best Drama Actor -- Jon Hamm) was just the buzz this show needs, and it's a shame they didn't get a larger platform from which to celebrate their wins.
2. Best Actress in a Drama: Glenn Close, Damages -- Thank goodness Glenn was recognized for her outstanding work on the gripping FX legal drama. I was actually watching La Close tear her way through Dangerous Liasons when her win was announced, making her win even more rewarding.
3. Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 Rock -- Tina is often thought of primarily as a writer, so I was glad to see her get a deserved win for her deadpan genius on 30 Rock.
4. Best Actress in a Drama: Julie Christie, Away From Her -- Christie is amaaaazing in this movie!
The Pleasantly Surprising
1. Marion Cotillard upsetting Amy Adams and especially Ellen Page for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Who saw that coming? I actually saw La Vie En Rose and I was still surprised!
2. Julian Schnabel's win in the Best Directing category. This one just became a horserace!
3. Samantha Morton (Longford) pulling off an upset over Katherine Heigl and Rachel Griffiths in the Best Supporting Actress category. The HFPA loves those Brits!
The Bad
1. Cate Blanchett over Amy Ryan for Best Supporting Actress -- Come on, Cate has dozens of these things at home, give the amazing newcome a shot!
2. Javier Bardem and Daniel Day Lewis surely deserve their awards and are clear-cut frontrunners for the Oscars, but booooooooooooring!
3. Atonement winning Best Picture. So predictable -- the epic romance with literary pedigree takes home the prize. I'll go on record right now saying it doesn't have a chance in hell at repeating this win at the Academy Awards.
4. David Duchovny for Best Actor in a Comedy (over Alec Baldwin)? Huh?
What did you think of the Globes? Were you happy with the results?
Monday, January 07, 2008
The Golden Globe Awards Have Been Canceled!
What a bummer!!
The Golden Globe Awards, which had been set to air this Sunday night on NBC, have been canceled, due to the writer's strike.
According to theenvelope.com, in it's place will be:
7pm: Dateline, with clips and interviews with nominees. (Currently scheduled to air for two hours on Saturday night.)
8pm: NBC is in talks with Dick Clark Enterprises for a one-hour retrospective/clip show.
9pm: There will be a press conference covered by NBC News announcing the Golden Globe winners.
10pm: An "Access Hollywood" style, Golden Globes party show… visiting the various parties in Hollywood."
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The Golden Globes Actually Got it Kinda Right!
Every year when the nominations are announced for the various award ceremonies, I get excited, and then disappointed. Year in, year out, it seems my faves are passed over in favor of shows that I couldn't care less about.
But...this year the Golden Globes actually got it kinda right!
I had said in a post last week that I was hoping for nods for Damages and Mad Men, and whaddaya know -- Damages grabbed nominations for Best Drama, Best Actress (Glenn Close), Best Supporting Actress (Rose Byrne) and Best Supporting Actor (Ted Danson). Yay! Similarly, Mad Men picked up nominations for Best Drama and Best Actor (Jon Hamm). Double yay!
Of course, Friday Night Lights was egregiously left off the list. No yay for that. Also no yay for the exclusions of Keri Russell (Waitress), Into the Wild or it's star Emile Hirsch.
I was glad to see Emmy winner Sally Field get a nomination for Brothers & Sisters, however; ditto for her B&S co-star Rachel Griffith. While I'm not a huge Pushing Daisies fan, it was nice to see that show and it's stars, Lee Pace and Anna Friel, get recognized. And I'm thrilled Christina Applegate was nominated for Samantha Who? Could she be any cuter on that show?
As for the movie nominations, there were no huge surprises, but I was happy to see Nikki Blonsky get nominated for Hairspray (I thought she was fantastic in the film). The Globes always go with the big stars, and this year is no exception -- Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster, George Clooney, John Travolta and Denzel Washington were all recognized.
Should be a starry night!
Golden Globe Awards -- Television Nominations
Here is a list of the Golden Globe Award nominations in the television categories. Thoughts to come...
Click here for Golden Globe Awards -- Movie Nominations
DRAMATIC TV SERIES
"Big Love"
"Damages"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"House"
"Mad Men"
"The Tudors"
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
John Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, "The Tudors"
Bill Paxton, "Big Love"
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Minnie Driver, "The Riches"
Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Californication"
"Entourage"
"Extras"
"30 Rock"
"Pushing Daisies"
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Ricky Gervais, "Extras"
Lee Pace, "Pushing Daisies"
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Anna Friel, "Pushing Daisies"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
"The Company"
"5 Days"
"The State Within"
"Longford"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bryce Dallas Howard, "As You Like It"
Debra Messing, "The Starter Wife"
Queen Latifah, "Life Support"
Sissy Spacek, "Pictures of Hollis Woods"
Ruth Wilson, "Jane Eyre"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Rose Byrne, "Damages"
Rachel Griffith, "Brothers & Sisters"
Katherine Heigl, "Grey's Anatomy"
Samantha Morton, "Longford"
Anna Paquin, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee "
Jamie Pressly, "My Name is Earl"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ted Danson
Kevin Dillon
Jeremy Piven
Andy Serkis
William Shatner
Donald Sutherland
Golden Globe Awards -- Movie Nominations
Here's the movie nominations for this year's Golden Globe Awards, with Atonement leading the field with seven nods. More to come...
DRAMATIC PICTURE
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"Eastern Promises"
"The Great Debaters"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country For Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE
"Across the Universe"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"Sweeney Todd"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
"The Diving Bell & the Butterfly" (France/USA)
"The Kite Runner" (USA)
"Lust, "Caution" (Taiwan)
"Persepolis" (France)
BEST DIRECTOR
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Julian Schnabel, "Diving Bell & the Butterfly"
Ridley Scott, "American Gangster"
Joe Wright, "Atonement"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
James McAvoy, "Atonement"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Denzel Washington, "The Great Debaters"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Jodie Foster, "The Brave One"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Keira Knightley, "Atonement"
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
Tom Hanks, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Savages"
John C. Reilly, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
Helena Bonham Carter, "Sweeney Todd"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, "Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
John Travolta, "Hairspray"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Julia Roberts, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
ANIMATED FILM
"Bee Movie"
"Ratatouille"
"The Simpsons Movie"
SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell & the Butterfly"
Aaron Sorkin, "Charlie Wilson's War"
ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises"
Clint Eastwood, "Grace is Gone"
Michael Brook, "Into the Wild"
Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner"
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Golden Globe Noms Announced Tomorrow -- Here's Who I'm Hoping Scores
The Golden Globe Award nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, and while I'm bracing for myself for the usual list of suspects, there's a few stars and series I'm hoping will make the cut.
Like, for example, Friday Night Lights. After feeling no Emmy love this year, I'm desperately hoping it will score nods for Best Series, Best Actor (Kyle Chandler), Best Actress (Connie Britton) and maybe even a few of the Supporting players (Zach Gilford, Scott Porter, Adrianne Palicki). I realize these nominations are unlikely, but, hey, I can hope, right?
More likely to make the list is Damages, or at least it's star, Glenn Close. I'd also imagine Ted Danson has a good shot at picking up a nomination.
I'd love to see Christina Applegate get recognized for her charming work on Samantha Who?; ditto Rachel Griffiths or Calista Flockhart for Brothers & Sisters (Emmy Award winner Sally Field seems like a shoo-in). Mad Men is also very deserving of a nod for Best Series, Best Actor (Jon Hamm as Don Draper) and Best Supporting Actress (Christina Hendricks as Joan) -- will it make the cut?
What under-the-radar stars or series would you like to see recognized by the Golden Globes?
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