Golden Globe 2006 Results

Here are the Golden Globe 2006 winners and some comments:

Best Picture Drama - Brokeback Mountain
Best Picture Comedy/Musical - Walk the Line

Best Director - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor in a Drama - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical - Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical - Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Best Actress in a Drama - Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

Best Supporting Actor - George Clooney - Syriana
Best Supporting Actress - Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

Best Screenplay - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain

Best Foreign Language Film - Paradise Now (Palestine)

Best Original Score - John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Original Song - 'A Love That Will Never Grow Old' from Brokeback Mountain


I got 9 correct out of the 13 categories, with winning predictions for the best pictures, director, and the 4 lead performance awards.

With Brokeback Mountain winning screenplay, it's even more of a lock for the Oscar now. But I was really surprised it won though, and I actually thought it had no chance. That Crash didn't win anything at all is a bad sign for the Oscars, but it's still a lock for nominations in picture and original screenplay, and I'm going with it to win the last one, even with Syriana now being put in that category instead of adapted which is what everybody thought it was.

And Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor drama as expected, but his speech kind of sucked, and that counts. And I'm still going with Ledger for the Oscar, though I may reconsider depending on the SAG results. Both of them will get Oscar noms of course, as will Joaquin, Felicity and Reese, and then Weisz and Clooney for supporters. And since we are in the subject, these supporting winners mean nothing because if you remember last year, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen won for Close and then they lost at the Oscars. Plus I’m hoping my number one pick Amy Adams gets a shot at the big one.

In the smaller categories, Paradise Now won as expected and will go to win it all on the big night. I hope buzz changes from John Williams and Gustavo Santaolalla gets stronger support for best score. Brokeback winning best original song at the Globes means nothing because the song is not eligible for the Oscars.

The Screen Actors Guild awards are on the 29th, and then the Oscar noms are on the 31st, my nomination predictions will come on the 30th. I pretty much have them all in my mind, but I want to be sure about the supporters, especially how much love the Crash guys get.