On January
13, 2008, the Beverly Hilton will host the 65th annual edition of the Golden
Globe Awards under the auspices of a Writer’s Guild of America strike that
threatens to complicate the broadcast. Despite the non-impressive scale of the
Globes compared to that of the Oscars, the upcoming awards hold the secrets to
the future Academy Awards’ winners. The over 100 journalists, all members of
the Associated Press, will decide the winners through voting.
Among the
most talked-about nominees is “Atonement”, starring Keira Knightley and James
McAvoy, the story based on the novel of Ian McEwan, a drama-romance that
unfolds before and during World War II.
The nominees
for Best Drama category include, together with “Atonement”: “American Gangster”,
“Eastern Promises”, “The Great Debaters”, “Michael Clayton” – starring George
Clooney, “No Country for Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood”.
Asides from
Atonement’s nominee for best drama, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy received
nominations for the lead acting categories, together with: Cate Blanchett, for
her role in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” , Julie Christie in “Away From Her”,
Jodie Foster in “The Brave One” and Angelina Jolie for “A Mighty Heart”, all
for Best Actress in a Drama, and George Clooney, for “Michael Clayton”, Daniel
Day-Lewis for his role in “There Will Be Blood”, Viggo Mortensen for “Eastern
Promises” and Denzel Washington in “American Gangster” for Best Actor in a
Drama nominees.
The nominees
for Best Comedy or Musical are “Sweeney Todd” – a Tim Burton directed musical, “Across
the Universe”, “Charlie Wilson’s War”, “Hairspray” and “Juno.” The leading act
nominations for the same category included: Ryan Gosling in "Lars and the
Real Girl", Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War", Philip Seymour
Hoffman in "The Savages" and John C. Reilly in "Walk Hard: The
Dewey Cox Story," all for Best Actor, and Amy Adams
("Enchanted"), Nikki Blonsky ("Hairspray"), Marion
Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose") and Ellen Page ("Juno") for
Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Category.
In the Directing
Category, the Coen brothers were both nominated for “No Country for Old Men”,
together with Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” and
Ridley Scott for “American Gangster.”
Already a
known winner is Steven Spielberg, who will be awarded the Cecil B. DeMille
Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.”
