I wanted to go ahead and at least get some thoughts down into print regarding the Golden Globes. I've heard this and that as far as HFPA reactions to certain films, but basically, I have no idea and am just throwing some stuff at the wall here. We'll have a clearer picture as the months progress:

Best Picture – Drama

“Babel”
“Blood Diamond”
“The Departed”
“The Good German”
“The Queen”

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical

“Borat”
“Dreamgirls”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The History Boys”
“Stranger Than Fiction”

Best Actor – Drama

George Clooney, “The Good German”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical

Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat”
Russell Crowe, “A Good Year”
Will Ferrell, “Stranger Than Fiction”
Richard Griffiths, “The History Boys”
Peter O’Toole, “Venus”

Best Actress – Drama

Penelope Cruz, “Volver”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”
Nicole Kidman, “Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus”
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical

Annette Bening, “Running With Scissors”
Cameron Diaz, “The Holiday”
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”
Renee Zellweger, “Miss Potter”

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Brad Pitt, “Babel”
Michael Sheen, “The Queen”

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett, “Babel”
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”
Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jill Clayburgh, “Running With Scissors”
Emma Thompson, “Stranger Than Fiction”

Best Director

Bill Condon, “Dreamgirls”
Clint Eastwood, “Flags of Our Fathers”
Stephen Frears, “The Queen”
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Edward Zwick, “Blood Diamond”

Best Screenplay

“Babel”
“Blood Diamond”
“Dreamgirls”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The Queen”

Best Original Score

James Horner, “All the King’s Men”
Gustavo Santaolalla, “Babel”
James Newton Howard, “Blood Diamond”
John Tavener, “Children of Men”
Thomas Newman, “The Good German”