Performance by an actor in a leading role : Denzel's nom is a surprise to me (and probably most of Hollywood) and since he's one of my fav actors, I've got to put him in there, along with Will Smith. I saw Ali, but not Training Day. Russell might win, however, and I give reasons why on my review of Beautiful Mind.

Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Sean Penn in "I Am Sam" (New Line)
Will Smith in "Ali" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Denzel Washington in "Training Day" (Warner Bros.)
Tom Wilkinson in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role : If Denzel wins Best Actor, Ali has to win something, and Jon Voight's performance as Cosell is spot on. I know that a lot of people will be pulling for Ian McKellan, and I loved Lord of the Rings, and he was the best thing in the picture (along with the other Ian, Holm, who wasn't nominated for anything.) You will find I'm completely snubbing LOTR in favor of Rouge. Those are the two front runners as far as noms are concerned. (Notice JIm Broadbent is nominated for Iris, the film he won the Globe for, and not Rouge.)

Jim Broadbent in "Iris" (Miramax)
Ethan Hawke in "Training Day" (Warner Bros.)
Ben Kingsley in "Sexy Beast" (Fox Searchlight)
Ian McKellen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (New Line)
Jon Voight in "Ali" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a leading role : My early favorite was Renee, and Sissy of course won for Coal Miner's Daughter, and on top of that I haven't seen In the Bedroom yet, but I'm positive it'll be Sissy's year for some reason. (And I don't believe Rouge is an Actor's Picture, so am skipping it for any acting nods.)

Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball" (Lions Gate)
Judi Dench in "Iris" (Miramax)
Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge" (20th Century Fox)
Sissy Spacek in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax)
Renée Zellweger in "Bridget Jones's Diary" (Miramax/Universal/StudioCanal)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role The Gosford roles cancel each other out. Marisa won before. I didn't even know Kate Winslet was in Iris, and it's one of those "single theater" pics. I'm pushing for Jennifer. Funny how there were some real good performances in some stinker movies this year.

Jennifer Connelly in "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal and DreamWorks)
Helen Mirren in "Gosford Park" (USA Films)
Maggie Smith in "Gosford Park" (USA Films)
Marisa Tomei in "In the Bedroom" (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in "Iris" (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year

JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS Nominee to be determined (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies)
MONSTERS, INC. (Buena Vista) Nominee to be determined
SHREK (DreamWorks) Aron Warner

Achievement in art direction

AMÉLIE (Miramax Zoë)
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto
Set Decoration: Marie-Laure Valla
GOSFORD PARK (USA Films)
Art Direction: Stephen Altman
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Art Direction: Catherine Martin
Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch

Achievement in cinematography : Deakins did A Beautiful Mind, and I hated the cinematography there, but I feel the Coen's were snubbed, and Man Who Wasn't There was my longshot pick for Best Picture nomination. Here my favorite isn't Rouge, which I think will sweep this year, so Rouge will get this award.

AMÉLIE (Miramax Zoë)
Bruno Delbonnel
BLACK HAWK DOWN (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Slawomir Idziak
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Andrew Lesnie
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (USA Films)
Roger Deakins
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Donald M. McAlpine

Achievement in costume design : I guess since Rouge was nominated here, it'll get costumes. But LOTR needs to get something, so it and not Rouge will be my favorite in this category.

THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE (Warner Bros.)
Milena Canonero
GOSFORD PARK (USA Films)
Jenny Beavan
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (Warner Bros.)
Judianna Makovsky
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie

Achievement in directing : Really problematical category, since I would have wanted Baz Luhrmann in there after all. Since Altman was snubbed by the Director's Guild, and believe it or not has never won Oscar and has only been nominated about 4 times, he's the shoo in for favorite here. My favorite, since he was nominated at all, is Mr. Lynch. This is the director you want.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
Ron Howard
BLACK HAWK DOWN (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Ridley Scott
GOSFORD PARK (USA Films)
Robert Altman
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Peter Jackson
MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Universal and StudioCanal)
David Lynch

Best documentary feature

CHILDREN UNDERGROUND A Belzberg Films Production
Edet Belzberg
LALEE'S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON A Maysles Films Inc. Production
Susan Froemke
MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING A Maha Productions/Pathé Doc/France 2/HBO Production
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet
PROMISES A Promises Film Project Production
Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER (Films Transit) A Christian Frei Filmproductions
Christian Frei

Best documentary short subject

ARTISTS AND ORPHANS: A TRUE DRAMA A Not by Chance Production
Lianne Klapper McNally
SING! A KCET/Hollywood and American Film Foundation Production
Freida Lee Mock and Jessica Sanders
THOTH An Amateur Rabbit Production
Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle

Achievement in film editing : Since I can't believe Memento was nominated for anything,so let's give it this award. Shall we?

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
BLACK HAWK DOWN (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Pietro Scalia
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
John Gilbert
MEMENTO (Newmarket Films)
Dody Dorn
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Jill Bilcock

Best foreign language film of the year

AMÉLIE A UGC Images Production
France
ELLING A Maipo Film and TV Production
Norway
LAGAAN An Aamir Khan Productions Pvt. Ltd. Production
India
NO MAN'S LAND A Noé Productions/Fabrica Cinema/Man's Films/Counihan Villiers Productions/Studio Maj/Casablanca Production
Bosnia & Herzegovina
SON OF THE BRIDE A Pol-ka Producciónes/Patagonik Film Group/Jempsa/Tornasol Films Production
Argentina

Achievement in makeup: We will notice that LOTR/Rouge battle it out in many categories. Here I will award LOTR.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (New Line)
Peter Owen and Richard Taylor
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti

Achievement in music in connection with motion pictures (Original score)

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Warner Bros.)
John Williams
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
James Horner
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (Warner Bros.)
John Williams
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Howard Shore
MONSTERS, INC. (Buena Vista)
Randy Newman

Achievement in music in connection with motion pictures (Original song) : Now that I understand Faith Hill is going to sing "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor at the show, I should pick that song just because Faith is my favorite singer these days, but I have to admit I have no idea which song will win. They were all pretty forgettable. Too bad they couldn't have nominated the Shrek cast. Probably Sting versus McCartney? I have no favorite, just picked Sting because of the Globe win.

"If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc."
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"May It Be" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
(New Line)
Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
"There You'll Be" from "Pearl Harbor"
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Until" from "Kate & Leopold"
(Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Sting
"Vanilla Sky" from "Vanilla Sky"
(Paramount)
Music and Lyric by Paul McCartney

Best motion picture of the year :Check out my website entry from yesterday. I picked all of these for my five. (after factoring in the implausability, I gave In the Bedroom lip service, but I chose The Man Who Wasn't There for a nom and frankly I'm surprised by it's omission.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
A Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Producers
GOSFORD PARK (USA Films)
A Sandcastle 5 in association with Chicagofilms and Medusa Film Production
Robert Altman, Bob Balaban and David Levy, Producers
IN THE BEDROOM (Miramax)
A Good Machine/GreeneStreet Production
Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field, Producers
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
A New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production
Nominees to be determined
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
A 20th Century Fox Production
Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann and Fred Baron, Producers

Best animated short film

FIFTY PERCENT GREY
A Zanita Films Production
Ruairi Robinson and Seamus Byrne
FOR THE BIRDS
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Ralph Eggleston
GIVE UP YER AUL SINS
An Irish Film Board/Radio Telefis Eireann/Arts Council/Brown Bag Films Production
Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell
STRANGE INVADERS
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Cordell Barker
STUBBLE TROUBLE
A Calabash Animation Production
Joseph E. Merideth

Best live action short film

THE ACCOUNTANT
A Ginny Mule Pictures Production
Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount
COPY SHOP
A Virgil Widrich/Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. Production
Virgil Widrich
GREGOR'S GREATEST INVENTION
A Südwest Film Filmproduktion
Johannes Kiefer
A MAN THING (Meska Sprawa)
A Polish National Film School Production
Slawomir Fabicki and Bogumil Godfrejow
SPEED FOR THESPIANS
A Lester Films Ltd. Production
Kalman Apple and Shameela Bakhsh

Achievement in sound

AMÉLIE (Miramax Zoë)
Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche and Jean Umansky
BLACK HAWK DOWN (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Mike Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick,
Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek
MOULIN ROUGE (20th Century Fox)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage and Guntis Sics
PEARL HARBOR (Buena Vista)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in sound editing

MONSTERS, INC. (Buena Vista)
Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
PEARL HARBOR (Buena Vista)
George Watters II and Christopher Boyes

Achievement in visual effects: Here you are. I call this the Star Wars Syndrome. It was nominated for a lot of awards in 1977 and won a few techincal statuettes.

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Warner Bros.)
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston and Michael Lantieri
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson
PEARL HARBOR (Buena Vista)
Eric Brevig, John Frazier, Ed Hirsh and Ben Snow

Screenplay based on material previously produced or published: Since this is Zwigoff's only nom, and Ghost World is my current favorite movie I've just seen, the award goes to Terry Zwigoff. Again I'm surprised by Buscemi's omission from Best Supporting Actor.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal and DreamWorks)
Written by Akiva Goldsman
GHOST WORLD (United Artists through MGM)
Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff
IN THE BEDROOM (Miramax)
Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (New Line)
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
SHREK (DreamWorks)
Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman

Screenplay written directly for the screen : I'm giving Altman director, and though I loved Gosford, Memento is the screenplay to beat.

AMÉLIE (Miramax Zoë)
Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
GOSFORD PARK (USA Films)
Written by Julian Fellowes
MEMENTO (Newmarket Films)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan
Story by Jonathan Nolan
MONSTER'S BALL (Lions Gate)
Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Buena Vista)
Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson
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