'BEAUTIFUL,' 'ROUGE' CAPTURE TOP BILLING.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer The Hollywood awards season kicked into high gear Thursday with nominations for the 59th Golden Globes Awards, which gave six bids apiece to ``A Beautiful Mind,'' starring Russell Crowe as a schizophrenic math genius, and the stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. musical ``Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill or windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who already owned the Paris Olympia. ,'' starring Nicole Kidman. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, maligned ma·lign tr.v. ma·ligned, ma·lign·ing, ma·ligns To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of. adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. years ago for questionable ethics and sometimes ludicrous choices, has been unerring un·err·ing adj. Committing no mistakes; consistently accurate. un·err  ing·ly adv. for the past five years in selecting the Oscar winner for Best Picture. Of course, they get two shots at it, with best picture categories in drama and comedy or musical. The Globes' track record in other categories, however, is more hit and miss. So far, the award season has been all over the place. Earlier this month the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Film Critics Circle gave ``Mulholland Drive'' the top prize, while the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Film Critics Association tapped ``In the Bedroom'' and the National Board of Review chose ``Moulin Rouge.'' However, veteran movie publicist Tony Angellotti said that unlike most critics groups, the Globe nominations and those just announced for the new American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase Awards, which slides in with its inaugural ceremony Jan. 5, should be good indicators of the Oscar nominations. ``However, as with all these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. , surprises are in store certainly because a number of mainstream motion pictures that the Academy may favor have been omitted thus far,'' Angellotti said, pointing to ``Ali,'' ``Black Hawk Black Hawk (born 1767, Sauk Sautenuk, Va.—died Oct. 3, 1838, village on the Des Moines River, Iowa, U.S.) Sauk Indian leader. Long antagonistic to whites, Black Hawk was driven into Iowa from Illinois in 1831. Down'' and ``The Majestic.'' And being a massive box office hit doesn't mean award success, either. ``Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' was shut out of the Globe competition. But that is unlikely to deter Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . or other unnominated films' studios from mounting costly ``for your consideration'' advertising campaigns aimed at persuading motion picture academy voters. The films that did do well with Globe members include ``Gosford Park,'' Robert Altman's soon-to-be-released treatment of an English murder mystery, which garnered five nominations, including Best Musical or Comedy motion picture and Best Director. Other drama motion picture nominees were: ``In the Bedroom,'' ``The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring,'' ``The Man Who Wasn't There,'' and ``Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. .'' Joining ``Moulin moulin (m  lăN`): see pothole. Rouge'' and ``Gosford Park'' in the musical or comedy category were ``Bridget Jones's Diary,'' ``Legally Blonde'' and ``Shrek.'' Kidman was nominated for lead actress in a musical or comedy for the Baz Luhrmann film set in 1899 Paris, and also was up for lead actress in a drama for the World War II ghost story ghost story n. A story having supernatural or frightening elements, especially a story featuring ghosts or spirits of the dead. ghost story n → cuento de fantasmas ``The Others.'' The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also gave double nominations to Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. for the noirish Coen brothers' drama ``The Man Who Wasn't There'' and the heist comedy ``Bandits,'' as well as Ben Kingsley for supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista in the feature ``Sexy Beast'' and actor in the TV miniseries ``Anne Frank  Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (listen .'' In a matter of months, Kingsley played the subdued, quiet Frank patriarch and an angry, damaged, violence-prone criminal in ``Sexy Beast.'' ``It is the whole range of my work that has been recognized by the Golden Globes, and that makes me very happy,'' Kingsley said. Thornton said the two nominations were a bonus on top of the pleasure of playing those roles. ``I was just so happy to get to play two parts like that so close together,'' he said. ``For an actor it's quite a workout.'' Thornton's rivals for the dramatic actor honor were Crowe, Will Smith (``Ali''), Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" (``The Shipping News'') and Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" (``Training Day''). Sissy Spacek Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. Biography Early life Spacek was born in Quitman, Texas to Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent, and Virginia Frances (Spilman). , who won Globes for ``Coal Miner's Daughter'' and ``Crimes of the Heart,'' was nominated in the drama lead actress category as the vengeful mother in ``In the Bedroom.'' The Globe nomination, on the heels of awards from the Los Angeles and New York critics groups, improves her chances for an Oscar nomination in February. ``There's so many fabulous actresses from my generation, and there really aren't enough roles to go around,'' the 51-year-old actress told The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . ``Maybe a film like 'In the Bedroom' will make people think of us older gals, sharpen their pencils and start writing more great roles for us.'' Her competition includes Halle Berry (``Monster's Ball''), Judi Dench (``Iris'') and Tilda Swinton (``The Deep End''). Swinton said she received word of her first Globe nomination while attending a ballet matinee in Edinburgh, Scotland. ``And I was very unpopular because my telephone kept going off,'' she said. ``It was a bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. moment.'' The 59th annual Golden Globe Awards, to be presented Jan. 20 on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , also recognize television programs. Best dramatic series nominees are ``24'' (Fox), ``Alias'' (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ), ``CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International : Crime Scene Investigation'' (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. ), ``Six Feet Under'' (HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy ), ``The Sopranos'' (HBO) and ``The West Wing'' (NBC). The comedy nominees are: ``Ally McBeal'' (Fox), ``Frasier'' (NBC), ``Friends'' (NBC), ``Sex and the City'' (HBO) and ``Will & Grace'' (NBC). The Golden Globe nominees and winners are chosen by reporters who cover the entertainment industry for overseas publications. How to see the nominees If you want to see the Gloden Globes Best Picture nominees, here are your options: In theaters: ``A Beautiful Mind'' opens in select theaters today, expands Christmas Day; ``In The Bedroom'' is currently at select theaters, opens wider Christmas Day; ``The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring'' is currently in wide release; ``The Man Who Wasn't There'' is at select theaters, including Galleria Stadium 16 in Sherman Oaks, the Westlake Village Twin and the Academy 6 Theater in Pasadena; ``Mulholland Drive'' is at select theaters, including the Academy 6 Theater in Pasadena and the United Artists in Westwood; ``Gosford Park'' will open Wednesday at selected theaters, goes wide Jan. 11. On DVD/video: ``Moulin Rouge'' (it's also in a few theaters, including the Mann Westwood Fourplex four·plex adj. 1. Composed of four parts; fourfold; quadruple. 2. Having four apartments, divisions, or floors: a fourplex apartment building. n. and in Pasadena at the Academy 6 Theater and AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. Old Pasadena 6; ``Bridget Jones's Diary,'' ``Legally Blonde'' and ``Shrek.'' GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES Here is the list of nominees for the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards: BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA --``A Beautiful Mind,'' Universal Pictures/DreamWorks --``In The Bedroom,'' Miramax Films --``The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring,'' New Line Cinema --``The Man Who Wasn't There,'' USA Films --``Mulholland Dr.,'' Universal Pictures/Studio Canal BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA --Halle Berry, ``Monster's Ball'' --Judi Dench, ``Iris'' --Nicole Kidman, ``The Others'' --Sissy Spacek, ``In The Bedroom'' --Tilda Swinton, ``The Deep End'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA --Russell Crowe, ``A Beautiful Mind'' --Will Smith, ``Ali'' --Kevin Spacey, ``The Shipping News'' --Billy Bob Thornton, ``The Man Who Wasn't There'' --Denzel Washington, ``Training Day'' BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY --``Bridget Jones's Diary,'' Miramax Films --``Gosford Park,'' USA Films --``Legally Blonde,'' MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Pictures --``Moulin Rouge,'' 20th Century Fox --``Shrek,'' DreamWorks BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY --Thora Birch, ``Ghost World'' --Cate Blanchett, ``Bandits'' --Nicole Kidman, ``Moulin Rouge'' --Reese Witherspoon, ``Legally Blonde'' --Renee Zellweger, ``Bridget Jones's Diary'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY --Gene Hackman, ``The Royal Tenenbaums'' --Hugh Jackman, ``Kate & Leopold'' --Ewan McGregor, ``Moulin Rouge'' --Billy Bob Thornton, ``Bandits'' --John Cameron Mitchell, ``Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM --``Amelie,'' Miramax Zoe, France --``Behind the Sun,'' Miramax Films, Brazil --``Monsoon Wedding,'' USA Films, India --``No Man's Land,'' United Artists, Bosnia --``Y Tu Mama Tambien'' (And Your Mother Too), IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. Films, Mexico BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE --Jennifer Connelly, ``A Beautiful Mind'' --Cameron Diaz, ``Vanilla Sky'' --Helen Mirren, ``Gosford Park'' --Maggie Smith, ``Gosford Park'' --Marisa Tomei, ``In The Bedroom'' --Kate Winslet, ``Iris'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE --Jim Broadbent, ``Iris'' --Steve Buscemi, ``Ghost World'' --Hayden Christensen, ``Life As A House'' --Ben Kingsley, ``Sexy Beast'' --Jude Law, ``A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' --Jon Voight, ``Ali'' BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE --Robert Altman, ``Gosford Park'' --Ron Howard, ``A Beautiful Mind'' --Peter Jackson, ``The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring'' --Baz Luhrmann, ``Moulin Rouge'' --David Lynch, ``Mulholland Dr.'' --Steven Spielberg, ``A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE --Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, ``The Man Who Wasn't There'' --Julian Fellowes, ``Gosford Park'' --Akiva Goldsman, ``A Beautiful Mind'' --David Lynch, ``Mulholland Dr.'' --Christopher Nolan, ``Memento'' BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE --Craig Armstrong, ``Moulin Rouge'' --Angelo Badalamenti, ``Mulholland Dr.'' --Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, ``Ali'' --James Horner, ``A Beautiful Mind'' --Howard Shore, ``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' --John Williams, ``A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' --Christopher Young, ``The Shipping News'' --Hans Zimmer, ``Pearl Harbor'' BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE --``Come What May,'' David Baerwald, from ``Moulin Rouge'' --``May it Be,'' Enya, from ``The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' --``There You'll Be "There You'll Be" was a hit single by American country singer Faith Hill. Written by Diane Warren, it was featured on the Pearl Harbor soundtrack. Chart Performance ,'' Diane Warren, from ``Pearl Harbor'' --``Until ...,'' Sting, from ``Kate & Leopold'' --``Vanilla Sky,'' Paul McCartney, from ``Vanilla Sky'' BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA --``24,'' Fox --``Alias,'' ABC --``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Crime scene investigation may refer to:
--``Six Feet Under,'' HBO --``The Sopranos,'' HBO --``The West Wing,'' NBC BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA --Lorraine Bracco, ``The Sopranos'' --Amy Brenneman, ``Judging Amy'' --Edie Falco, ``The Sopranos'' --Jennifer Garner, ``Alias'' --Lauren Graham, ``Gilmore Girls'' --Marg Helgenberger, ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' --Sela Ward, ``Once and Again'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA --Simon Baker, ``The Guardian'' --James Gandolfini, ``The Sopranos'' --Peter Krause, ``Six Feet Under'' --Martin Sheen, ``The West Wing'' --Kiefer Sutherland, ``24'' BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY --``Ally McBeal,'' Fox --``Frasier,'' NBC --``Friends,'' NBC --``Sex and the City,'' HBO --``Will & Grace,'' NBC BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY --Calista Flockhart, ``Ally McBeal'' --Jane Kaczmarek, ``Malcolm in the Middle'' --Heather Locklear, ``Spin City'' --Debra Messing, ``Will and Grace'' --Sarah Jessica Parker, ``Sex and the City'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY --Tom Cavanaugh, ``Ed'' --Kelsey Grammer, ``Frasier'' --Eric McCormack, ``Will and Grace'' --Frankie Muniz, ``Malcolm in the Middle'' --Charlie Sheen, ``Spin City'' BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION --``Anne Frank,'' ABC --``Band of Brothers,'' HBO --``Conspiracy,'' HBO --``Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows,'' ABC --``Wit,'' HBO BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION --Judy Davis, ``Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' --Bridget Fonda, ``No Ordinary Baby'' --Hannah Taylor Gordon, ``Anne Frank'' --Julianna Margulies, ``The Mists of Avalon'' --Leelee Sobieski, ``Uprising'' --Emma Thompson, ``Wit'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION --Kenneth Branagh, ``Conspiracy'' --James Franco, ``James Dean'' --Ben Kingsley, ``Anne Frank'' --Damian Lewis, ``Band of Brothers'' --Barry Pepper, ``61 '' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION --Jennifer Aniston, ``Friends'' --Tammy Blanchard, ``Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' --Rachel Griffiths, ``Six Feet Under'' --Allison Janney, ``The West Wing'' --Megan Mullally, ``Will & Grace'' BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION --John Corbett, ``Sex and the City'' --Sean Hayes, ``Will & Grace'' --Ron Livingston, ``Band of Brothers'' --Stanley Tucci, ``Conspiracy'' --Bradley Whitford, ``The West Wing'' - City News Service CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 3 boxes Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) ``A Beautiful Mind,'' starring Russell Crowe, and ``Moulin Rouge,'' with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, left, each got six Golden Globe nominations. Box: (1) BEST PICTURE WINNERS (2) How to see the nominees (see text) (3) GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES (see text) |
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