MoVa's LIVE Golden Globe Coverage

The second-biggest awards night of the season (behind the Oscars, of course) are tonight, and MoVa's own Greg Clark (that wold be moí) will be doing a live coverage from his cozy living room. Normally, the Globes are like a Mini-Oscar, being a lot more glitzy and a lot more willing to whore itself to the highest bidder, as well as nominate pretty much anyone who was in a hit movie in the past year (Jim Carrey got nominated for the bastardization that was The Grinch?!), but hopefully the accelerated awards season will allow for performances to speak more than the Hollywood machine's yelling. So, open up two windows: One for this page and one for the message boards to discuss your thoughts in. Who will walk away with the big prizes? Who will find their awards-whoring didn't pay off? When will Joan Rivers' lips swallow her face whole? Here are the nominees for the 61st Golden Globe awards, comments to be updated as people win:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
Cold Mountain (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
Seabiscuit (2003)

YES! That's all that I can say that adequetly describes how happy I am right now. And Weinstien looks pissed that his Big Important Movie didn't beat the Film He Let Get Away. Oh well. May the best film win. For once.

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Big Fish (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Love Actually (2003)

First off, what the hell happened to Jim Carrey's head? Also, this is between Nemo and Translation. I could live with either, but I'd rather LiT win. YAY! Lost in Traslation! Sofia! Scarlett! Bill! Ahhh! This is so great!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
Cold Mountain (2003) - Jude Law
House of Sand and Fog (2003) - Ben Kingsley
Last Samurai, The (2003) - Tom Cruise
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Russell Crowe
Mystic River (2003) - Sean Penn

Yay for Sean Penn, although I would have loved to see how things go between Cruise and Kidman. And...hey! That's not Sean! Oh well, Clint'll do any day of the week. I could listen to this guy all day and never be bored.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Bad Santa (2003) - Billy Bob Thornton
*Lost in Translation (2003) - Bill Murray*
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Johnny Depp
School of Rock, The (2003) - Jack Black
Something's Gotta Give (2003) - Jack Nicholson

Bill Murray wins. I can die happy now. His speech was killer. Absolutly killer.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
Cold Mountain (2003) - Nicole Kidman
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Scarlett Johansson
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Uma Thurman
Monster (2003) - Charlize Theron
Thirteen (2003) - Evan Rachel Wood
Veronica Guerin (2003) - Cate Blanchett

Scarlett! Scarlett! I can live with Theron or Uma as well....and Charlize takes it! Kick ass. I really really need to see Monster. "Are you nice and relaxed?" Go Jack!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Calendar Girls (2003) - Helen Mirren
Freaky Friday (2003) - Jamie Lee Curtis
Lost in Translation (2003) - Scarlett Johansson
Something's Gotta Give (2003) - Diane Keaton
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) - Diane Lane (I)

Meh. Scarlett deserved it, and Diane's speech sucked. Talk about rambling nosense...and how many times must you scream your director's name before you get off the stage? Jeez.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:
Big Fish (2003) - Albert Finney
Cooler, The (2003) - Alec Baldwin
Last Samurai, The (2003) - Ken Watanabe
*Mystic River (2003) - Tim Robbins*
Seabiscuit (2003) - William H. Macy
Shattered Glass (2003) - Peter Sarsgaard

Tim Robbin: Kick arse. He deserved this, easily his best work since Shawhsank.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:
American Splendor (2003) - Hope Davis
*Cold Mountain (2003) - Renée Zellweger*
Cooler, The (2003) - Maria Bello
Pieces of April (2003) - Patricia Clarkson
Thirteen (2003) - Holly Hunter

Renée takes it, no surprise. She was the sole redeeming factor about that film. And she looks sooooo much better with her Bridget Jones weight.

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Cold Mountain (2003) - Anthony Minghella
*Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Peter Jackson*
Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Peter Weir
Mystic River (2003) - Clint Eastwood

PJ or Sofia. Clint-- maybe. Cold Mountain better not take it, but I might live with Peter Weir. Annnnnnd..................PETER JACKSON! YAYAYAYAY! Good times all around. Thanks for not screwing this up again, Globes.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Cold Mountain (2003) - Anthony Minghella
In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan; Naomi Sheridan; Kirsten Sheridan
Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis
Mystic River (2003) - Brian Helgeland

SOFIA SOFIA SOFIA! KICK ASS! She's so pretty. Lost in Translation....friggin amazing movie. This deserved it.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Big Fish (2003) - Eddie Vedder
- For the song "Man of the Hour".
Cold Mountain (2003) - Sting
- For the song "You Will Be My Ain True Love".
In America (2002) - Bono; Gavin Friday; Maurice Seezer
- For the song "Time Enough For Tears".
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Howard Shore; Frances Walsh; Annie Lennox
- For the song "Into the West".
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) - Elton John (music); Bernie Taupin (lyrics)
- For the song "The Heart Of Every Girl".

School of Rock should've been nominated here, but I can most deinfelty live with Annie Lennox. Best song of the trilogy.

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Big Fish (2003) - Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain (2003) - Gabriel Yared
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Alexandre Desplat
Last Samurai, The (2003) - Hans Zimmer
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Howard Shore

Lord of the Rings always wins when they elect to nomiate it, of course. Shore gave these films their heart, he truely deserves this.

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominees:
Good bye, Lenin! (2003)
- Germany.
Invasions barbares, Les (2003)
- Canada.
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (2003)
- France.
Osama (2003)
- Afghanistan.
Vozvrashcheniye (2003)
- Russia.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
"24" (2001) - Kiefer Sutherland
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) - William L. Petersen
"Shield, The" (2002) - Michael Chiklis
"West Wing, The" (1999) - Martin Sheen
*"Without a Trace" (2002) - Anthony LaPaglia*

Without a Trace is a shitty show. GAH.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
"Bernie Mac Show, The" (2001) - Bernie Mac
"Friends" (1994) - Matt LeBlanc
"Monk" (2002) - Tony Shalhoub
"Office, The" (2001) - Ricky Gervais
"Will & Grace" (1998) - Eric McCormack

Never seen "The Office", but some friends of mine swear by it. Good for it. Still, Shalhoub is a friggin genius on Monk.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Al Pacino
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV) - Antonio Banderas
Normal (2003) - Tom Wilkinson
Reagans, The (2003) (TV) - James Brolin
Soldier's Girl, A (2003) (TV) - Troy Garity

Go Pacino! Woo-hoo! Haven't seen Angels in America, but any Pacino is good Pacino.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
"Alias" (2001) - Jennifer Garner
"Joan of Arcadia" (2003) - Amber Tamblyn
"Nip/Tuck" (2003) - Joely Richardson
*"Six Feet Under" (2001) - Frances Conroy*
"West Wing, The" (1999) - Allison Janney

I've never seen Six Feet Under, so I can't say if this is a good thing or not.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
"Life with Bonnie" (2002) - Bonnie Hunt
"Miss Match" (2003) - Alicia Silverstone
"Monk" (2002) - Bitty Schram
"Reba" (2001) - Reba McEntire
"Sex and the City" (1998) - Sarah Jessica Parker
"Will & Grace" (1998) - Debra Messing

Sarah Jessica Parker abused by Matthew Broderick? HUH? And the award for strangest rumor-starter of the night goes to....

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Meryl Streep
My House in Umbria (2003) (TV) - Maggie Smith (I)
Normal (2003) - Jessica Lange
Reagans, The (2003) (TV) - Judy Davis
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The (2003) (TV) - Helen Mirren

Hey, Meryl Streep kicked the competition's ass! Who'da thunk it?!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Ben Shenkman
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Patrick Wilson
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Jeffrey Wright
"Will & Grace" (1998) - Sean Hayes
Soldier's Girl, A (2003) (TV) - Lee Pace

Jeffrey Wright seems like a good enough guy. Nice speech, I guess. It'd help if I could aford HBO, though. Money-grubbin' bastards.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) - Mary-Louise Parker
"Sex and the City" (1998) - Kim Cattrall
"Sex and the City" (1998) - Kristin Davis
"Sex and the City" (1998) - Cynthia Nixon
"Will & Grace" (1998) - Megan Mullally

Hey, Sex & the City didn't win, despite owning half the category! Awesome!

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
"Arrested Development" (2003)
"Monk" (2002)
"Office, The" (2001)
"Sex and the City" (1998)
"Will & Grace" (1998)

Monk should win. Monk needs to win.....but I hear The Office is good. And it stars the future Mr. Arthur Dent. Good for it.

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini)
My House in Umbria (2003) (TV)
Normal (2003)
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The (2003) (TV)
Soldier's Girl, A (2003) (TV)

Hey, the most expensive TV movie ever made with an all star cast and adapted form a Broadway play won! Who saw that coming?

Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
"24" (2001)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)
"Nip/Tuck" (2003)
"Six Feet Under" (2001)
"West Wing, The" (1999)

Oh, and I'd like to hand out a special award for Hottest Woman of the Evening:

Scarlett Johanssen and the Wonder Twins