italics = movie I’ve actually seen
bold = my pick

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”
Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole, “Venus”
Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penelope Cruz, “Volver”
Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet, “Little Children”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”
Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel”

Best motion picture of the year
“Babel”
“The Departed”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The Queen”

Adapted screenplay
“Borat”
“Children of Men”
“The Departed”
“Little Children”
“Notes on a Scandal”

Original screenplay
“Babel”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“The Queen”

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My friend Young Greg asked me to write a guest post about our new Wii for his blog. Here’s a little excerpt:

I don’t care to know how many hours I’ve lost over the years to Zelda. My husband also has a long history with Nintendo. I’ve never seen anyone with Tetris skills to match his. The man’s a block-stacking genius.

Early in our marriage, we wiled away the hours playing video games. And then, as they do, things changed again.

We had a baby.

Head on over to Game Over to read the rest. And tell Young Greg I sent you.

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