PGA, Globes, and BAFTA oh my!

These past few days have been interesting to say the least. The Globes gave away their awards which were strange, and expected. The Globes are always a bit crazy. Today the PGA released that Brokeback Mountain took its top prize, which only cements its position as a clear frontrunner. PGA did the same with awarding Wallace and Gromit for Animated film. But lets break it down...

The Globes gave top honors to Brokeback Mountain (duh) and Walk The Line. WTL's award helps it into the fifth BP nomination which it is struggling to secure. It seems that WTL's buzz is fading fast, but the Globe helps to boost it chances. Winning for Best Actress is Reese Witherspoon and Felicity Huffman. Both actresses barely had any competition in their respective categories, which only points out that these two leading ladies are the only ones locked in for a nom. Best Actor was a no brainer as well. Hoffman and Phoenix took home the gold. While both had competition with Ledger and Daniels, the two overcame any challenges they might have had. Jeff Daniels had one chance to upset Phoenix to be a serious contender for the race, but his chances seem very unlikely. Ledger's only chance to set the stage for an upset in March is to win the last MAJOR precursor of the year: the SAG. Though unlikely, it will make things interesting. The Globes decided to mix things up with the Supporting categories instead. Giving the awards to Rachel Weisz and George Clooney, it seems that the HFPA were into giving awards to the contenders many had pegged for second. Clooney's Globe shows that Giamatti is hardly unbeatable and Michelle Williams is hurt seriously with this loss. The SAG could be her savior, but Amy Adams will be hard to beat.

The BAFTA nominees were announced. They were surprisingly stale with one exception: Brokeback Mountain didn't get all the most nominations, but rather, a British film did (surprise). The Constant Gardener had 10 nominations while BBM only had nine. However, TCG received nominations for BOTH Best Picture and Best British Picture. Had BBM been a British film, the two would probably be tied. In other news, Keira got snubbed again while Thandie Newton got a nomination that she SO deserves, I'm hoping Oscar listens. Rachel Weisz was placed in lead for actress, which doesn't hold too much weight.

Updates on predictions to the right. I am prediciting some upsets...so bare with me. These are my FINAL predictions. Nominees are announced in just over a week.