I had the craziest dream last night. I dreamed that Dreamgirls was not nominated for Best Picture.
Oh, it wasn’t a dream?! Then can I please go back to sleep? I mean, I loved Little Miss Sunshine, but never in a million years would I choose it over Dreamgirls. Bah. Seems to me the Best Picture and Best Director nominees are rather male-oriented, not to mention boring.
At least Jennifer Hudson was nominated, and of course host Ellen DeGeneres will keep things interesting. Here are the big six:
Best Picture Babel The Departed Letters From Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Actor 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 Actress Penelope Cruz, Volver Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Helen Mirren, The Queen Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet, Little Children
Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Supporting Actress Adriana Barraza, Babel Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel Martin Scorsese, The Departed Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima Stephen Frears, The Queen Paul Greengrass, United 93
