January 18th, 2004
(Winners updated January 25th, 2004)
LET’S PLAY GUESS THE GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS!

The F&SN Critic and His Beautiful & Talented Wife go head to head to see who can outguess the other concerning the winners at the 2004 Golden Globes.  These are not their picks for who they feel deserves to win, but just who they think will win. 
(Jan. 25 - F&SN's correct predictions: 10.  HB&TW's correct predictions:  6.)
BEST PICTURE - Drama
Cold Mountain
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (winner)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

F&SN               HB&TW
Mystic River     
Lord of the Rings

BEST PICTURE  - Musical or Comedy
Bend It Like Beckham
Big Fish
Finding Nemo
Lost in Translation (winner)
Love Actually

F&SN                    HB&TW
Lost in Translation   Lost in Translation

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Drama
Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Tom Cruise in
The Last Samurai
Ben Kingsley in
House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law in Cold Mountain
Sean Penn in Mystic River (winner)

F&SN                   HB&TW
Sean Penn             Sean Penn

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Musical Or Comedy
Jack Black in The School of Rock
Johnny Depp in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation (winner)
Jack Nicholson in
Something's Gotta Give
Billy Bob Thornton in
Bad Santa

F&SN                HB&TW
Bill Murray          Bill Murray

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Drama
Cate Blanchett in Veronica Guerin
Scarlett Johansson in
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain
Charlize Theron in Monster (winner)
Uma Thurman in
Kill Bill (Vol. 1)
Evan Rachel Wood in
Thirteen

F&SN                     HB&TW
Charlize Theron        Charlize Theron

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Musical Or Comedy
Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday
Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (winner)
Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun
Helen Mirren in
Calendar Girls

F&SN                          HB&TW
Scarlett Johansson        Scarlett Johansson

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alec Baldwin in
The Cooler
Albert Finney in Big Fish
William H. Macy in Seabiscuit
Tim Robbins in Mystic River (winner)
Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai

F&SN                 HB&TW
Tim Robbins        Ken Watanabe

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Maria Bello in The Cooler
Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April
Hope Davis in
American Splendor
Holly Hunter in Thirteen
Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (winner)

F&SN                      HB&TW
Renée Zellweger        Renée Zellweger
BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (winner)
Anthony Minghella for Cold Mountain
Peter Weir for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

F&SN               HB&TW
Peter Jackson     Sofia Coppola

BEST SCREENPLAY
Cold Mountain by Anthony Minghella
In America by Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan
Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola (winner)
Love Actually by Richard Curtis
Mystic River by Brian Helgeland

F&SN                    HB&TW
Lost in Translation   Mystic River

ORIGINAL SCORE
Big Fish by Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain by Gabriel Yared
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Alexandre Desplat
The Last Samurai by Hans Zimmer
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Howard Shore (winner)

F&SN                   HB&TW
Lord of the Rings   The Last Samurai

ORIGINAL SONG
"The Heart Of Every Girl"
From Mona Lisa Smile
Music by Elton John     Lyric by Bernie Taupin
"Into the West" (winner)
From The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Music and Lyric by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, Frances Walsh

"Man of the Hour"
From Big Fish
Music and Lyric by Eddie Vedder
"Time Enough For Tears"
From In America
Music and Lyric by Bono, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer
"You Will Be My Ain True Love"
From Cold Mountain
Music and Lyric by Sting

F&SN                     HB&TW
Lord of the Rings     Cold Mountain


FOREIGN FILM
The Barbarian Invasions
Good Bye, Lenin!
Monsieur Ibrahim
Osama (winner)
The Return

F&SN           HB&TW
Uh…             Hell if I know.