Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress for DOUBT?
Sookie Stackhouse slayed her way into a Best Actress Nomination for TRUE BLOOD?
No Best Drama love for The Dark Knight?

And, why all this love for In Treatment? Were folk even CHECKING for this show when it aired last year? I like it, but I just never saw this as a popular show..and, knowing Blair Underwood was SLEPT on for his work on it....probably his best work to date?

But, i'll still watch it...Sherri Saum (Daniel Sunjata's girlfriend on Rescue Me) is one of the patients so that should be interesting...

thoughts? you agree? disagree?

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* The Reader
* Revolutionary Road
* Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY

* Burn After Reading
* Happy-Go-Lucky
* En Bruges
* Mamma Mia!
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona

ACTOR, DRAMA

* Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

ACTRESS, DRAMA

* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Meryl Streep, Doubt
* Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
* Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

* Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Colin Farrell, In Bruges
* James Franco, Pineapple Express
* Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
* Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey

ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

* Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
* Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
* Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
* Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
* Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
* Kate Winslet, The Reader

DIRECTOR

* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

SCREENPLAY

* Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Hare, The Reader
* Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
* Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

* The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
* Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
* Gomorrah (Italy)
* I've Loved You So Long (France)
* Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E

ORIGINAL SCORE

* Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Clint Eastwood, Changeling
* James Newton Howard, Defiance
* A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
* Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

ORIGINAL SONG

* "Down to Earth," WALL-E; Music by: Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; Lyrics by: Peter Gabriel
* "Gran Torino," Gran Torino; Music by: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; Lyrics by: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
* "I Thought I Lost You," Bolt; Music & Lyrics by: Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
* "Once In A Lifetime," Cadillac Records; Music & Lyrics by: Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
* "The Wrestler," The Wrestler; Music & Lyrics by: Bruce Springsteen

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

* Dexter
* House
* In Treatment
* Mad Men
* True Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

* Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
* Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* January Jones, Mad Men
* Anna Paquin, True Blood
* Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

* Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
* Michael C. Hall, Dexter
* Jon Hamm, Mad Men
* Hugh Laurie, House
* Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

* 30 Rock
* Californication
* Entourage
* The Office
* Weeds

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

* Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
* America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
* Tina Fey, 30 Rock
* Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
* Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
* Steve Carell, The Office
* Kevin Connolly, Entourage
* David Duchovny, Californication
* Tony Shalhoub, Monk

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* A Raisin in the Sun
* Bernard and Doris
* Cranford
* John Adams
* Recount

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MIN-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* Judi Dench, Cranford
* Catherine Keener, An American Crime
* Laura Linney, John Adams
* Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
* Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris
* Paul Giamatti, John Adams
* Kevin Spacey, Recount
* Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
* Tom Wilkinson, Recount

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* Eileen Atkins, Cranford
* Laura Dern, Recount
* Melissa George, In Treatment
* Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
* Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
* Denis Leary, Recount
* Jeremy Piven, Entourage
* Blair Underwood, In Treatment
* Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

A few names ring a bell but not enough of them for me to be vested in the golden globes

*

this morning when I heard the list of noms. I wa slike, "What's Benny Buttons? What's Wrestler? What's Milk? hat's Doubt? What's Blizzard Frost??" - I mean usually I haven't SEEN the films I talk shit about, not haven't HEARD of them.

after it had been nominated
*smh*

I'm not gonna even comment too much on the wackness of these nominations.

G.G.'s are always terrible anyway.

No "Dark Knight" or No "Wrestler" or No "Milk" or No "Syn. New York" for best drama??? No "Let The Right One In" for best foreign film???

This was a bad year for movies, but there still were a few gems out there.

I could go on....I'm done bitching now!

January Jones got a nod for Mad Men..she BEEN giving the dramatics week to week...

but its crazy...even though the globes are, surprisingly, a predictor for the oscars, film are going to be opening up until early january for oscar consideration...

i think these categories will change once studios put that promotional heat behind the films...

like, i'll be angry if rourke isn't in for the wrestler; slumdog millionaire AND rachel gettting married aren't in for screenplay nods, etc.


i dont know....it should be a sorta interesting race. cause, in the tv categories, they give the newbies love, but it always goes to the vets of the categories.

like, sally field or marishka hargitay will take it b/c no one else that's nominated has been consistent, etc.

who knows?

It really wasn't that good. Not as good as Generation Kill IMO.

But not very surprised.

>It really wasn't that good. Not as good as Generation Kill
>IMO.


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Glad to see Franco get the nod. Shit, he might even win with that list.
Disappointed to not see Let The Right One In and The Orphange on the FL list. Two of my favorites this year.

on the list.

fuck that...4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days should been on that list and BOTH actresses should have gotten noticed. i don't care if popped up in a few theatres in 2007/was released in a few NY/LA theatres to drum up interest for it....

most folk saw it in later winter/spring 08 so it should count, imo

but from the review Let The right One should be a lock. You never know about the rules tho. A lot of potential winners each yet don't get noms cause they don't meet requirements(many which are ticky tack shit anyway).

please.

aka trying to woo the young vote.

"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

All of the awards are going to Heath.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

People loved him in the movie but i didn't know they'd nominate him. imo it shows how weak a year it was in some regards to see noms like that.

GOOD!

i agree, i usually think cruise is an over-rated over-actor, but he killed a role in a really underwhelming movie

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

o_0

Further proof that GGs are straight-up garbage.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

*I can't really comment on the tv noms because I don't have cable. Eff Comcast!
*Anyone else remember Woody Allen's latest movie being one of his worst? Yeah, THEN HOW THE HELL DID IT GET NOMINATED?
*Anyone else notice a majority of these movies haven't even had major releases yet?
*Props for nominated a movie that came out seasons ago, but I don't remember In Bruges being a comedy.
*Pretty disappointed with the acting pool this year, regardless of nominations. There really hasn't been many stand out performances to choose from.
*What the hell is Last Chance Harvey?
*Please oh please oh please don't let RDJ win in blackface.
*Really dropped the ball on foreign films.
*Anyone else think the entire point of the GGs this year is to prove Heath wins for The Joker?

"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

>*I can't really comment on the tv noms because I don't have
>cable. Eff Comcast!

same here.

>*Anyone else remember Woody Allen's latest movie being one of
>his worst? Yeah, THEN HOW THE HELL DID IT GET NOMINATED?

Vick Christina Barcelona is an very great movie. It got much critical praise. This, Cassanova's Dream and Match Point have shown me that Woody is getting some of his old swagger back.

>*Anyone else notice a majority of these movies haven't even
>had major releases yet?

That happens all the time but a almost all of them have gotten screenings & limited releases in L.A. & N.Y. which is all that really matters for them.

>*Props for nominated a movie that came out seasons ago, but I
>don't remember In Bruges being a comedy.

It was a Dark Comedey but definitely one. Vicky Christina Barcelona is really one but it got advertised and pushed
as one since jump street.
>*Pretty disappointed with the acting pool this year,
>regardless of nominations. There really hasn't been many stand
>out performances to choose from.

co-sign. Why do you think RDJ and tom cruise got best supporting nods. *gillie face* This year is weak as fuck compared to '06 &'07.

>*What the hell is Last Chance Harvey?

idk

>*Please oh please oh please don't let RDJ win in blackface.

Come on, homie. You saw the movie so know it isn't really blackface in that regard.

>*Really dropped the ball on foreign films.

they do every year. EVERY YEAR. last year, Perseplos, Diving Bell & the butterfly, Lust, Caution. All the best foreign films got no nods come oscar and gg time.
>*Anyone else think the entire point of the GGs this year is to
>prove Heath wins for The Joker?

people have known that since DK dropped. imo People were waiting for something that would knock him off the top spot but no one has put out a performance like it this year.

>Vick Christina Barcelona is an very great movie. It got much
>critical praise. This, Cassanova's Dream and Match Point have
>shown me that Woody is getting some of his old swagger back.

Really? I heard nothing but really bland reviews for VCB. His other Scarlet Johannssen films yeah, but everything I had heard about the new one was that the character were flat (with the exception of Bardem and Cruz, who were doing what they could to just not drown on a sinking boat).

>That happens all the time but a almost all of them have gotten
>screenings & limited releases in L.A. & N.Y. which is all that
>really matters for them.

I know that, but there's usually a higher number of nom'd films already with major releases.

>It was a Dark Comedey but definitely one. Vicky Christina
>Barcelona is really one but it got advertised and pushed
> as one since jump street.

I suppose. Definitely enjoyed In Bruges though. One of those movies that turned out better than it had to be.

>co-sign. Why do you think RDJ and tom cruise got best
>supporting nods. *gillie face* This year is weak as fuck
>compared to '06 &'07.

It was definitely one of those "We're gonna give it to Heath, so lets nominate whatever to round out the list". I can't say the film was worth nominations, but I was impressed with how good Tropic Thunder was - especially the performances. It was definitely the last place I expected Matthew McConaughey to remember how to act.

>Come on, homie. You saw the movie so know it isn't really
>blackface in that regard.

I know it's not blackface in THAT regard, but it is blackface in the "he blackened his face" regard. I'm wary of anyone getting awarded for it. RDJ gets props just for being able to walk that line successfully. Even Olivier didn't get away with it as well as RDJ did. But something to keep in mind - that script doesn't let him get away with it anymore than his performance does. So what's really being awarded? The impression I get is that he got the "dude who has done the most work last year" nomination. You know the actor/director with the most work last year gets nominated just for keeping the industry working. That's why Eastwood had nominations for one good war movie and one boring war movie in the same year. Here's the fear - and listen to how this sounds: "Heath Ledger gave the best acting performance of the year, but lost to an actor playing black." Doesn't sound like the kind of thing you want to hear, and while it probably won't happen - it's now possible.

>they do every year. EVERY YEAR. last year, Perseplos, Diving
>Bell & the butterfly, Lust, Caution. All the best foreign
>films got no nods come oscar and gg time.

So fucking true. Although, I thought by default of rating (NC-17) Lust, Caution couldn't get nominated.

>people have known that since DK dropped. imo People were
>waiting for something that would knock him off the top spot
>but no one has put out a performance like it this year.

Again, 100% true. He really does make that movie a success. A damn shame he won't get to do that again.


"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

>*Props for nominated a movie that came out seasons ago, but I
>don't remember In Bruges being a comedy.

>*Anyone else think the entire point of the GGs this year is to
>prove Heath wins for The Joker?

?

Kevin Connolly?The guy has the same 3 scenes in every episode.

And Synecdoche, New York getting shut out is retarded (not even a supporting nom for Tom Noonan? RETARDED).

In Treatment and Tru Blood are terrible, so many superior shows out there.

The foreign Hollywood press are awful. Basically journalists that can't hold a serious job in their own country.

And they had the right cash/hype/lobbying to keep them in award position.

I never understood the Entourage hype in the first place.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

Mad?

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O_E: Your Super-Ego's Favorite Poster.



"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "Cosmic Slop"

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

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O_E: Your Super-Ego's Favorite Poster.



"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "Cosmic Slop"

people have to be kidding if me they are mad it got no noms. When it came out? sure, you could argue cause really ain't shit come out that was good except In Bruges & Wall*e. but now?

please...it can only win for Heath and technical awards.

movies have been damn awful this year!
i havent not seen:
synedoche
W
burn after reading
miracle in santa anna
the wrestler

and will see benjamin button and cdillac records this weekend

but nothing has captivated me or audiences like the Dark Knight, sure when this typically happens im at a lost for reasoning, but the DK shouldve got nominated, its by far and away the best film of the year

this noms are horrid by the way

>i havent not seen:
>miracle in santa anna

I dont think anyone has

My predictions were pretty spot on except for "The Reader". My mom said it was a great book so they must be doing it some justice.

PEACE

He's nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting for "Last Chance Harvey," whatever the hell that is.

they probably heard Hoffman and thought Dustin instead of Phil, who got it for Doubt.

Oh, and here's the trailer for Last Chance Harvey.

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/last-chance-harvey/trailer

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

is that, they globes are usually "pity" awards for actors who SHOULD have been nominated for other performances, but get a "well, this is our mistake for not nominating you that year" award...

like, we ALL know Heath should have WON for Brokeback Mountain--hands down. To me, his performance as The Joker in Dark Knight only SOLIDIFIED what Brokeback already did--Heath can act his ASS OFF...and he wasn't rewarded for it.

the oscars are the same way....

Cate Blanchett gets nominated every other year cause she's that GOOD. Yet, she wins for a MIMICRY of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator when everyone KNOWS she should have WON Best Actress for Elizbeth back in 1998, but that went to Gwenyth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love--and we KNOW she wasn't even worthy enough to get it back then...

And so on and so on....

The Globes are bs, but we all know they are bs that basically determines who gets WHAT for Oscars....

so Heath Ledger should win and will win this....but, its clear he's only getting it b/c the hollywood foreign press knows they fucked up for brokeback as did the academy.....

his death only illuminates this fact.

Golden Globes are the biggest and most obvious of popularity contests that really hold little to no value.

I was always surprised that its still the biggest indicator of Oscars, but Oscar is almost as much of a joke as the GGs.

There's no question that the GG is going to Ledger, and death+superior overlooked performance = awards.

I'm not so sure about the little golden dildo. If HL dosen't win in a competitive category, then he'll definitely get an honorary Oscar like James Dean.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

that ARE worthy get overlooked and we can count to NUMEROUS examples...

denzel washington--malcolm x, hurricane, crimson tide he should have WON for those, but didnt. he wins for training day.

thandie newton--Crash. even IF that movie was wack, her and matt dillon's performances STOOD OUT....she was nominated (rachel weisz won for the constant gardener...i mean, weisz was good but not that good). the BAFTA's (british academy awards) got it right that year...

and so on and so forth....

2. Never, ever, ever talk about those overlooked for Oscar, b/c Oscar is not about current*edit* accomplishment as much as popularity, and making up for mofos work in the past (Newman, Pacino, Scorsese, Hitchcock) are primary examples.

SAGs and NYFC are largely considered more accurate reflections of rightful winners, b/c actors can usually identify the best works amongst themselves*, and NY critics are less about the pomp and circumstance.

*Will never understand the Julia Roberts or Renee Zelleweger wins, though.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

Independent Spirit Awards
The Gotham Film Awards
British Academy Film and TV Awards (BAFTA)

they choose SOLELY on performance, not on popularity...

these three awards shows are a TRUE barometer of oscar worthy talent, etc.


plus, they support the small, indie films in which actors GIVE them great performances...

that bitch can fart in a movie and earn at least two noms.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

>that bitch can fart in a movie and earn at least two noms.
>

cause that bitch be SERVING...you ain't know? Notes On A Scandal (2006)? I STILL don't get how she and Cate Blanchett DIDN'T win for their categories?

sorry, but J-Hud was cute, but Cate destroyed her performance..realness.

the Japanese chick who played the deaf mute in Babel and the mexican nanny in Babel were the ONLY ONES SEEING CATE THAT YEAR. PERIOD.

I have no doubt that Dame Judes gets the job done. I liked 'Notes', too. But most awards academies have such a hard on for the old British broads, until it just gets dull.

And just b/c Cate Blanchett dresses like Dylan and mimicked an old interview? Pleazze...


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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

DON'T YOU BE DISSIN CATE, MUHFUGGA! LOL!

but, you are right..it's either british broads or wack ass american lasses (reese witherspoon, anyone?)

i mean it seems like that's the trend for the oscars. though, im hearing viola davis is the ONLY ONE who's giving a fierce performance this year in DOUBT...you know that's someone when no one else in the film (streep, hoffman, adams) is getting this much kudos for their work.

and i love viola



>I have no doubt that Dame Judes gets the job done. I liked
>'Notes', too. But most awards academies have such a hard on
>for the old British broads, until it just gets dull.
>
>And just b/c Cate Blanchett dresses like Dylan and mimicked an
>old interview? Pleazze...
>
>
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>"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where
>they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg
>
>"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's
>just me."-Mos

>that ARE worthy get overlooked and we can count to NUMEROUS
>examples...
>
>denzel washington--malcolm x, hurricane, crimson tide he
>should have WON for those, but didnt. he wins for training
>day.

Crimson Tide? Really?

>thandie newton--Crash. even IF that movie was wack, her and
>matt dillon's performances STOOD OUT....she was nominated
>(rachel weisz won for the constant gardener...i mean, weisz
>was good but not that good).

I'll give you thandie newton but matt dillon's performance wasn't that good either. Same with Denzel in Crimson Tide.

I meant Courage Under Fire...but, basically, denzel has given performances that were WAY more deserving of a nomination than Training Day.
>
>Crimson Tide? Really?


Yea, thandie was great. she was the only one who gave a consistently strong and well acted performance in that dreck of a film. I felt matt dillon was good....i'm still not sure if he was oscar worthy, but he got nominted nonetheless. but, in thandie's case, the BAFTAs got it right.

>I'll give you thandie newton but matt dillon's performance
>wasn't that good either. Same with Denzel in Crimson Tide.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

i keep hearing that she blew away critics and her character in the play won a tony for the actress playing it so im not suprised.

and i'm glad she's getting some damn love..FINALLY.

I always got her confused w/the one from I'll Fly Away. Regina......can't remember last name.

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos