9th Annual Golden Globes Prediction Contest

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Sonic Youth wrote:
mashari wrote:Cool! Sonic, it's kinda surprising that they passed over Angelina, a star they adore.

LOL!

But Mashari, I meant to predict Julie Christie.

Have you ever tried hooking up with someone from a modelling agency? That might alleviate your ingenue fixation.
LOL, actually I have. She dumped me!
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Congrats to all, especially betterstreep2004.
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Congrats, bettestreep2004! Welcome to the winner's circle!
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mashari wrote:Cool! Sonic, it's kinda surprising that they passed over Angelina, a star they adore.
LOL!

But Mashari, I meant to predict Julie Christie.

Have you ever tried hooking up with someone from a modelling agency? That might alleviate your ingenue fixation.
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%#@*!
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mashari wrote:Then again, has Julie C ever won a Golden Globe before?
No. The year of Darling, the Drama Actress Globe went to Samantha Eggar in The Collector.
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Cool! Sonic, it's kinda surprising that they passed over Angelina, a star they adore. Then again, has Julie C ever won a Golden Globe before?



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Sonic Youth wrote:Best Actress - Drama
(Angelina Jolie)
Just as well I submitted late.
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20 points, I barely missed the mark.
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I *thought* I had done pretty well, until I looked at my scorecard. 15 points. Embarrassment.
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I don't know why I always do these...I am embarrassingly bad at predicting the Globes. Congrats bettestreep.
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So I get no points?

nevermind, I'm just not in the top ten. :(
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***RESULTS***

(and feel free to correct me if my math is wrong)

Our winner is:
bettestreep2004, with 24 points, and 2 points in Best Picture--Drama.

This year's top 10:
1. bettestreep2004
2. Aceisgreat, 24 points, 1 point in Best Picture--Drama
3. Anonymous and Mister Tee (tie), 23 points, same points in tie breaker categories
5. Jim20, 22 points, 2 points in Best Picture--Drama
6. Heksagon, 22 points, 1 point in Best Picture--Drama, 2 points in Best Picture--Comedy/Musical
7. Cinemanolis, 22 points, 1 point in Best Picture--Drama, 1 point in Best Picture--Comedy/Musical
8. flipp525, 21 points, 1 point in Best Picture--Drama, 1 point in Best Director
9. Steph2, 21 points, 1 point in Best Picture--Drama, 0 points in Best Director
10. Mashari, 21 points, 0 points in Best Picture--Drama



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When do we get the winners of the contest? Heck, just noticed that this is my 500th post here! I'm officially an Icon. :laugh:



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Deadline, shmedline. I was away.

Ah, well... For the record then:

Best Picture - Drama
No Country for Old Men
(Atonement)

Best Actor - Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis
(Viggo Mortensen)

Best Actress - Drama
(Angelina Jolie)

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical
Sweeney Todd
(Juno)

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Johnny Depp
(Ryan Gosling)

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Marion Cotillard
(Ellen Page)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem
(Hmm.... Phillip Seymour Hoffman)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan
(Saoirse Ronan)

Best Director
Coen Brothers
(Tim Burton)

Best Screenplay
No Country for Old Men
(Juno)

Best Score
Atonement
(The Kite Runner)

Best Song
"Guaranteed"
("That's How You Know")

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(The Kite Runner)

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
(The Simpsons Movie)
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