Golden Globes

The 62nd Golden Globe awards last night came up with a few surprises, but not many: Aviator won best dramatic film, Sideways best comedy/musical, Jamie Foxx won for Ray, Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby, which also picked up best director for Eastwood ahead of Scorsese - but of most interest to me were the dual awards for Natalie Portman and Clive Owen in the supporting acting catagories for Closer, which I still haven't had a chance to see, even though it has been out since Thursday. Could this auger the asscendance of Ms. Portman into the elite having suffererd from first a child actress tag and then the whole Star Wars thing? I hope so. What does this tell us about Oscar? Well, the winners are gauranteed a nomination at least, and the smart vote really has to be with Foxx in the best actor catagory now. The rest are still wide open, with Sideways, also a winner in the screenplay stakes (which must be it's secret weapon) remaining a dark horse for the big one. Kx