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My 2006 Golden Globes Awards predictions: (note - I know I'm a loser for posting them)

Best Motion Picture - Drama:
Brokeback Mountain; runner-up: Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica; runner-up: Maria Bello, A History of Violence

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote; runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Walk the Line; runner-up: The Squid and the Whale

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line; runner-up: Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line; runner-up: Nathan Lane, The Producers

Best Foreign Language Film:
Paradise Now [Palestine]; runner-up: Tsotsi [South Africa]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain; runner-up: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man; runner-up: George Clooney, Syriana

Best Director - Motion Picture:
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain; runner-up: George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Crash; runner-up: Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, Munich

Best Original Score:
John Wiliams, Memoirs of a Geisha; runner-up: James Newton Howard, King Kong

Best Original Song:
"There's Nothing like a Show on Broadway" from The Producers; runner-up: "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica

Best Television Series - Drama:
Lost; runner-up: Grey's Anatomy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama:
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer; runner-up: Geena Davis, Commander in Chief

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama:
Hugh Laurie, House; runner-up: Patrick Dempsey, Grey's Anatomy

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy:
Entourage; runner-up: Desperate Housewives

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds; runner-up: Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:
Jason Lee, My Name Is Earl; runner-up: Steve Carell, The Office

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:
Into the West; runner-up: Warm Springs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:
S. Epatha Merkerson, Lackawanna Blues; runner-up: Cynthia Nixon, Warm Springs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:
Kenneth Branagh, Warm Springs; runner-up: Ed Harris, Empire Falls

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made For Television:
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy; runner-up: Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made For Television:
Jeremy Piven, Entourage; runner-up: Naveen Andrews, Lost

That's it. The reasoning behind the choice and then a runner-up is that instead of allotting an entire point (there being 24 categories, and thus a total of 24 points for correct predictions) to one choice, I decided to hedge my bets by selecting two predictions, though throwing more weight to one over the other. Thus my first choice is worth .75 of a point, while the runner-up is worth .25. This way the maximum score I can receive is 18 out of 24, but it allows for greater chance of the winner being one of the two I chose. Also, for all intensive purposes of forcing my prediction onto one nominee, my first choice will the one I throw my support behind. Through this way, I can see how many of the 24 categories I correctly predicted with just one choice for each category. Thanks for reading, if you've gotten this far. Hopefully things go well...