Who Will Get The Glory This Year?

The golden globe nominations were announced this morning, which has Oscar fanatics totally elated.

Despite all of the Oscar buzz surrounding 127 Hours, a film about a man stuck between rocks for 127 Hours, the film failed to garner a nomination in the Best Motion Picture-Drama category. Shocking! However, James Franco lived up to the accolades received from critics and audiences as he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama.

Another surprise would have to be the lack-of-nod for Justin Timberlake in The Social Network, especially when each of his co-stars were selected. I guess Timberlake still has miles to go before being recognized as a serious actor.

For me, the most pleasant surprise was Emma Stone’s nomination. Normally high school comedies like Easy A don’t produce golden globe nominations, but her terrific performance reeled in a positive response from the Academy. Stone is well deserving of her nomination of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical.

Funny girls rock, but it’s going to be interesting to see come how the nominees of this category fare against the women in the Drama category.

There is no doubt in my mind that the leading ladies from The Kids Are All Right,Annette Benning and Julianne Moore, are deserving of an Oscar nomination, but so are the fabulous females in the Drama section.

How the academy is going to narrow it down from all the fine actresses seen during this year remains a puzzle to me. Who do you think deserves the gilded prize?

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Vanessa Matyas
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		After finishing her Masters in Communications and New Media from McMaster University this August, Vanessa Matyas jumped on a plane to California in search of some adventure.  The self proclaimed pop culture junkie was in heaven, enjoying all the sights, sounds and weather of Los Angeles. After returning to Toronto she decided to put her passion for all things entertainment to good use, which led her here to WOMAN.CA.
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