My, What Nice Globes You Have

I am giddy this morning (even after a horrible ANTM finale. Chantal in the final 2?!? Tyra has really lost it). The Golden Globe nominees have been announced (I've really no idea why I get so excited about these things, but I love the Golden Globes. I think I've come to prefer them over the Academy Awards for several reasons:
1. They let the audience drink during the ceremony leading to hilarious acceptance speeches and someone inevitably in the bathroom when their name is called.
2. It's TV and movie stars together in the same room...which is cool for some reason I can't explain and
3. There is an element of surprise about the winners because they are selected by strange foreign people.
It's great. Unlike The Grammys, it's an award show worth watching).

There are no real surprises among the film nominees (Atonement leads with 7 nominations) other then maybe Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters (which basically looks like Remember the Debate Team Titans), but the Hollywood Foreign Press tends to nominate one random film for Best Picture every year. I am very excited about the television nominees and all the love for Pushing Daisies and Damages (even though I am pretty sure I'm the only person who watched that show) and BBC standouts like Jekyll and 5 Days. I am kinda surprised The Sopranos is basically no where to be found (other then Edie Falco for Best Actress). What's the deal with that? Is the HFP pissed at David Chase over the ending? I need answers!!!

Anyway, because I've nothing better to do, here are my picks for who I think should win in the major TV categories (we'll discuss who I think will win closer to the actual award show...and I'm not picking the film nominees because I haven't seen enough of the nominated films/performances yet). Here goes:

Best Series (Drama): Big Love (If Grey's wins, I might punch something).
Best Series (Comedy): 30 Rock
Best Actor (Drama): Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Best Actress (Drama): Glen Close, Damages
Best Actor (Comedy): Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Actress (Comedy): Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Best Supporting Actor: Ted Danson, Damages
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Priestly, My Name is Earl
Best Miniseries or TV movie: 5 Days
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV movie: James Nesbitt, Jekyll
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV movie: Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like It

Feel free to disagree and tell me I'm an idiot in the comments section. You know, if you like being wrong (insert smiley, "just kidding" emoticon here).