Jivemonkey's Perfect Lil' Wurld

Am very glad Murray got the Oscar nom for best actor!!!! Plan to see him pull it off!
Here are the Nominees (*=My Prediction):

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Jude Law - COLD MOUNTAIN
Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION*
Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS*
Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA
Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER
Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER
Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA
Charlize Theron - MONSTER*
Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL
Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER
Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN
Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN*

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BROTHER BEAR
FINDING NEMO*
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE

ART DIRECTION
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN*
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

COSTUME DESIGN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

DIRECTING
CITY OF GOD
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS*
THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
ASYLUM
CHERNOBYL HEART*
FERRY TALES

FILM EDITING
CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
EVIL
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI
TWIN SISTERS
ŽELARY*

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH*
COLD MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMO
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG)
"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND*
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
SEABISCUIT

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BOUNDIN'
DESTINO*
GONE NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO SOLDIERS*

SOUND EDITING
FINDING NEMO
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD*
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

SOUND MIXING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
CITY OF GOD
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING*
MYSTIC RIVER
SEABISCUIT

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
FINDING NEMO
IN AMERICA
LOST IN TRANSLATION*

Well Here are the results o' the Golden Globes 2003: * = I called it!! (See my list below)

Best Motion Picture – Drama The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Lost in Translation *
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Charlize Theron Monster*
Best Foreign Language Film Osama (Afghanistan)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Sean Penn Mystic River*
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Al Pacino Angels in America *
Best Dir. - Motion Picture Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Mary Louise Parker Angels in America
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation
Best Original Song - Motion Picture “Into The West”— The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Music & Lyrics By: Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox
Best Original Score - Motion Picture Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Ricky Gervais The Office
Best Television Series - Drama 24 (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Bill Murray Lost in Translation*!!!!!(YES!!!!)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Diane Keaton Something’s Gotta Give
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Jeffrey Wright Angels in America*
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Sarah Jessica Parker Sex and The City*
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Meryl Streep Angels in America*
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Angels in America (HBO)
Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy The Office (BBC AMERICA)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Renee Zellweger Cold Mountain*
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama Frances Conroy Six Feet Under
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama Anthony Lapaglia Without a Trace
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Tim Robbins Mystic River*

"Cold Mountain" was very good! Renee Zellwegger stole the movie and I am changing my prediction (she now Should and Will win the GG) The direction was great, the acting started off a bit rough, but improved as the film progressed (The accents were good enough, but some of the dialogue near the beginning was rough...i.e. the scene on the porch) Over all a great film that I can't imagine anyone saying was bad. You don't have to think it's the greatest film ever, but it certainly will stand-up to scrutiny. I recommend it.

Saw the movie "Paycheck" with Ben Affleck. It was the only thing showing at the time I was able to go, and I usually don't select the film I see without planning it first, so I guess that may have been part of the problem. I don't really know how to react. I thought it was a really cool idea, and the film was nicely made, but I can't say it "wowed" me. I really can't pin-point what it was about it that bothered me. As far as action-sequences go, it was good. I don't have any hang-ups with the actors, and I was invested in the story, but something was missing...oh well, they can't all be winners...
I will try to see "Cold Mountain" Tonight

"The Simpsons" is consistently the best, funniest show on TV BAR NONE. Period.

The President's speech last night should have been called "The State of Their Union" address. The first half was about how wonderful things in Afganistan & Iraq are now that we have gone in. That's just great. For them. I guess I wouldn't be so upset if I had a good job. I had an opportunity but due to budget cuts, the school that I could have been working for didn't have the money to continue the position. Now why are the budgets so tight? There were over 1000 new jobs created in December (the Bush Admin. was projecting 100,000 - 150,000 new jobs, just a bit south of their prediction) and things are getting better for the stock market (slowly) so, IF you have stocks (which I don't) you might be feeling a bit better. Unfortunately, I have neither stocks nor a good feeling.
I am still doing the adkins thing, one week and three days...don't know how much I've lost yet, will wait until Monday to weigh in...

This is a long one...**= My Pick (Who Should Win) *= Theirs (Who Will Most Likely Win)

Golden Globes
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Cold Mountain
**The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *
Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett - Veronica Guerin
Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain
Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring
**Charlize Theron - Monster*
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill – Vol. 1
Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai
Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law - Cold Mountain*
**Sean Penn - Mystic River

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Bend It Like Beckham
Big Fish*
Finding Nemo
**Lost in Translation
Love Actually

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday
**Scarlett Johansson - Lost In Translation
Diane Keaton - Something’s Gotta Give*
Diane Lane - Under the Tuscan Sun
Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Jack Black - School of Rock*
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
**Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Jack Nicholson - Something’s Gotta Give
Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa

Best Foreign Language Film
**The Barbarian Invasions
Good Bye, Lenin
Monsieur Ibrahim
Osama *
The Return

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Maria Bello - The Cooler
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
**Hope Davis - American Splendor
Holly Hunter - Thirteen
Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain*

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
**Albert Finney - Big Fish
William H. Macy - Seabiscuit
Tim Robbins - Mystic River*
Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass
Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

Best Director - Motion Picture
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
**Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
Peter Weir - Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
**Richard Curtis - Love Actually
Brian Helgeland - Mystic River
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
Jim, Naomi, & Kirsten Sheridan - In America*

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat - Girl with a Pearl Earring
**Danny Elfman - Big Fish
Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
Gabriel Yared - Cold Mountain
Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
“The Heart Of Every Girl” – Mona Lisa Smile Music By: Elton John Lyrics By: Bernie Taupin
“Into The West”— The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Music & Lyrics By: Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox
**“Man Of The Hour”—Big Fish Music & Lyrics By: Eddie Vedder
“Time Enough For Tears”—In America Music & Lyrics By: Bono, Gavin Friday And Maurice Seezer*
“You Will Be My Ain True Love”—Cold Mountain Music & Lyrics By: Sting

Best Television Series - Drama
24 (FOX)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)*
Nip/Tuck (FX)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
**The West Wing (NBC)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under
Jennifer Garner - Alias
**Allison Janney - The West Wing
Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck*
Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Michael Chiklis The Shield
Anthony Lapaglia Without a Trace
William Petersen CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*
**Martin Sheen The West Wing
Kiefer Sutherland 24

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Arrested Development (FOX)*
Monk (USA)
The Office (BBC AMERICA)
**Sex And The City (HBO)
Will & Grace (NBC)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
**Bonnie Hunt - Life with Bonnie
Reba McEntire - Reba
Debra Messing - Will & Grace
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and The City*
Bitty Schram - Monk
Alicia Silverstone - Miss Match

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Ricky Gervais - The Office
Matt LeBlanc - Friends*
Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show
Eric McCormack - Will & Grace
**Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
**Angels in America (HBO) *
My House in Umbria (HBO)
Normal (HBO)
Soldier’s Girl (Showtime)
Tennessee Williams’ The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (Showtime)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
**Judy Davis - The Reagans
Jessica Lange - Normal
Helen Mirren - Tennessee Williams’ The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Maggie Smith - My House in Umbria
Meryl Streep - Angels in America*

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas - And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
James Brolin - The Reagans
Troy Garity - Soldier’s Girl
Al Pacino - Angels in America*
**Tom Wilkinson - Normal

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
**Kim Cattrall - Sex and the City
Kristin Davis - Sex and the City
Megan Mullally - Will & Grace*
Cynthia Nixon - Sex and the City
Mary Louise Parker - Angels in America

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Sean Hayes - Will & Grace*
Lee Pace - Soldier’s Girl
Ben Shenkman - Angels in America
Patrick Wilson - Angels in America
**Jeffrey Wright - Angels in America

I thought this was cool! Hope you enjoy the whimsy:

The Hokey Pokey, by William Shakespeare:

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke - banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

- Jeff Brechlin, of Potomac Falls, Va., winner of
a Washington Post contest to write a series of
instructions in the style of a famous writer.

We started the Adkins Diet again this past Monday, Jan 12th. Last year I lost nearly 60 pounds on it, and since moving back, I haven't been able to avoid the awesome J&J's Pizza Shack!!! Anyway, I have gotten through the cravings and I feel much better since yesterday. Another 50-60 lbs. and I'll be much better off!! My energy is up and I am in a much better mood!

My wife and I saw "Big Fish" on Thursday, and we both loved it!! Extremely visual and unique, beautifully filmed and very well cast! Mr Mcgregor & Mr. Finney are both fantastic and look so much alike, but the two female leads similarities (Ms. Lange & Lohman) are uncanny!!!! See this film. It is a fantasy, and a sweet film. I plan on seeing another film this week. Possibly "Along Came Polly." We'll see.

My Wife & I saw "Something's Gotta Give" w/ Jack Nicholson, etc. and it was funny, and sweet, and I enjoyed it, but it was a bit long for me (this coming from the guy who sat through ALL THREE LOTR movies in the theater in one day!!!) But I would recommend it.

Forgot how funny "Ab-Fab" was and was reminded while watching re-runs on Oxygen...
Finished watching the second season of "The Simpsons" on DVD, started the first disc of the Thrid season...consistently the most well written and funniest show on TV.

Continue to research information on all the candidated for the dems, still like Wes Clark, Dean is second, but hoping Nader runs again...I stand by my decision in 2000. I vote my conscience, not for parties.

Saw "Bad Santa" w/ BB Thornton. HILARIOUS but oh, so wrong... Please be advised, do not expect a holiday movie!

Happy New Year. I fell asleep at 11:00pm since I had to work in the morning. What a way to start the new year...