Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Actor: Ken Takakura, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone, The Proposition
Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor, Factotum
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
Original Screenplay: Karen Moncrieff, The Dead Girl
Foreign Language Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Animated Film: Cars
Documentary: Shut Up and Sing
Cinematography: The Illusionist
Production Design: V for Vendetta
Editing: United 93
Score: Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
Ensemble: Babel
Body of Work in 2006: Edward Norton

http://reporter.blogs.com/risky/2006/12 ... criti.html

Finally some variety except of Mirren, the best scenario.

Nice to see Yimou's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles got a couple of mentions.

The one critics group that finally has some FRESH, NEW choices.... but yet they still give Mirren, who has won everything, the win!

There are so many more acting performances a year than films, and I refuse to believe that every single critics group in America believes Mirren is the Best Actress of the year. Who had the best acting performance is subjective. I want just ONE group to show some variation.

Perhaps we should just create a new category... Best Biopic Performance. Because suddenly biopics are opening left and right and it's the cool thing to give all the wins to people who acted out real people.

Peace,
Mike.

Stop winning awards, Helen Mirren. Please. I have absolutely nothing against you, really, I loved you in the roles I've seen you make so far (including Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Raising Helen!) , but please... just stop.