The Golden Satellite Nominations were announced yesterday, and as per usual they were completely schizophrenic. There's rampant category fraud, glaring omissions, nominations for movies I've never even heard of, and they can't seem to decide on a specific number of nominees per category. The Satellites were at one time a fun awards body, who went their own way, recognizing worthy films that other groups would ignore, but now they're just - yeesh. Looking over the nominees, Lisa Kudrow was nominated for Kabluey and Mark Ruffalo was nominated for What Doesn't Kill You. Now I'm a big fan of both of these actors, and I haven't even heard of these films. Did they already come out? Are they being released later this month? I don't know. The film Choke got three nominations, including Best Picture, Comedy/Musical. Uh ok. Kung Fu Panda, a wonderful film, somehow got passed over for Best Animated Picture, even though there are six nominees in the category. Australia was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, but even people who liked the film concede its screenplay wasn't its strongest element. Looking at the other nominees in Best Original Screenplay, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Elegy had both been listed under that category last night, even though both are adapted works. This morning, however, they were moved to the Best Adapted Screenplay category, leaving only four nominees in Original Screenplay. Good job, Satellites! Then we get to the Best Supporting Actress category, which is usually good at predicting at least four of the future nominees for the Oscar. This year's nominations are odd and could indicate that the category will be all over the place with each awards group. Hurray for non-concensus. Anyway back to the category. The nominees:
Rosemarie Dewitt for Rachel Getting Married - ok, predictable
Penelope Cruz for Elegy - not for VCB, she's the lead in Elegy, category fraud
Angelica Huston for Choke - where'd this come from?, no further nominations I'm guessing
Sophie Okonedo for The Secret Life of Bees - really? I guess cause she plays retarded
Emma Thompson for Brideshead Revisited - ok, maybe some returning buzz
Beyonce Knowles for Cadillac Records - huh? is there something we don't know?
notable omissions: Viola Davis - Doubt, Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of..., Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler, Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married
I wonder what the future holds for this category?
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