THE GOLDEN GLOBES FOR THE BEST OF 2004...A PICTURE PUZZLEMENT!

It would take a master detective to figure out who the 83 freelance and full-time journalists in control of Hollywood's Foreign Press Association actually are. Nor can anyone I know explain how Annette Bening, Emily Rossum, Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger and Ashley Judd (!) ended up competing for the Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy category (and never mind that Jamie Foxx's powerful dramatic performance in "Ray" was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy).

Yet people in the industry take the Globes very seriously, so who am I to kvetch? Here are the winners:

BEST DRAMA
THE AVIATOR

BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
SIDEWAYS

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, The Aviator


BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
HILARY SWANK, Million Dollar Baby


BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
JAMIE FOXX, Ray


BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ANNETTE BENING, Being Julia


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CLIVE OWEN, Closer


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
NATALIE PORTMAN, Closer


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
THE SEA INSIDE (Spain)


BEST DIRECTOR
CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby


BEST SCREENPLAY
ALEXANDER PAYNE AND JIM TAYLOR, Sideways


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
HOWARD SHORE, The Aviator


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
OLD HABITS DIE HARD, Alfie, Music and Lyrics by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart