First of all, I've been up already for nearly five hours. I have just enough adrenaline to make it to maybe noon then I gotta have a nap or I'll go INSANE! Why was I up so early you ask? To cover the Golden Globe Award nominations LIVE from the Beverly Hilton Hotel where we had to be by 4:30 PST. To read my early morning ramblings from there, please click On the Red Carpet, one of the Daily News' sister blogs to Out in Hollywood that I will be contributing to frequently during awards season. I've been obsessed with awards shows since I was a kid: "Mommy, can we watch the Oscars tonight?" So to be getting a front-row seat and backstage pass for all of this is a kick!

Anywho, some of my personal faves made the cut even though Daniel Craig was not one of them. I was hoping he'd get a supporting actor nod for "Infamous" but didn't happen. That category is overflowing with star power with Brad Pitt (Babel), Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland), Jack Nicholson (The Departed), Mark Whalberg (The Departed) and...Eddie Murphy for "Dreamgirls." I think Eddie will and should win. It's the performance of his career.

So, for this "Dreamgirls" obsessed blogger, I'm happy to see the film get four other nominations including best picture (musical or comedy), best actress in a musical or comedy (Beyonce Knowles), best supporting actress (Jennifer Hudson) and best song (Listen).

I was hoping "Little Miss Suinshine" would do better buit am thrilled to see the always-terrific Toni Collette nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical and the film itself nominated for best picture - comedy or musical. But Collette will lose to my absolute fave, Meryl Streep, up for her delicious role in "The Devil Wears Prada" whicxh got three nominations overall. In addition to Streep, who already has xx Golden Globe trophies, the movie itself is up for best picture- comedy or drama, and the hilarious Emily Blunt got a well-deserved nod in the supporting actress category. My friend Eddie and I were doing lines from "Prada" in Palm Springs over the weekend and the one that really cracked us up was uttered by Blunt when she is in the hospital after getting hit by a car and says to Anne Hathaway's character (who gets to go to Paris instead of her): "You eat CARBS!"

So, three of my four favorite movies of the year will bve competing against each other for best picture - musical or comedy. I gotta think "Dreamgirls" will beat back "Sunshine" and "Pradea" but all are deserving. My fourth fave, "Casino Royale," got zippo moms. WhatEVER.

So let's talk TV. How about that Sarah Paulson? YES!!! The beautiful and out actress who lights up "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" was nominated for best television supporting actress. Maybe she will win a Globe to put on the mantle alongside to two Tony Awards won by her partner, Cherry Jones. She's up against double nominees Blunt ("Gideon's Daughter) and Collette ("Tsunazmi, The Aftermath") as well as "Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl. But who do I think should win? There is not a better comic performance on television than the one Elizabeth Perkins turns in each week on ":Weeds."

I know that Hugh Laurie is terrific on "House" but so are the four other nominees for best television actor -drama and all are a lot hotter! (a shallow comment from a sleep-deprived gay man). But c'mon, Patrick Dempsey, Michael C. Hall, Bill Paxton AND Kiefer Sutherland ALL in the same category. That is almost too much handsome man for me. And, they are all wonderfully talented, of course.