Just chatted up awards guru Tom O’Neill who shared with me some of his thoughts on what might be happening here in less than an hour. He thinks it’s a lock that “Dreamgirls” will get the most nominations of any movie. The all-time record is “Nashville” which had nine nods in the 1970s. “Dreamgirls” is helped by the Globes division of categories: drama and musical or comedy. Tom says Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy are shoo-ins.
He also thinks the Foreign Press Association will nominate Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto” for foreign film: “Some voters are saying they want to be the ones to bring Mel back. Everyone loves the comeback.”
OK, they are gonna start the first batch of nominations…see ya in a few.