Put Out to Pasture (Get It?)

You all probably know this already, but I don't dare give you SAG, PGA and WGA and leave the DGA out to dry! I know that when I wrote down my predictions at work, I thought: "Clooney! Hazanavicius! Payne! Scorsese! Spielberg!" And when I got home, I got:

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Well, 3/5 ain't bad, right? Woody Allen's inclusion just delights me. I'm constantly hesitating to predict it because I keep thinking, "It can't be true. It's too slight, too light; it makes me too happy. It can't be real!" But it's real. The film's gotten the big nominations from SAG, PGA, WGA, DGA and the Golden Globes! High-five to us all!

Also, David Fincher was nominated for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is starting to surprise in the last legs of the race. SAG didn't bite...but then the Globes nominated it for Actress and Score...then right in a row: WGA, PGA, and WHAM! -- BAM! -- POW! -- the Directors throw it some love! Is this a case of last-minute, for-real gonna happen, or another Nolan/The Dark Knight sitch where the Academy thinks a tad differently? All we can do now is wait...

Meanwhile, the Hollmann Award Nominees announce Wednesday. Mark your calendars.