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A guy walked  into a mall with  a shot  gun last night and began shooting people.  Killing 5,  severely wounding 4 before  an  off duty cop finally  shot and killed him.  Wh..wh...what??  In Salt Lake City?  In the Mormon capital of the  world?  How could that be?  It took a while to sink in...this  is a few short miles from my home.  This is a mall  I have been to.  That is my beloved Pottery Barn.  Initially - I was annoyed that Heroes was being pre-empted for news...until I heard what the news was.   Holy  Crap...really?   All I can say is Satan is real...evil abounds and this is nothing short of evil.  What  must  the families of  the  victims and the family  of this disturbed young man be experiencing?  I can not phathom it. 

Yay!  Award season has finally begun.  Golden  Globe nominations were announced this morning...

Here are my observations -

Leonardo DiCaprio will have the toughest race on his hands as  he vies for a Lead Actor in a Dramatic Movie...with  his biggest competition being...himself.  DiCaprio is nominated twice in the same category for his lead turns in Blood Diamond  and The  Departed...will  this split his support and mean he has no chance of winning it?  Or double his chances? Same goes for Helen Mirren - 2 nods best actress TV Miniseries or Movie  for Elizabeth I and  Prime Suspect. (plus she also got a nom for Lead Actress for "The Queen"  - Wow!)  Clint Eastwood is also up against himself as best director - for both "Flags of  Our Fathers' and "Letter  from Iwo Jima"  Will  any of these two-fers take  home  the Globe -it seems a  long shot  as  all  their supporters  might not align as to which is the better of  the performances  for  each individual.  It will be interesting to see.

Leo,  Clint  and Helen weren't  the only ones with multiple nods, several got multiple nods albeit in separate categories....Annette Bening, Toni Collette, and Emily Blunt each doubled up.

I haven't seen many  of these  movies and I don't know how many of them I will...but I do want to see Dreamgirls - who got nominated for best musical or comedy and scored nods for Jennifer Hudson (Simon Cowell is  soooo eating crow - he told her  on American Idol that she was "singing beyond her depth" -  take that too-tight-T-Shirt man), Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy - but got snubbed for writer/director Bill Condon.  I also can't wait to see Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness.  Can't Wait.

No noms for Greg Kinnear and Steve Carrell - the funniest parts of Little Miss Sunshine - but they did show love to Toni Collette????  Steve Carrell still got his well deserved nom for The Office  -  but where is  John Krasinski - Jim is my favoritte part of The Office.  Not just cause  he's cute - but I love every delivery and he just cracks me up.

TV surprised me a little.  No love for my Studio 60 boys (though Matthew Perry got a nom for the Ron Clark Story)- but did get a nod for Sarah Paulson - and I seriously believe Bradly and Matthew outshine her every week.  Heck, I think Amanda Peet outshines her every week...but, I do love Sarah and I suppose I  should be happy that Studio 60 got any kind of mention at  all. 

Heroes, rock....especially Hiro.  I love Masi Oka as  Hiro on Heroes.  Not only did Heroes score a nom for best Drama, Masi did too and was the only "hero" singled out.   He is more than just a well practiced face squinter.  LOVE HIM.

Grey's got lots of  love.  Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo and Kathryn Heigl all  won  a nom...and the show for best drama...previous Globe winner, Sandra Oh, though, was not recognized...neither was pitch perfect Chandra Wilson.  I'm hoping Izzie takes it ---all for that scene with Denny's dead body.  Good Stuff.

LOST has begun to lose me as not enough questions are being answered and more and more unfold.  But, the Hollywood Foreign Press still loves it and nom'd it for  Best Drama  and Evangeline Lily is also  up for an award...really?  her?  Ok.  She was great...but what about Matthew Fox?  Where is he?

Ugly Betty did ABC proud with noms for the show and America  Ferrera.   I like that  show.  My like has not yet grown to love...but it is a steady burn of like.  Good Job.

Big Love got some notice and  that makes me ...well sad.  I  really hate  for more attention to be paid  to  it.  As a Utah Mormon, I hate the  attention it  brings and its protrayal of EVERYTHING.  I get that its not about Mormons, but it is in Utah.  and well...I just hate can't get past  the subject and locale. 

Hollywood Foreign Press sure loves Maggie  Gyllenhall...Jake's sister got a big notice for Sherrybaby and indie flick NO ONE has seen, but apparently she was great in.  The HFP actually launched Maggie into the limelight when they nominated for little seen indie flick Secretary and it was all bells and whistles for her since then...I wanted her  to be nominated for Stranger Than Fiction, but just Will Ferrell got that honor. 

Well, there is probably much more I can ramble on about - because Yay!  Its Award Show season - but I'm late to pick up my Granny for some Christmas shopping.  I'll be tuning in on January 15th for the show for sure  and forming many, many  more opinions!