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That's right it's awards season which means I get to play 'professional film picker' again. Without wasting more of your time here's who I think is going to go home with a Golden Globe in the movie categories.

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Up in the Air
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Nine
Best Actor - Drama: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress - Drama: Helen Mirren for The Last Station
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy: Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
Best Director: Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
Best Screenplay: Up in the Air by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Original Song: Brothers by Bono
Best Original Score: Avatar by James Horner
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon

Even though the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has decided to raise the number of Best Picture nominees to 10, that doesn't mean many of the 'early contenders' are still a given to be nominated. To see which films had high expectations come Oscar time, but will probably be disappointed just click here.

Just released are this year's Golden Globe nominations. I wasn't shocked by any of the nominations, but if I had to pick one it's Tobey Maguire for Brothers in the Best Actor - Drama category. I'm going to try and see more of the films nominated before making my choices so stay tuned. For a complete list of the 2010 Golden Globe nominations just click here.

These days filmmaker Tim Burton is a really busy man. With his next film Alice in Wonderland in heavy post-production, Tim somehow found time to lend some of his other art to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). To find out what Tim Burton thinks about the birth of Edward Scissorhands, the rise of 3-D, and anthropomorphic coffee pots just click here.

Arguably one of the more recognizable movie studios, Warner Bros. has just released its 2010 movie lineup. I've heard of many of the projects coming out under Warner next year, but there are a few I've only just heard of. For instance Clint Eastwood's next project, Todd Philips next comedy and Ben Affleck's second attempt at directing. It should be noted that I was a huge fan of Gone Baby Gone so that is not a low blow to Ben Affleck. To see which Warner Bros. movies you'll be going to next year just click here.

This year Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison will receive the lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of America. Jewison has been nominated for three DGA Awards and for four Oscars and his films have received a dozen Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison received the Irving Thalberg Award. Read more on this outstanding news right here.

I think it's safe to say that Jason Reitman has become one of Hollywood's A-List directors. Up in the Air is only his third film, but his previous two efforts; Thank you for Smoking & Juno, made him a household name. In Up in the Air Jason Reitman directs probably his biggest actor to date George Clooney and to find out what it was like working with George, or how it was shooting in actual airports, or even to find out what it's like to be the son of a Hollywood legend just click here.