Golden Globe Nominees: Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

My predictions: 4/5, missing Brad Pitt
Who’s missing? Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) and Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)

No big surprises here, save for the inclusion of one Brad Pitt. He got left off last year for “The Assassination of Jesse James,” but here he is for a movie that received four other nominations. He gets a huge boost from this. Don’t count out Jenkins and Eastwood so fast, however. Jenkins could still manage a surprise SAG nomination like “The Visitor” director Thomas McCarthy’s last leading man (Peter Dinklage for “The Station Agent”) and Eastwood only got nominated at the Oscars for his performance in “Million Dollar Baby.” There’s still hope for them in this long race after all. Interesting note: Sean Penn got the lone nomination for his movie “Milk.”

Who will win? Either Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke - my money right now is on Penn.