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Aired December 19, 2002 - 10:44   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hollywood is revving up. Excitement at its highest. The 60th Annual Golden Globe Nominations were announced this morning.
Tom O'Neill, editor of "In Touch" weekly magazine joins us from New York to talk about the nominations.

Tom, good morning.

TOM O'NEILL, EDITOR, "IN TOUCH" MAGAZINE: Good morning.

KAGAN: It's always exciting to hear Hollywood get up so early and try to pull it together.

O'NEILL: For awards, for golden statues, they always do that.

KAGAN: They will do that, and the ka-ching that might come with those awards.

We're going to talk money in just a second.

First, let's look at who we will be looking at on January 19th.

First of all, let's go to the category of musical or comedy, we're talking movies here.

O'NEILL: And that's the big story today. Those gangsters of "Chicago" came out swinging really hard against the "Gangs of New York."

And right now, "Chicago" is the buzz of Hollywood. The academy members for the Oscars are seeing this, and raving about it. Today, it got eight nominations at the Golden Globe, including one for Queen Latifah for acting, which may seem strange to us, but, remember, the Golden Globe, they love to give away acting awards to pop stars like Madonna and Cher.

KAGAN: That's right. Now, a lot of people -- of course, most of over viewers haven't seen this movie. It's not in wide release. So we want to show a little clip.

To set it up, Renee Zellweger plays the part of the ingenue who wants to have the success of Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Let's listen in.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Keep your paws off my lawyer.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Sweetest little jazz killer to ever hit Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: That's the angle I'm after.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: You were in the paper today, too, in the back, with the obituaries.

They love me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They love you a lot more if you were hanged. You know why, because they would sell more papers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's Chicago.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: I am looking forward to seeing this one.

O'NEILL: Everybody is. The musicals are back now, after the success of "Moulin Rouge" last year. And I think one of the more surprising nominations this show got today was for screenplay, bumping "Gangs of New York." "Gangs" didn't do as well as we thought it was going to today.

KAGAN: But is it nominated in the best drama category?

O'NEILL: Yes, it's up for best picture and for best director. It is the front-runner in those categories. Daniel Day-Lewis made the cut for best actor as well, Cameron Diaz for best supporting actress.

KAGAN: Any other surprise out of the drama category for movies?

O'NEILL: I think the biggest surprises is what weren't nominated today, Daryn. We did not see Steven Spielberg at the Globes for the first time in a long time. "Catch Me If You Can" did get a nomination for Leo DiCaprio for actor, but we didn't see best director for Spielberg for either "Catch" or "Minority Report."

KAGAN: Of course globes different than "The Oscars," because they include television as well. What was the big TV story you saw coming out of these nominations?

O'NEILL: Well, we had two really interesting things. First of all, the fact that "The Simpsons" in its 11th or 12th year is nominated for best comedy series. That's never happened before. And "Friends" finally was nominated for best lead comedy, and Matt LeBlanc was nominated for actor. The Globes have never been too friendly to "Friends," but it just swept the Emmys, and that's good news for the Globes. And we're wondering if it will finally get some recognition after its 11th year.

KAGAN: And of course the reason we give it this big coverage and pay attention, they used to be these quirky little awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Explain to us who that is and the significance that these awards have for the Oscars that are passed out in March.

O'NEILL: There are only 96 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that determine the winners of this award. But the Golden Globes are now the second highest award show after the Oscars. They even beat the Grammys and the Emmys. They are also uncanny Oscar crystal balls. More than 66 percent of the winners of the top categories at the Oscars previously win at the Globes, so this really sets the contest for the Oscars, as well as the Globes.

KAGAN: Another reason they're so fun is they're actually serving alcohol during the program.

O'NEILL: They're serving alcohol, and you know what else, it's the only time of year, Daryn, that we get the TV stars in with the film stars, and plus they're all drunk, having a great time.

KAGAN: One big party, absolutely.

Tom O'Neill, thanks so much for your insight this morning. Appreciate it.

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Aired December 19, 2002 - 10:44   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hollywood is revving up. Excitement at its highest. The 60th Annual Golden Globe Nominations were announced this morning.
Tom O'Neill, editor of "In Touch" weekly magazine joins us from New York to talk about the nominations.

Tom, good morning.

TOM O'NEILL, EDITOR, "IN TOUCH" MAGAZINE: Good morning.

KAGAN: It's always exciting to hear Hollywood get up so early and try to pull it together.

O'NEILL: For awards, for golden statues, they always do that.

KAGAN: They will do that, and the ka-ching that might come with those awards.

We're going to talk money in just a second.

First, let's look at who we will be looking at on January 19th.

First of all, let's go to the category of musical or comedy, we're talking movies here.

O'NEILL: And that's the big story today. Those gangsters of "Chicago" came out swinging really hard against the "Gangs of New York."

And right now, "Chicago" is the buzz of Hollywood. The academy members for the Oscars are seeing this, and raving about it. Today, it got eight nominations at the Golden Globe, including one for Queen Latifah for acting, which may seem strange to us, but, remember, the Golden Globe, they love to give away acting awards to pop stars like Madonna and Cher.

KAGAN: That's right. Now, a lot of people -- of course, most of over viewers haven't seen this movie. It's not in wide release. So we want to show a little clip.

To set it up, Renee Zellweger plays the part of the ingenue who wants to have the success of Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Let's listen in.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Keep your paws off my lawyer.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Sweetest little jazz killer to ever hit Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: That's the angle I'm after.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: You were in the paper today, too, in the back, with the obituaries.

They love me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They love you a lot more if you were hanged. You know why, because they would sell more papers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's Chicago.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: I am looking forward to seeing this one.

O'NEILL: Everybody is. The musicals are back now, after the success of "Moulin Rouge" last year. And I think one of the more surprising nominations this show got today was for screenplay, bumping "Gangs of New York." "Gangs" didn't do as well as we thought it was going to today.

KAGAN: But is it nominated in the best drama category?

O'NEILL: Yes, it's up for best picture and for best director. It is the front-runner in those categories. Daniel Day-Lewis made the cut for best actor as well, Cameron Diaz for best supporting actress.

KAGAN: Any other surprise out of the drama category for movies?

O'NEILL: I think the biggest surprises is what weren't nominated today, Daryn. We did not see Steven Spielberg at the Globes for the first time in a long time. "Catch Me If You Can" did get a nomination for Leo DiCaprio for actor, but we didn't see best director for Spielberg for either "Catch" or "Minority Report."

KAGAN: Of course globes different than "The Oscars," because they include television as well. What was the big TV story you saw coming out of these nominations?

O'NEILL: Well, we had two really interesting things. First of all, the fact that "The Simpsons" in its 11th or 12th year is nominated for best comedy series. That's never happened before. And "Friends" finally was nominated for best lead comedy, and Matt LeBlanc was nominated for actor. The Globes have never been too friendly to "Friends," but it just swept the Emmys, and that's good news for the Globes. And we're wondering if it will finally get some recognition after its 11th year.

KAGAN: And of course the reason we give it this big coverage and pay attention, they used to be these quirky little awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Explain to us who that is and the significance that these awards have for the Oscars that are passed out in March.

O'NEILL: There are only 96 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that determine the winners of this award. But the Golden Globes are now the second highest award show after the Oscars. They even beat the Grammys and the Emmys. They are also uncanny Oscar crystal balls. More than 66 percent of the winners of the top categories at the Oscars previously win at the Globes, so this really sets the contest for the Oscars, as well as the Globes.

KAGAN: Another reason they're so fun is they're actually serving alcohol during the program.

O'NEILL: They're serving alcohol, and you know what else, it's the only time of year, Daryn, that we get the TV stars in with the film stars, and plus they're all drunk, having a great time.

KAGAN: One big party, absolutely.

Tom O'Neill, thanks so much for your insight this morning. Appreciate it.

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