Why the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is run by idiots:

"Charlie Wilson's War," "The Savages," "Margot at the Wedding," "Juno," "Darjeeling Limited," "Waitress" and "Lars and the Real Girl" will compete in the comedy/musical categories at the Golden Globes, according to decrees made by the eligibility committee of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. All of those films have a mix of comedic and dramatic elements so there was speculation that they might be classified as dramas.

In the TV races, some series that straddled classification have been decided, too: "Pushing Daisies," "Californication," "Chuck," "Psych," "Samantha Who" and "Reaper" will compete as comedies.

In the race for best animated feature: "Bee Movie," "Beowulf," "Happily N'ever After," "Meet the Robinsons," "Ratatouille," "Shrek the Third," "The Simpson's Movie," "Surf's Up," and "TMNT."

Sixty-one movies have landed in the category for best foreign-language film. (Among the foreign titles is "La Vie en Rose," whose star, Marion Cotillard, will compete in the race for best comedy/musical actress.)

Once again, the committee that decides the Golden Globe nominees has placed a biopic of a singer (La Vie en Rose) and its star in the Musical or Comedy category where it doesn't belong. For those who remember, they made the same mistake with the films "Ray" (2004) and "Walk the Line" (2005) along with their respective performances from Jamie Foxx, Joaquin Phoenix, and Reese Witherspoon. Now this means that the likes of Keri Russel and Amy Adams are going to be totally screwed out of a possible win. Also, Margot at the Wedding is no comedy. Noah Baumbach's comedic appeal (yes, some people find his films intentionally hilarious) is too much of an inside joke for those who understand what his characters are going through. It's not "smart humor" or "elevated humor"...it's isolationist humor. Put the damn film and everyone involved in competetion for drama. Best Actress in a Drama was already going to be pretty dull without Marion Cotillard and Nicole Kidman, now it's shaping up to be flat out dreary.