2000
Best Picture
Best in Show
Wonder Boys
Nurse Betty
Dancer in the Dark
American Psycho (some kind of crazy and demented comedy, but a comedy.)
Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Psycho
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
George Clooney, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
John Cusack, High Fidelity
Samuel L. Jackson, Shaft (err...it's sort of a comedy, no?)
Best Actress
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
There are no other okay candidates. Seriously. Bjork was awful.
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Jeffrey Wright, Shaft (he should have been on my Gods of Acting post from yesterday. I'M SORRY, JEFF! :( )
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous
Jack Black, High Fidelity
Robert Downey Jr., Wonder Boys
Best Supporting Actress
Parker Posey, Best in Show
Catherine Deneuve, Dancer in the Dark
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Wonder Boys
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
2001
Best Picture
Moulin Rouge!
Gosford Park
Shrek
Zoolander
Bridget Jones' Diary
Best Actor
Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ben Stiller, Zoolander
Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast (pitch-black comedy...)
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge!
Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones' Diary
Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde
Piper Perabo, Lost and Delirious (comedy...?)
Kirsten Dunst, The Cat's Meow
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge!
Will Ferrell, Zoolander
Luke Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Supporting Actress
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World
Emily Watson, Gosford Park
2002
Best Picture
Chicago
Adaptation.
About Schmidt
Catch Me If You Can (another debatable comedy)
Secretary
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
Hugh Grant, About a Boy
Best Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Renee Zellweger, Chicago
Catherine Keener, Lovely and Amazing
Jennifer Aniston, The Good Girl
Jennifer Westfeldt, Kissing Jessica Stein
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love
Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
John C. Reilly, Chicago
Ian Somerhalder, Rules of Attraction
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.
Emily Watson, Punch-Drunk Love
Emily Mortimer, Lovely and Amazing
Toni Collette, About a Boy
2003
Best Picture
Lost in Translation
Finding Nemo
Big Fish
Love Actually
The Company ("musical")
Best Actor
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Robert Downey Jr., The Singing Detective
Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
Jack Black, School of Rock
George Clooney, Intolerable Cruelty
Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation
Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday
Renee Zellweger, Down with Love
Helen Mirren, Calendar Girls
Diane Lane, Under the Tuscan Sun
Best Supporting Actor
Bill Nighy, Love Actually
Hugh Grant, Love Actually
Albert Finney, Big Fish
Colin Firth, Love Actually
Geoffrey Rush, Pirates of the Carribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine O'Hara, A Mighty Wind
Ellen DeGeneres, Finding Nemo
Emma Thompson, Love Actually
Laura Linney, Love Actually
Anna Faris, Lost in Translation
2004
Best Picture
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mean Girls
Sideways
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Anchorman
Best Actor
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Bill Murray, The Life Aquatic...
Will Ferrell, Anchorman
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Laura Linney, P.S. (comedy?)
Jennifer Garner, 13 Going on 30
Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls
Holly Hunter, The Incredibles
Best Supporting Actor
Jude Law, I Heart Huckabees
Steve Carell, Anchorman
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Tom Wilkinson, Eternal Sunshine...
Topher Grace, In Good Company
Best Supporting Actress
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Kirsten Dunst, Eternal Sunshine...
Rachel McAdams, Mean Girls
Natalie Portman, Garden State
Lacey Chabert, Mean Girls
2005
Best Picture
Pride and Prejudice
The Squid and the Whale
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Wedding Crashers
Broken Flowers
Best Actor
Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Robert Downey Jr., Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bill Murray, Broken Flowers
Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow ("musical")
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice
Lisa Kudrow, Happy Endings
Toni Collette, In Her Shoes
Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda (half comedy's good enough, huh ;) )
Best Supporting Actor
Jesse L. Martin, Rent
Donald Sutherland, Pride and Prejudice
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Vince Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale
Rosario Dawson, Rent
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings
Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers
Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2006
Best Picture
Marie-Antoinette ("comedy")
Borat
Dreamgirls
Volver
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking
Joe Cross, Running with Scissors
Will Ferrell, Stranger than Fiction
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kirsten Dunst, Marie-Antoinette
Melinda Page Hamilton, Sleeping Dogs Lie
Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actor
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine
Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada
Woody Allen, Scoop
Best Supporting Actress (suck it Emily Blunt)
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stranger than Fiction
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Kate Winslet, Romance and Cigarettes
Emma Thompson, Stranger than Fiction
YAY, DONE. And yes, I had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for some of these, but some are actually better than the corresponding categories in drama (Best Supporting Actress 04)
