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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Abby McGrew
Jessica Simpson got most of the attention and camera time by dressing up in a pink Cowboys jersey and jinxing Tony Romo’s performance. Then she took her act to Mexico for the same result. But McGrew, Eli Manning’s girlfriend, received far better reviews for tackling a much more grueling role: Sitting through a Giants-Packers playoff game in sub-zero temperatures at Lambeau Field. She didn’t have a lot of lines, and even if she did, her lips were frozen together. If they ever remake “Nanook of the North,” she can play the love interest.
BEST DIRECTOR: Les Miles
Like some of Hollywood’s most legendary helmers — Cecil B. DeMille, John Huston, Stanley Kubrick — Miles had a flair for the dramatic. Before the 2007 season, he made a provocative remark to a booster group questioning the strength of the Pac-10 conference. Then his LSU team proceeded to march toward the national title game — escaping a few close calls in the process — where it whipped Ohio State. Leading up to the final game, he deflected questions about the Michigan job with the same defiant self-assurance that Francis Ford Coppola showed when critics asked him about his budget on “Apocalypse Now.” All Miles needs is a cape, a beret and a megaphone.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bill Belichick
Yes, he is a versatile and gifted man. His video work has become the stuff of legend, although he could probably do without that kind of acclaim. So many camera angles, so many perspectives. And so unobtrusive! Men like John Toll, Roger Deakins, Bill Roe and Robert Elswit have toiled for their entire lifetimes to build their reputations as masters of lighting and camera, but Belichick has managed to secure his place among them with just a few clandestine shots of coaches giving signals to players. He has a career after football, which, if more information comes out about his shenanigans, he might just need.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: George Mitchell
The knocks against “The Mitchell Report” is that it had too many characters, although some felt there weren’t nearly enough. The storylines were rather complex and sometimes difficult to follow. But that script had audiences mesmerized. Roger Clemens was the leading man, but there were many, many others. It so resembled “The Longest Day,” all that was missing were Peter Lawford and Sal Mineo. Former Sen. George Mitchell probably wanted to make it longer, but as it usually happens in Hollywood, budget problems got in the way. The only issue with a movie version is audiences questioning whether the performances have been enhanced.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Oregon Ducks football team
Nobody else dresses up like the Ducks. For them, each game is an exercise in sartorial splendor. While the nation heads toward a recession that threatens worldwide financial markets, the Ducks alone are propping up the garment trade.
BEST SOUND: Team Clemens
If you’ve ever seen Gene Hackman in “The Conversation,” you’ll appreciate just what Clemens’ gaggle of audio experts pulled off when they taped the phone chat with Brian McNamee. After all, the quality had to be pristine enough so that thousands of media types and millions of sports fans could determine that nothing whatsoever was gained by doing that.
BEST MAKEUP: Lee Corso
For the umpteenth consecutive year, the same comment: He almost looks lifelike.
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