The Globes Are Nice, but the Directors Guild May Set the Oscar Pace - NYTimes.com

The Carpetbagger - The Globes Are Nice, but the Directors Guild May Set the Oscar Pace - NYTimes.com: "All eyes are trained on Sunday night, when the Golden Globes will winnow the herd, separating the Oscar contenders from the pretenders in a hail of flashbulbs and perfect teeth and hopelessly unattainable couture. But if you are a serious student of contemporary Oscars — if there is such a thing — you would probably do no better than to take a look at the big awards news from Thursday, when the Directors Guild of America announced its picks for the five best-directed movies of the year: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Dark Knight.”"