Lady from San Carlos

Day by day, I become more fascinated by Kathryn Bigelow, Director of The Hurt Locker. She's already well-known since before this film, has earned quite acclaim through THL this year, and apparently even was married to James Cameron at one point in her life.

Now, in this past week, she's won the award of Best Director for the film in question across the board from the various film critics' circles, including those for NY, SF, LA, Boston, Southeastern, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and more! In most of these, The Hurt Locker also won Best Picture. (Source: AwardsDaily.com)

Though these are not the Oscars, these precursors to them have officially begun, and they affect my predictions immensely. This could finally be the year a very capable woman (from the town I grew up in to boot) wins the Award for Best Directing! Tomorrow's when the Golden Globes' noms will be announced...

Wouldn't that be something if she wins Best Director, and her ex wins Best Picture for Avatar?