Top 5 Films of 2006 (# 1 is the best)

1. Dreamgirls
2. The Departed
3. Letters from Iwo Jima Babel
4. Babel
5. United 93

Bottom 5 Films (#1 is the worst)

1. Bloodrayne
2. Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction
3. Little Man
4. The Wicker Man
5. Ultraviolet

Top 5 Male Starring Performances

1. Peter O'Toole as Maurice in "Venus"
2. Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland"
3. Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat in "Borat"
4. Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in "Blood Diamond"
5. Ryan Gosling as Dan Dunne in "Half Nelson"

Bottom 5 Male Starring Performances

1. Jack Black as Nacho Libre in "Nacho Libre"
2. Tim Allen as Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom in "Zoom"
3. Marlon Wayans as Calvin in "Little Man"
4. Larry the Cable Guy as Himself in "Larry the Cable: Health Inspector"
5. Martin Lawrence as Malcolm Turner/Big Momma in "Big Momma's House 2"

Top 5 Female Starring Performances

1. Helen Mirren as HM Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen"
2. Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce in "Little Children"
3. Judi Dench as Barbara Covett in "Notes on a Scandal"
4. Penelope Cruz as Raimunda in "Volver"
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Sherry Ann in "Sherrybaby"

Bottom 5 Female Starring Performances

1. Milla Jovovich as Violet Song jat Shariff in "Ultraviolet"
2. Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction"
3. Hilary & Haylie Duff as Tanzie and Aza MacKenzie, respectively, in "Material Girls"
4. Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright in "Just My Luck"
5. Alyson Hannigan as Julia Jones in "Date Movie"

Top 5 Male Supporting Performances

1. Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" (competing as Best Actor at awards ceremonies)
2. Eddie Murphy as James "Thunder" Early in "Dreamgirls"
3. Jackie Earle Haley as Ronald James McGorvey in "Little Children"
4. Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello in "The Departed"
5. Alan Arkin as Grandpa Hoover in "Little Miss Sunshine"

Bottom 5 Male Supporting Performances

1. Christopher Walken as Morty in "Click"
2. Jon Heder as Clark in "The Benchwarmers"
3. David Thewlis as Det. Supt. Roy Washburn in "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction"
4. Rip Torn as General Larraby in "Zoom"
5. Chevy Chase as Dr. Grant in "Zoom"

Top 5 Female Supporting Performances

1. Jennifer Hudson as Effie White in "Dreamgirls"
2. Cate Blanchett as Sheba Hart in "Notes on a Scandal"
3. Adriana Barraza as Amelia in "Babel"
4. Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestley in "The Devil Wears Prada" (competing as Best Actress at awards ceremonies)
5. Rinko Kikuchi as Chieko in "Babel"

Bottom 5 Female Supporting Performances

1. Jennifer Coolidge as Janine in "Click"
2. Carmen Electra as Anne in "Date Movie"
3. Ellen Burstyn as Sister Summersisle in "The Wicker Man"
4. Jenny McCarthy as Lori Spencer in "John Tucker Must Die"
5. Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Milena Gardosh in "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction"

Top 5 New TV Shows

1. Heroes
2. Ugly Betty
3. Big Love
4. 30 Rock
5. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Top 5 Returning Shows

1. "Grey's Anatomy"
2. "Desperate Housewives"
3. "My Name Is Earl"
4. "Entourage"
5. "Lost"

Top 5 Male Performances on TV - Leading or Supporting

1. Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer on "24"
2. Steve Carell as Michael Scott on "The Office"
3. Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derrick Shepard on "Grey's Anatomy"
4. Jason Lee as Earl Hickey on "My Name Is Earl"
5. Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura on "Heroes"

Top 5 Female Supporting Performances on TV - Leading or Supporting

1. America Ferrara as Betty Suarez on "Ugly Betty"
2. Marcia Cross as Bree Van De Kamp on "Desperate Housewives"
3. Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano on "The Sopranos"
4. Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang on "Grey's Anatomy"
5. Sarah Paulson as Harriet Hayes on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"

and finally...

Top 5 Directorial Efforts

1. Martin Scorsese for "The Departed"
2. Clint Eastwood for "Letters from Iwo Jima"
3. Bill Condon for "Dreamgirls"
4. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Babel"
5. Paul Greengrass for "United 93"

Bottom 5 Directorial Efforts

1. Uwe Bolle for "Bloodrayne"
2. Michael Caton-Jones for "Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction"
3. Aaron Seltzer for "Date Movie"
4. Keenan Ivory Wayans for "Little Man"
5. Kurt Wimmer for "Ultraviolet"

Despite awards consideration, I am considering Forest Whitaker's performance in "The Last King of Scotland" as supporting, not as leading. I categorized him under both by accident...here's my updated listing

Top 5 Male Starring Performances

1. Peter O'Toole as Maurice in "Venus"
2. Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in "Blood Diamond"
3. Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat in "Borat"
4. Will Smith as Chris Gardiner in "The Pursuit of Happyness"
5. Ryan Gosling as Dan Dunne in "Half Nelson"