It is not too early to be thinking about awards!

I know we haven’t even started the new year but believe it or not award season is upon us and there are a few dates that we all should be paying attention to NOW! Nominations for the Golden Globes are happening this month and Oscars at the beginning of January and it just so happens that Disney is putting HSM3 out there for just about everything! Screenings are being held in December in LA, NY and San Francisco for voters. While I think we can realistically say that there may not be a “Best Picture” nod waiting for our favorite Wildcats, I think we can say that if there is not at least one trip to the podium, we will be very disappointed!!!

So what is Disney hoping for? Here is the pretty lengthy list:

Best Picture – Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush
Best Director – Kenny Ortega
Best Original Screenplay – Peter Barsocchini
Best Actor – Zac Efron
Best Actress – Vanessa Hudgens
Best Supporting Actor – Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu
Best Supporting Actress – Ashley Tisdale, Monique Coleman
Best Cinematography – Daniel Aranyo, AEC
Best Film Editing – Don Brochu
Best Art Direction – Mark Hofeling
Best Set Director – Ken Kirchner
Best Costume Design – Caroline B. Marx
Best Make-Up – Robin Michelle Patrick, Lora Laing
Best Sound Mixing – Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Douglas Cameron
Best Original Score – David Lawrence
Best Original Song – “Can I Have This Dance” written by Adam Anders,Nikki Hassman. Performed by Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens
Best Original Song – “A Night to Remember” written by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil. Performed by High School Musical 3: Senior Year Cast
Best Original Song – “Scream” written by Jamie Houston; Performed by Zac Efron
Best Original Song – “I Want it All” written by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil. Performed by Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel

What are your predictions? Maybe “Can I Have This Dance” for at least one or more song nominations and hopefully a win? But I guess we will see–and I hope we are not disappointed! Now is the time to influence your friends who are members of SAG, the Academy, and the Hollywood Foreign Press!

And, mark your calendars, here is the schedule for the nomination announcements and the airing of the award shows.

Golden Globes
December 11 (Thursday) at 5 AM EST – Nominations announced
January 11 (Sunday) at 8 PM EST – “The 66th Annual Golden Globes” on NBC

SAG Awards
December 18 (Thursday) on TBS/TNT – Nominations announced
January 25 (Sunday) at 8 PM EST – “The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” on TBS/TNT

Academy Awards
January 22 (Thursday) at 5:30 AM PT – Nominations announced
February 22 (Sunday) at 8 PM EST – “The 81st Annual Academy Awards” on ABC

And just as you are hitting overload, a few film festivals are coming up as well–Palm Springs which provided a very memorable ZV sighting last year is from January 6-19 and don’t forgot Sundance which is from January 15 to 25. KayCee and Ryne made an appearance last year so you never know who will be spotted!!! Lots to look forward to, don’t you think?

source: disneystudiosawards.movies.go.com, www.goldenglobes.org, www.sagawards.org, www.oscars.org