No more squabbling over category placement at the Golden Globes! Over the past week or so prelim rulings were made, then appeals heard. Now HFPA has made final decisions, which have not yet been revealed publicly. However, I've confirmed lots of info with studio sources who've received official word from HFPA.

An attempt to push Cate Blanchett into the lead drama race for "Notes from a Scandal" has been thwarted — she'll now stay in supporting.

Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will compete in lead, as we reported yesterday. She will not run up against Emma Thompson ("Stranger Than Fiction"), who's in supporting despite widespread speculation that she might be boosted.

"Venus" and "History Boys" were deemed to be dramas, so Peter O'Toole and Richard Griffiths will both compete in the lead race. At first Griffiths declared for the supporting race, but recently switched to lead, as GoldDerby revealed, and now the Globes have given their approval. Even though Michael Sheen is really the male lead of "The Queen," he's in supporting.

"Dreamgirls" scene-stealer Jennifer Hudson will remain in supporting, Beyonce in lead.

Efforts to place "Volver" in the comedy lineup failed. Penelope Cruz will remain in the lead drama contest while the movie will jockey for best foreign-language film along with — get ready for a howler — Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto," which is in Mayan.

According to unconfirmed reports, "Miss Potter" was initially defined as a drama by HFPA, not comedy as expected, but the prelim decision has been appealed by studio chief Harvey Weinstein.

The appeal process is not formal, by the way. As one top Oscar campaigner puts it, "If you don't like what the qualification committee decides, you just get on the phone and drive everybody crazy until you wear them down. That usually works, but not always."

Harvey has a rep for knowing how to work the phone, of course. But drive anybody crazy? Oh, please! Rumors! Vicious rumors!

More details coming soon, including what will happen to "The Departed" boys Leo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson : lead or supporting? They're both aiming for supporting, but some Globe-watchers predicted that Leo would lobby for a late switch to lead if HFPA members didn't like "Blood Diamond," which they saw last week. But I hear that they liked it.