In four days, we’ll have the Hollywood Foreign Press bestow their honors to the film and television world at the Golden Globe Awards with return hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Readers of my blog will note that I’ve extensively and frequently been posting my Oscar predictions. I don’t pay nearly as much attention to the Globes, but I did want to put my two cents in and predict the winners in the picture, directing, and acting categories.
The Globes are different from the Oscars because categories are divided between Drama and Musical/Comedy categories for Picture, Actor, and Actress. Director and Supporting Actor and Actress are awarded regardless of genre. If you would like to read my detailed analysis of awards contenders, I suggest you look on the blog for my Oscar predictions posts. For the purposes of this post, I’ll simply predict who I think will Globes this Sunday and note the other nominees. I am noting my second choice if my primary choice doesn’t win in bold. I am not predicting the TV categories except for one: it should be an interesting showdown in Best Drama between the final season of “Breaking Bad” and first season of “House of Cards”, but ultimately I think Walter White and company win out.
And with that, my predictions:
BEST DRAMA
Predicted Winner: 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees: Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena, Rush
BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Predicted Winner: American Hustle
Other Nominees: Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST DIRECTOR
Predicted Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Other Nominees: Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Alexander Payne (Nebraska), David O. Russell (American Hustle)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Predicted Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees: Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyer’s Club), Robert Redford (All is Lost)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Predicted Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Other Nominees: Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks), Kate Winslet (Labor Day)
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Predicted Winner: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Other Nominees: Christian Bale (American Hustle), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Joaquin Phoenix (Her)
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Predicted Winner: Amy Adams, American Hustle
Other Nominees: Julie Delpy (Before Midnight), Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said), Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Predicted Winner: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer’s Club
Other Nominees: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Daniel Bruhl (Rush), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Predicted Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Other Nominees: Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County), June Squibb (Nebraska)
And there you have my predictions for your Golden Globe winners on Sunday!
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