The 73rd Annual Golden Globes will take place January 10th, 8 PM ET live on NBC. I’ve decided to try and predict this year’s winners…. Check out my predictions right here. Please note: I’m probably wrong. Big time.
I’ve highlighted my choices for victory in a tasteful blue, along with any thoughts that I decided to share amongst the MANY categories below.
- BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
| a. | CAROL |
| Number 9 Films; The Weinstein Company | |
| b. | MAD MAX: FURY ROAD |
| Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Kennedy Miller Mitchell; Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| c. | THE REVENANT |
| Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox | |
| d. | ROOM |
| Element Pictures / No Trace Camping; A24 | |
| e. | SPOTLIGHT |
| Anonymous Content / Participant Media / First Look; Open Road Films |
Mad Max: Fury Road is astonishing – it manages to strike that perfect and rare balance between being an entertaining blockbuster without compromising the quality and art aspects of the film itself and we rarely see such an accomplishment. Personally it’s one of my favorite films of 2015 and I’d love to see it win over The Revenant which seems like it’s gained a ton of momentum late in the year.
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
| a. | CATE BLANCHETT | CAROL |
| b. | BRIE LARSON | ROOM |
| c. | ROONEY MARA | CAROL |
| d. | SAOIRSE RONAN | BROOKLYN |
| e. | ALICIA VIKANDER | THE DANISH GIRL |
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
| a. | BRYAN CRANSTON | TRUMBO |
| b. | LEONARDO DICAPRIO | THE REVENANT |
| c. | MICHAEL FASSBENDER | STEVE JOBS |
| d. | EDDIE REDMAYNE | THE DANISH GIRL |
| e. | WILL SMITH | CONCUSSION |
Considering Eddie Redmayne already won a ton of awards last year for The Theory of Everything, I’m thinking Leo will finally win a big award even though he really should’ve landed it with The Wolf of Wall Street instead. The Revenant is brutal and uncompromising but it’s also a very simple film. That being said – No Country for Old Men struck many of the same chords and look how well that movie did a few years back.
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | THE BIG SHORT |
| Paramount Pictures / Regency Enterprises; Paramount Pictures | |
| b. | JOY |
| Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox | |
| c. | THE MARTIAN |
| Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox | |
| d. | SPY |
| Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox | |
| e. | TRAINWRECK |
| Universal Pictures / Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures |
MATT. DAMON. Enough said.
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | JENNIFER LAWRENCE | JOY |
| b. | MELISSA MCCARTHY | SPY |
| c. | AMY SCHUMER | TRAINWRECK |
| d. | MAGGIE SMITH | THE LADY IN THE VAN |
| e. | LILY TOMLIN | GRANDMA |
Spy was actually a very funny film and I wanted to hate it, but I wound up laughing to tears. When McCarthy pukes on that dead guy I lost my shit – absolute hilarity.
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | CHRISTIAN BALE | THE BIG SHORT |
| b. | STEVE CARELL | THE BIG SHORT |
| c. | MATT DAMON | THE MARTIAN |
| d. | AL PACINO | DANNY COLLINS |
| e. | MARK RUFFALO | INFINITELY POLAR BEAR |
7. BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
| a. | ANOMALISA |
| Starburns Industries; Paramount Pictures | |
| b. | THE GOOD DINOSAUR |
| Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | |
| c. | INSIDE OUT |
| Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | |
| d. | THE PEANUTS MOVIE |
| Blue Sky Studios; Twentieth Century Fox | |
| e. | SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE |
| Aardman; Lionsgate / Studiocanal |
What an amazing year for animated films. I loved both Pixar efforts but Inside Out seems to be the favorite going into this one. Anomalisa is the dark horse though and I wouldn’t be shocked to see it steal Pixar’s thunder.
8. BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
| a. | THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT | (BELGIUM / FRANCE / LUXEMBOURG) |
| Terra Incognita / Climax Films / Après le Déluge / Juliette Films / Caviar; Belga Films / Le Pacte | ||
| b. | THE CLUB | (CHILE) |
| Fabula; Music Box Films | ||
| c. | THE FENCER | (FINLAND / GERMANY / ESTONIA) |
| Making Movies / Kick Film GmbH / Allfilm; Oy Nordisk Film Ab | ||
| d. | MUSTANG | (FRANCE) |
| CG Cinéma / Vistamar Flimproduktion; Cohen Media Group | ||
| e. | SON OF SAUL | (HUNGARY) |
| Laokoon Filmgroup; Sony Pictures Classics |
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
| a. | JANE FONDA | YOUTH |
| b. | JENNIFER JASON LEIGH | THE HATEFUL EIGHT |
| c. | HELEN MIRREN | TRUMBO |
| d. | ALICIA VIKANDER | EX MACHINA |
| e. | KATE WINSLET | STEVE JOBS |
Although I still think Ex Machina is a tad overrated – Alicia Vikander’s role as that creepy robot was fairly mindblowing.
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
| a. | PAUL DANO | LOVE & MERCY |
| b. | IDRIS ELBA | BEASTS OF NO NATION |
| c. | MARK RYLANCE | BRIDGE OF SPIES |
| d. | MICHAEL SHANNON | 99 HOMES |
| e. | SYLVESTER STALLONE | CREED |
First can I say holy shit Sly was nominated for playing Rocky? That’s amazing. Idris Elba wins this easily though – unless voters get stupid…
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
| a. | TODD HAYNES | CAROL |
| b. | ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU | THE REVENANT |
| c. | TOM MCCARTHY | SPOTLIGHT |
| d. | GEORGE MILLER | MAD MAX: FURY ROAD |
| e. | RIDLEY SCOTT | THE MARTIAN |
He’s in his 70’s and he made one of the craziest movies of all time. Give it to the guy – he’s a legend.
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
| a. | EMMA DONOGHUE | ROOM |
| b. | TOM MCCARTHY,
JOSH SINGER |
SPOTLIGHT |
| c. | CHARLES RANDOLPH, ADAM MCKAY | THE BIG SHORT |
| d. | AARON SORKIN | STEVE JOBS |
| e. | QUENTIN TARANTINO | THE HATEFUL EIGHT |
I love Quentin but I don’t think this is his year. I’d love to be proven wrong though. I really would because The Hateful Eight is a damn fine screenplay.
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
| a. | CARTER BURWELL | CAROL |
| b. | ALEXANDRE DESPLAT | THE DANISH GIRL |
| c. | ENNIO MORRICONE | THE HATEFUL EIGHT |
| d. | DANIEL PEMBERTON | STEVE JOBS |
| e. | RYUICHI SAKAMOTO,
ALVA NOTO |
THE REVENANT |
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
| a. | “LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO” — FIFTY SHADES OF GREY | |
| Music by: | Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh | |
| Lyrics by: | Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh | |
| b. | “ONE KIND OF LOVE” — LOVE & MERCY | |
| Music by: | Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett | |
| Lyrics by: | Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett | |
| c. | “SEE YOU AGAIN” — FURIOUS 7 | |
| Music by: | Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz | |
| Lyrics by: | Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz | |
| d. | “SIMPLE SONG #3” — YOUTH | |
| Music by: | David Lang | |
| Lyrics by: | David Lang | |
| e. | “WRITING’S ON THE WALL” — SPECTRE | |
| Music by: | Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes | |
| Lyrics by: | Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes | |
Furious 7 made so much damn money that it’s impossible to ignore it completely and this is a musical ode to the late Paul Walker. Give it to em.
15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
| a. | EMPIRE | FOX |
| 20th Century Fox Television / Imagine Television | ||
| b. | GAME OF THRONES | HBO |
| HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360 and Startling Television | ||
| c. | MR. ROBOT | USA NETWORK |
| Universal Cable Productions | ||
| d. | NARCOS | NETFLIX |
| Gaumont International Television for Netflix | ||
| e. | OUTLANDER | STARZ |
| Sony Pictures Television |
16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
| a. | CAITRIONA BALFE | OUTLANDER |
| b. | VIOLA DAVIS | HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER |
| c. | EVA GREEN | PENNY DREADFUL |
| d. | TARAJI P. HENSON | EMPIRE |
| e. | ROBIN WRIGHT | HOUSE OF CARDS |
17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
| a. | JON HAMM | MAD MEN |
| b. | RAMI MALEK | MR. ROBOT |
| c. | WAGNER MOURA | NARCOS |
| d. | BOB ODENKIRK | BETTER CALL SAUL |
| e. | LIEV SCHREIBER | RAY DONOVAN |
Jon Hamm probably wins this cause of his Emmys victory but I’m going with Liev because he was too amazing in Ray Donovan this past season… Fingers crossed.
18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | CASUAL | HULU |
| Lionsgate TV / Right of Way | ||
| b. | MOZART IN THE JUNGLE | AMAZON VIDEO |
| Amazon Studios | ||
| c. | ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK | NETFLIX |
| Lionsgate Television for Netflix | ||
| d. | SILICON VALLEY | HBO |
| HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec Berg, Altschuler Krinsky Works, and 3 Arts Entertainment | ||
| e. | TRANSPARENT | AMAZON VIDEO |
| Amazon Studios | ||
| f. | VEEP | HBO |
| HBO Entertainment in association with Dundee Productions
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19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | RACHEL BLOOM | CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND |
| b. | JAMIE LEE CURTIS | SCREAM QUEENS |
| c. | JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS | VEEP |
| d. | GINA RODRIGUEZ | JANE THE VIRGIN |
| e. | LILY TOMLIN | GRACE AND FRANKIE |
20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
| a. | AZIZ ANSARI | MASTER OF NONE |
| b. | GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL | MOZART IN THE JUNGLE |
| c. | ROB LOWE | THE GRINDER |
| d. | PATRICK STEWART | BLUNT TALK |
| e. | JEFFREY TAMBOR | TRANSPARENT |
21. BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
| a. | American Crime | ABC |
| ABC Studios | ||
| b. | American Horror Story: Hotel | FX |
| 20th Century Fox Television | ||
| c. | Fargo | FX |
| MGM Television Studios / FX Productions | ||
| d. | Flesh & Bone | Starz |
| Starz | ||
| e. | Wolf Hall | PBS |
| A Playground Entertainment and Company Pictures production for BBC and MASTERPIECE in association with BBC Worldwide, Atlus Media and Prescience |
Fargo is going to clean freaking house & Hanzee will make damn sure of it.
22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
| a. | KIRSTEN DUNST | FARGO |
| b. | LADY GAGA | AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL |
| c. | SARAH HAY | FLESH & BONE |
| d. | FELICITY HUFFMAN | AMERICAN CRIME |
| e. | QUEEN LATIFAH | BESSIE |
23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
| a. | IDRIS ELBA | LUTHER |
| b. | OSCAR ISAAC | SHOW ME A HERO |
| c. | DAVID OYELOWO | NIGHTINGALE |
| d. | MARK RYLANCE | WOLF HALL |
| e. | PATRICK WILSON | FARGO |
24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
| a. | UZO ADUBA | ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK |
| b. | JOANNE FROGGATT | DOWNTON ABBEY |
| c. | REGINA KING | AMERICAN CRIME |
| d. | JUDITH LIGHT | TRANSPARENT |
| e. | MAURA TIERNEY | THE AFFAIR |
25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
| a. | ALAN CUMMING | THE GOOD WIFE |
| b. | DAMIAN LEWIS | WOLF HALL |
| c. | BEN MENDELSOHN | BLOODLINE |
| d. | TOBIAS MENZIES | OUTLANDER |
| e. | CHRISTIAN SLATER | MR. ROBOT |