Golden Globes: Rex’s Predictions
The Golden Globes will be held tomorrow. (Will they feature a make-out session between Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock, as the Critics Choice awards did last night?) LW’s awards prognosticator Rex Okpodu has looked deep into his crystal ball and predicted the GG winners. His list after the jump.
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Avatar
b. The Hurt Locker
c. Inglourious Basterds
d. Precious
e. Up in the Air
SHOULD WIN: Up in the Air
WILL WIN: Avatar
DARK HORSE: The Hurt Locker
UP IN THE AIR IS JUST THE KIND FILM THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS WILL GO FOR. THAT SAID, THEY COULD GO FOR AVATAR, AFTER ALL THEY WENT FOR RETURN OF THE KING IN 2004. THE HURT LOCKER WILL BE A WELCOME UPSET HERE
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
b. Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
c. Helen Mirren, The Last Station
d. Carey Mulligan, An Education
e. Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
SHOULD WIN: Carey Mulligan
WILL WIN: Sandra Bullock
DARK HORSE: Gabourey Sidibe
MULLIGAN MIGHT TAKE THE NIGHT BUT THE HFP LOVES FILM STARS, SO SANDRA MIGHT MAKE IT AND NOT GO HOME EMPTY-HANDED FROM TWO NOMINATIONS
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
b. George Clooney, Up in the Air
c. Colin Firth, A Single Man
d. Morgan Freeman, Invictus
e. Tobey Maguire, Brothers
SHOULD WIN:Jeff Bridges
WILL WIN: George Clooney
DARK HORSE: Colin Firth
I HAVE A SNEAKING HUNCH THEY WILL GO FOR CLOONEY BUT FIRTH MIGHT PROVE TO BE THE SPOILER
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. (500) Days of Summer
b. The Hangover
c. It’s Complicated
d. Julie and Julia
e. Nine
SHOULD WIN: Julie and Julia
WILL WIN: Julie and Julia
DARK HORSE: (500) Days of Summer)
JJ SHOULD TAKE THIS EASILY BUT (500) DAYS COULD SPRING A SURPRISE
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
b. Marion Cotillard, Nind
c. Julia Roberts, Duplicity
d. Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
e. Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
SHOULD WIN: Meryl Streep
WILL WIN: Meryl Streep
DARK HORSE: None
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Matt Damon, The Informant!
b. Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
c. Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
d. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
e. Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
SHOULD WIN: Michael Stuhlbarg
WILL WIN: Daniel Day-Lewis
DARK HORSE: Robert Downey, Jr.
NINE HAS FALLEN OFF THE RADAR THIS AWARD SEASON BUT GLOBE VOTERS ARE SUCKERS FOR A SONG AND DANCE PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN COMEDY, IN THIS CATEGORY
7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
b. Coraline
c. Fantastic Mr. Fox
d. The Princess and the Fox
e. Up
SHOULD WIN: Up
WILL WIN: Up
DARK HORSE: Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. Baaria (Italy)
b. Broken Embraces (Spain)
c. The Maid (Chile)
d. A Prophet (France)
e. The White Ribbon (Germany)
SHOULD WIN: A Prophet (France)
WILL WIN: The White Ribbon (Germany)
DARK HORSE: Broken Embraces (Spain)
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Penelope Cruz, Nine
b. Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
c. Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
d. Mo’Nique, Precious
e. Julianne Moore, A Single Man
SHOULD WIN: Mo’Nique
WILL WIN: Mo’Nique
DARK HORSE: Julianne Moore
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Matt Damon, Invictus
b. Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
c. Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
d. Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
e. Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
SHOULD WIN: Woody Harrelson
WILL WIN: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
DARK HORSE: Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
b. James Cameron, Avatar
c. Clint Eastwood, Invictus
d. Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
e. Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
SHOULD WIN: Kathryn Bigelow
WILL WIN: Kathryn Bigelow
DARK HORSE: Jason Reitman
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. Neill Blomkamp, District 9
b. Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
c. Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
d. Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
e. Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
SHOULD WIN: Up in the Air
WILL WIN: Up in the Air
DARK HORSE: District 9
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. Michael Giacchino, Up
b. Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
c. James Cameron, Avatar
d. Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
e. Karen O, Carter Burwell, Where The Wild Things Are
SHOULD WIN: A Single Man
WILL WIN: Avatar
DARK HORSE: Up
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
a. “Cinema Italiano” — Nine
Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
b. “I Want to Come Home” – Everybody’s Fine
Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
c. “I Will See You” — Avatar
Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen
Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
d. “The Weary Kind” — Crazy Heart
Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
e. “Winter” — Brothers
Music by: U2
Lyrics by: Bono
SHOULD WIN: Crazy Heart
WILL WIN: I Want to Come Home
DARK HORSE: Avatar
THE GLOBES ARE SUCH STAR LOVERS BUT BONO ALREADY GOT ONE FOR GANGS OF NEW YEAR IN 2002.
SO PAUL McCARTNEY WHO HAS NEVER WON A GLOBE BEFORE, MIGHT DO SO THIS TIME.
I think Rex is spot on with everything but I have a feeling that Gabourey Sidibe is going to take best actress in a drama.