Ah, the Golden Globes.
Oscar’s drunken, unpredictable cousin who has — thanks in large part to Amy Poehler and Tina Fey — become its near equal in terms of actual ceremony anticipation (at least as far as I’m concerned). But first comes the nominations, which will be announced this Thursday morning. And they should be a very interesting batch, largely because the most favored films from Oscar are spread out between the Globes’ two separate categories for drama and for comedy/musical perhaps more than ever.
On the drama side, there’s sure things “12 Years a Slave,” “Captain Phillips,” “Gravity” and “Saving Mr. Banks” alongside a bunch of films fighting out for the last slot — “Blue Jasmine,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Rush” and “Dallas Buyers Club.” Typically, the eventual Oscar winner for best pictrure lies in the nominees here (8 out of the last 10 years). But rarely (if ever?) has the comedy/musical side of things been so packed. American Hustle,” “August: Osage County,” “Before Midnight,” “Her,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Nebraska,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” have all submitted under that designation. While arguably a few of them probably belong in drama, it’s nice to see so many options on this side of things either way.
Things being spread out like this also shakes things up in the dividing acting categories. In past years, things have been so bare on the comedy/musical side that the likes of Johnny Depp (“The Tourist”), Angelina Jolie (also “The Tourist), James Franco (“Pineapple Express”), John C. Reilly (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”), Ewan McGregor (“Salmon Fishing In The Yemen”) and Emily Blunt (also “Salmon Fishing”) have all made the cut. There wasn’t a hope anywhere for any of these folks to end up with Oscar nominations, but this year the comedy/musical acting categories should be packed with potential Oscar crossover. Or maybe we are silly to just assume because there’s so many great options, the Globes will go for them.
And then there’s the TV side of things. Unlike the Emmys, the Globes tend to be very “in with the new” when it comes to television, meaning shows like “Homeland,” “Modern Family,” “Mad Men” and “Downton Abbey” could easily get shut out for the likes of “The Blacklist,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Masters of Sex,” “House of Cards,” “The Crazy Ones,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Orphan Black.”
On the next page are predictions in every category for both film and television. Come Thursday morning, the Globes’ occasionally wacky ways (remember when Tom Cruise got nominated for his “Tropic Thunder” cameo?) could upset these rather obvious choices. But that’s just part of the fun.
Predictions on the next page…
The Film Categories:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Saving Mr. Banks
Spoiler: Blue Jasmine
Wishful Thinking: Mud
Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street
Spoiler: August: Osage County
Wishful Thinking: Before Midnight
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Spoiler: Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Wishful Thinking: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Actress – Drama
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Spoiler: Kate Winslet, Labor Day
Wishful Thinking: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Best Actress – Comedy/Musical
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Scarlett Johannson, Don Jon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Melissa McCarthy, The Heat
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Spoiler: Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Wishful Thinking: Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Best Actor – Drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost
Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Spoiler: Hugh Jackman, Prisoners
Wishful Thinking: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Best Actor – Comedy/Musical
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Joaquin Phoenix, Her
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Spoiler: James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Wishful Thinking: Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Spoiler: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
Wishful Thinking: Rihanna, This is the End (this is 90% a joke)
Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Spoiler: Harrison Ford, 42
Wishful Thinking: James Franco, Spring Breakers (this is 0% a joke)
Best Screenplay
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street
Spoiler: Nebraska
Wishful Thinking: Frances Ha
Best Foreign Film
Blue is the Warmest Color
Gloria
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
Spoiler: Wadjda
Wishful Thinking: The Wind Rises
Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Epic
Frozen
Monsters University
Spoiler: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Wishful Thinking: Ernest & Celestine
Best Original Song
“Happy” (Despicable Me 2)
“Let It Go” (Frozen)
“Rise Up” (Epic)
“Sweeter Than Fiction” (One Chance)
“Young & Beautiful” (The Great Gatsby)
Spoiler: “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom)
Wishful Thinking: “So You Know What It’s Like” (Short Term 12)
Best Original Score
12 Years a Slave
The Book Thief
Gravity
Monsters University
Saving Mr. Banks
Spoiler: Rush
Wishful Thinking: Her
TV predictions on the next page…
The TV Categories:
Best TV Series – Drama
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Masters of Sex
Orange is the New Black
Spoiler: Homeland
Wishful Thinking: Orphan Black
Best TV Series – Comedy
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Crazy Ones
Girls
Modern Family
Veep
Spoiler: The Michael J. Fox Show
Wishful Thinking: Trophy Wife
Best TV Movie/Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven
Behind The Candelabra
Phil Spector
Top of the Lake
Under The Dome
Spoiler: Luther
Wishful Thinking: Abstain.
Best Actress – Drama
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Claire Danes, Homeland
Taylor Shilling, Orange is the New Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Spoiler: Keri Russell, The Americans
Wishful Thinking: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Best Actress – Comedy
Lena Dunham, Girls
Anna Faris, Mom
Sarah Michelle Gellar, The Crazy Ones
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Spoiler: Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Wishful Thinking: Laura Dern, Enlightened
Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake
Spoiler: Carrie Underwood, The Sound of Music
Wishful Thinking: Gillian Anderson, The Fall
Best Actor – Drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist
Spoiler: Damian Lewis, Homeland
Wishful Thinking: Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Best Actor – Comedy
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones
Spoiler: Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Wishful Thinking: Charlie Day, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries
Matt Damon, Behind The Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Behind The Candelabra
Idris Elba, Luther
Al Pacino, Phil Spector
Dominic West, Burton and Taylor
Spoiler: Benedict Cumberbatch, Parades End
Wishful Thinking: Abstain
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Allison Janney, Mom
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Spoiler: Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Wishful Thinking: Taryn Manning, Orange is the New Black
Best Supporting Actor
Tony Hale, Veep
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
James Wolk, The Crazy Ones
Spoiler: Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Wishful Thinking: Rob Lowe, Behind The Candelabra
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