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Golden Globes ‘09 Predictions & Outcomes

It’s one of my favorite times of the year - Awards Season! I absolutely love this season - the glitz, the glamour, the movies, the shows, the tear-jerking speeches, the underdogs beating the favorites - all of it!

Since I was too late for the Critics Choice Awards, I will be starting with the next big awards event, which is this Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. The following is a list of the nominees and my picks and predictions besides the choices. Then after the awards are over I’ll go back to indicate the actual winners. So exciting!

* - my pick  *g - prediction  G - winner

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire * *g G

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges *g
Mamma Mia! *
Vicky Cristina Barcelona G

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) *
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) *g G

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) * *g
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kristin Scott Thomas (I’ve Loved You For So Long)
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) G

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Colin Farrell (In Bruges) G
James Franco (Pineapple Express) * *g
Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges)
Dustin Hoffman (Last Chance Harvey)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) * G
Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading)
Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!)
Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey) *g

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) * *g G

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams (Doubt) *
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Kate Winslet (The Reader) *g G

Best Director - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) * *g G
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth, Robin Swicord)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley) *g
Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan)
The Reader (David Hare)
Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy) * G

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Bolt (“I Thought I Lost You”)
Cadillac Records (“Once in a Lifetime”)
Gran Torino (“Gran Torino”)
WALL-E (“Down to Earth”)
The Wrestler (“The Wrestler”) * *g G

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Changeling (Clint Eastwood)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
Defiance (James Newton Howard)
Frost/Nixon (Hans Zimmer)
Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman) * *g G

Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E * *g G

Best Foreign Language Film
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Maria Larssons eviga ogonblick
Gomorra
Il y a longtemps que je t’aime
Waltz with Bashir * *g G

Best Television Series - Drama
Dexter
House M.D. *
In Treatment
Mad Men *g G
True Blood

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Californication
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock * *g G
Weeds

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Bernard and Doris
Cranford
John Adams *g G
A Raisin in the Sun *
Recount

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris)
Paul Giamatti (“John Adams”) *g G
Kevin Spacey (Recount) *
Kiefer Sutherland (24: Redemption)
Tom Wilkinson (Recount)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Judi Dench (“Cranford”)
Catherine Keener (An American Crime)
Laura Linney (“John Adams”) * G
Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel) *g
Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)  *g G
Steve Carell (“The Office”) *
Kevin Connolly (“Entourage”)
David Duchovny (“Californication”)
Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate (“Samantha Who”) *
America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”)
Tina Fey (“30 Rock”) *g G
Debra Messing (“The Starter Wife”)
Mary-Louise Parker (“Weeds”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Gabriel Byrne (“In Treatment”) G
Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”)
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”)
Hugh Laurie (“House M.D.”) * *g
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Sally Field (“Brothers & Sisters”)
Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”)
January Jones (“Mad Men”)
Anna Paquin (“True Blood”) * G
Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”) *g

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”) *
Denis Leary (Recount)
Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”) *g
Blair Underwood (“In Treatment”)
Tom Wilkinson (“John Adams”) G

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Eileen Atkins (“Cranford”) * *g
Laura Dern (Recount) G
Melissa George (“In Treatment”)
Rachel Griffiths (“Brothers & Sisters”)
Dianne Wiest (“In Treatment”)

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