Oscar Predictions 2017

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Best Picture:
Arrival
Fences
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director:
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Garth Davis, Lion
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Best Actor:
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actress:
Amy Adams, Arrival
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress:
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Original Screenplay:
Captain Fantastic
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Arrival
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals

Best Animated Feature:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

Best Documentary Feature:
Command and Control
The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
O.J.: Made in America
13th

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
Paradise
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

Best Film Editing:
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Cinematography:
Arrival
La La Land
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Silence

Best Original Score:
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Song:
Jim: The James Foley Story – “The Empty Chair”
La La Land – “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”
La La Land – “City of Stars”
Moana – “How Far I’ll Go”
Suicide Squad – “Heathens”

Best Production Design:
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
Jackie
La La Land

Best Costume Design:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hail, Caesar!
Jackie
La La Land

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
A Man Called Ove

Best Sound Mixing:
Arrival
Deadpool
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Sound Editing:
Arrival
Deadpool
Hacksaw Ridge
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully

Best Visual Effects:
Arrival
Captain America: The Civil War
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Final Oscar Predictions 2016: Awards Season Gone Wild

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Final Oscar Predictions

I ran out of time to do a full commentary of Oscar predictions. But I do think that tomorrow is going to be full of surprises. This Oscar season has been so wild compared to previous years. Best Actress is particularly up for grabs. Outside of Blanchett, Larson & Ronan…the other two spots are completely up for grabs.

Best Picture:
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

Best Actor:
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay:
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Big Short
Carol
The Martian
Room
Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature:
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary Feature:
Amy
Best of Enemies
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Listen to Me Marlon
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Foreign-Language Film:
The Brand New Testament – Belgium
The Fencer – Finland
Labyrinth of Lies – Germany
Mustang – France
Son of Saul – Hungary

Best Film Editing:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Spotlight

Best Cinematography:
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Original Score:
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Steve Jobs

Best Original Song:
Freeheld – “Hands of Love”
Furious 7 – “See You Again”
I’ll See You in My Dreams – “I’ll See You in My Dreams”
Meru – “The Light That Never Fails”
Youth – “Simple Song #3”

Best Production Design:
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Costume Design:
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Trumbo

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mr. Holmes
The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing:
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Editing:
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects:
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Walk

Best Animated Short Subject:
Bear Story
My Home (Chez Moi)
An Object at Rest
Sanjay’s Super Team
World of Tomorrow

Best Documentary Short:
Body Team 12
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
50 Feet From syria
My Enemy My Brother
The Testimony

Best Live Action Short:
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
The Free Man (Zi You Ren)
Stutterer

Golden Globes 2016: Nominee Predictions

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Golden Globes 2016: Nominee Predictions

The Golden Globe nominations will be revealed on Thursday morning. The Globes are a little more predictable than the SAGs because they love star power more than anything else. Every once in a while they throw a curveball and nominate someone completely unexpected. That could happen this year, but I don’t know who it could possibly be. The television is a little more unpredictable. They love first season shows, but they also seem a little averse to the streaming networks (Amazon, Hulu, Netflix). Those three have a lot of new shows for them to consider, but they have a hill to climb.

Best Picture – Drama:
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Spotlight

Best Actor – Drama:
Michael Caine, Youth
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies
Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress – Drama:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
The Big Short
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Joy
The Martian
Trainwreck

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Bradley Cooper, Burnt
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Channing Tatum, Magic Mike XXL

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Meryl Streep, Ricki and the Flash
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert De Niro, Joy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Michael Keaton, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress:
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Julie Walters, Brooklyn
Kristen Wiig, The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Best Director:
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Thomas McCarthy, Spotlight
David O. Russell, Joy
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Screenplay:
Anomalisa
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Room
Spotlight

Best Original Score:
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song:
Concussion – “So Long”
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Earned It”
Furious 7 – “See You Again”
The Hunting Ground – “Till It Happens to You”
Pitch Perfect 2 – “Flashlight”

Best Animated Feature:
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
The Peanuts Movie

Best Foreign-Language Film:
The Assassin
Girlhood
Goodnight Mommy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul

Best Drama Series:
Better Call Saul
Empire
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
How to Get Away with Murder

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Terrence Howard, Empire
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Justin Theroux, The Leftovers

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Comedy Series:
Grace and Frankie
The Last Man on Earth
Orange Is the New Black
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Dwayne Johnson, Ballers
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
American Horror Story: Hotel
Bessie
Fargo
True Detective
Wolf Hall

Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Colin Farrell, True Detective
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Rachel McAdams, True Detective
Queen Latifah, Bessie

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Ted Danson, Fargo
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Martin Sheen, Grace and Frankie
Jussie Smollett, Empire

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Jean Smart, Fargo

SAG Awards 2016: Nominee Predictions

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SAG Awards 2016: Nominee Predictions

The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Wednesday morning. This year is pretty tough to predict on the film side. Most of the main contenders barely made screenings available for some films (Joy, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant) before the ballots were due. That could work for or against them. The films will be recent in voters minds, but will enough of them have seen the films and will they be able to topple films that have been out longer and made a lasting impressions? It seems like it could go either way.

Best Ensemble:
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Spotlight

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Blythe Danner, I’ll See You in My Dreams
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Michael Keaton, Spotlight
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Jacob Tremblay, Room

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Stunt Ensemble – Motion Picture:
Ant-Man
Furious 7
The Hateful Eight
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Ensemble – Drama Series:
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Empire
Game of Thrones
House of Cards

Best Male Actor – Drama Series:
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Terence Howard, Empire
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Best Female Actor – Drama Series:
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Danes, Homeland
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Ensemble – Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Best Male Actor – Comedy Series:
Louis C.K., Louie
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Female Actor – Comedy Series:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Best Male Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

Best Female Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Saoirse Ronan, Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Best Stunt Ensemble – Television:
Fargo
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Marvel’s Daredevil
The Walking Dead

58th Annual Grammy Awards: Complete Nomination Predictions

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58th Annual Grammy Awards: Complete Nomination Predictions

It’s less than a month til the Grammy nominations are announced. This year seems much more crowded than usual. I think Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd are going to be the performers with the most nominations this year. Lamar was prolific throughout the year and has a lot of different projects that he could that could get him nominations. The Weeknd is helped by the fact that he has a couple songs in different genres. “Can’t Feel My Face” & “Earned It” will both do well in the Pop and R&B categories, which will give him a higher nomination total.

Otherwise, here are my complete predictions for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards…

Record of the Year:
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Beyonce – “7/11”; Alessia Cara – “Here”; Common & John Legend – “Glory”; George Ezra – “Budapest”; Sam Hunt – “Take Your Time”; Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”; Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”; Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”; Tove Lo – “Talking Body”; Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MO – “Lean On”; Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”; Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”; Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”

Album of the Year:
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
1989 – Taylor Swift
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Traveller – Chris Stapleton

OTHER CONTENDERS: Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard; Chaos and the Calm – James Bay; Compton – Dr. Dre; Currents – Tame Impala; If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake; Montevallo – Sam Hunt; The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj; Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters; Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes; The Story of Sonny Boy Slim – Gary Clark Jr.; Title – Meghan Trainor; 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole; Uptown Special – Mark Ronson; Wildheart – Miguel

Song of the Year:
“Alright” – Kendrick Lamar, Mark Spears & Pharrell Williams (Kendrick Lamar)
“Blank Space” – Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
“Here” – Alessia Caracciolo, Robert Gerongco, Sam Gerongco, Terence Lam, Coleridge Tillman & Andrew Wansel (Alessia Cara)
“Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (Ed Sheeran)
“Uptown Funk” – Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “Alive” – Sia; “Budapest” – George Ezra; “Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd; “Don’t Wanna Fight” – Alabama Shakes; “FourFiveSeconds” – Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney; “Freedom” – Pharrell Williams; “Girl Crush” – Little Big Town; “Glory” – Common & John Legend; “Hold Back the River” – James Bay; “Lean On” – Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MO; “Love Me Like You Do” – Ellie Goulding; “See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth; “Take Your Time” – Sam Hunt; “Talking Body” – Tove Lo; “Trap Queen” – Fetty Wap; “Traveller” – Chris Stapleton

Best New Artist:
George Ezra
Fetty Wap
Hozier
Tove Lo
Meghan Trainor

OTHER CONTENDERS: Alesso, Kelsea Ballerini, Azealia Banks, Courtney Barnett, James Bay, Chvrches, Echosmith, FKA twigs, Halsey, Ella Henderson, Sam Hunt, Vance Joy, Tori Kelly, Lianne La Havas, Shawn Mendes, RaeSremmurd, Tinashe, twenty one pilots, Walk the Moon, Jessie Ware

Best Pop Vocal Album:
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
1989 – Taylor Swift
Sucker – Charli XCX
Title – Meghan Trainor
Uptown Special – Mark Ronson

OTHER CONTENDERS: EMOTION – Carly Rae Jepsen; Four – One Direction; Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey; I Cry When I Laugh – Jess Glynne; Motion – Calvin Harris; Nick Jonas – Nick Jonas; Peace Is the Mission – Major Lazer; Rebel Heart – Madonna; Wanted on Voyage – George Ezra

Best Pop Solo Performance:
George Ezra – “Budapest”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Justin Bieber – “What Do You Mean?”; Alessia Cara – “Here”; Jess Glynne – “Hold My Hand”; Ariana Grande – “One Last Time”; Ella Henderson – “Ghost”; Tove Lo – “Talking Body”; Demi Lovato – “Cool for the Summer”; Paul McCartney – “Hope for the Future”; Sia – “Alive”; Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”

Best Pop Duo or Group Performance:
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MO – “Lean On”
Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd – “Love Me Harder”; Florence + the Machine – “Ship to Wreck”; David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack – “Hey Mama”; Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor – “Marvin Gaye”; Sam Smith featuring John Legend – “Lay Me Down”; Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood [Remix]”; Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend – “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”; Walk the Moon – “Shut Up and Dance [Acoustic]”; Kanye West featuring Paul McCartney – “Only One”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
It’s the Girls! – Bette Midler
My Dream Duets – Barry Manilow
Shadows in the Night – Bob Dylan
The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap
Stages – Josh Groban

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Caracal – Disclosure
In Colour – Jamie xx
Listen – David Guetta
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U – Skrillex & Diplo
True Colors – Zedd

OTHER CONTENDERS: Automatic – Kaskade; Born in the Echoes – The Chemical Brothers; Forever – Alesso; Hairless Toys – Roisin Murphy; The Inevitable End – Royksopp; Love Is Free – Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique; Neon Future II – Steve Aoki; This Mixtape Is Fire – Dillon Francis

Best Dance Recording:
Alesso featuring Tove Lo – “Heroes (We Could Be)”
The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip – “Go”
Galantis – “Runaway (U&I)”
Calvin Harris featuring John Newman – “Blame [Extended Mix]”
Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber – “Where Are U Now”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne – “Real Love”; Disclosure – “Bang That”; Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me”; Martin Garrix featuring Usher – “Don’t Look Down”; David Guetta & Showtek featuring Vassy – “Bad”; Kaskade featuring Ilsey – “Disarm You”; MAX featuring Hoodie Allen – “Gibberish”; Giorgio Moroder – “74 Is the New 24”; Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique featuring Maluca – “Love Is Free”; Royksopp & Robyn – “Monument”; Armin van Buuren featuring Mr. Probz – “Another You”; Zedd featuring Jon Bellion – “Beautiful Now”

Best Rock Album:
American Beauty/American Psycho – Fall Out Boy
Chaos and the Calm – James Bay
Hozier – Hozier
1989 – Ryan Adams
Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters

OTHER CONTENDERS: Blurryface – twenty one pilots; Crosseyed Heart – Keith Richards; Drones – Muse; Everything Will Be Alright in the End – Weezer; Rock or Bust – AC/DC; Smoke + Mirrors – Imagine Dragons; Storytone – Neil Young; Wilder Mind – Mumford & Sons

Best Rock Song:
“Don’t Wanna Fight” – Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes)
“The Healing” – Gary Clark Jr. (Gary Clark Jr.)
“Hold Back the River” – Iain Archer & James Bay (James Bay)
“Someone New” – Sallay-Matu Garnett & Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier)
“Something From Nothing” – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear (Foo Fighters featuring Rick Nielsen)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “Believe” – Mumford & Sons; “Ex’s and Oh’s” – Elle King; “I Bet My Life” – Imagine Dragons; “Let It Happen” – Tame Impala; “Song for Someone” – U2; “Tear in My Heart” – twenty one pilots; “That Black Bat Licorice” – Jack White; “Uma Thurman” – Fall Out Boy; “What Kind of Man” – Florence + the Machine

Best Rock Performance:
Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Florence + the Machine – “What Kind of Man”
Foo Fighters featuring Rick Nielsen – “Something From Nothing”
Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
Jack White – “Would You Fight for My Love?”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Ryan Adams – “Bad Blood”; James Bay – “Hold Back the River”; Beck – “Dreams”; Gary Clark Jr. – “Grinder”; The Decemberists – “Make You Better”; Fall Out Boy – “Uma Thurman”; Hozier – “Someone New”; Elle King – “Ex’s and Oh’s”; Mumford & Sons – “Believe”; Tame Impala – “Let It Happen”; twenty one pilots – “Tear in My Heart”; U2 – “Song for Someone”; Neil Young – “When I Watch You Sleeping”

Best Alternative Music Album:
Carrie & Lowell – Surfjan Stevens
Currents – Tame Impala
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
Vulnicura – Bjork
You’re Dead! – Flying Lotus

OTHER CONTENDERS: Depression Cherry – Beach House; I Love You, Honeybear – Father John Misty; M3LL155X – FKA twigs; Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit – Courtney Barnett; Star Wars – Wilco; Strangers to Ourselves – Modest Mouse; The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket; Yours, Dreamily, – The Arcs

Best R&B Album:
Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard
The Intimate Truth – Ledisi
The London Sessions – Mary J. Blige
Love Life – Tamia
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim – Gary Clark Jr.

OTHER CONTENDERS: BEcoming – Stacy Barthe; Forever Charlie – Charlie Wilson; Incomparable – Faith Evans; Love Sex Passion – Raheem DeVaughn; Non-Fiction – Ne-Yo; Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan; Woman – Jill Scott

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Aquarius – Tinashe
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
Blood – Lianne La Havas
Bush – Snoop Dogg
Wildheart – Miguel

OTHER CONTENDERS: Fan of a Fan: The Album – Chris Brown & Tyga; futuresoul – Boney James; Jackie – Ciara; Kauai – Childish Gambino; True Romance – Estelle; Wondaland Presents: The Eephus – Various Artists

Best R&B Song:
“All Hands on Deck” – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Magnus August Hoiberg, Tinashe Kachingwe & Bebe Rexha (Tinashe)
“Bitch Better Have My Money” – Badrilla Bourelly, Robyn Fenty, Jamille Pierre, Travis Scott & Kanye West (Rihanna)
“Coffee” – Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel (Miguel)
“Earned It” – Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)
“Really Love” – D’Angelo & Kendra Foster (D’Angelo and the Vanguard)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “Conqueror” – Estelle & Jussie Smollett; “I Don’t Mind” – Usher featuring Juicy J; “Peaches N Cream” – Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson; “Slow Motion” – Trey Songz; “Sober” – Childish Gambino; “Touched by an Angel” – Charlie Wilson; “What You Don’t Do” – Liane La Havas; “Wings” – Gary Clark Jr.; “Yoga” – Janelle Monae featuring Jidenna

Best R&B Performance:
Beyonce – “7/11”
D’Angelo and the Vanguard – “Really Love”
Ledisi – “Lose Control”
Miguel – “Coffee”
The Weeknd – “Earned It”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Childish Gambino – “Sober”; Estelle & Jussie Smollett – “Conqueror”; Lianne La Havas – “What You Don’t Do”; Janelle Monae featuring Jidenna – “Yoga”; Rihanna – “Bitch Better Have My Money”; Snoop Dogg featuring Stevie Wonder – “California Roll”; Trey Songz – “Slow Motion”; Tinashe – “All Hands on Deck”; Usher featuring Juicy J – “I Don’t Mind”; Malcolm-Jamal Warner featuring Lalah Hathaway – “Spark & Tingle”; Charlie Wilson – “Touched by an Angel”

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Gary Clark Jr. – “Our Love”
D’Angelo and the Vanguard – “Ain’t That Easy”
Anthony Hamilton – “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto”
Lalah Hathaway – “Little Ghetto Boy”
Lauryn Hill – “Feeling Good”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Raheem DeVaughn – “Queen”; Mike Flanigin featuring Gary Clark Jr. – “Stop the World”; Boney James featuring Stokley – “Either Way”; Dave Koz featuring Kenny Lattimore & Rick Braun – “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”; Jill Scott – “Back Together”; Mavis Staples – “Fight”; Charlie Wilson – “My Favorite Part of You”

Best Rap Album:
Compton – Dr. Dre
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake
The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole

OTHER CONTENDERS: At. Long. Last. A$AP – A$AP Rocky; Dark Sky Paradse – Big Sean; Dreams Worth More Than Money – Meek Mill; Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap; Rodeo – Travis Scott; SremmLife – RaeSremmurd; What a Time to Be Alive – Drake & Future

Best Rap Song:
“All Day” – Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noel Ellis Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kyariga, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans & Cydel Young (Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney)
“Alright” – Kendrick Lamar, Mark Spears & Pharrell Williams (Kendrick Lamar)
“Feeling Myself” – Chauncey Hollis, Beyonce Knowles, Nicki Minaj & Solana Rowe (Nicki Minaj featuring Beyonce)
“I Don’t Fuck with You” – Sean Anderson, Willie Hansbro, Dijon McFarlane, Dacourt Natche, Earl Stevens, Dwane Weir II & Kanye West (Big Sean featuring E-40)
“Trap Queen” – Tony Fadd & Willie Maxwell (Fetty Wap)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “All Eyes on You” – Meek Mill featuring Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown; “Ayo” – Chris Brown & Tyga; “Classic Man” – Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur; “Energy” – Drake; “Everyday” – A$AP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel & Mark Ronson; “Feel Right” – Mark Ronson featuring Mystikal; “Glory” – Common & John Legend; “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” – Jamie xx featuring Young Thug & Popcaan; “Monster” – Meek Mill; “No Type” – RaeSremmurd

Best Rap Performance:
Drake – “Energy”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne – “Truffle Butter”
Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney – “All Day”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Big Sean featuring Drake – “Blessings”; J. Cole – “Apparently”; Dr. Dre – “Talking to My Diary”; Eminem – “Phenomenal”; Future featuring Drake – “Where Ya At”; Wiz Khalifa – “Stayin Out All Night”; Meek Mill – “Monster”; RaeSremmurd – “No Type”; Mark Ronson featuring Mystikal – “Feel Right”; Travis Scott – “Antidote”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
A$AP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel & Mark Ronson – “Everyday”
Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change the World”
Common & John Legend – “Glory”
Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat – “These Walls”
Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown – “Only”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Chris Brown & Tyga – “Ayo”; DJ Khaled featuring Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Big Sean – “How Many Times”; Dr. Dre featuring Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid – “It’s All on Me”; Dr. Dre featuring King Mez & Justus – “Talk About It”; Drake featuring PartyNextDoor – “Preach”; Eminem featuring Gwen Stefani – “Kings Never Die”; Jamie xx featuring Young Thug & Popcaan – “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)”; Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur – “Classic Man”; Meek Mill featuring Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown – “All Eyes on You”

Best Country Album:
Jekyll + Hyde – Zac Brown Band
Montevallo – Sam Hunt
Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves
Pain Killer – Little Big Town
Traveller – Chris Stapleton

OTHER CONTENDERS: Cold Beer Conversation – George Strait; Djano & Jimmie – Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard; Kill the Lights – Luke Bryan; Love Somebody – Reba; Man Against Machine – Garth Brooks; Southern Style – Darius Rucker; Tangled Up – Thomas Rhett

Best Country Song:
“Girl Crush” – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose (Little Big Town)
“Like a Wrecking Ball” – Casey Beathard & Eric Church (Eric Church)
“Smoke Break” – Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey & Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood)
“Take Your Time” – Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne (Sam Hunt)
“Traveller” – Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “Dime Store Cowgirl” – Kacey Musgraves; “Hold My Hand” – Brandy Clark; “Homegrown” – Zac Brown Band; “Roots and Wings” – Miranda Lambert; “Sangria” – Blake Shelton; “Talladega” – Eric Church; “Wild Child” – Kenny Chesney

Best Country Solo Performance:
Brandy Clark – “Hold My Hand”
Sam Hunt – “Take Your Time”
Blake Shelton – “Sangria”
Chris Stapleton – “Traveller”
Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Garth Brooks – “Mom”; Luke Bryan – “Strip It Down”; Eric Church – “Talladega”; Hunter Hayes – “21”; Miranda Lambert – “Roots and Wings”; Kacey Musgraves – “Dime Store Cowgirl”; Brad Paisley – “Crushin’ It”; George Strait – “Cold Beer Conversation”; Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”

Best Country Duo or Group Performance:
Zac Brown Band – “Homegrown”
Lady Antebellum – “Long Stretch of Love”
Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”
Kacey Musgraves featuring Willie Nelson – “Are You Sure”
Blake Shelton featuring Ashley Monroe – “Lonely Tonight”

OTHER CONTENDERS: Asleep at the Wheel featuring George Strait – “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)”; The Band Perry – “Live Forever”; The Doobie Brothers featuring Brad Paisley – “Rockin’ Down the Highway”; Florida Georgia Line – “Sun Daze”; Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton – “When I Stop Dreaming”; Charles Kelley featuring Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay – “The Driver”; Maddie & Tae – “Fly”

Best Compilation Soundtrack – Visual Media:
Amy – Antonio Pinto & Amy Winehouse
Empire: Season 1 Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey – Various Artists
Into the Woods – Various Artists
Pitch Perfect 2 – Various Artists

OTHER CONTENDERS: Furious 7, Home, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Magic Mike XXL, Paper Towns

Best Score Soundtrack – Visual Media:
Birdman – Antonio Sanchez
Cinderella – Patrick Doyle
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – James Newton Howard
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything – Johan Johansson

OTHER CONTENDERS: American Sniper, Furious 7, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Unbroken

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
“Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey – Admad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)
“Glory” – Selma – Lonnie Lynn & John Stephens (Common & John Legend)
“Grateful” – Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Rita Ora)
“Love Me Like You Do” – Fifty Shades of Grey – Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin, Ali Payami & Ilya Salmanzadeh (Ellie Goulding)
“See You Again” – Furious 7 – Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth (Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth)

OTHER CONTENDERS: “Come Join the Murder” – Sons of Anarchy; “Flashlight” – Pitch Perfect 2; “Hope for the Future” – Destiny; “Immortals” – Big Hero 6; “Miracles” – Unbroken; “No Apologies” – Empire; “Til It Happens to You” – The Hunting Ground; “Writing’s on the Wall” – Spectre

Best Music Video:
Beyonce – “7/11”
Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Tame Impala – “Let It Happen”

OTHER CONTEDERS: A$AP Rocky – “L$D”; Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian at Best”; Childish Gambino – “Sober”; Gary Clark Jr. – “When My Train Pulls In”; Carly Rae Jepsen – “I Really Like You”; Maroon 5 – “Sugar”; OK Go – “I Won’t Let You Down”; Rihanna – “Bitch Better Have My Money”; Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”; Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”; Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood [Remix]”; The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”; Pharrell Williams – “Freedom”

Best Music Film:
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek Live!
Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
Keith Richards – Under the Influence
Ed Sheeran – Live at Wembley Stadium
Amy Winehouse – Amy

Complete Emmy Winner Predictions: 2015

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Complete Emmy Predictions: 2015

Here are my complete predictions for the Emmy Awards. The Creative Arts winners are being announced Sept. 12 and the Primetime telecast airs the following Sunday Sept. 20.

Best Drama Series:
Game of Thrones

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Taraji P. Henson, Empire

Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Best Writing – Drama Series:
Mad Men – “Person to Person” – Matthew Weiner

Best Directing – Drama Series:
Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy” – David Nutter

Best Guest Actor – Drama Series:
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex

Best Guest Actress – Drama Series:
Khandi Alexander, Scandal

Best Comedy Series:
Modern Family

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy Series:
Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Series:
Allison Janney, Mom

Best Writing – Comedy Series:
Transparent – “Pilot” – Jill Soloway

Best Directing – Comedy Series:
Veep – “Testimony” – Armando Iannucci

Best Guest Actor – Comedy Series:
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress – Comedy Series:
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls

Best TV Movie:
Bessie

Best Limited Series:
Olive Kitteridge

Best Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
David Oyelowo, Nightingale

Best Actress – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge

Best Supporting Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge

Best Supporting Actress – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Best Writing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
The Honorable Woman – Hugo Blick

Best Directing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Wolf Hall – Peter Kosminsky

Best Variety Talk Series:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Best Variety Sketch Series:
Saturday Night Live

Best Writing – Variety Series:
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Best Directing – Variety Series:
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “#203” – Dave Diomedi

Best Variety Special:
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Best Writing – Variety Special:
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store

Best Directing – Variety Special:
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special – Don Roy King

Best Reality-Competition Program:
The Voice

Best Host – Reality or Reality-Competition Program:
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

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Best Animated Program:
South Park – “Freemium Isn’t Free”

Best Animated Program – Short-Format:
Disney’s Mickey Mouse – “Mumbai Madness”

Best Art Direction – Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More):
Game of Thrones – “High Sparrow”/”Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”/”Hardhome”

Best Art Direction – Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More):
Boardwalk Empire – “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”/”Friendless Child”/”Eldorado”

Best Art Direction – Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less):
Veep – “Joint Session”/”Tehran”/”Convention”

Best Art Direction – Variety or Non-Fiction Program:
The Oscars

Best Casting – Drama Series:
Orange Is the New Black

Best Casting – Comedy Series:
Transparent

Best Casting – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Olive Kitteridge

Best Children’s Program:
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Coming Out

Best Choreography:
So You Think You Can Dance – “Europe After the Rain”/”So Broken”/”Vow” – Sonya Tayeh

Best Cinematography – Single-Camera Series:
Game of Thrones – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”

Best Cinematography – Multi-Camera Series:
Mike & Molly – “Checkpoint Joyce”

Best Cinematography – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us”

Best Cinematography – Non-Fiction Programming:
Virunga

Best Cinematography – Reality Programming:
Deadliest Catch – “A Brotherhood Tested”

Best Commercial:
Lost Dog – Budweiser (Anomaly)

Best Costumes – Contemporary Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Empire – “The Lyon’s Roar”

Best Costumes – Period or Fantasy Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”

Best Directing – Non-Fiction Programming:
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras

Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Series:
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Special:
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Filmmaking:
CITIZENFOUR

Best Hairstyling – Single-Camera Series:
Downton Abbey – “Episode 6”

Best Hairstyling – Multi-Camera Series or Special:
Saturday Night Live – “Martin Freeman”

Best Hairstyling – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Bessie

Best Informational Series or Special:
Vice

Best Lighting Direction – Variety Series:
So You Think You Can Dance – “Finale”

Best Lighting Direction – Variety Special:
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Best Main Title Design:
Marvel’s Daredevil

Best Main Title Theme Music:
Penny Dreadful

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Single-Camera Series:
Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy”

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Multi-Camera Series or Special:
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Olive Kitteridge

Best Prosthetic Makeup – Series, TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
American Horror Story: Freak Show

Best Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score) – Series:
House of Cards – “Chapter 32”

Best Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score) – TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
Bessie

Best Music Direction:
The Oscars

Best Music and Lyrics:
The Oscars – “Moving Pictures”

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – Drama Series:
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – Comedy Series:
Transparent – “Pilot”

Best Multi-Camera Picture Editing – Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory – “The Comic Book Store Regeneration”

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Wolf Hall – “Entirely Beloved”

Best Picture Editing – Variety Program:
The Colbert Report – Segment: Farewell Colbert

Best Picture Editing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Best Picture Editing – Reality Programming:
The Amazing Race – “Morocc’ and Roll”

Best Reality Program – Structured:
Shark Tank

Best Reality Program – Unstructured:
Deadliest Catch

Best Sound Editing – Series:
The Walking Dead – “Conquer”

Best Sound Editing – TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
24: Live Another Day – “Day 9: 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.”

Best Sound Editing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Madagascar”

Best Sound Mixing – One-Hour Drama or Comedy Series:
Game of Thrones – “Hardhome”

Best Sound Mixing – Half-Hour Drama or Comedy Series or Animation:
Modern Family – “Connection Lost”

Best Sound Mixing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Bessie

Best Sound Mixing – Variety Program:
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Sound Mixing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Best Special Class Program:
The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Best Special Class Program – Short-Format Live-Action Enertainment:
Key & Peele Presents Van and Mike: The Ascension

Best Special Class Program – Short-Format Non-Fiction:
30 for 30 Shorts

Best Special Visual Effects:
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”

Best Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role:
The Walking Dead – “Conquer”

Best Stunt Coordination – Drama Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Sons of Anarchy

Best Stunt Coordination – Comedy Series or Variety Program:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Best Technical Direction – Series:
The Voice – “Episode 718B”

Best Technical Direction – TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Best Voice-Over Performance – Character:
Hank Azaria, The Simpsons

Best Voice-Over Performance – Narrator:
Peter Coyote, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Best Writing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney

Emmys 2015: Complete Predictions

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Primetime Emmys 2015: Complete Predictions in Every Category

The Emmy nominations are being announced tomorrow morning. Here are my predictions for EVERY category.

Best Drama Series:
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Empire
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Terrence Howard, Empire
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Clive Owen, The Knick
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Dominic West, The Affair

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series:
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black

Best Writing – Drama Series:
Empire – “Pilot” – Lee Daniels & Danny Strong
Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy” – David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
Mad Men – “The Milk and Honey Route” – Matthew Weiner & Carly Wray
Mad Men – “Person to Person” – Matthew Weiner
Orange Is the New Black – “We Have Manners. We’re Polite.” – Jenji Kohan

Best Directing – Drama Series:
Better Call Saul – “Five-O” – Adam Bernstein
Empire – “Pilot” – Lee Daniels
Game of Thrones – “Hardhome” – Miguel Sapochnik
The Knick – “Method and Madness” – Steven Soderbergh
Orange Is the New Black – “Thirsty Bird” – Jodie Foster

Best Guest Actor – Drama Series:
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Lars Mikkelsen, House of Cards
David Hyde Pierce, The Good Wife
Sam Shepard, Bloodline
Courtney B. Vance, Scandal

Best Guest Actress – Drama Series:
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
Patricia Arquette, Boardwalk Empire
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Julianne Nicholson, Masters of Sex
Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder

Best Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Louis C.K., Louie
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy, Shameless
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy Series:
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
Hugh Laurie, Veep
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Series:
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Judith Light, Transparent
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Best Writing – Comedy Series:
Louie – “Bobby’s House” – Louis C.K.
Silicon Valley – “Two Days of the Condor” – Alec Berg
Transparent – “Pilot” – Jill Soloway
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – “Kimmy Goes Outside!” – Robert Carlock & Tina Fey
Veep – “Election Night” – Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche

Best Directing – Comedy Series:
The Last Man on Earth – “Alive in Tucson” – Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Louie – “Sleepover” – Louis C.K.
Modern Family – “Connection Lost” – Steven Levitan
Transparent – “Best New Girl” – Jill Soloway
Veep – “Testimony” – Armando Iannucci

Best Guest Actor – Comedy Series:
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Jim Carrey, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Nathan Lane, Modern Family

Best Guest Actress – Comedy Series:
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Kathy Bates, Mike & Molly
Carol Burnett, Glee
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tyne Daly, Modern Family
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Best TV Movie:
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Derek Special
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Best Limited Series:
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Best Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Live Another Day

Best Actress – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)

Best Supporting Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Michael Gambon, The Casual Vacancy
Neil Patrick Harris, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Best Supporting Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Khandi Alexander, Bessie
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Best Writing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Crime – “Episode One” – John Ridley
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us” – Brad Falchuk & Ryan Murphy
Bessie – Christopher Cleveland, Horton Foote, Bettina Gilois & Dee Rees
The Honorable Woman – Hugo Blick
Olive Kitteridge – Jane Anderson

Best Directing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us” – Ryan Murphy
Bessie – Dee Rees
The Honorable Woman – Hugo Blick
Houdini – Uli Edel
Olive Kitteridge – Lisa Cholodenko

Best Variety Talk Series:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Best Variety Sketch Series:
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
The Soup

Best Writing – Variety Series:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Best Directing – Variety Series:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – “#20103” – Chuck O’Neil
Inside Amy Schumer – “12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer” – Ryan McFaul & Amy Schumer
Late Show with David Letterman – “#4214” – Jerry Foley
Saturday Night Live – “Cameron Diaz” – Don Roy King
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – “#203” – Dave Diomedi

Best Variety Special:
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!

Best Writing – Variety Special:
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Best Directing – Variety Special:
The Kennedy Center Honors – Louis J. Horvitz
The Oscars – Hamish Hamilton
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special – Don Roy King
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute – Leon Knoles
The 68th Annual Tony Awards – Glenn Weiss

Best Reality-Competition Program:
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Lip Sync Battle
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice

Best Host – Reality or Reality-Competition Program:
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, Project Runway
LL Cool J, Lip Sync Battle
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

Best Animated Program:
Bob’s Burgers – “Can’t Buy Me Math”
BoJack Horseman – “Downer Ending”
Family Guy – “The Simpsons Guy”
South Park – “Freemium Isn’t Free”
Toy Story That Time Forgot

Best Animated Program – Short-Format:
Adventure Time – “Jake the Brick”
Clarence – “Dream Boat”
Disney’s Mickey Mouse – “Mumbai Madness”
Regular Show – “The White Elephant Gift Exchange”
Robot Chicken – “Chipotle Miserable”

Best Art Direction – Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More):
Empire – “The Devil Quotes Scriptures”/”The Lyon’s Roar”/”Who I Am”
Game of Thrones – “High Sparrow”/”Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”/”Hardhome”
House of Cards – “Chapter 29″/”Chapter 36”
Justified – “Fate’s Right Hand”/”Burned”/”Fugitive Number One”
True Blood – “Jesus Gonna Be Here”/”I Found You”/”Fire in the Hole”

Best Art Direction – Period Program (One Hour or More):
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Boardwalk Empire – “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”/”Friendless Child”/”Eldorado”
Downton Abbey – “Episode 1″/”Episode 2″/”Episode 3”
The Knick – “Method and Madness”/”Mr. Paris Shoes”/”Get the Rope”
Mad Men – “Person to Person”

Best Production Design – Half-Hour Program:
The Big Bang Theory – “The First Pitch Insuffiency”/”The Clean Room Infiltration”/”The Skywalker Incursion”
House of Lies – “I’m a Motherfucking Scorpion, That’s Why”/”We Can Always Just Overwhelm the Vagus Nerve with Another Sensation”/”The Urge to Save Humanity Is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule”
Modern Family – “Marco Polo”/”Halloween 3: Awesomeland”/”Crying Out Loud”
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – “Kimmy Goes Outside!”
Veep – “Joint Session”/”Tehran”/”Convention”

Best Art Direction – Variety, Reality or Non-Fiction Program:
Inside Amy Schumer – “Last Fuckable Day”/”Cool with It”/”12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer”
The Oscars
Peter Pan Live!
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
The Voice – “Episode 701″/”Episode 806″/”Episode 815A”

Best Casting – Drama Series:
Empire
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

Best Casting – Comedy Series:
Jane the Virgin
Modern Family
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Best Casting – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Bessie
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Best Children’s Program:
Austin & Ally
Degrassi
Dog with a Blog
Girl Meets World
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Coming Out
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Invasion

Best Choreography:
Dancing with the Stars
The Oscars
So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance

Best Cinematography – Single-Camera Series:
Boardwalk Empire – “Eldorado”
Game of Thrones – “The Wars to Come”
Homeland – “The Drone Queen”
House of Cards – “Chapter 29”
The Knick – “The Golden Lotus”

Best Cinematography – Multi-Camera Series:
The Exes – “The Wedding”
Mike & Molly – “Checkpoint Joyce”
Mom – “Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling”
Two and a Half Men – “Of Course He’s Dead”
2 Broke Girls – “And the Old Bike Yarn”

Best Cinematography – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us”
Bessie
The Missing – “Return to Eden”
Olive Kitteridge – “Incoming Tide”
Wolf Hall – “Master of Phantoms”

Best Cinematography – Non-Fiction Programming:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Madagascar”
CITIZENFOUR
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – “Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy”
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – “Episode 4: The Storm (1920 – 1933)”

Best Cinematography – Reality Programming:
Alaska: The Last Frontier – “A Hunt Above the Clouds”
The Amazing Race – “Morocc’ and Roll”
Deadliest Catch – “A Brotherhood Tested”
Project Runway – “The Rainway”
Survivor – “Survivor Warfare”

Best Commercial:
Ahead of Their Time – Dodge
Back to School – American Express
Generous World – Coca-Cola
Lost Dog – Budweiser
What Will Happen – GE

Best Costumes – Period or Fantasy Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us”
Bessie
Boardwalk Empire – “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”
Mad Men – “Person to Person”

Best Costumes – Contemporary Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
black-ish – “Pops’ Pops’ Pops”
Empire – “The Lyon’s Roar”
Empire – “Pilot”
Olive Kitteridge – “Incoming Tide”
Orange Is the New Black – “Appropriately Sized Pots”

Best Directing – Non-Fiction Programming:
The Chair– “The Test” – Anthony B. Sacco
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – “Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy” – Andrew Jarecki
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience) – Rory Kennedy

Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Series:
American Masters
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Sixties

Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Special:
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Robin Williams Remembered
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Virunga

Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Filmmaking:
CITIZENFOUR
Hot Girls Wanted
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience)

Best Hairstyling – Single-Camera Series:
Boardwalk Empire – “Eldorado”
Downton Abbey – “Episode 6”
Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy”
Mad Men – “Person to Person”
Outlander – “The Wedding”

Best Hairstyling – Multi-Camera Series or Special:
Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run
Dancing with the Stars – “Episode 1907”
Key & Peele – “Aerobics Meltdown”
Saturday Night Live – “Martin Freeman”
The Voice – “Episode 818B”

Best Hairstyling – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Bessie
Olive Kitteridge
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Texas Rising – “Night 4”

Best Informational Series or Special:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Inside the Actors Studio
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
Vice

Best Lighting Direction – Variety Series:
Dancing with the Stars – “Episode 1911A”
Late Show with David Letterman – “#4190”
Saturday Night Live – “Amy Adams”
So You Think You Can Dance – “Finale”
The Voice – “Episode 818A”

Best Lighting Direction – Variety Special:
Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run
The Oscars
2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Starring Katy Perry

Best Main Title Design:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
Marvel’s Daredevil
Outlander
Penny Dreadful

Best Main Title Theme Music:
The Affair
The Casual Vacancy
Marco Polo
Penny Dreadful
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Single-Camera Series:
Boardwalk Empire – “What Jesus Said”
Empire – “Who I Am”
Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy”
The Knick – “Method and Madness”
Mad Men – “Person to Person”

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Multi-Camera Series or Special:
Dancing with the Stars – “Episode 1907”
Key & Peele – “Scariest Movie Ever”
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
So You Think You Can Dance – “Episode 1108”
The Voice – “Episode 812C”

Best Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Bessie
Olive Kitteridge
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Whitney

Best Prosthetic Makeup – Series, TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Knick – “Crutchfield”
Olive Kitteridge
Saturday Night Live – “Martin Freeman”
The Walking Dead – “Strangers”

Best Music Composition – Series:
Downton Abbey
Family Guy
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
The Knick

Best Music Composition – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Killing Jesus
The Missing
24: Live Another Day

Best Music Direction:
The Kennedy Center Honors
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!
The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Best Music and Lyrics:
Bob’s Burgers
Inside Amy Schumer
Nashville
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – Drama Series:
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”
Game of Thrones – “Hardhome”
Homeland – “13 Hours in Islamabad”
Mad Men – “Person to Person”
Orange Is the New Black – “We Have Manners. We’re Polite.”

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – Comedy Series:
Louie – “Bobby’s House”
Modern Family – “Connection Lost”
Modern Family – “The Day We Almost Died”
Portlandia – “The Story of Toni and Candace”
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – “Kimmy Goes Outside!”

Best Multi-Camera Picture Editing – Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory – “The Comic Book Store Regeneration”
K.C. Undercover – “Pilot”
Mike & Molly – “Fight to the Finish”
Two and a Half Men – “Of Course He’s Dead”
2 Broke Girls – “And the Move-In Meltdown”

Best Single-Camera Picture Editing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Massacres and Matinees”
The Honorable Woman – “The Paring Knife”
Nightingale
Olive Kitteridge – “Security”
24: Live Another Day – “Day 9: 10:00 P.M. – 11:00 A.M.”

Best Picture Editing – Variety Programming or Short-Format Segment:
The Colbert Report – Segment: Farewell Colbert
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Segment: Ad of Brothers
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Segment: Civil Forfeiture
Late Show with David Letterman – Segment: Finale Montage
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store

Best Picture Editing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Shanghai”
CITIZENFOUR
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – “Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay”
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

Best Picture Editing – Reality Programming:
The Amazing Race – “Morocc’ and Roll”
Deadliest Catch – “A Brotherhood Tested”
Project Runway – “The Rainway”
Survivor – “Survivor Warfare”
The Voice – “Episode 801”

Best Reality Program – Structured:
Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Who Do You Think You Are?

Best Reality Program – Unstructured:
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Million Dollar Listing: New York
Naked and Afraid
Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Best Sound Editing – Series:
Black Sails – “XVIII”
The Flash – “Grodd Lives”
Game of Thrones – “Hardhome”
Marvel’s Daredevil – “Speak of the Devil”
The Walking Dead – “Conquer”

Best Sound Editing – TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Curtain Call”
Houdini – “Night 1”
Sons of Liberty – “Independence”
Texas Rising
24: Live Another Day – “Day 9: 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.”

Best Sound Editing – Non-Fiction Programming:
The Amazing Race – “Morocc’ and Roll”
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – “Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy”
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – “The Common Cause (1939-1944)”
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

Best Sound Mixing – One-Hour Series:
Empire – “Die But Once”
Game of Thrones – “Hardhome”
Homeland – “Redux”
House of Cards – “Chapter 27”
Orange Is the New Black – “We Have Manners. We’re Polite.”

Best Sound Mixing – Half-Hour Series and Animation:
Family Guy – “The Simpsons Guy”
Modern Family – “Connection Lost”
Nurse Jackie – “Managed Care”
Parks and Recreation – “One Last Ride”
The Simpsons – “Simpsorama”

Best Sound Mixing – TV Movie/Limited Series:
American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Magical Thinking”
Bessie
Killing Jesus
Olive Kitteridge – “Incoming Tide”
24: Live Another Day – “Day 9: 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.”

Best Sound Mixing – Variety Program:
Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards
2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute

Best Sound Mixing – Non-Fiction Programming:
The Amazing Race – “Morocc’ and Roll”
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Jamaica”
Deadliest Catch – “Lost at Sea”
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – “Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy”
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

Best Special Class Program:
Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Oscars
Peter Pan Live!
The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Best Special Class Program – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program:
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt
Billy on the Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird and Elena!!!
Childrens Hospital
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Starring Katy Perry
Too Many Cooks

Best Special Class Program – Short-Format Non-Fiction Program:
It Got Better
30 for 30 Shorts
Top Chef’s Last Chance Kitchen
Transparent: This Is Me
A Tribute to Mel Brooks

Best Special Visual Effects:
Black Sails – “XVIII”
Extant – “Re-Entry”
The Flash – “Grodd Lives”
Game of Thrones – “The Dance of Dragons”
The Strain – “Night Zero”

Best Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role:
Boardwalk Empire – “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”
Marvel’s Daredevil – “Speak of the Devil”
Olive Kitteridge – “Incoming Tide”
Outlander – “Castle Leoch”
The Walking Dead – “Conquer”

Best Stunt Coordination – Drama Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
The Blacklist
The Flash
Game of Thrones
Marvel’s Daredevil
NCIS

Best Stunt Coordination – Comedy Series or Variety Program:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Community
Henry Danger
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Workaholics

Best Technical Direction – Series:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – “#20015”
Dancing with the Stars – “Episode 2009”
Jimmy Kimmel Live – “Live in Austin, Night 2”
Saturday Night Live – “Taraji P. Henson”
The Voice – “Episode 718B”

Best Technical Direction – TV Movie, Limited Series or Special:
Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run
The Oscars
Peter Pan Live!
2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Best Voice-Over Performance – Character:
Seth Green, Robot Chicken
Kevin McKidd, Toy Story That Time Forgot
Jim Parsons, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
Harry Shearer, The Simpsons
Meryl Streep, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Best Voice-Over Performance – Narrator:
Anthony Mendez, Jane the Virgin
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Best Writing – Non-Fiction Programming:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – “Iran” – Anthony Bourdain
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Alex Gibney
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – Brett Morgen
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience) – Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – “The Rising Road: 1933-1939” – Geoffrey C. Ward

Tony Predictions 2015: Who Will Be Nominated?

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Tony Predictions 2015: Who Will Be Nominated?

The Tony Awards will announce their nominations on Tuesday morning and this year seems incredibly competitive, especially in the Best Play categories. It seems like there was an overabundance of high quality productions that played this year. There are a lot of strong contenders that could’ve easily won in previous years but now they’ll have trouble even getting nominated. Here’s my predictions for who I think will be nominated on Tuesday…

Best Play:
Airline Highway
The Audience
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two

Best Revival – Play:
The Elephant Man
The Heidi Chronicles
Skylight
You Can’t Take It with You

Best Actor – Play:
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Hugh Jackman, The River
Ben Miles, Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two
Bill Nighy, Skylight
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Actress – Play:
Geneva Carr, Hand to God
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan, Skylight
Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Best Featured Actor – Play:
Ian Barford, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Richard McCabe, The Audience
Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two
Bryce Pinkham, The Heidi Chronicles
Micah Stock, It’s Only a Play

Best Featured Actress – Play:
Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man
Enid Graham, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Julie Halston, You Can’t Take It with You
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two
Julie White, Airline Highway

Best Director – Play:
The Audience – Stephen Daldry
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Marianne Elliott
The Elephant Man – Scott Ellis
Skylight – Stephen Daldry
Wolf Hall: Parts One & Two – Jeremy Herrin

Best Musical:
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Best Revival – Musical:
Gigi
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century

Best Actor – Musical:
John Cariani, Something Rotten!
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Brian D’Arcy James, Something Rotten!
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Best Actress – Musical:
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
Beth Malone, Fun Home
Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit

Best Featured Actor – Musical:
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Jason Danieley, The Visit
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!
Max von Essen, An American in Paris

Best Featured Actress – Musical:
Tyne Daly, It Shoulda Been You
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Mary Louise Wilson, On the Twentieth Century

Best Director – Musical:
Fun Home – Sam Gold
The King and I – Barlett Sher
On the Twentieth Century – Scott Ellis
Something Rotten! – Casey Nicholaw
The Visit – John Doyle

Best Book – Musical:
An American in Paris – Craig Lucas
Fun Home – Lisa Kron
The Last Ship – John Logan & Brian Yorkey
Something Rotten! – Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell
The Visit – Terrence McNally

Best Original Score:
Finding Neverland – Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy
Fun Home – Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori
The Last Ship – Sting
Something Rotten! – Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick
The Visit – Fred Ebb & John Kander

Best Choreography:
An American in Paris – Christopher Wheeldon
On the Town – Joshua Bergasse
On the Twentieth Century – Warren Carlyle
Something Rotten! – Casey Nicholaw
The Visit – Graciela Daniele

Grammy Awards 2015: Final Winner Predictions

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Grammy Awards 2015: Final Winner Predictions

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards are airing tonight on CBS and it’s going to be a pretty interesting night. Outside of Sam Smith being the assumed winner in Best New Artist, the other top 3 categories are completely wide open. There’s not a sure thing in any of those nominations. The Grammys can be predictable but unpredictable at the same time. Sometimes they go for obvious choices, other times they select winners that don’t fit any previous mold. Either way, it’s going to be fun to predict these awards.

General Field
Record of the Year: Sia – “Chandelier”
Album of the Year: Beyonce – Beyonce
Song of the Year: “Chandlier” – Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin (Sia)
Best New Artist: Sam Smith

Pop
Pop Vocal Album: In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Pop Solo Performance: Sam Smith – “Stay with Me”
Pop Duo/Group Performance: Katy Perry featuring Juicy J – “Dark Horse”

Dance
Dance/Electronic Album: While(1<2) – Deadmau5
Dance Recording: Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”

Rock
Rock Album: Morning Phase – Beck
Alternative Music Album: Lazaretto – Jack White
Rock Song: “Fever” – Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
Rock Performance: The Black Keys – “Fever”
Metal Performance: Slipknot – “The Negative One”

R&B
R&B Album: Black Radio 2 – Robert Glasper Experiment
Urban Contemporary Album: Beyonce – Beyonce
R&B Song: “Drunk in Love” – Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyonce Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko (Beyonce featuring Jay-Z)
R&B Performance: Beyonce featuring Jay-Z – “Drunk in Love”
Traditional R&B Performance: Kem – “Nobody”

Rap
Rap Album: The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem
Rap Song: “i” – Kendrick Lamar & Columbus Smith (Kendrick Lamar)
Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson – “Bound 2”

Country
Country Album: The Outsiders – Eric Church
Country Song: “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” – Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell)
Country Solo Performance: Miranda Lambert – “Automatic”
Country Duo/Group Performance: Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill – “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s”

Spoken Word
Spoken Word Album: Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers
Comedy Album: Mandatory Fun – Weird Al Yankovic

Visual Media
Compilation Soundtrack: Frozen – Various Artists
Score Soundtrack: Gravity – Steven Price
Song Written for Visual Media: “Let It Go” – Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Idina Menzel)
Musical Theater Album: Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Original Broadway Cast

Music Video
Music Video: Sia – “Chandelier”
Music Film: Beyonce & Jay-Z – Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run Tour
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: John Hill

Oscar Nominations Announced Tomorrow: Final Predictions!

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Oscar Nominations Announced Tomorrow: Final Predictions!

These are my final predictions for tomorrow’s Oscar nomination announcement. There’s still a lot of possible candidates in the running for each of the major category. Nothing is set in stone. Even the 9 spots for Best Picture aren’t completely solid either. Late entries American Sniper and Selma are both causing big problems in the field of nominations. Were they too late for Oscar voters to notice or did they come out at the right time to be the last films the voters remember? We’ll see tomorrow morning.

Best Picture:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director:
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actor:
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress:
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Original Screenplay:
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Most Violent Year
Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay:
American Sniper
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Animated Feature:
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

Best Documentary Feature:
CITIZENFOUR
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
The Overnighters
Virunga

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Ida
Leviathan
The Liberator
Tangerines
Wild Tales

Best Film Editing:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash

Best Cinematography:
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Best Original Score:
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song:
Begin Again – “Lost Stars”
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – “Yellow Flicker Beat”
A Most Violent Year – “America for Me”
Selma – “Glory”

Best Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

Best Costume Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Sound Mixing:
American Sniper
Birdman
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Whiplash

Best Sound Editing:
American Sniper
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Unbroken

Best Picture:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

Best Animated Short Subject:
The Bigger Picture
Coda
Feast
Me and My Moulton
Symphony no. 42

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
The Lion’s Mouth Opens
One Child
Our Curse

Best Live Action Short Film:
Aya
Baghdad Messi
Carry On
Parvenah
The Phone Call