77th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Winner Predictions

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77th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Winner Predictions
The Golden Globe Awards will be airing on Sunday. Here are my winner predictions for the first big awards show of the season!

Best Picture – Drama:
Marriage Story

Best Actor – Drama:
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Best Actress – Drama:
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Awkwafina, The Farewell

Best Supporting Actor:
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

Best Director:
Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite

Best Screenplay:
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach

Best Original Score:
1917 – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song:
The Lion King – “Spirit” – Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh

Best Picture – Animated:
The Lion King – Jon Favreau

Best Picture – Foreign Language
Parasite – Bong Joon-Ho

Best Drama Series:
The Morning Show

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Billy Porter, Pose

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show

Best Comedy Series:
Fleabag

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Ben Platt, The Politician

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Best TV Movie/Limited Series:
Chernobyl

Best Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice

Best Actress – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies

76th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Winner Predictions

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76th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Winner Predictions
The Golden Globe Awards will be airing on Sunday. Here are my winner predictions for the first big awards show of the season!

Best Picture – Drama:
A Star Is Born

Best Actor – Drama:
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress – Drama:
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
The Favourite

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Christian Bale, Vice

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Supporting Actress:
Emma Stone, The Favourite

Best Director:
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Best Screenplay:
Vice – Adam McKay

Best Original Score:
Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson

Best Original Song:
A Star Is Born – “Shallow” – Lady Gaga, Andrew Rossomando, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt

Best Animated Feature Film:
Isle of Dogs

Best Foreign Language Film:
Roma

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Best Drama Series:
Homecoming

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Best Comedy Series:
Barry

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Jim Carrey, Kidding

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best TV Movie/Limited Series:
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Best Actor – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal

Best Actress – TV Movie/Limited Series:
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Limited Series:
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

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

Golden Globe Predictions 2015: Early Picks

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Golden Globe Predictions 2015: Early Picks

It’s still a little early to do Golden Globe predictions, but that didn’t stop me from doing them. As usual, I’m sure there will be last minute switches in genre (example: American Hustle switching to Comedy/Musical at the absolute last possible second). So these are preliminary of course. I feel more confident with the Televison categories, but once again anything can happen between now and when the nominations are announced in December.

Best Picture – Drama:
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Best Actor – Drama:
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
David Oyelowo, Selma
Brad Pitt, Fury
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress – Drama:
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
Big Eyes
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie

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

Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Carmen Ejogo, Selma
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best Director:
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Best Screenplay:
Birdman – Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone & Aljeandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Unbroken – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Richard LaGravenese & William Nicholson

Best Drama Series:
The Affair
House of Cards
How to Get Away with Murder
The Leftovers
True Detective

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Clive Owen, The Knick
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Comedy Series:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Lena Dunham, Girls
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Fargo
The Honorable Woman
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge

Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Bill Nighy, Salting the Battlefield
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Live Another Day
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Anna Maxwell Martin, Death Comes to Pemberley
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Tony Hale, Veep
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Joshua Jackson, The Affair
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
Allison Tolman, Fargo

Golden Globe Nominations Announced: Big Surprises on Nomination Morning

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Golden Globe Nominations Announced: Big Surprises on Nomination Morning

The movie nominations were slightly surprising. Nobody expected Philomena or Rush to get Picture nominations on the Drama side, especially over Lee Daniels’ The Butler (which couldn’t even get a nomination for Oprah Winfrey). Some big shifts have happened in those categories. Captain Phillips did better than expected also. Greengrass in Director and Abdi in Supporting are huge boosts to their campaign. And American Hustle continues to dominate in almost every category. It could be a quiet darkhorse that takes the Oscar in a couple of months.

On the television side, the big news is that Homeland was completely shut out of the nominations. It swept the top drama category two years in a row, Claire Danes won the past two years, and Damian Lewis picked up one last year. This year…not even a nomination. Pretty shocking. Otherwise it was a predictable group of nominees. Brooklyn Nine-Nine fared the best out of the new comedies, although I would’ve rather seen Andre Braugher nominated in the acting category instead of Samberg.

Best Picture – Drama:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush
12 Years a Slave

Best Actor – Drama:
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best Actress – Drama:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet, Labor Day

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Oscar Isaac, Inside LLewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix, Her

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Screenplay:
American Hustle
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Score:
All Is Lost
The Book Thief
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Song:
Frozen – “Let It Go”
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – “Atlas”
Inside Llewyn Davis – “Please Mr. Kennedy”
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – “Ordinary Love”
One Chance – “Sweeter Than Fiction”

Best Animated Film:
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
The Wind Rises

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Best Drama Series:
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Masters of Sex

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Michael J. Fox, The Michae J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
American Horror Story: Coven
Behind the Candelabra
Dancing on the Edge
Top of the Lake
The White Queen

Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba, Luther
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson, The White Queen
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Rob Lowe, Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best Supporting Actress:
Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
Janet McTeer, The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Monica Potter, Parenthood
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Golden Globes Winners: Best Show in Years

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Golden Globes: Best Show in Years
The 70th Annual Golden Globes were held on Sunday and it turned out to be the best Golden Globes ceremony I’ve ever watched. Tina Fey & Amy Poehler set the show up on the right note with their uproarious opening monologue. Taking shots at people while still being upbeat and liked by the room. The best joke came at the expense of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow. Amy: “When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.” Hilarious. They also had another great gag where they added themselves as factor actors to the Actor & Actress TV Movie/Miniseries categories as the stars of the made for television movie: Dog President. (Note to network executives: please make that movie for real.) Jodie Foster received the Cecil B. DeMille award (basically a lifetime achievement) and gave a speech that was beyond fascinating. She touched on her career, the media’s portrayal of her sexuality, reality television and even a coded message to her ailing mother. It was interesting to say the least.

In terms of the winners, they got it mostly right. I was very happy to see Girls pick up two awards for Comedy Series & Actress for Lena Dunham. Dunham gave two great speeches and even thanked Chad Lowe (a dig at Hilary Swank forgetting her husband in her Oscar speech). Homeland swept the Drama side but somehow didn’t manage to get Mandy Patinkin a win.

On the film side, Argo picked up wins for Picture Drama & Director. I would say it’s the definite frontrunner for the Oscar…but let’s not forget that Affleck was snubbed in Director there. If Affleck also picks up the DGA award, that Director race is going to be insane. Daniel Day-Lewis picked up another win and virtually sealed up that third Oscar. Jessica Chastain & Jennifer Lawrence both won Actress again, keeping it split. SAG & BAFTA should clear up that race, but there’s also Emmanuelle Riva to consider at the Oscars. Christoph Waltz threw a major wrench into Supporting Actor with his win tonight. The precursors have been split all over the place in that category. Waltz isn’t even nominated for SAG so that won’t help anybody. Anne Hathaway won another Supporting Actress and is the safest bet to win the Oscar next to Daniel Day-Lewis. The Oscar race is still pretty open in every other category and that makes things more interesting.

70th Annual Golden Globe Award Winners

Best Picture – Drama:
Argo

Best Actor – Drama:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Best Actress – Drama:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
Les Miserables

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo

Best Screenplay:
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Best Animated Feature:
Brave – Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Amour – Michael Haneke

Best Score:
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

Best Original Song:
Skyfall – “Skyfall” – Adele & Paul Epworth

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TELEVISION

Best Drama Series:
Homeland

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Claire Danes, Homeland

Best Comedy Series:
Girls

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Lena Dunham, Girls

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
Game Change

Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Julianne Moore, Game Change

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Ed Harris, Game Change

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Golden Globe Nominations Announced: Things Just Got Interesting

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Golden Globe Nominations Announced: Things Just Got Interesting

It’s been a busy week for Awards Season. Today the Golden Globe nominations were announced and it made the race much more interesting. Most important revelation of the day: Nicole Kidman is a much bigger factor than anybody had anticipated. She picked up another nomination here for The Paperboy and I would put her ahead of Amy Adams for a nomination at this point. She’s getting a lot of attention right now, when it counts the most. Another big point: Tom Hooper was snubbed in Director for Les Miserables. Maybe that film isn’t as much of a Best Picture frontrunner as we had suspected. Also: Beasts of the Southern Wild got 0 nominations between yesterday and today. It wasn’t as much of a surprise yesterday because of some eligibility technicality at the SAGs, but it needed at least one nom today to stay a serious contender. It looks pretty shaky now.

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Best Picture – Drama:
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor – Drama:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress – Drama:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical:
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical:
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay:
Argo
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Feature:
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Amour
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone

Best Score:
Anna Karenina
Argo
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Best Original Song:
Act of Valor – “For You”
The Hunger Games – “Safe & Sound”
Les Miserables – “Suddenly”
Skyfall – “Skyfall”
Stand Up Guys – “Not Running Anymore”

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TELEVISION

Best Drama Series:
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

Best Actor – Drama Series:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Actress – Drama Series:
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

Best Actor – Comedy Series:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress – Comedy Series:
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best TV Movie/Miniseries:
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

Best Actor – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Actress – TV Movie/Miniseries:
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actor – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress – Series, TV Movie or Miniseries:
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family