Award Season Results: The Golden Globes 2014

Last night was the first big award show of the season, the Golden Globes. Now it is time for me to see if I was even within a country mile of getting any of my predictions right.

Best Motion Picture: Drama

Prediction: Gravity

Result: 12 Years a Slave

Oops...

Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy

Prediction: American Hustle

Result: American Hustle

Nailed it!

Best Director

Prediction: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Result: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Nailed it!

Best Actor in a Drama

Prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave

Result: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Oops...

Best Actress in a Drama

Prediction: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Result: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

Nailed it!

Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical

Prediction: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street

Result: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street

Nailed it!

Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical

Prediction: Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Result: Amy Adams - American Hustle

Oops...

Best Supporting Actor

Prediction: Daniel Brühl - Rush

Result: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Oops...

Best Supporting Actress

Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

Result: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

Nailed it!

Best Animated Feature

Prediction: Frozen

Result: Frozen

Nailed it!

6/9

Wow! I did much better than I expected!

Well, I do enjoy the Golden Globes. It seems a bit more irreverent than the Oscars and some of the other award shows, while still maintaining its prestige as an achievement for those who win.

So how did you do with your predictions? The next one will be... the BAFTAs I think. A particular favourite if only because I can watch it at a reasonable time, rather than in the middle of the night!

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Award Season Prophecies: The 71st Golden Globes 2014

It's that time of year again: Award Season! As I did last year, I'll be predicting, using very scientific prediction algorithms obviously, the outcome of some of the biggest award shows.

This is just an exercise in fun to involve myself in the razzamatazz of these big parties as I'm a bit of a film fan. I hope you will indulge me in this.

First up is the 71st Golden Globe Awards which will be awarded this Sunday (12/1/14).

I'll be using a key to indicate my choices:

• Green for Most Likeliest Winner
• Purple for My Personal Choice
• Orange for Both

I don't pretend to have seen all of these films so some will be complete stabs in the dark, but it's all just a bit of fun. Let me know in the comments if you agree OR disagree!

Best Motion Picture: Drama

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Philomena

Rush

Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical

American Hustle

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

Alexander Payne – Nebraska

David O. Russell – American Hustle

Best Actor in a 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 in a Drama

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock – Gravity

Judi Dench – Philomena

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Kate Winslet – Labor Day

Best Actor in a Comedy or 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 in a Comedy or 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 Brühl – 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 Animated Feature

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

If I get more than half of these correct I'll be very surprised! The first show, though, often sets the tone for the rest of the season, so I might get better as the season goes on (she says hopefully...). See you on the other side!

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Award Season Prophecies: Results (GG 2013)

So it's the morning day after the night before, and now I'm going to compare my predictions to the actual results!

Best Drama 

Prediction: Lincoln

Winner: Argo

Oops.

Best Musical/Comedy

Prediction: Les Misérables

Winner: Les Misérables

Yes!

Best Director

Prediction: Ben Affleck - Argo

Winner: Ben Affleck - Argo

Yes!

Best Actress - Drama

Prediction: Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Winner: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Oops.

Best Actor - Drama

Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Yes!

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

Prediction: Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Winner: Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Yes!

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Winner: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Yes!

Best Supporting Actress

Prediction: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

Winner: Anne Hatheway - Les Misérables

Yes!

Best Supporting Actor

Prediction: Leonardo Dicaprio - Django Unchained

Winner: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Oops. Poor Leo

Best Screenplay

Prediction: Tony Kushner - Lincoln

Winner: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

Oops.

Best Foreign Language Film

Prediction: Rust and Bone

Winner: Amour

Oops.

Best Animated Feature

Prediction: Brave

Winner: Brave

Yes!

Best Original Song

Prediction: "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth (Skyfall) 

Winner: "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth (Skyfall) 

Yes!

Best Original Score

Prediction: John Williams - Lincoln

Winner: Mychael Danna - Life of Pi

Oops.

I make that to be 8/14. Not too bad for the first big award show of the season... And a few I'd hmm'd and haw'd over, before picking the wrong one.

Better look up when the next one is...

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Award Season Prophecies: The Golden Globes

As it is Award Season, and I am a little bit of a film buff, I am going to give you my predictions for the upcoming big award shows. And tonight is one of the big ones: the Golden Globes!

Now, to be fair, I haven't seen all the films up for awards, but I've seen the trailers and heard the buzz so I'm going for an educated guess.

Key:
Film I think will win
Film(s) I want to win
Both

Best Drama

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Musical/Comedy

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Misérables

Moonrise Kindgom

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

Ben Affleck - Argo

Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

Ang Lee - Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg - Lincoln

Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

Best Actress in a 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 Actor in a Drama

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Richard Gere - Arbitrage 

John Hawkes - The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

Jack Black - Bernie

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Ewan McGregor - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Bill Murray - Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

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 Actress 

Amy Adams - The Master

Sally Field - Lincoln

Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables

Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin - Argo

Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Best Screenplay

Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

Tony Kushner - Lincoln

David O'Russell - Silver Linings Playbook

Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

Chris Terrio - Argo

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

A Royal Affair

The Intouchables

Kon-Tiki

Rust and Bone

Best Animated Feature

Rise of the Guardians

Brave

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transylvania

Wreck-It Ralph

Best Original Song

"For You," music and lyrics by Monty Powell, Keith Urban (Act of Valor)

"Not Running Anymore," music and lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi (Stand Up Guys) 

"Safe & Sound," music and lyrics by Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett (The Hunger Games) 

"Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth (Skyfall) 

"Suddenly," music by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil (Les Miserables)

Best Original Score

Mychael Danna - Life of Pi

Alexandre Desplat - Argo

Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina

Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil - Cloud Atlas

John Williams - Lincoln

There are many reasons why I chose what I did. Some of them were just stabs in the dark, particularly in categories where I haven't seen any of the nominated films but with Hollywood, you can make good guesses which film is going to win *coughLincolncoughLesMiscough*. And in the cases where I've highlighted more than one film which I want to win, that means I liked those films enough to want them to win.

Anyway, those are my predictions. We'll find out tonight how well I did... (Results are now in and compared over here!)

What are your predictions for this year's Golden Globes? Let me know!

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