Ever since I was a little fat kid who used movies and television as a way to escape my sad, sometimes bullied world, I've loved watching the glitz, the glamor, and the flowing booze of the Golden Globes. While many in the industry don't take the awards seriously (they nominated The Tourist remember?) and feel they don't hold as much weight any more in terms of shaping the Oscar race, I've always enjoyed seeing stars make drunken speeches or schmooze in-between commercial breaks. I also, of course, love that they honor comedic films as well as television. Focusing on the former, let me just say I'm still not over Will Ferrell getting shafted for Elf a decade ago. Anyway, the Globes are a party - nothing less, nothing more. Where else can you find Jack Nicholson literally talking out of his ass or Christine Lahti late out of the gate because she was dropping a deuce? OK, maybe she wasn't but you know what I mean. I love it all, and love that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are hosting the fun show again this year.
With that long-winded, saying-nothing-new intro about the awards, here I'll go predicting who will win each award this Sunday night. Read on, and watch it all unfold on my own variation of "Super Sunday." Before I start let me say this - it's a travesty Scarlett Johanson didn't get nods for her work inHer and/or Don Jon. 2013 was her year. Anyway, I call "boo" Hollywood Foreign Press! And now ... another guy's predictions...
Best Motion Picture, Drama
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
THEN AGAIN: GRAVITY MIGHT TAKE IT
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett
(Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock
(Gravity)
Judi Dench
(Philomena)
Emma Thompson
(Saving Mr. Banks)
Kate Winslet
(Labor Day)
WILL & SHOULD WIN: CATE BLANCHETT
THEN AGAIN: SANDRA BULLOCK IS FAMOUS AND THE HFP LOVE HONORING ITS STARS...
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, 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)
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
THEN AGAIN:TOM HANKS COULD AND SHOULD OR EJIOFOR MAY SNAG IT AND BECOME AN INSTANT OSCAR FRONTRUNNER; MY GUT SAYS MATTHEW MC. THOUGH FOR HIS TRANSFORMING PERFORMANCE.
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street
WILL WIN: AMERICAN HUSTLE
SHOULD WIN: HER
Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams
(American Hustle)
Julie Delpy
(Before Midnight)
Greta Gerwig
(Frances Ha)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
(Enough Said)
Meryl Streep
(August: Osage County)
WILL WIN: AMY ADAMS
SHOULD WIN: JULIE DELPY
THEN AGAIN: MERYL WINS EVERYTHING
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale
(American Hustle)
Bruce Dern
(Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio
(The Wolf of Wall Street)
Oscar Isaac
(Inside Llewyn Davis)
Joaquin Phoenix
(Her)
WILL WIN: LEONARDO DICAPRIO
SHOULD WIN: JOAQUIN PHOENIX
THEN AGAIN: BRUCE DERN COULD WIN THE UNOFFICIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HERE... I STILL BANK ON DICAPRIO
Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
WILL WIN: FROZEN
Best Foreign Language Film
Blue is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
The Wind Rises
WILL WIN: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Sally Hawkins
(Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence
(American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o
(12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts
(August: Osage County)
June Squibb
(Nebraska)
WILL WIN: JUNE SQUIBB
SHOULD WIN: JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Barkhad Abdi
(Captain Phillips)
Daniel Brühl
(Rush)
Bradley Cooper
(American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender
(12 Years a Slave)
Jared Leto
(Dallas Buyers Club)
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: JARED LETO
THEN AGAIN: FASSBENDER COULD WIN HERE TO UP THE "12" TALLY
Best Director - Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron
(Gravity)
Paul Greengrass
(Captain Phillips)
Steve McQueen
(12 Years a Slave)
Alexander Payne
(Nebraska)
David O. Russell
(American Hustle)
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: ALFONSO CUARON
THEN AGAIN: PAUL GREENGRASS IS OVERDUE
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Spike Jonze
(Her)
Bob Nelson
(Nebraska)
Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan
(Philomena)
John Ridley
(12 Years a Slave)
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
(American Hustle)
WILL WIN: AMERICAN HUSTLE
SHOULD WIN: HER
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Alex Ebert
(All is Lost)
Alex Heffes
(Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Steven Price
(Gravity)
John Williams
(The Book Thief)
Hans Zimmer
(12 Years a Slave)
WILL WIN: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
SHOULD WIN: GRAVITY
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Atlas
(Hunger Games Catching Fire)
Let It Go
(Frozen)
Ordinary Love
(Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Please Mr. Kennedy
(Inside Llewyn Davis)
Sweeter Than Fiction
(One Chance)
WILL WIN: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
SHOULD WIN: FROZEN
Best TV Series, Drama
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Masters of Sex
WILL WIN: BREAKING BAD
SHOULD WIN: THE GOOD WIFE
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Julianna Margulies
(The Good Wife)
Tatiana Maslany
(Orphan Black)
Taylor Schilling
(Orange Is the New Black)
Kerry Washington
(Scandal)
Robin Wright
(House of Cards)
WILL WIN: TATIANA MASLANY
SHOULD WIN: JULIANNA MARGULIES
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Bryan Cranston
(Breaking Bad)
Liev Schreiber
(Ray Donovan)
Michael Sheen
(Masters of Sex)
Kevin Spacey
(House of Cards)
James Spader
(The Blacklist)
WILL WIN: MICHAEL SHEEN
SHOULD WIN: KEVIN SPACEY
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
WILL WIN: THE BIG BANG THEORY
SHOULD WIN: PARKS AND RECREATION
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Zooey Deschanel
(New Girl)
Lena Dunham
(Girls)
Edie Falco
(Nurse Jackie)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
(Veep)
Amy Poehler
(Parks and Recreation)
WILL WIN: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS
SHOULD WIN: AMY POEHLER
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Jason Bateman
(Arrested Development)
Don Cheadle
(House of Lies)
Michael J. Fox
(The Michael J. Fox Show)
Jim Parsons
(The Big Bang Theory)
Andy Samberg
(Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
WILL WIN: ANDY SAMBERG
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series
American Horror Story: Coven
Behind the Candelabra
Dancing on the Edge
Top of the Lake
White Queen
WILL WIN: BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie
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)
WILL WIN: HELEN MIRREN
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie
Matt Damon
(Behind the Candelabra)
Michael Douglas
(Behind the Candelabra)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
(Dancing on the Edge)
Idris Elba
(Luther)
Al Pacino
(Phil Spector)
WILL WIN: MICHAEL DOUGLAS
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Jacqueline Bissett
(Dancing On the Edge)
Janet McTeer
(The White Queen)
Hayden Panettiere
(Nashville)
Monica Potter
(Parenthood)
Sofia Vergara
(Modern Family)
WILL WIN: JANET MCTEER
SHOULD WIN: SOFIA VERGARA
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Josh Charles
(The Good Wife)
Rob Lowe
(Behind the Candelabra)
Aaron Paul
(Breaking Bad)
Corey Stoll
(House of Cards)
Jon Voight
(Ray Donovan)
WILL WIN: AARON PAUL