By Jamie Harris
Awards season is upon us once again and nominations are starting to pour out, finally allowing for front-runners and favourites to be identified. There is a long way to the finish line with the Oscars not until February 28th.
Leading the nominations for this year’s Golden Globes film categories is Carol with five nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama. The television categories remain much more wide open with shows including Mr. Robot and Outlander receiving three nominations each.
Largely based upon personal taste (as well as hype for quite a few of the films on this list that have not yet been released over here) I’m going to attempt to predict this year’s winners.
To keep things simple my predictions will be the choice in bold.
Last year I was miles out on half the categories so here goes nothing…
Film
Best motion picture – drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – drama
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best motion picture – comedy or musical
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – comedy or musical
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear
Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beast of No Nation
Mark Rylance, The Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best director
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Best screenplay
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
Steve Jobs
The Hateful Eight
Best foreign language film
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul
Best animated feature film
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie
Best original song
Love Me Like You Do, Fifty Shades of Grey
One Kind of Love, Love & Mercy
See You Again, Fast and Furious 7
Simple Sound #3, Youth
Writing’s on the Wall, Spectre
Best original score
Carol
The Danish Girl
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Television
Best television series – drama
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr Robot
Narcos
Outlander
Best performance by an actor in a television series – drama
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Rami Malek, Mr Robot
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Best television series – comedy
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
Best performance by an actor in comedy series
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Best performance by an actress in a television series – musical or comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Best performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo
Best Actress, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay, Flesh and Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr Robot
Best miniseries or motion picture made for television
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall
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