Experts predict Golden Globe winners: 'Avatar,' 'Up in the Air,' Meryl Streep and ...
The race for best drama picture at the Golden Globes is a close contest between "Avatar" and "Up in the Air," according to the predictions of these pundits: Thelma Adams (Us Weekly), Scott Bowles (USA Today), Lane Brown (Vulture, New York Magazine), Erik Davis (Cinematical), Edward Douglas (ComingSoon.net), Scott Feinberg (AndTheWinnerIs), Marshall Fine (Star Magazine, Hollywood and Fine), Paul Gaita (The Circuit, The Envelope), Pete Hammond (Notes on a Season, The Envelope), Courney Hazlett (Scoop, MSNBC), Dave Karger (Entertainment Weekly), Tariq Khan, (Fox News), Peter Knegt (Indie Wire), Kevin Lewin (World Entertainment News Network), Guy Lodge (InContention), Michael Musto (Village Voice), Mark Olsen (L.A. Times), Steve Pond (The Odds, TheWrap), Nathanial Rogers (FilmExperience), Sam Rubin (KTLA), Sasha Stone (AwardsDaily), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), Jeff Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere), Chuck Walton (Fandango), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today).
We'll be adding more predictions from other prophets soon, so keep checking back to Gold Derby. As for me, well, I need more time to noodle some of these races. I've included some predix below; more to follow. Forecastng the Globes is always a puzzle. This year is harder than most.
BEST DRAMA PICTURE
"The Hurt Locker" – Bowles
"Inglourious Basterds" – Lodge, Rogers
"Precious" – Gaita
"Up in the Air" – Adams, Brown, Douglas, Fine, Hazlett, Karger, Khan, Lewin, Olsen, Pond, Rubin, Walton
"Avatar" – Davis, Feinberg, Hammond, Knegt, Musto, O'Neil, Stone, Travers, Wells, Wloszczyna
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" – Brown, Gaita, Khan, Knegt, Lodge, Rogers, Rubin, Travers, Wells, Wloszczyna
George Clooney, "Up in the Air" – Adams, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Lewin, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Stone, Walton
Colin Firth, "A Single Man" – Bowles, Davis
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Tobey Maguire, "Brothers"
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" – Adams, Douglas, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Rogers, Rubin, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" – Brown, Davis, Feinberg, Karger, Lodge, Musto, Olsen, Pond, Stone, Wells
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious" – Bowles, O'Neil
BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL PICTURE
"The Hangover" – Khan, Lewin, Wells
"It's Complicated" – Adams, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Lodge, Olsen, O'Neil, Rubin
"Julie & Julia" – Bowles, Douglas, Musto, Stone, Wloszczyna
"Nine" – Brown, Davis, Feinberg, Hazlett, Pond
"(500) Days of Summer" – Karger, Knegt, Rogers, Travers, Walton
BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Nine" – Douglas, Feinberg, Hazlett, Karger, Lewin, Olsen, O'Neil, Walton
Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes" – Adams, Gaita, Hammond, Khan, Musto, Rubin¸ Travers, Wloszczyna
Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man" – Wells
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days of Summer" – Bowles, Fine, Rogers
Matt Damon, "The Informant!" – Brown, Davis, Knegt, Lodge, Pond, Stone
BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal" – Gaita
Marion Cotillard, "Nine"
Meryl Streep, "It's Complicated" – Walton
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Davis, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Travers, Wells, Wloszczyna
Julia Roberts, "Duplicity"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Davis, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Rubin, Stone, Travers, Walton, Wells
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger" – Rogers, Wloszczyna
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, "Precious" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Davis, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Stone, Travers, Wells, Wloszczyna
Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air" – Rubin, Walton
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" – Khan
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Up" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Davis¸ Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Baaria"
"Broken Embraces" -- Bowles, Brown, Douglas, Fine, Hammond, Hazlett, Lewin, Pond, Rubin, Wells
"A Prophet" – Davis, Feinberg, Gaita, Lodge, Olsen, O'Neil, Rogers, Stone, Travers, Walton
"The White Ribbon" – Adams, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Musto, Wloszczyna
"The Maid"
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Hazlett, Knegt, Lodge, Pond, Stone, Travers, Walton, Wells, Wloszczyna
James Cameron, "Avatar" – Douglas, Feinberg, Gaita, Hammond, Karger, Lewin, Musto, Olsen, O'Neil, Rubin
Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air" – Fine
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" – Davis, Khan, Rogers
BEST SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker" – Rubin, Wells
Nancy Meyers, "It's Complicated"
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Davis, Douglas, Fine, Hazlett, Knegt, Lewin, Musto, Rogers, Stone, Walton, Wloszczyna
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" – Feinberg, Gaita, Hammond, Karger, Khan, Lodge, Olsen, O'Neil, Pond, Travers
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Michael Giacchino, "Up" – Douglas, Gaita, Pond
Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!" – Fine
James Horner, "Avatar" – Adams, Bowles, Brown, Feinberg, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Khan, Knegt, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O'Neil, Olsen, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Walton, Wells
Abel Korzeniowski, "A Single Man"
Carter Burwell and Karen O, "Where the Wild Things Are" – Davis, Travers, Wloszczyna
BEST SONG
"I See You," "Avatar" – Brown, Lodge, Wloszczyna
"The Weary Kind," "Crazy Heart" – Adams, Bowles, Douglas, Fine, Gaita, Karger, Musto, Olsen, Pond, Rubin, Travers¸ Walton, Wells
"Cinema Italiano," "Nine" – Davis, Hazlett, Khan
"I Want to Come Home," "Everybody's Fine" – Feinberg, Knegt, Lewin, O'Neil
"Winter," "Brothers" – Hammond, Rogers, Stone
BEST TV DRAMA SERIES
"Dexter"
"Mad Men" – Bowles, Brown, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Lewin¸ Musto, Pond, Rogers, Stone, Travers, Walton, Wloszczyna
"House M.D."
"True Blood" – Karger, Lodge, O'Neil
"Big Love" – Rubin
BEST TV DRAMA ACTOR
Simon Baker, "The Mentalist" – Fine, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, O'Neil, Travers
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter" -- Hammond, Stone
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" – Bowles, Douglas, Feinberg, Gaita, Hazlett, Karger, Pond, Rogers, Stone, Wloszczyna
Hugh Laurie, "House M.D." – Brown, Rubin, Walton
Bill Paxton, "Big Love"
BEST TV DRAMA ACTRESS
Glenn Close, "Damages" – Brown, Fine, Gaita, Hazlett, Stone
January Jones, "Mad Men" – Bowles, Wloszczyna
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" – Douglas, Hammond, Karger, Lodge, O'Neil, Rubin
Anna Paquin, "True Blood" – Feinberg, Lewin, Musto, Pond, Rogers, Travers
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" – Walton
BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL SERIES
"30 Rock" – Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Lewin, Musto, Stone, Walton
"Entourage"
"Glee" – Brown, Douglas, Hammond, Karger, Lodge, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Travers, Wloszczyna
"The Office"
"Modern Family" – Bowles, Hazlett
BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" – Bowles, Brown, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Hazlett, Karger, Lewin, Musto, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Walton, Wloszczyna
Steve Carell, "The Office"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Thomas Jane, "Hung" – O'Neil, Travers
Matthew Morrison, "Glee" – Lodge
BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara" – Fine
Courteney Cox, "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" – Hazlett, Lodge, Musto, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Travers¸ Wloszczyna
Tina Fey, "30 Rock" -- Bowles, Feinberg, Gaita, Stone, Walton
Lea Michele, "Glee" – Brown, Douglas, Hammond, Karger, Lewin
BEST TV MOVIE/ MINISERIES
"Georgia O'Keefe"
"Grey Gardens" – Bowles, Brown, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hammond, Karger, Lodge, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Travers¸ Walton, Wloszczyna
"Into the Storm" – Lewin
"Little Dorrit"
"Taking Chance" – Musto
(No vote: Douglas)
BEST ACTOR TV MOVIE/MINI
Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance" – Douglas, Fine, Musto, O'Neil, Pond, Travers
Kenneth Branagh, "Wallander: One Step Behind" – Rubin
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Endgame" – Bowles
Brendan Gleeson, "Into the Storm" – Feinberg, Gaita, Hammond, Karger, Lewin, Lodge, Rogers, Walton, Wloszczyna
Jeremy Irons, "Georgia O'Keefe" -- Brown, Stone
BEST ACTRESS TV MOVIE/MINI
Joan Allen, "Georgia O'Keefe"
Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens" – Bowles, Brown, Hammond, Karger, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Travers
Jessica Lange, "Grey Gardens" – Douglas, Feinberg, Lewin, Lodge, Musto, Stone, Walton, Wloszczyna
Anna Paquin, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver, "Prayers for Bobby" – Fine, Gaita
BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Emerson, "Lost" – Bowles, Hazlett, Musto, Walton, Wloszczyna
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother" – Brown, Feinberg, Gaita, Lodge, Rogers, Rubin, Travers
William Hurt, "Damages"
John Lithgow, "Dexter" – Douglas, Fine, Hammond, Karger, Lewin, O'Neil, Pond
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" – Stone
BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Adams, "Hung"
Rose Byrne, "Damages" – Hammond, Musto
Jane Lynch, "Glee" – Bowles,Brown, Douglas, Feinberg, Fine, Gaita, Hazlett, Karger, Lewin, O'Neil, Pond, Rogers, Rubin, Stone, Travers¸ Walton, Wloszczyna
Janet McTeer, "Into the Storm" – Lodge
Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love"
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Avatar is like the Gone With The Wind of the 21st Century. It would be a travesty if it doesn't win big at the GG's.
Posted by: Mav | January 17, 2010 at 02:53 PM
Where do we go to find the presenters at the GGs? Although I would not put Robert Pattinson's performance in the Twilight series in the same acting category with the Colin Firths and George Clooneys and Jeff Bridges of the world yet, he is a future super artist not simply super star. Make no mistake millions of movie goers paid good money to see Robert in the second installment of the Twilight series because there is something extraordinarily likeable about him that translates on the screen. While the studio seems to be pushing Taylor Lautner, it was Rob Pattinson that drew us in to begin with and brought us back for more. I would love to see him as a presenter at the event. He lights up the screen whether large screen or small.
Posted by: ShariG | January 14, 2010 at 07:53 AM
Where's LOST!
Posted by: Mike | January 05, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Hope Corteney Cox wins!
Posted by: Daniel | January 04, 2010 at 01:36 PM
If the vote takes/took place after "Avatar" plundered worldwide, and these guys want to stay relevant in their home countries, the HFF will vote the world's biggest B.O. hit as best film (drama).
Posted by: swf | January 03, 2010 at 05:51 PM