Our own experts -- the forum moderators -- predict Golden Globe winners: Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep & Robert Downey Jr.

January 4, 2010 | 2:22 pm

Unlike the 19 pro pundits who weighed in with Golden Globe predictions, 7 of our forum moderators think that the main competition for "Up in the Air" as best drama picture is "Inglourious Basterds" rather than "Avatar." While the pros were almost evenly divided as to the winner of the drama movie actress -- with a slim majority going with Carey Mulligan ("An Education") -- our moderators are firmly on the side of Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side"). Neither the pros nor the moderators can agree on who will win drama movie actor or comedy/musical movie. As with all but one of the pros, our moderators agree that Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") will win comedy/musical movie actress. However, almost all of our moderators are backing Robert Downey Jr. ("Sherlock Holmes") to win comedy/musical movie actor while the pros spread their predictions around all five contenders.

The seven moderators who closely follow these kudos are: Chris Beachum ("Boomer"), Matthew Cormier ("Boidiva02"), Darrin Dortch ("Double D" ), Robert Licuria ("Rob L"), Andrew Pickett ("andrew"), David Schnelwar ("Guru") and Paul Sheehan.

BEST DRAMA PICTURE
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" – Beachum, Dortch, Licuria
"Precious" – Cormier
"Up in the Air" – Pickett, Schnelwar
"Avatar" – Sheehan

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" – Beachum, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett
George Clooney, "Up in the Air" – Schnelwar, Sheehan
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus" – Cormier
Tobey Maguire, "Brothers"

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" – Beachum, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education" – Dortch,
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious" – Cormier

BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL PICTURE
"The Hangover" – Cormier
"It's Complicated"
"Julie & Julia" – Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar
"Nine" – Beachum, Sheehan
"(500) Days of Summer" – Dortch

BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Nine"
Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes" – Beachum, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man" – Cormier
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days of Summer"
Matt Damon, "The Informant!"

BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"
Marion Cotillard, "Nine"
Meryl Streep, "It's Complicated"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Julia Roberts, "Duplicity"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, "Invictus" – Cormier,
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" – Beachum, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, "Precious" – Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Sheehan
Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air" – Beachum
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine" – Schnelwar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Up" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Baaria"
"Broken Embraces" – Cormier, Dortch,
"A Prophet"
"The White Ribbon" – Beachum, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
"The Maid"

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar
James Cameron, "Avatar" – Sheehan
Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
Nancy Meyers, "It's Complicated"
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air" – Beachum, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds" – Cormier, Dortch, Sheehan

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Michael Giacchino, "Up" – Licuria
Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"
James Horner, "Avatar" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Abel Korzeniowski, "A Single Man"
Carter Burwell and Karen O, "Where the Wild Things Are"

BEST SONG
"I See You," "Avatar"
"The Weary Kind," "Crazy Heart" – Pickett
"Cinema Italiano," "Nine" – Cormier, Dortch, Licuria
"I Want to Come Home," "Everybody's Fine" – Beachum, Sheehan
"Winter," "Brothers" – Schnelwar

BEST TV DRAMA SERIES
"Dexter"
"Mad Men" – Cormier, Schnelwar, Sheehan
"House M.D."
"True Blood" – Beachum, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett
"Big Love"

BEST TV DRAMA ACTOR
Simon Baker, "The Mentalist" – Beachum, Dortch, Pickett, Schnelwar
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter" – Cormier, Sheehan
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" – Licuria
Hugh Laurie, "House M.D."
Bill Paxton, "Big Love"

BEST TV DRAMA ACTRESS
Glenn Close, "Damages"
January Jones, "Mad Men" – Licuria
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" – Beachum, Cormier, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Anna Paquin, "True Blood" – Dortch
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL SERIES
"30 Rock"
"Entourage"
"Glee" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
"The Office"
"Modern Family"

BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" – Cormier, Licuria, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Steve Carell, "The Office"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Thomas Jane, "Hung" – Beachum
Matthew Morrison, "Glee" – Dortch

BEST TV COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara" – Beachum, Dortch, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Courteney Cox, "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" – Cormier, Licuria, Pickett
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Lea Michele, "Glee"

BEST TV MOVIE/ MINISERIES
"Georgia O'Keefe"
"Grey Gardens" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Pickett, Sheehan
"Into the Storm" – Schnelwar
"Little Dorrit"
"Taking Chance"

BEST ACTOR TV MOVIE/MINI
Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance" – Beachum, Cormier, Licuria
Kenneth Branagh, "Wallander: One Step Behind"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Endgame"
Brendan Gleeson, "Into the Storm" – Dortch, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Jeremy Irons, "Georgia O'Keefe"

BEST ACTRESS TV MOVIE/MINI
Joan Allen, "Georgia O'Keefe"
Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Pickett
Jessica Lange, "Grey Gardens" – Licuria, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Anna Paquin, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver, "Prayers for Bobby"

BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother" – Beachum, Cormier, Pickett, Schnelwar
William Hurt, "Damages"
John Lithgow, "Dexter" – Dortch, Licuria, Sheehan
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"

BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Adams, "Hung"
Rose Byrne, "Damages"
Jane Lynch, "Glee" – Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Janet McTeer, "Into the Storm" – Pickett
Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love"

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Photo: A still from "Sherlock Holmes." Credit: Warner Bros.

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