This year’s Golden Globes will be hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh. I’ll admit it’s awfully late for me to post my Golden Globe predictions, but I have been lacking the drive this holiday season. A late-minute alerting made me get myself into action. To start things off, here are my predictions for both the winners and their respective most likely upsetters in the film categories:
FILM:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Winner: A Star Is Born
Most Likely Upsetter: BlacKkKlansman
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Winner: The Favourite
Most Likely Upsetter: Green Book
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Winner: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Most Likely Upsetter: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Winner: Christian Bale, Vice
Most Likely Upsetter: Viggo Mortenson, Green Book
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Winner: Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Most Likely Upsetter: Glenn Close, The Wife
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Winner: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Most Likely Upsetter: Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Winner: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Most Likely Upsetter: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Winner: Amy Adams, Vice
Most Likely Upsetter: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Most Likely Upsetter: Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Most Likely Upsetter: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly & Vanessa Taylor, Green Book
Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: Roma (Mexico)
Most Likely Upsetter: Shoplifters (Japan)
Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: SpiderMan: Into The Spiderverse
Most Likely Upsetter: The Incredibles 2
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
Winner: “Shallow”, A Star Is Born
Most Likely Upsetter: “All The Stars”, Black Panther
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Winner: Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns
Most Likely Upsetter: Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Those who know me well enough know I will predict the winners for the television categories but not predict the most likely upsetters. Especially since this year’s crop of nominees come mostly from new shows for this season. So my predictions for the winners:
TELEVISION:
Best TV Movie or Miniseries: American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Versace
Best TV Series, Drama: The Americans
Best TV Series, Comedy: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy: Bill Hader, Barry
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Darren Criss, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Versace
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Regina King, Seven Seconds
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Henry Winkler, Barry
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie: Thandie Newton, Westworld
And there you go. Those are my predictions for tonight’s Golden Globe awards. Winners to be revealed starting 8pm EST. That’s less than an hour!