1/12/15 Addendum-- The winners have been announced and it's a good thing we didnt have an office pool this year because I would have lost big time. My only sure fire predictions that won were Jeffrey Tambor for "Transparent" and Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards".
Congrats also to Joanne Froggatt for "Downton Abbey" Her heartbreaking portrayal as Mrs Bates was rivoting. I'm so happy "Orange Is The New Black" won several awards last year or I would be a very unhappy camper. And sci-fi/horror are traditionally overlooked categories at awards time but I'm still unset that Tatiana Maslany doesnt get any love. What else does the woman need to do to get a nomination? Play all the male clones too?
Note: the winners are marked below in red.
12/13/14-- It's that time of year again. No, I dont mean Christmas. I mean the TV/movie awards show season. The 72nd Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday. The winners will be revealed on Sunday, January 11, 2015. The show will be again hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
Dont confuse the Golden Globes with the SAG awards, Academy awards or Emmy awards. Those are all other organizations. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) bestows the Golden Globes.
Last year "Breaking Bad" and "Brooklyn 99" taking home several of top awards. See the 2014 winners here This year we have a batch of excellent new (and returning) shows so it's anyone's guess. I'll give my predictions when we get closer to the date but a few thoughts on the nominees.
Television: Will "House Of Cards" sweep in 2015? Robin Wright won last year. Please give Kevin Spacey the statue this time around. My vote for best actress in a TV drama is Viola Davis for "How To Get Away With Murder". She seriously knocked it out of the park. I believe "Transparent" will win in the "Musical or Comedy" category (which I agree with but I still love "Orange Is the New Black"). And I definitely think Jeffrey Tambor should win for his work in "Transparent".
Motion Pictures: I havent seen many of these but I will say I LOVED "Gone Girl". I had not read the book. I'm all for Rosamund Pike winning for best actress. I'm looking forward to seeing "Wild" and "Still Alice" as well. I would also like to see "Night Crawler". And I saw the play "Into the Woods". I'll probably catch that just for Meryl Streep. I gotta say, I just dont go to movies as much as I used to. It seems rather old fashioned.
Here's the nominee list from http://www.goldenglobes.com/
Best Motion Picture, Drama
- Boyhood
- Foxcatcher
- The Imitation Game
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Drama
- Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
- Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
- Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
- Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
- Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Best Actor In A Motion Picture, Drama
- Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
- Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
- David Oyelowo (Selma)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
- Into The Woods
- Birdman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- St Vincent
- Pride
- Julianne Moore (Maps To The Stars)
- Amy Adams (Big Eyes)
- Emily Blunt (Into The Woods)
- Helen Mirren (The Hundred Foot Journey)
- Quvenzhane Wallis (Annie)
Best Actor In A Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
- Michale Keaton (Birdman)
- Bill Murray (St Vincent)
- Ralp Fiennes (Grand Budapest Hotel)
- Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)
- Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice)
Best Animated Feature Film
- The Lego Movie
- How To Train Your Dragon 2
- Big Hero 6
- The Book of Life
- The Boxtrolls
Best Foreign Language Film
- Ida (Poland/Denmark)
- Force Majeure (Sweden)
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Israel)
- Tangerines (Estonia)
- Leviathan (Russia)
Best Support Actress In A Motion Picture
- Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
- Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
- Meryl Streep (Into The Woods)
- Emma Stone (Birdman)
Best Supporting Actor In A Motion Picture
- Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
- Robert Duvall (The Judge)
- Edward Norton (Birdman)
- J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
- Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Best Director - Motion Picture
- Ava DuVernay (Selma)
- Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
- David Fincher (Gone Gril)
- Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
- Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
- Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo (Birdman)
- Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
- Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
- Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game)
- Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything)
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Gone Girl)
- Antonio Sanchez (Birdman)
- Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)
- Big Eyes (Big Eyes)
- Glory (Selma)
- Mercy Is (Noah)
- Opportunity (Annie)
- Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1)
Best TV Series, Drama
- Downtown Abbey
- The Affair
- Game of Thrones
- House of Cards
- The Good Wife
Best Actress In A TV Series, Drama
- Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder)
- Claire Danes (Homeland)
- Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
- Robin Wright (House of Cards)
- Ruth Wilson (The Affair)
Best Actor In A TV Series, Drama
- Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
- Clive Owen (The Knick)
- James Spader (The Blacklist)
- Dominic West (The Affair)
- Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
- Orange Is The New Black
- Girls
- Jane The Virgin
- Transparent
- Silicon Valley
Best Actress In A TV Series, Musical or Comedy
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
- Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
- Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin)
- Lena Dunham (Girls)
- Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black)
Best Actor In A TV Series, Musical or Comedy
- Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
- William H Macy (Shameless)
- Ricky Gervais (Derek)
- Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
- Louie C.K. (Louie)
Best TV Movie or Mini Series
- Olive Kitteridge
- Fargo
- The Missing
- True Detective
- The Normal Heart
Best Actress In A Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman)
- Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge)
- Allison Tolman (Fargo)
- Frances O'Connor (The Missing)
Best Actor In A Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Martin Freeman (Fargo)
- Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)
- Woody Harrelson (True Detective)
- Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo)
- Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart)
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Kathy Bates (American Horror Show: Freak Show)
- Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)
- Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
- Michelle Monaghan (True Detective)
- Allison Janney (Mom)
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Bill Murray (Olive Kitteridge)
- Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
- Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart)
- Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
- Colin Hanks (Fargo)
The World According To GMonster
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