Golden Globes Sunday has arrived - thoughts and predictions

A few years ago, back in New York City on Golden Globes Sunday I had fallen on hard times, something that happened often back then. I was working for a cleaning company and had booked a job cleaning a Broadway dancers studio apartment. He had left me alone to take care of business and I can remember very clearly turning on E! to watch the Red Carpet while I cleaned. It was pretty early still, so there were lots of reports on shoes and jewelry and some smatterings here and there about the movies. I remember thinking that one day I would be in Los Angeles, and I would be at that ceremony. The dream was still quite alive. And although I did make it to LA for a brief period of time, I didn't quite make it to the Golden Globes. Not yet, at least.

I don't know why that memory is so alive today, but I have an idea.

Yesterday I decided to take a break from social media after a very exhausting Friday, and I am so glad that I did. I thought I was going to have to SAY something about everything that went down on Friday in regard to Kevin Hart, Ellen and the Oscars...but after a day of rest, I ended up having the best night's sleep I had had in ages and woke up remembering the joy of Golden Globes weekend, of Oscar season! The excitement I feel watching movies, interviewing the filmmakers, writing about how those movies make me feel and of course, the awards themselves.

I don't have to say a thing about Kevin Hart. Everyone else is saying plenty. I don't even care whether or not what they have to say is fair, just, or otherwise. I just want to get back to the work. And the work for me is about the art, not the drama that surrounds it, and not my social media feeds.

Enough drama. There will be none of that here at Awards Wiz. If you are looking for the antidote for all of that mess, check out the 48 second mark below. Plus, who doesn't love a good "Center Stage" clip?



NOW...let's get to it shall we?!

People love to discount the Globes, saying they tend to lean toward the celebrity, but they really haven't done that so much in recent years, instead, actually changing the gage from what the critics award toward the Oscars themselves. Last year was a prime example of that when all 4 eventual Oscar winners won on Globes night.

Also, the Globes almost always award some of the best new television series and actors while the Emmys continue to honor the same old, same old. They were the first to honor "The X-Files," Jennifer Garner in "Alias," America Ferrera in "Ugly Betty," just to name a few. I expect that this year they will give their television honors to "Homecoming" (although they might give "Killing Eve" or "Pose" the win) and "Barry." After all they gave "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" the win last year.

In the film department there are a few categories that will certainly shed some sort of light on the rest of the season.

BEST PICTURE - Drama
At this stage of the game there are almost always three Best Picture frontrunners. It just makes predicting a bit safer to start with three before it almost always narrows down to two.

If I was to guess, I would say those three would be "A Star is Born," "Black Panther" and "BlacKkKlansman." I guess I should say "Roma," but I'm not quite sold on that. Or on Cuaron winning director.  We'll see what happens tonight. I guess the safest guess would be "A Star is Born."

SUPPORTING ACTOR
I would love, love, love for Timothee Chalamet to win this award tonight, but I feel like it's going to be Richard E. Grant at the Globes and at the Oscars. It's possible that Mahershala Ali could win, but I don't feel any heat left for "Green Book."

DIRECTOR
I'm feeling that this is Spike Lee's award to lose. He is incredibly overdue, and "BlacKkKlansman" is fantastic. They could go with Bradley Cooper or Alfonso Cuaron, however.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tonight's the night where I think Amy Adams will start her winning streak. I could be completely wrong here, but I think this is going to be a bit of a repeat from last year. It was Laurie Metcalf all the way until we got to the Globes. From then it was Janney's for the taking. Regina King is fantastic in "If Beale Street Could Talk," and I certainly think she deserves it over Adams, but I just don't think it will happen.

BET ACTRESS - DRAMA
Is Lady Gaga really the frontrunner for Best Actress or is it going to be Glenn Close? I would be happy if either of them took the stage tonight. Glenn Close really needs this win, but I'm going with Gaga.

BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY
If Olivia Colman is going to give Gaga a run for her money, she needs to win here; however, I think Emily Blunt is going to win.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Everyone is predicting "Roma," including me, but don't be shocked if "Shoplifters" takes the prize.

ANIMATED FEATURE
I would love to see the Globes give some fresh love in this category the way they do with television. "Incredibles 2" is fine...but nothing compared to the timely and superior "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."

FULL PREDICTIONS BELOW IN BOLD

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“A Star Is Born”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close (“The Wife”)
Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”)
Nicole Kidman (“Destroyer”)
Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Rosamund Pike (“A Private War”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”)
Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”)
Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Vice”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”)
Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”)
Charlize Theron (“Tully”)
Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale (“Vice”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”)
Robert Redford (“The Old Man & the Gun”)
John C. Reilly (“Stan & Ollie”)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams (“Vice”)
Claire Foy (“First Man”)
Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Emma Stone (“The Favourite”)
Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”)
Timothee Chalamet (“Beautiful Boy”)
Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”)
Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Sam Rockwell (“Vice”)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mirai”
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“Capernaum”
“Girl”
“Never Look Away”
“Roma”
“Shoplifters”

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”)
Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”)
Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”)
Adam McKay (“Vice”)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (“The Favourite”)
Barry Jenkins (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Adam McKay (“Vice”)
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (“Green Book”)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Marco Beltrami (“A Quiet Place”)
Alexandre Desplat (“Isle of Dogs”)
Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”)
Justin Hurwitz (“First Man”)
Marc Shaiman (“Mary Poppins Returns”)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“All the Stars” (“Black Panther”)
“Girl in the Movies” (“Dumplin’”)
“Requiem For a Private War” (“A Private War”)
“Revelation’ (“Boy Erased”)
“Shallow” (“A Star Is Born”)

Best Television Series – Drama
“The Americans”
“Bodyguard”
“Homecoming”
“Killing Eve”
“Pose”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe (“Outlander”)
Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
Julia Roberts (“Homecoming”)
Keri Russell (“The Americans”)

 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)
Stephan James (“Homecoming”)
Richard Madden (“Bodyguard”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)
Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Barry” (HBO)“The Good Place” (NBC)
“Kidding” (Showtime)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell (“The Good Place”)
Candice Bergen (“Murphy Brown”)
Alison Brie (“Glow”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Debra Messing (“Will & Grace”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (“Who Is America?”)
Jim Carrey (“Kidding”)
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Donald Glover (“Atlanta”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“The Alienist” (TNT)
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX)
“Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime)
“Sharp Objects” (HBO)
“A Very English Scandal” (Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams (“Sharp Objects”)
Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Connie Britton (“Dirty John”)
Laura Dern (“The Tale”)
Regina King (“Seven Seconds”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas (“Genius: Picasso”)
Daniel Bruhl (“The Alienist”)
Darren Criss (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“Patrick Melrose”)
Hugh Grant (“A Very English Scandal”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp Objects”)
Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Thandie Newton (“Westworld”)
Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”)
Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
Edgar Ramirez (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”)
Henry Winkler (“Barry”)