My Golden Globe Nomination Predictions

The Golden Globes are today! Are you ready? A mix of awards for both movie and television accomplishments.

Always a fun time to predict winners in this pre-Oscar award event. Below you will find the nominees for each theatrical release-related category, followed by my predicted winner, who I think should win and then who the biggest challenger is for each category.

Here’s to all the nominees! 🙂

All of the predictions are simply my fun predictions and I may be pretty spot on or be way off. Tonite we will find out! Enjoy. Be sure to leave me your own bold predictions in the comments section.

• Best Motion Picture, Drama
  • Nominees: 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena, Rush
  • Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
  • Should Win: Gravity
  • Biggest Challenger: Gravity
• Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
  • Nominees: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks), Kate Winslet (Labor Day)
  • Will Win: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
  • Should Win: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
  • Biggest Challenger: Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
• Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
  • Nominees: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), Robert Redford (All is Lost)
  • Will Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
  • Should Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
  • Biggest Challenger: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
• Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
  • Nominees: American Hustle, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Will Win: American Hustle
  • Should Win: Her
  • Biggest Challenger: Inside Llewyn Davis
• Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
  • Nominees: Amy Adams (American Hustle), Julie Delpy (Before Midnight), Greta Gerwig (Francis Ha), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said), Meryl Streep (August Osage County)
  • Will Win: Meryl Streep (August Osage County)
  • Should Win: Amy Adams (American Hustle)
  • Biggest Challenger: Amy Adams (American Hustle)
• Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
  • Nominees: Christian Bale (American Hustle) Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Joaquin Phoenix (Her)
  • Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
  • Should Win: Christian Bale (American Hustle)
  • Biggest Challenger: Christian Bale (American Hustle)
• Best Animated Feature Film
  • Nominees: The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Frozen
  • Will Win: Frozen
  • Should Win: Frozen
  • Biggest Challenger: The Croods
• Best Foreign Language Film
  • Nominees: Blue is the Warmest Color, The Great Beauty, The Hunt, The Past, The Wind Rises
  • Will Win: The Great Beauty
  • Should Win: Blue is the Warmest Color
  • Biggest Challenger: The Hunt
• Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
  • Nominees: Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County), June Squibb (Nebraska)
  • Will Win: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
  • Should Win: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
  • Biggest Challenger: Julia Roberts (August Osage County)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
  • Nominees: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Daniel Brühl (Rush), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
  • Will Win: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
  • Should Win: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
  • Biggest Challenger: Daniel Brühl (Rush)
• Best Director, Motion Picture
  • Nominees: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Alexander Payne (Nebraska), David O. Russell (American Hustle)
  • Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
  • Should Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
  • Biggest Challenger (David O. Russell (American Hustle)
• Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
  • Nominees: Spike Jonze (Her), Bob Nelson (Nebraska), Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan (Philomena), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell (American Hustle)
  • Will Win: Spike Jonze (Her)
  • Should Win: Spike Jonze (Her)
  • Biggest Challenger: Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell (American Hustle)
• Best Original Score, Motion Picture
  • Nominees: Alex Ebert (All is Lost), Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Steven Price (Gravity), John Williams (The Book Thief), Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)
  • Will Win: Steven Price (Gravity)
  • Should Win: Steven Price (Gravity)
  • Biggest Challenger: Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
• Best Original Song, Motion Picture
  • Nominees: “Atlas” (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, “Let It Go” (Frozen), “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), “Please Mr. Kennedy” (Inside Llewyn Davis), “Sweeter Than Fiction” (One Chance)
  • Will Win: “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
    
  • Should Win: “Let It Go” (Frozen)
  • Biggest Challenger: “Please Mr. Kennedy” (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Well, those are MY predictions. What are yours? Am I completely off? Will Amy Adams take it from Meryl Streep? Does Joaquin Phoenix have a chance at a win? Will Jennifer Lawrence win? Do you think Jared Leto’s performance is better than Dustin Hoffman’s in Tootsie? Will Disney’s “Let It Go” beat out “Please Mr. Kennedy”? So much to guess and to look forward to. The Golden Globes are in a few hours. Don’t miss ’em…and come back and compare your and my predictions with the actual results!

Not a fan of the nominations and/or the winners? Don’t forget: There is still time to vote for the winners of my own special version of The Oscars/Golden Globes in the 4th Annual Red Web Awards. Polls are still open thru Tuesday. The results award ceremony will post on Wednesday, January 15. Vote HERE.