The Awards Circuit: Golden Globe Predictions

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER PREDICTIONS 2010
UPDATED: JANUARY 17, 2010 (1:31am ET)
BY: CLAYTON DAVIS

PREDICTIONS (IN ORDER)

BEST MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)

Inglourious Basterds

The Hurt Locker

Avatar

Up in the Air

Precious: Based on the
Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

-If it has any chance for Oscar,
this will be it's start

-If they're in a war mood.

-They love Cameron.

-If they're going to nominate the
best, it'll be this.

-Just happy to be there.

BEST MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

(500) Days of Summer

Nine

The Hangover

It's Complicated

Julie & Julia

-If they're up for rewarding the
best in the bunch.

-They do love their musicals
even if the reviews suck.

-The funniest film of the bunch.

-It's Nancy Meyer's Best but it'll
miss it here.

-It's not they're type to reward.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (DRAMA)

Jeff Bridges-
Crazy Heart

George Clooney-
Up in the Air

Colin Firth-
A Single Man

Morgan Freeman-
Invictus

Tobey Maguire-
Brothers

-The beginning of his trip to
Oscar.

-A great performance
overshadowed by overdue
veterans.

-If Bridges wasn't there.

-No real threat.

-Happy to be there

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Michael Stuhlbarg-
A Serious Man

Daniel Day-Lewis-
Nine

Matt Damon-
The Informant!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt-
(500) Days of Summer

Robert Downey, Jr.-
Sherlock Holmes

-The best performance of the
bunch. Might get rewarded.

-They do love Day-Lewis.

-A reward for a great year?

-A Welcome to the club.

-The coolest guy in the room. Not
getting a statue yet.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (DRAMA)

Sandra Bullock-
The Blind Side

Carey Mulligan-
An Education

Gabourey Sidibe-
Precious: Based on the
Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Helen Mirren-
The Last Station

Emily Blunt-
The Young Victoria

-They do love their stars.

-They may follow suit with the
critics.

-Will they welcome a
newcomer? Likely not.

-They rewarded her already.

-Someday. Just not today.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Meryl Streep-
Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep-
It's Complicated

Marion Cotillard-
Nine

Sandra Bullock-
The Proposal

Julia Roberts-
Duplicity

-They'll give Meryl two if they
could.

-Ditto.

-It's deserved but Meryl is so
far ahead.

-Her chance is in Drama.

-She just made the cut. It's
about Streep and Bullock.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mo'Nique-
Precious: Based on the
Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Julianne Moore-
A Single Man

Anna Kendrick-
Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga-
Up in the Air

Penelope Cruz-
Nine

-It's her's to lose.

-If they're aching to give her one
already.

-If they give the film awards
everywhere.

-Unfortunately if it's going to be
someone from the film, it's
Kendrick.

-The lightest performance in the
bunch. Can't beat out the
competition.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christoph Waltz-
Inglourious Basterds

Christopher Plummer-
The Last Station

Woody Harrelson-
The Messenger

Stanley Tucci-
The Lovely Bones

Matt Damon-
Invictus

-They usually go for the best in
this category.

-They don't always go for the
veterans.

-Small film with no love
anywhere else in the Globes.

-It's a Maybe. A big Maybe.

-If he wins, it's in Comedy.

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

Kathryn Bigelow-
The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino-
Inglourious Basterds

James Cameron-
Avatar

Jason Reitman-
Up in the Air

Clint Eastwood-
Invictus

-They could keep the
steamroller going.

-They do love Tarantino. He
could sneak in.

-They've given it to him before.
They usually go more Drama.

-Not big enough star yet.

-Too much Clint, but not enough
to nominate.

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

Up in the Air

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

District 9

It's Complicated

-They reward Comedies here
often enough.

-The upset. It depends on if it's
Reitman or Bigelow.

-Could benefit from a split with
the other two.

-Too violent for this award.

-Happy to be there.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Up

Avatar

Where the Wild Things Are

The Informant!

A Single Man

-He's due.

-It's possible.

-Ineligible for Oscar but Globes
don't care.

-No.

-Really?

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"The Weary Kind"
Crazy Heart

"Winter"
Brothers

"Cinema Italiano"
Nine

"I See You"
Avatar

"(I Want to) Come Home"
Everybody's Fine

-The best of the bunch.

-They love Bono.

-If they go apeshit for the
musical.

-Following Titanic's footsteps?
Perhaps.

-Paul McCartney is a legend.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Up

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess & the Frog

Coraline

Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs

It's needs this...or Fantastic Mr.
Fox may jump in front.

Up's competition.

Is it time for 2-D to make a
comeback?

-Stop motion is always a good
fix for an award.

-Too light.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The White Ribbon

A Prophet

Broken Embraces

The Maid

Baaria

-The one to beat.

-The upset.

-They love them some Pedro.

-A late bloomer?

-Anything goes in this category.

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