2016 Golden Globe Awards winners

Congratulations to this year's Golden Globe Awards winners!

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
La La Land

Best Lead Actor - Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Best Lead Actress - Drama
Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Best Lead Actor - Musical/Comedy
Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Best Lead Actress - Musical/Comedy
Emma Stone, La La Land

Best Supporting Actor
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences

Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Best Screenplay
Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Best Original Score
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

Best Original Song
"City of Stars." La La Land

Best Animated Feature
Zootopia

Best Foreign Language Film
Elle

2016 Golden Globe Awards predictions

Prediction time! I feel reasonably confident about at least half of these - no way, for instance, La La Land, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone or Viola Davis are losing here. Some of these are true jump balls - Manchester by the Sea vs. Moonlight in both Drama Picture and Screenplay, Casey Affleck vs. Denzel Washington, Moana vs. Zootopia and arguably all of the contenders in Foreign Language Film. Upsets to keep an eye on include Jeff Bridges, Mel Gibson and yes, Ryan Reynolds, who I am begrudgingly predicting for the win here. (My feeling is if Deadpool could inexplicably garner a Comedy/Musical Picture nod, a Reynolds victory is not only plausible but perhaps even likely.)

Check out my predictions below, ranked from most to least likely to prevail. And of course, feel free to chime in with your own two cents as well!

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Moonlight
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Lion
5. Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

1. La La Land
2. Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Deadpool
4. 20th Century Women
5. Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

1. Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
2. Denzel Washington – Fences
3. Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
4. Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
5. Joel Edgerton - Loving

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:

1. Natalie Portman – Jackie
2. Amy Adams – Arrival
3. Isabelle Huppert - Elle
4. Ruth Negga - Loving
5. Jessica Chastain - Miss Sloane

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

1. Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
2. Ryan Gosling – La La Land
3. Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Colin Farrell - The Lobster
5. Jonah Hill - War Dogs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

1. Emma Stone – La La Land
2. Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
4. Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge of Seventeen
5. Lily Collins - Rules Don't Apply

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

1. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
3. Dev Patel - Lion
4. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals
5. Simon Helberg - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

1. Viola Davis – Fences
2. Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
3. Nicole Kidman - Lion
4. Naomie Harris - Moonlight
5. Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Best Director – Motion Picture:

1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land
2. Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
3. Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
4. Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
5. Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals

Best Screenplay:

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Moonlight
3. Hell or High Water
4. Nocturnal Animals
5. La La Land

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:

1. Toni Erdmann – Germany
2. Neruda – Chile
3. The Salesman – Iran/France
4. Elle – France
5. Divines – France

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

1. Moana
2. Zootopia
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. My Life as a Zucchini
5. Sing

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

1. City of Stars – La La Land
2. How Far I’ll Go – Moana
3. Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
4. Faith – Sing
5. Gold – Gold

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:

1. Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
2. Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
3. Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
4. Johann Johannsson – Arrival
5. Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures

2016 Golden Globe Awards nominations

Congratulations to this year's wonderful (and, in many respects, very surprising) Golden Globe nominees! 

Best Motion Picture – Drama:
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen –  Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Amy Adams – Arrival
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill – War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Viola Davis – Fences
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best Director – Motion Picture:
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay:
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:
Divines – France
Elle – France
Neruda – Chile
The Salesman – Iran/France
Toni Erdmann – Germany

Best Motion Picture – Animated:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:
Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
City of Stars – La La Land
Faith – Sing
Gold – Gold
How Far I’ll Go – Moana

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Johann Johannsson – Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures

2016 Golden Globe nominations predictions

The Golden Globes are hardly my favorite precursor of the Oscar season. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is, after all, kind of a joke, its elusive members notorious for handing out awards and nominations in exchange for Rolex watches (which is precisely how Sharon Stone was stunningly recognized in Best Musical/Comedy Actress for Albert Brooks' flop The Muse) and other glitzy gifts. The now-defunct television network Trio once ran an incredible documentary, The Golden Globes: Hollywood's Dirty Little Secret, that exposed the HFPA's shady practices. It should be a must-see for awards buffs - the problem, of course, is the program became all but impossible to track down after Trio's departure, an exit that happened before the days of YouTube.

That being said, I do still get a modest kick out of the Globes and enjoy predicting them. Putting these together, I'm particularly tickled that I can list the likes of Rebecca Hall, Sally Field and Susan Sarandon - performances exceedingly unlikely to grace my Oscar predictions.

Note that I've received some contradictory information as to category placements for a couple of films. Only one, however, shows up in my predictions, which I've noted below.

So, with that said, here are my 2016 Golden Globe nomination predictions, ranked from most to least likely to be nominated. Of course feel free to chime in and offer up your own thoughts too!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

1. Manchester By the Sea
2. Moonlight
3. Silence
4. Lion
5. Loving
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6. Arrival
7. Sully
8. Jackie
9. Fences
10. Hacksaw Ridge

Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

1. La La Land
2. Florence Foster Jenkins
3. 20th Century Women
4. Hail, Caesar!
5. Sing Street
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6. Love and Friendship
7. American Honey
8. The Lobster
9. Rules Don't Apply
10. Cafe Society

Best Lead Actor - Drama

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
2. Denzel Washington, Fences
3. Tom Hanks, Sully
4. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
5. Joel Edgerton, Loving
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6. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
7. Chris Pine, Hell or High Water
8. Michael Keaton, The Founder
9. Mark Wahlberg, Patriots Day
10. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Snowden

Best Lead Actress - Drama

1. Natalie Portman, Jackie
2. Amy Adams, Arrival
3. Ruth Negga, Loving
4. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
5. Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
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6. Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
7. Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
8. Rachel Weisz, Denial
9. Rebecca Hall, Christine
10. Jennifer Lawrence, Passengers

Best Lead Actor - Comedy/Musical

1. Ryan Gosling, La La Land
2. Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic (if Drama, move to #8 in that line-up)
4. Colin Farrell, The Lobster
5. Warren Beatty, Rules Don't Apply
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6. Don Cheadle, Miles Ahead
7. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
8. George Clooney, Hail, Caesar!
9. Adam Driver, Paterson
10. Russell Crowe, The Nice Guys

Best Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical

1. Emma Stone, La La Land
2. Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
3. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Kate Beckinsale, Love and Friendship
5. Kristen Stewart, Cafe Society
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6. Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Baby
7. Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
8. Sally Field, Hello, My Name Is Doris
9. Sasha Lane, American Honey
10. Susan Sarandon, The Meddler

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
3. Dev Patel, Lion
4. Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
5. Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
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6. Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
7. Issei Ogata, Silence
8. Kevin Costner, Hidden Figures
9. Adam Driver, Silence
10. Peter Sarsgaard, Jackie

Best Supporting Actress

1. Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
2. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
3. Viola Davis, Fences
4. Nicole Kidman, Lion
5. Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
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6. Rachel Weisz, The Light Between Oceans
7. Helen Mirren, Eye in the Sky
8. Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures
9. Lupita Nyong'o, Queen of Katwe
10. Lily Gladstone, Certain Women

Best Director

1. Damian Chazelle, La La Land
2. Martin Scorsese, Silence
3. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
4. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
5. Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
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6. Denzel Washington, Fences
7. Clint Eastwood, Sully
8. Denis Villenueve, Arrival
9. Pablo Larrain, Jackie
10. Jeff Nichols, Loving

Best Screenplay

1. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
2. Barry Jenkins and Tarell McCraney, Moonlight
3. Jay Cocks, Silence
4. August Wilson, Fences
5. Jeff Nichols, Loving
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6. Luke Davies, Lion
7. Damian Chazelle, La La Land
8. Joel and Ethan Coen, Hail, Caesar!
9. Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
10. Todd Komarnicki, Sully

Best Original Score

1. Johann Johansson, Arrival
2. Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka, Lion
3. Alexandre Desplat, Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
5. John Williams, The BFG
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6. Mica Levi, Jackie
7. Abel Korzeniowski, Nocturnal Animals
8. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Patriots Day
9. Kim Allen Kluge and Kathryn Kluge, Silence
10. Carter Burwell, Hail, Caesar!

Best Original Song

1. "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)," La La Land
2. "We Know the Way," Moana
3. "Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls
4. "Drive It Like You Stole It," Sing Street
5. “Suis-moi," The Little Prince
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6. "The Rules Don't Apply," Rules Don't Apply
7. "The Great Beyond," Sausage Party
8. "City of Stars," La La Land
9. "I See Victory," Hidden Figures
10. "How Far I'll Go," Moana

Best Animated Film

1. Moana
2. Zootopia
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. Finding Dory
5. The Red Turtle
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6. The Little Prince
7. April and the Extraordinary World
8. Miss Hokusai
9. Sing
10. My Life as a Zucchini

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Toni Erdmann
2. The Salesman
3. Neruda
4. Elle
5. Fire at Sea
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6. Ma'Rosa
7. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
8. Julieta
9. Death in Sarajevo
10. Barakah Meets Barakah