State of the Race: Updated Golden Globe Predictions

Best Picture - Drama
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
War Horse

Best Picture Comedy/Musical
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets
Young Adult

Best Actor - Drama
George Clooney "The Descendants"
Leonardo Dicaprio "J. Edgar"
Michael Fassbender "Shame"
Ryan Gosling "The Ides of March" or "Drive"
Brad Pitt "Moneyball"

Best Actress - Drama
Glenn Close "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis "The Help"
Rooney Mara "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Elizabeth Olsen "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep "The Iron Lady"

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Matt Damon "We Bought a Zoo"
Johnny Depp "The Rum Diary"
Jean Dujardin "The Artist"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt "50/50"
Owen Wilson "Midnight in Paris"

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Berenice Bojo "The Artist"
Charlize Theron "Young Adult"
Kristen Wiig "Bridesmaids"
Michelle Williams "My WeekWith Marilyn"
Kate Winslet "Carnage"

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh "My WeekWith Marilyn"
Albert Brooks "Drive"
Ben Kingsley "Hugo"
Christopher Plummer "Beginners"
Kevin Spacey "Margin Call"

Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy "Bridesmaids"
Octavia Spencer "The Help"
Vanessa Redgrave "Coriolanus"
Shailene Woodley "The Descendants"

Best Director
David Ficher "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Michel Hazanavicius "The Artist"
Alexander Payne "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese "Hugo"
Steven Spielberg "War Horse"