Either the Globes righted the ship, or they added to the confusion. But films like Room, Carol, The Revenant, The Martian, and Mad Max rebounded well here, and I think will continue to march their way to Oscars despite some snubs at SAG. Some of the SAG surprises like Michael Shannon and Helen Mirren repeated here, and will probably be able to make it work all the way through. The Big Short, for example, continued to do well, so it is going into my Best Picture predictions. Beasts of No Nation only got the Elba nod. SAG is more important than the Globes, but I wonder if this year they are simply off the mark. Category confusion still abounds with Vikander and Mara (love the Ex Machina nod for Vikander), and Johnny Depp missed here, replaced by Will Smith, making for an interesting battle for the fifth slot along with Matt Damon. Bale gets in for lead here, supporting at SAG, so more category confusion. Also they love Tarantino, and the screenplay nod feels like a consolation prize, with only Jennifer Jason Leigh making it in as well. And while Joy managed to make it into Best Picture, the fact that its only other nod was Lawrence makes me think that it and The Hateful Eight had much more muted responses than previously predicted. In a wide-open year, they should not be discounted, but they need a boost quickly. The director top five here could be repeated come Oscar nomination morning. Finally, Spy and Trainwreck are hilarious, raunchy, and bold comedy films. In a race where the other three are sort of funny, it is nice to see the Globes embrace actual comedies, even if they will probably lose to either The Big Short or The Martian. I won't go into exorbitant detail about the television nominations right now, but I will say this, after the stale and at times atrocious SAG selections, The Golden Globes are such a polar opposite it is unreal. They made some mistakes, and missed some opportunities, but SAG voters, and Emmy voters, should take notice and grow a pair like HFPA voters did this morning.
Best Picture - Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Picture - Comedy/Musical
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Best Director
Todd Haynes "Carol"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy "Spotlight"
George Miller "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott "The Martian"
Best Actor - Drama
Bryan Cranston "Trumbo"
Leonardo DiCaprio "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne "The Danish Girl"
Will Smith "Concussion"
Best Actress - Drama
Cate Blanchett "Carol"
Brie Larson "Room"
Rooney Mara "Carol"
Saoirse Ronan "Brooklyn"
Alicia Vikander "The Danish Girl"
Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Christian Bale "The Big Short"
Steve Carell "The Big Short"
Matt Damon "The Martian"
Al Pacino "Danny Collins"
Mark Ruffalo "Infinitely Polar Bear"
Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Jennifer Lawrence "Joy"
Melissa McCarthy "Spy"
Amy Schumer "Trainwreck"
Maggie Smith "The Lady in the Van"
Lily Tomlin "Grandma"
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano "Love & Mercy"
Idris Elba "Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance "Bridge of Spies"
Michael Shannon "99 Homes"
Sylvester Stallone "Creed"
Best Supporting Actress
Jane Fonda "Youth"
Jennifer Jason Leigh "The Hateful Eight"
Helen Mirren "Trumbo"
Alicia Vikander "Ex Machina"
Kate Winslet "Steve Jobs"
Best Screenplay
Emma Donoghue "Room"
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer "Spotlight"
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay "The Big Short"
Aaron Sorkin "Steve Jobs"
Quentin Tarantino "The Hateful Eight"
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell "Carol"
Alexandre Desplat "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone "The Hateful Eight"
Daniel Pemberton "Steve Jobs"
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto "The Revenant"
Best Original Song
“Love Me Like You Do,” from Fifty Shades of Grey
“One Kind of Love,” from Love & Mercy
“See You Again,” from Furious 7
“Simple Song #3,” from Youth
“Writing's On the Wall,” from Spectre
Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Best Foreign Language Film
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul
Best Television Series - Drama
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander
Best Television Series - Comedy/Musical
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall
Jon Hamm "Mad Men"
Rami Malek "Mr. Robot"
Wagner Moura "Narcos"
Bob Odenkirk "Better Call Saul"
Liev Schrieber "Ray Donovan"
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Caitriona Balfe "Outlander"
Viola Davis "How to Get Away With Murder"
Eva Green "Penny Dreadful"
Taraji P. Henson "Empire"
Robin Wright "House of Cards"
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari "Master of None"
Gael Garcia Bernal "Mozart in the Jungle"
Rob Lowe "The Grinder"
Patrick Stewart "Blunt Talk"
Jeffrey Tambor "Transparent"
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Rachel Bloom "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Jamie Lee Curtis "Scream Queens"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus "Veep"
Gina Rodriguez "Jane the Virgin"
Lily Tomlin "Grace and Frankie"
Best Actor, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Idris Elba "Luther"
Oscar Isaac "Show Me A Hero"
David Oyelowo "Nightingale"
Mark Rylance "Wolf Hall"
Patrick Wilson "Fargo"
Best Actress, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Kirsten Dunst "Fargo"
Lady Gaga "American Horror Story: Hotel"
Sarah Hay "Flesh and Bone"
Felicity Huffman "American Crime"
Queen Latifah "Bessie"
Best Supporting Actor in Television
Alan Cumming "The Good Wife"
Damian Lewis "Wolf Hall"
Tobias Menzies "Outlander"
Ben Mendelsohn "Bloodline"
Christian Slater "Mr. Robot"
Best Supporting Actress in Television
Uzo Aduba "Orange is the New Black"
Joanne Froggatt "Downton Abbey"
Regina King "American Crime"
Judith Light "Transparent"
Maura Tierney "The Affair"
The GG should have considered "Youth" as a comedy.
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