The 68th Annual BAFTA Awards

Boyhood makes a comeback here! Tomorrow I will go over DGA and BAFTAs and see where we stand, and start Final Predictions!

Best Picture - Boyhood
Best Director - Richard Linklater "Boyhood"
Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actress - Julianne Moore "Still Alice"
Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons "Whiplash"
Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette "Boyhood"
Best Adapted Screenplay - Anthony McCarten "The Theory of Everything"
Best Original Screenplay - Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Documentary - Citizenfour
Best Animated Film - The LEGO Movie
Best Film Not in the English Language - Ida
Best British Film - The Theory of Everything
EE British Rising Star Award - Jack O'Connell
Best Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer - Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone "Pride
Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki "Birdman"
Best Costume Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Film Editing - Whiplash
Best Makeup and Hair - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Production Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Sound - Whiplash
Best Special Visual Effects - Interstellar
Best British Short Film - Boogaloo and Graham
Best British Short Animated Film - The Bigger Picture
British Contribution to Cinema - BBC Films

The 67th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award Winners

Birdman has now hit the trifecta, and after this afternoon we will know the fate of the BAFTAs, and of how this Oscar race is going to play out. Full recap and updated predictions tomorrow! For now check out the winners below and tune in today/tonight for live updates of the BAFTA and Grammy Awards!

Best Director of a Motion Picture - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu "Birdman"

Best Director of a Documentary - Laura Poitras "Citizenfour"

Best Director of a Drama Series - Lesli Linka Glatter "Homeland - From A to B and Back Again"

Best Director of a Comedy Series - Jill Soloway "Transparent - Best New Girl"

Best Director of a TV Movie/Miniseries - Lisa Cholodenko "Olive Kitteridge"

Best Director of Variety Series - Dave Diomedi "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Episode #1"

Best Director of a Variety Special - Glenn Weiss "The 68th Annual Tony Awards"

Best Director of a Reality Program - Anthony B. Sacco "The Chair - The Test"

Best Director of a Children's Program - Jonathan Judge "100 Things to Do Before High School - Pilot"

Best Director of Commercials - Nicolai Fuglsig, MJZ "Sapeurs - Guinness" and "Waiting - FEMA"

Lifetime Achievement Award - James Burrows and Robert Butler

Frank Capra Achievement Award - Phillip Goldfarb  

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award - Julie Gelfand

2015 Grammy Predictions - Final List

Album of the Year - Beyonce "Beyonce"
Record of the Year - Sam Smith "Stay With Me"
Song of the Year - Sam Smith "Stay With Me"
Best New Artist - Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance - Sam Smith "Stay With Me"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX "Fancy"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album-  Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett "Cheek to Cheek"
Best Pop Vocal Album - Sam Smith "In the Lonely Hour"
Best Rock Performance - Black Keys "Fever"
Best Rock Song - D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney "Fever"
Best Rock Album - Beck "Morning Phase"
Best Alternative Music Album - Jack White "Lazaretto"
Best R&B Performance - Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Drunk in Love"
Best Traditional R&B Performance - Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton "As"
Best R&B Song - Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko "Drunk in Love"
Best Urban Contemporary Album - Beyonce "Beyonce"
Best R&B Album - Toni Braxton and Babyface "Love, Marriage, & Divorce"
Best Rap Performance - Kendrick Lamar "i"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Eminem feat. Rihanna "The Monster"
Best Rap Song - K. Duckworth & C. Smith "i"
Best Rap Album - Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
Best Country Solo Performance - Carrie Underwood "Something in the Water"
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood "Somethin' Bad"
Best Country Song - Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Best Country Album - Miranda Lambert "Platinum"
Best Spoken Word Album - Joan Rivers "Diary of a Mad Diva"
Best Comedy Album - Weird-Al Yankovic "Mandatory Fun"
Best Musical Theater Album - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - Frozen
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - Steven Price "Gravity"
Best Song Written for Visual Media - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez "Let It Go"
Best Music Video - Sia "Chandelier"
Best Music Film - Beyonce and Jay-Z: On the Run Tour

2015 Grammy Predictions - Album of the Year

Will Win - Beyonce "Beyonce"

Should Win - Beyonce "Beyonce"

Could Win - Beck "Morning Phase" or Beck "Morning Phase"

Commentary - Sam Smith could sweep all four categories, and while it would not be their worst choice, I do hope, and I truly think that they are going to go their own way on Album of the Year. Smith is clearly talented and Stay With Me is a smash hit, but the album as a whole was a bit of a disappointed. Rock artists have always done well in general categories when nominated, and I think that Beck is the real dark horse. Plus he has been cranking out great album after great album for a long time without taking this top prize. Overdue definitely comes to mind. Although one could also argue that Beyonce is also overdue. She too has been cranking out great album after another, selling millions of records, and only gotten one general award (Song of the Year for Single Ladies). Her self-titled album got a lot of buzz after its surprise release. But once the dust settled, it also managed to have some of the best reviews of the year, sell a ton of albums, and continue to prove that no one has the power of the Queen B. I think she wins this award here. Her lack of Song or Record of the Year nods is a bit disconcerting, but we have seen plenty of albums win without either.

The 46th Annual NAACP Image Award Winners

Entertainer of the Year - Taraji P. Henson

Film
Best Motion Picture - Selma
Best Actor - David Oyelowo "Selma"
Best Actress - Taraji P. Henson "No Good Deed"
Best Supporting Actor - Common "Selma"
Best Supporting Actress - Carmen Ejogo "Selma"
Best Independent Motion Picture- Belle
Best Director - Antoine Fuqua "The Equalizer"
Best Writing - Misan Sagay "Belle"
Best Documentary - Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Television
Best Drama Series - How to Get Away With Murder
Best Comedy Series - black-ish
Best Actress in a Drama Series - Viola Davis "How to Get Away With Murder"
Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross "black-ish"
Best Actor in a Drama Series - Shemar Moore "Criminal Minds"
Best Actor in a Comedy Series - Anthony Anderson "black-ish"
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Laurence Fishburne "black-ish"
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Yara Shahidi "black-ish"
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Joe Morton "Scandal"
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Khandi Alexander "Scandal"
Best Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special - The Trip to Bountiful
Best Actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries - Blair Underwood "The Trip to Bountiful"
Best Actress in a TV Movie/Miniseries - Cicely Tyson "The Trip to Bountiful"
Best News/Information Series or Special - Unsung
Best Talk Series - Steve Harvey
Best Reality Series - Iyanla: Fix My Life
Best Variety Series/Special - Oprah's Master Class
Best Children's Program - Doc McStuffins
Best Performance By a Youth in a Youth Program - Fatima Ptacek "Dora and Friends: Into the City"
Best Reality/Variety/Talk Show Host - Steve Harvey "Steve Harvey"
Best Character Voice-Over Performance - Loretta Devine "Doc McStuffins"
Best Directing in a Drama Series - Carl Franklin "House of Cards - Chapter 14"
Best Directing in a Comedy Series - Ken Whittingham "Parks and Recreation - Prom"
Best Directing in a Television Movie - Reggie Bythewood "Gun Hill"
Best Writing in a Drama Series - Erika Green Swafford "How to Get Away With Murder - Let's Get to Scooping"
Best Writing in a Comedy Series - Sara Hess "Orange is the New Black - It Was the Change"
Best Writing in a Television Movie - Shernold Edwards "A Day Late and a Dollar Short"
Best Documentary - Bad Boys

Music
Best New Artist - 3 Winans Brothers
Best Male Artist - Pharrell Williams
Best Female Artist - Beyonce
Best Duo, Group, or Collaboration - Sam Smith feat. Mary J. Blige "Stay With Me"
Best Jazz Album - Al Jarreau "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke"
Best Gospel Album - Gladys Knight "Where My Heart Belongs"
Best Music Video - John Legend "You & I (Nobody in the World)"
Best Song - Alicia Keys "We Are Here"
Best Album - Aretha Franklin "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics"

Vanguard Award - Clive Davis
Chairman's Award - Eric Holder
President's Award - Spike Lee

2015 Grammy Predictions - Record of the Year

Will Win - Sam Smith "Stay With Me"

Could Win - Sia "Chandelier" or Taylor Swift "Shake it Off"

Should Win - Sia "Chandelier"

Commentary - Sia's Chandelier is easily the best radio hit of the year. It is a soaring pop ballad that has both flash and substance. I think it could pull off a win here. And Taylor Swift should never be discounted. While flashy and upbeat pop hits have never done well here (compared to the softer and darker work from Sia and Sam Smith), she is Taylor Swift and her song is infectious (literally I wish I could get it out of my head!). But I think that Sam Smith is practically unstoppable in most of these categories, particularly anything involving Sam Smith, and particularly anything involving Stay With Me. The album as a whole was a bit disappointing, but Stay With Me was a fantastic record, is beloved by so many, and I think it becomes this year's Record of the Year.

2015 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination Lists

As always, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced its pre-nomination lists for the six performance categories. Check out the full list below, and stay tuned for more Daytime Emmy coverage, at least as soon as Oscar season is over!

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
TRACEY E. BREGMAN "The Young and the Restless"
JESSICA COLLINS "The Young and the Restless"
MELISSA CLAIRE EGAN "The Young and the Restless"
KATHERINE KELLY LANG "The Bold and the Beautiful"
PEGGY MCCAY "Days of Our Lives"
ALISON SWEENEY "Days of Our Lives"
GINA TOGNONI "The Young and the Restless"
HEATHER TOM "The Bold and the Beautiful"
MAURA WEST "General Hospital"
LAURA WRIGHT "General Hospital"

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
PETER BERGMAN "The Young and the Restless"
ERIC BRAEDEN "The Young and the Restless"
TYLER CHRISTOPHER "General Hospital"
DANIEL COSGROVE "Days of Our Lives"
DOUG DAVIDSON "The Young and the Restless"
ANTHONY GEARY "General Hospital"
JUSTIN HARTLEY "The Young and the Restless"
CHRISTIAN LEBLANC "The Young and the Restless"
JOHN MCCOOK "The Bold and the Beautiful"
BILLY MILLER "The Young and the Restless"
JASON THOMPSON "General Hospital"

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
LINSEY GODFREY "The Bold and the Beautiful"
NANCY LEE GRAHN "General Hospital"
AMELIA HEINLE "The Young and the Restless"
ELIZABETH HENDRICKSON "The Young and the Restless"
FINOLA HUGHES "General Hospital"
LISA LOCICERO "General Hospital"
KIM MATULA "The Bold and the Beautiful"
CADY MCCLAIN "The Young and the Restless"
MICHELLE STAFFORD "General Hospital"
CHRISHELL STAUSE "Days of Our Lives"
KELLY SULLIVAN "The Young and the Restless"

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BLAKE BERRIS "Days of Our Lives"
DARIN BROOKS "The Bold and the Beautiful"
STEVE BURTON "The Young and the Restless"
SEAN CARRIGAN "The Young and the Restless"
SCOTT CLIFTON "The Bold and the Beautiful"
CHAD DUELL "General Hospital"
BRYTON JAMES "The Young and the Restless"
ERIC MARTSOLF "Days of Our Lives"
KRISTOFF ST. JOHN "The Young and the Restless"
JACOB YOUNG "The Bold and the Beautiful"

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
KRISTEN ALDERSON  "General Hospital"
CAMILA BANUS "Days of Our Lives"
LAUREN BOLES "Days of Our Lives"
ASHLEIGH BREWER " The Bold and The Beautiful"
CAMRYN GRIMES "The Young and the Restless"
HUNTER KING "The Young and the Restless"
TRUE O’BRIEN "Days of Our Lives"
ASHLYN PEARCE "The Bold and the Beautiful"
HALEY PULLOS "General Hospital"

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BRYAN CRAIG "General Hospital"
MAX EHRICH "The Young and the Restless"
CONNOR KALOPSIS "Days of Our Lives"
CASEY MOSS "Days of Our Lives"
MAX PAGE "The Young and the Restless"
TERRELL RANSOM JR. "Days of Our Lives"
TEQUAN RICHMOND "General Hospital"
FREDDIE SMITH "Days of Our Lives"

13th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Award Winners

Big Hero 6 gets some industry love here, proving that the Animated Feature race is going to be one to watch. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes gets a lot of love here, and should win the Oscar, but will probably lose out to either Interstellar or Guardians of the Galaxy.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Birdman

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones - The Children

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
American Horror Story: Freak Show - Edward Mordrake, Part 2

Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
SSE; Maya

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
 Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquee de Remy

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Caesar

Outstanding  Performance of an Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Baymax

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
SSE; Maya

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Interstellar - Tesseract

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6 - Into the Portal

Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
Game of Thrones - Braavos Establisher

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Scene

Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project
Big Hero 6 - City of San Fransokyo

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
Big Hero 6

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program
Game of Thrones - TheWatchers on the Wall

Outstanding Compositing in a in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial
SSE

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Wrapped

2015 Grammy Predictions - Song of the Year

Will Win - Sam Smith "Stay With Me"

Could Win - Sia "Chandelier" or Hozier "Take Me to Church"

Should Win - Sia "Chandelier"

Commentary - In terms of song writing Sia's Chandelier and Hozier's Take Me to Church are real standouts. Their lyrics have the most impact and the deepest of the bunch, and both still remain popular top hits at the same time. Great lyrics that still remain accessible is the exact formula that Grammy voters should be rewarding here. But instead, I think the Sam Smith train has definitely left the station. He could easily steamroll this and record, as well as the pop categories. The only category where he may falter is in Album of the Year, but here, he should reign supreme.

2015 Grammy Predictions - Best New Artist

Will Win - Sam Smith

Should Win - Sam Smith

Could Win - Bastille, Brandy Clark, or Iggy Azalea

Commentary - Bastille had a huge hit in Pompeii and Brandy Clark is a hot new country star who is on the rise. But this looks like a battle between two huge new superstars who both have tons of nominations across the general categories. Iggy Azalea is rap's newest starlet, and has done what recent female rappers, including Nicki Minaj, were not able to do, by getting a Record of the Year and Best New Artist nominations. But I don't think anybody can beat Sam Smith. He looks to have a huge night across the Pop and General categories, and honestly, of the bunch, no new artist has made quite the impact on music as Smith has.