How the podcast crew did with Globe nominee
predictions
Dustin Chase 38.5/ 55
Mark Schumann 37/ 55
Travis Leamons 36/ 55
How the podcast crew did with SAG predictions
Dustin Chase 15/ 25
Mark Schumann 14/ 25
Travis Leamons 14/ 25
Best Picture
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo MARK/TRAVIS
The Ides of March
Moneyball DUSTIN
War Horse
Best Picture Comedy or Musical
50/50
The Artist MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Best Director
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Best Actress, Drama
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help DUSTIN/TRAVIS
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady MARK
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Actor, Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Best Actress Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, ‘Marilyn’ MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Kate Winslet, Carnage
Best Actor Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
The Golden Globes will announce winners LIVE on NBC Jan 15th
Best Actor Supporting
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
Best Actress Supporting
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain , The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs DUSTIN
Octavia Spencer, The Help MARK/TRAVIS
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation (Iran) DUSTIN/TRAVIS
The Flowers Of War (China)
The Kid With The Bike (Belgium)
In The Land Of Blood and Honey (USA) MARK
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Best Screenplay
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen MARK/TRAVIS
The Ides of March, George Clooney,
The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Alexander Payne, DUSTIN
Moneyball, Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Best Score
The Artist, Ludovic Bource TRAVIS
W.E., Abel Korzeniowski
The Girl with the Dragon...Trent Reznor/Atticus RossDUSTIN
Hugo, Howard Shore MARK
War Horse, John Williams
Best Original Song
“Hello Hello” – “Gnomeo & Juliet
“Lay Your Head Down” – “Albert Nobbs”MARK/TRAVIS/DUSTIN
“The Living Proof” – “The Help”
“The Keeper” – “Machine Gun Preacher”
“Masterpiece” – “W.E.”
Post SAG/Globe nods, how things stand.
By: Dustin Chase
Certainly an exciting two back to back days, so many nominees. At this point The Artist is leading the back, it has the most overall nominations and support. It’s emergence as the front runner now will likely come back to bite it by the time the Oscar are actually handed out. The Artist, The Descendants and The Help will likely garner the bulk of the nominations for Oscar as their numbers at the Globe and SAG nominations were above everyone else.
There were some major contradictions between SAG and Globe this year which could spell bad trouble for certain nominees like Armie Hammer who received a SAG nomination from his peers, but nothing from the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Globes clearly nominate more performances because of their genre separation which allowed folks like Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Brenden Gleeson and Joseph Gordon Levitt to get some love even though none of those nominees will turn into Oscar nominations.
With SAG their inclusion of DiCaprio and Hammer for J Edgar show there is still support for that film within the industry. SAG nominated Nick Nolte for Warrior which slightly resurrects his chances or will at least encourage voters to see a performance they might have missed. The big surprise at SAG this year was Damian Bichir for A Better Life which has lots of support but likely not enough to go anywhere. SAG’s biggest tale this year was who it left out: Shailene Woodley for The Descendants, Albert Brooks for Drive, both are considered shoo-ins for Oscar nominations.
The Golden Globes are taken less seriously than the SAG’s because with the HFPA its more about a popularity contest and getting big names on the red carpet. So they like SAG ignored Vanessa Redgrave’s performance in Coriolanus. The Globes ignored Drive altogether except for Brooks. As usual The Globes had off choices like all the nominations for Ides of March which had up until this point been forgotten.
Reflecting it looks like Glenn Close will reclaim that 5th slot for best actress as Elizabeth Olsen isn’t showing up anywhere. Chastain’s performance from The Help has clearly been sanctioned as the most admired of her six, also showing there is enough love for that film that both Chastain and Spencer will make the cut. I am so thankful even the Globes ignored Spielberg as director, even though they did nominate War Horse for best picture drama. I was surprised to see Rooney Mara nominated at the Globes, that isn’t likely to transfer into anything more. In most of the comedy categories its easy to predict who will win: Dujardin/Williams, and The Artist will easily take Best Picture Comedy/Musical.
Ensemble
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris
Lead actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Lead actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Supporting actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
The Screen Actors Guild Nominees
SAG awards live on TNT Jan 29th