As everyone knows the world famous WCCT does an big, important, annual awards show called The Willies. Well, it seems Hollywood / Television has it’s own cute little version of the Willies called the Golden Globes.
Although the awards may not have as much meaning as the Willies do, some people in Hollywood make a big deal out of it anyhow. So, I have decided to make some picks. I made them the old fashion way — I guessed as fast as I can so I could actually get the post done. Make you picks in the comments below!
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell – In Bruges
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden, Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Written by Eric Roth
Doubt
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon
Written by Peter Morgan
The Reader
Written by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire
Written by Simon Beaufoy
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Composed by Alexandre Desplat
Changeling
Composed by Clint Eastwood
Defiance
Composed by James Newton Howard
Slumdog Millionaire
Composed by A. R. Rahman
Frost/Nixon
Composed by Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Down To Earth” – Wall-E
Music By: Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Lyrics By: Peter Gabriel
“Gran Torino” – Gran Torino
Music By: Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
Lyrics By: Jamie Cullum
“I Thought I Lost You” – Bolt
Music & Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele
“Once In A Lifetime” – Cadillac Records
Music & Lyrics By: Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarmon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street
“The Wrestler” – The Wrestler
Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen
Best Television Series – Drama
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
House (FOX)
In Treatment (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order
January Jones – Mad Men (AMC)
Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment (HBO)
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors (SHOWTIME)
Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
30 Rock (NBC)
Californication (SHOWTIME)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC) — WIN BABY!!!
Weeds (SHOWTIME)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? (ABC)
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty (ABC)
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
Debra Messing – The Starter Wife (USA)
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (SHOWTIME)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC) 🙂
Kevin Connolly – Entourage (HBO)
David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)
Tony Shalhoub – Monk (USA)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
A Raisin In The Sun (ABC)
Bernard And Doris (HBO)
Cranford (PBS)
John Adams (HBO)
Recount (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Judi Dench – Cranford (PBS)
Catherine Keener – An American Crime
Laura Linney – John Adams (HBO)
Shirley MacLaine – Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon – Bernard And Doris (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ralph Fiennes – Bernard And Doris (HBO)
Paul Giamatti – John Adams (HBO)
Kevin Spacey – Recount (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (FOX)
Tom Wilkinson – Recount (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Eileen Atkins – Cranford (PBS)
Laura Dern – Recount (HBO)
Melissa George – In Treatment (HBO)
Rachel Griffiths – Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Denis Leary – Recount (HBO)
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)
Blair Underwood – In Treatment (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson – John Adams (HBO)
Here are my uneducated guesses:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
It will be between these 2:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
I’ll go with Button
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
I’m going to go with Ms. Jolie. She was very good in this movie, but normally wouldn’t stand a chance next to Streep, but I’m picking Streep for musical, so…
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Mamma Mia!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis – Doubt
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Animated Feature Film
Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Written by Eric Roth
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Changeling
Composed by Clint Eastwood – The score fit the movie perfectly; this extremely talented director is also a gifted composer
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“The Wrestler” – The Wrestler
Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen
Best Television Series – Drama
House (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Sally Field – Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
30 Rock (NBC) – I really hope I’m not jinxing the Office here, but as much as I want it to, I really don’t think it’ll win so my pick is 30 Rock.
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
A Raisin In The Sun (ABC)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Judi Dench – Cranford (PBS)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (FOX)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Dianne Wiest – In Treatment (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)
I will just list my very educated, time wisely spent predictions minus he category headings
Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
Mamma Mia
Meryl Streep
James Franco
Marisa Tomei
Heath Ledger
Wall*E
Waltz with Bashir
David Fincher
Doubt
“Down to Earth”
House
January Jones
Hugh Laurie
30 Rock
America Ferrera
Steve Carrel 😀
John Adams
Laura Linney
Kiefer Sutherland
Diane Wiest
Jeremy Piven
Eastwood is indeed a very talented composer. However, I still say Wall*E based on past years
oops, I missed the division between Score and Song so for score I will go with Clint for Changeling
Who cares, it wasn’t the Willies. 😉
Having seen absolutely nothing from that list aside from The Office I couldn’t even hazard a guess. 😐