newmoonstar | golden globe predictions!

Well, because award season in Hollywood is upon us, and I find predicting the winners to be a most enjoyable sport, I am officially listing my predictions for who will win in the film categories at the golden globes this year. (I don't follow television, because mainstream television today disgusts me.)

And please everyone remember that the globes are a lot harder to predict than the oscars, because they are the first major award show of the season. (And the People's Choice awards do not count as a real award show to me.) So I'm not playing it safe when I predict more than one option, I just really don't know! Following all the critics choices, watching E! News and Access Hollywood 24/7, reading Entertainment Weekly, and generally doing all I can to tap into the current zeitgeist of the film world is hard work!

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy: "Lost In Translation"

Best Picture - Drama: "LotR: The Return of the King" (of course "Cold Mountain" would be the safe prediction, but I'm taking a gamble that there will be less support than people are expecting for that movie; somehow, I even think "Seabiscuit" could slip in there)

Best Director: Peter Jackson for "Return of the King", Sofia Coppola for "Lost In Translation", and Clint Eastwood for "Mystic River" all have an equal shot I think.

Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama: Charlize Theron for "Monster"

Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama: Sean Penn for "Mystic River"

Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Bill Murray for "Lost In Translation"

Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Diane Keaton for "Something's Gotta Give" (although Scarlett Johansson for "Lost In Translation has a really good chance)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: I think it's really between Tim Robbins for "Mystic River" and Ken Watanabe for "The Last Samurai"

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Hope Davis for "American Spendor" has been the critical favorite, but Renee Zellweger in "Cold Mountain" has the kind of showy role the award show people tend to go for, so it's between them.

So there you have it. I could go into the reasons behind my predictions, but that will take forever, and bore you people to death. I really take absolutely too much pleasure in predicting the outcome of these award shows, when I haven't even seen a single film that's been nominated! ;-D