Pass the Canapes, The Globes, or How I'll Spend Next Sunday Night

As you know, I'm obsessed with awards season- The Golden Globes, SAG, The Independent Spirit Awards, The Oscars, The Tony's, etc. etc. etc. Next Sunday, the fun begins with the Golden Globes- one of my favorites as everyone is schnockered and can never find their seats. This year there will be a host, the first time in 15 years, in the guise of Ricky Gervais. If you saw him at the Emmy's, it should be hilarious. However, I'm a bit nervous about it. Part of what I liked about the Globes telecast was that there wasn't a host- no one to pull focus, no rambling monologues, no bad jokes or puns. Hopefully, Gervais will prove formidable.

I'm even more excited as we are having a watching party with a bunch of my best girlfriends. Nibbly bits, wine, champagne, oh my! I can't wait. Now I just have to figure out what to make...

I always pick my winners in advance. For the Oscars, my predictions are usually 90% or better (I still can't tell you what the difference between sound editing and sound mixing, so sue me if I get those wrong). Anywho... I've picked my winners for the Globes and want to share them with you today. I want to see how well I do (without the benefit of cheating), and I'm not working next Sunday, so I won't be able to post them then. So, on goes my guru turban, and let's get predicting!

(The "~" indicates who I think will win. In some instances, a "*" will indicate who I really want to win or who may be the upset)

Best Picture

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

*Inglourious Basterds

Precious

~Up in the Air

Best Actress- Drama

Emily Blunt- The Young Victoria

Sandra Bullock- Blind Side

Helen Mirren- The Last Station

~Carey Mulligan- An Education

Gabourey Sidibe- Precious

Best Actor- Drama

Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart

~George Clooney- up in the Air

*Colin Firth- A Single Man

Morgan Freeman- Invictus

Tobey Maguire- Brothers

Best Picture- Comedy/Musical

~(500) Days of Summer

The Hangover

It's Complicated

Julie & Julia

Nine

Best Actress- Comedy

Sandra Bullock- The Proposal

~Marion Cotillard- Nine

Julia Roberts- Duplicity

Meryl Streep- It's Complicated

*Meryl Streep- Julie & Julia

Best Actor- Comedy

Matt Damon0 The Informant!

Daniel Day-Lewis- Nine

~Robert Downey Jr- Sherlock Holmes

*Joseph Gordon-Levitt- (500) Days of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg- A Serious Man

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz- Nine

Vera Farmiga- Up in the Air

~Anna Kendrick- Up in the Air

*Mo'Nique- Precious

Julianne Moore- A Single Man

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon- Invictus

Woody Harrelson- The Messenger

Christopher Plummer- The Last Station

Stanley Tucci- The Lovely Bones

~Christophe Waltz- Inglourious Basterds

Best Director

*Kathryn Bigelow- The Hurt Locker (I must root for any nominated woman in this category! Bigelow is only the 4th female director ever nominated- none has ever won!)

James Cameron- Avatar

Clint Eastwood- Invictus

~Jason Reitman- Up in the Air

*Quentin Tarantino- Inglourious Basterds

Best Animated Feature

Cloudy w/a Chance of Meatballs

*Coraline

Fantastic Mr Fox

The Princess and the Frog

~Up

Best Foreign Language Film

Baaria (Italy)

Broken Embraces (Spain)

The Maid (Chile)

A Prophet (France)

~The White Ribbon (Germany)

Best Screenplay

District 9

The Hurt Locker

It's Complicated

Up in the Air

~Inglourious Basterds

Best Original Score

~Up

*The Informant!

Avatar

A Single Man

Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Song

~"Cinema Italiano"- Nine

"I Wnat to Come Home"- Everybody's Fine

"I See You"- Avatar

"The Weary Kind"- Crazy Heart

"Winter"- Brothers

Best TV Series- Drama

Big Love

Dexter

House

~Mad Men

*True Blood

Best Actress- Drama

Glenn Close- Damages

*January Jones- Mad Men

Julianna Margulies- The Good Wife

~Anna Paquin- True Blood

Kyra Sedgwick- The Closer

Best Actor- Drama

Simon Baker- The Mentalist

Michael C Hall- Dexter

~Jon Hamm- Mad Men

Hugh Laurie- House

Bill Paxton- Big Love

Best TV Series- Comedy

~30 Rock

Entourage

Glee

Modern Family

The Office

Best Actress- Comedy

Toni Collette- United States of Tara

Courteney Cox- Cougar Town

Edie Falco- Nurse Jackie

~Tina Fey- 30 Rock

*Lea Michele- Glee

Best Actor- Comedy

~Alec Baldwin- 30 Rock

Steve Carell- The Office

David Duchovny- Californication

Thomas Jane- Hung

Matthew Morrison- Glee

Best Mini-Series/Made for TV Movie

Georgia O'Keefe

~Grey Gardens

Into the Storm

*LIttle Dorrit

Taking Chance

Best Actress in Mini-series/MFTM

Joan Allen- Georgia O'Keefe

~Drew Barrymore- Grey Gardens

~Jessica Lange- Grey Gardens

Anna Paquin- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Sigourney Weaver- Prayers for Bobby

Best Actor in Mini-Series/MFTM

Kevin Bacon- Taking Chance

Kenneth Branagh- Wallander

Chiwetel Ejiofer- Endgame

~Brendan Gleeson- Into the Storm

Jeremy Irons- Georgia O'Keefe

Best Supporting Actress- TV

Jane Adams- Hung

Rose Byrne- Damages

~Jane Lynch- Glee

Janet McTeer- Into the Storm

*Chloe Sevigny- Big Love

Best Supporting Actor- TV

Michael Emerson- Lost

~Neil Patrick Harris- How I Met Your Mother

William Hurt- Damages

*John Lithgow- Dexter

Jeremy Piven- Entourage

Cecil B. DeMille Award- Martin Scorsese

So, come Sunday, we'll see how smart I am... and we'll see what's in store for the Oscars in March. Happy watching!