Golden Globe Predictions 2014

As the Golden Globes are taking place this Sunday (January 12^th) I thought I would write up a list of my personal picks for the awards. These picks are not predictions exactly as much as they are my personal pick of the bunch. I will also be live tweeting the ceremony this Sunday on Twitter @El_Duffy if you’re interested in hearing how badly I think the awards went. Anyway, here are my picks:

Film

Best Motion Picture – Drama

1.    12 Years a Slave

2.    Gravity

Best Motion Picture – Musical or comedy

1.    The Wolf of Wall Street

2.    Her

Best Performance in a Motion Picture Drama – Actor

1.    Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

2.    Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Best Performance in a Motion Picture Drama – Actress

1.    Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

2.    Sandra Bullock – Dr. Ryan Stone

Best Performance in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Actor

1.    Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

2.    Christian Bale – American Hustle

Best Performance in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Actress

1.    Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

2.    Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Enough Said

Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy – Supporting Actor

1.    Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave

2.    Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy – Supporting Actress

1.    Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

2.    Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine

Best Director

1.    Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

2.    Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Best Screenplay

1.    Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena

2.    John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Score

1.    Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave

2.    Steven Price - Gravity

Best Original Song

1.    “Ordinary Love” (U2 and Danger Mouse) – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2.    “Please Mr. Kennedy” (Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) – Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Animated Feature Film

1.    Frozen

2.    The Croods

Best Foreign Language Film

1.    The Hunt

2.    Blue Is the Warmest Color

Television

Best Series – Drama

1.    Breaking Bad

2.    House of Cards

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

1.    Modern Family

2.    Parks and Recreation

Best Miniseries or Television Film

1.    Behind the Candelabra

2.    American Horror Story: Coven

Best Performance in a Television Series Drama – Actor

1.    Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

2.    Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Best Performance in a Television Series Drama – Actress

1.    Taylor Schilling – Orange is the New Black

2.    Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best Performance in a Television Series Musical or Comedy – Actor

1.    Jason Bateman – Arrested Development

2.    Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Best Performance in a Television Series Musical or Comedy – Actress

1.    Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

2.    Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film – Actor

1.    Michael Douglas – Behind the Candelabra

2.    Al Pacino – Phil Spector

Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film – Actress

1.    Helen Mirren – Phil Spector

2.    Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven

Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film – Supporting Actor

1.    Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad

2.    Rob Lowe – Behind the Candelabra

Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film – Supporting Actress

1.    Sofía Vergara – Modern Family

2.    Janet McTeer – The White Queen