2016 Golden Globes Nominees and Predictions

– By Beau Behan, Film Critic

Many would argue that the Golden Globes are not quite the Oscars; however, its mass appeal still conjures images of excitement, fun, and laughter. At the core, its unpredictability is what makes the Golden Globes so entertaining!

With a plethora of 40 films and 37 different TV series, miniseries and made-for-TV motion pictures, the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards will be simulcast live on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. At 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT, Red carpet pre-show on E! begins, and at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, Ricky Gervais returns as host of the three-hour awards ceremony on NBC.

Here are the nominees of the 2016 Golden Globes, and my “gut-feeling” predictions of winners:

FILM

Best Picture: Drama
Nominees: “Carol,” ‘’Mad Max: Fury Road,” ‘’The Revenant,” ‘’Room,” ‘’Spotlight”

Prediction: “Spotlight”

Best Picture: Comedy or Musical
Nominees: “The Big Short,” ‘’Joy,” ‘’The Martian,” ‘’Spy,” ‘’Trainwreck.”

Prediction: “The Martian”

Best Actor: Drama
Nominees: Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”; Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”; Will Smith, “Concussion.”

Prediction: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”

Best Actor: Comedy or Musical
Nominees: Christian Bale, “The Big Short”; Steve Carell, “The Big Short”; Matt Damon, “The Martian”; Al Pacino, “Danny Collins”; Mark Ruffalo, “Infinitely Polar Bear.”

Prediction: Matt Damon, “The Martian”

Best Actress: Drama
Nominees: Cate Blanchett, “Carol”; Brie Larson, “Room”; Rooney Mara, “Carol”; Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”; Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl.”

Prediction: Brie Larson, “Room”

Best Actress: Comedy or Musical
Nominees: Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”; Melissa McCarthy, “Spy”; Amy Schumer, “Trainwreck”; Maggie Smith, “The Lady in the Van”; Lily Tomlin, “Grandma.”

Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”

Best Supporting Actor
Nominees: Paul Dano, “Love & Mercy”; Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation”; Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”; Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”; Sylvester Stallone, “Creed.”

Prediction: Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”

Best Supporting Actress
Nominees: Jane Fonda, “Youth”; Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”; Helen Mirren, “Trumbo”; Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”; Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs.” 

Prediction: Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”

Best Director
Nominees: Todd Haynes, “Carol”; Alejandro Inarritu, “The Revenant”; Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”; George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”; Ridley Scott, “The Martian.” 

Prediction: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”

Best Screenplay
Nominees: Emma Donoghue, “Room”; Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, “Spotlight”; Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, “The Big Short”; Aaron Sorkin, “Steve Jobs”; Quentin Tarantino, “The Hateful Eight.” 

Prediction: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, “Spotlight”

Best Animated Feature Film
Nominees: “Anomalisa,” ‘’The Good Dinosaur,” ‘’Inside Out,” ‘’The Peanuts Movie,” ‘’Shaun the Sheep Movie.” 

Prediction: “Anomalisa”

Best Foreign Language Film 
Nominees: “The Brand New Testament,” ‘’The Club,” ‘’The Fencer,” ‘’Mustang,” ‘’Son of Saul.” 

Prediction: “Son of Saul”

Best Original Score
Nominees: Cartner Burwell, “Carol”; Alexandre Desplat, “The Danish Girl”; Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”; Daniel Pemberton, “Steve Jobs”; Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, “The Revenant.”

Prediction: Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”

Best Original Song
Nominees: “Love Me Like You Do” (music and lyrics by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh), “Fifty Shades of Grey”; “One Kind of Love” (music and lyrics by Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett), “Love & Mercy”; “See You Again” (music and lyrics by Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz), “Furious 7”; “Simple Song #3” (music and lyrics by David Lang), “Youth”; “Writing’s on the Wall” (music and lyrics by Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes), “Spectre.” 

Prediction: See You Again” (music and lyrics by Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz), “Furious 7”

TELEVISION

Best TV Series: Drama

Nominees: “Empire,” ‘’Mr. Robot,” ‘’Game of Thrones,” ‘’Outlander,” ‘’Narcos.”

Prediction: “Game of Thrones”

Best TV Series: Comedy
Nominees: “Orange is the New Black,” ‘’Silicon Valley,” ‘’Transparent,” ‘’Veep,” ‘’Casual,” ‘’Mozart in the Jungle.”

Prediction: “Transparent”

Best TV Movie or Limited Series
Nominees: “Fargo,” ‘’American Crime,” ‘’American Horror Story: Hotel,” ‘’Wolf Hall,” ‘’Flesh & Bone.”

Prediction: “Fargo”

Best Actor in a TV Series: Drama
Nominees: Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”; Wagner Moura, “Narcos”; Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”; Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men.”

Prediction: Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”

Best Actress in a TV Series: Drama
Nominees: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”; Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”; Robin Wright, “House of Cards”; Caitriona Balfe, “Outlander”; Eva Green, “Penny Dreadful.”

Prediction: Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”

Best Actor in a TV Series: Comedy
Nominees: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”; Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”; Rob Lowe, “The Grinder”; Patrick Stewart, “Blunt Talk”; Gael Garcia Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle.”

Prediction: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

Best Actress in a TV Series: Comedy
Nominees: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”; Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin”; Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”; Jamie Lee Curtis, “Scream Queens”; Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”

Prediction: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”

Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Nominees: Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero”; Patrick Wilson, “Fargo”; Idris Elba, “Luther”; David Oyelowo, “Nightingale”; Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall.”

Prediction: Idris Elba, “Luther”

Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Nominees: Kirsten Dunst, “Fargo”; Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel”; Sarah Hay, “Flesh & Bone”; Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”; Queen Latifah. “Bessie.”

Prediction: Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story”

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or TV Movie
Nominees: Damian Lewis, “Wolf Hall”; Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot”; Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”; Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”; Tobias Menzies, “Outlander.”

Prediction: Tobias Menzies, “Outlander”

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or TV Movie
Nominees: Regina King, “American Crime”; Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”; Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”; Maura Tierney, “The Affair”; Judith Light, “Transparent.”

Prediction: Regina King, “American Crime”

Photo Credit: NBC

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