My Golden Globe Predictions

My predicted winners have a *W* before its listing.

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The King's Speech"
*W* "The Social Network"

Socially relevant film directed by David Fincher with a talented young cast adds up to a win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Alice in Wonderland"
"Burlesque"
*W* "The Kids Are All Right"
"Red"
"The Tourist"

Not that close.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE

"Biutiful," Mexico/Spain
"The Concert," France
"The Edge," Russia
"I Am Love," Italy
"In a Better World," Denmark

Eh, no sé.

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
David Fincher, "The Social Network"
*W* Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan, "Inception"
David O. Russell, "The Fighter"

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

*W* Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland"
Johnny Depp, "The Tourist"
Paul Giamatti, "Barney's Version"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Love and Other Drugs"
Kevin Spacey, "Casino Jack"

Sadly Taylor Swift is unlikely to be Jake's date for the Globes as she is scheduled to perform on Royal Caribbean's new ship the night of the HFPA's award show. Oh and Deep was pretty good.

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

*W* Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Anne Hathaway, "Love and Other Drugs"
Angelina Jolie, "The Tourist"
Julianne Moore, "The Kids Are All Right"
Emma Stone, "Easy A"

I really really really really want Stone to win but I think it will be one of the TKAAR actresses. My money is on the American Beauty star.

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR

Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
*W* Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Ryan Gosling, "Blue Valentine"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Fighter"

Remember last year when Jeff Bridges was the slam-dunk overwhelming favorite? History is repeating itself.

BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS

Halle Berry, "Frankie and Alice"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
*W* Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Portman will pick up a lead actress trophy to go with the supporting actress award for 2005's Closer.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

*W* Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Michael Douglas, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"
Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"

Bale is known for going all out for his roles, think The Machinist.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
*W* Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"

This appears to be the most open Academy Awards category.

ANIMATED FILM

"Despicable Me"
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"
"Tangled"
*W* "Toy Story 3"

Andy! Don't leave us!

SCREENPLAY

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, "127 Hours"
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, "The Kids Are All Right"
Christopher Nolan, "Inception"
David Seidler, "The King's Speech"
*W* Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network"

ORIGINAL SCORE

*W* Alexandre Desplat, "The King's Speech"
Danny Elfman, "Alice in Wonderland"
A.R. Rahman, "127 Hours"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "The Social Network"
Hans Zimmer, "Inception"

SONG

"Bound to You" (music by Samuel Dixon, lyrics by Christina Aguilera and Sia Furler), "Burlesque"
"Coming Home" (music and lyrics by Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges), "Country Strong"
"I See the Light" (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater), "Tangled"
*W* "There's a Place for Us" (music and lyrics by Carrie Underwood, David Hodges and Hillary Lindsey), "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (music and lyrics by Diane Warren), "Burlesque"

Emmys! Get your Emmys!

The Emmys were on last night and I was, all in all, satisfied. Kudos to the Academy for honoring Jim Parsons as best actor for The Big Bang Theory. Maybe next year you could, you know, nominate the actual show too? Alec Baldwin is hilarious as Jack Donaghy so it would have been fine with me if he repeated; if Tony Shaloub won again for Monk I would have been more upset than Sheldon Cooper after discovering Wil Wheaton is directing the new Star Trek movie. Edie Falco is now the only woman ever to win the Emmy for Best Comedy Actress and Best Drama Actress (Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos), a deserving honor for such an immensely talented performer. The most disappointing award was Bryan Cranston's third straight statue for Best Drama Actor. He would have been my fifth choice after Matthew Fox, Hugh Laurie, Michael C Hall, and Jon Hamm—all actors who egregiously have ever won an Emmy.

Modern Family has been one of those shows that I've been meaning to watch but never got around to seeing. Once the DVDs come out I'll be sure to rectify this and catch up on the newly minted Best Comedy. I mean it has Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) playing a cranky old man whose Columbian wife is younger than his homosexual son; if that doesn't spell hilarious I don't know what does. Modern's win does mean my favorite laugher, 30 Rock, lost but that's no biggie since 30 Rock won the last three years. Mad Men won its third Best Drama award and you won't hear me complain about it (though True Blood fans might, their fans have been dying to sink their fangs into a statue). I am, however, disappointed that Lost went empty-handed in its final season for all categories. That's like finding out Mr Cluck's Chicken Shack sold out of everything besides potato salad.

At 4:30PM PDT September 9^th, Taylor Swift will be performing in New Orleans live on NBC. Oh, and some football game is going to be played as well. Apparently it's a big deal because it's the first one of the year. All kidding aside, here are my predictions for the upcoming NFL season:

NFC- Division Winners: Cowboys, Vikings, Saints, 49ers. Championship game: Saints over Cowboys.

AFC- Division Winners: Patriots, Ravens, Colts, Chargers. Championship game: Colts over Chargers.

Indianapolis over New Orleans in the Super Bowl.

The favorite to win the NFC North is apparently the Packers. The argument goes that Aaron Rodgers is off to a fantastic start and will only improve while Brett Favre and his surgery-/drug-/shaman-supported ankles won't hold up for another season. I don't buy it. Adrian Peterson, even if he drops the ball like the fat kid on the dodge ball squad, is still one of the Top Three backs in the NFC. Though I didn't predict it, it still wouldn't surprise me to see the Vikings win not only their division but also move on to the Super Bowl. Many people are also predicting the Jets to win the AFC East. These are probably the same people who try stuff like cheese-flavored ice cream or ass-less chaps just to be different. The Patriots have won the division six of the last seven years. Tom Brady's shaggy hair would have a higher QB rating than frat boy Mark Sanchez. One of these days Bill Belichick and his evil minions will be toppled from atop of the East but it's not going to be this year.

Your complimentary quote:

Tiger Woods finished 18 over par at the Bridgestone Invitational. The last time he hit this many trees, he was trying to get out of his driveway. -Jay Leno