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"
