Edit 3: Overall, 9/25. I should never actually gamble. However, I am happy with most of the outcomes of the evening, although I’d rather Birdman had won for Best Musical or Comedy, and while I didn’t necessarily care for Boyhood, I’ll admit that its feat should definitely be recognized. On the TV end, I really overestimated the love for True Detective, which was all but shut out by Fargo (YES!) and The Normal Heart. And I guess Amazon is the new Netflix, with 2 wins for Transparent vs. 1 win for the latter company (Kevin Spacey for House of Cards’ second season). Also, who has actually seen The Affair?? Yeah, me neither.

Edit 2: NEW CATEGORY!! The “George Clooney Award for Being George Clooney” with the only nomination and winner… George Clooney

Edit 1: With less than half of the show left to go…. my ballot is coooompletely off. More to follow afterwards…

Tonight is the 72 Annual Golden Globe awards! Super comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler return as co-hosts, and with many close races that will serve as a possible preview of February’s Oscars, it should at least be an interesting night. 

MOTION PICTURES

Best Drama

• Boyhood √
• Foxcatcher
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything

Best Comedy

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel √
• Into the Woods
• Pride
• St. Vincent

Best Director

• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ava Duvernay, Selma
• David Fincher, Gone Girl
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood √

Best Actress in a Drama

• Jennifer Aniston, Cake
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice √
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon,Wild

Best Actor in a Drama

• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
• David Oyelowo, Selma
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything √

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

• Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Michael Keaton, Birdman √
• Bill Murray, St. Vincent
• Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
• Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

• Amy Adams, Big Eyes √
• Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
• Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
• Julianne Moore, Map to the Stars
• Quvenzhané Wallis, Annie

(Really, HFPA? This is by far the most bizarre category of the night.)

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood √
• Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone, Birdman
• Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall, The Judge
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash √

Best Screenplay

• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, Birdman √
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

Best Foreign Language Film

• Force Majeure Turist, Sweden
• Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett, Israel
• Ida, Poland/Denmark
• Leviathan, Russia √
• Tangerines Mandariinid, Estonia

Best Animated Feature

• Big Hero 6
• The Book of Life
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 √
• The Lego Movie

Best Original Song

• “Big Eyes” from Big Eyes
• “Glory” from Selma √
• “Mercy Is” from Noah
• “Opportunity” from Annie
• “Yellow Flicker Beat” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

Best Score

• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything √
• Gone Girl
• Birdman
• Interstellar

TELEVISION

Best TV Comedy or Musical

• Girls
• Jane the Virgin
• Orange Is the New Black
• Silicon Valley
• Transparent √

Best TV Drama

• The Affair √
• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• The Good Wife
• House of Cards

Best Actress in a TV Drama

• Claire Danes, Homeland
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Ruth Wilson, The Affair √
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Actor in a TV Drama

• Clive Owen, The Knick
• Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
• Kevin Spacey, House of Cards √
• James Spader, The Blacklist
• Dominic West, The Affair

Best Actress in a TV Comedy

• Lena Dunham, Girls
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Gena Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin √
• Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black

Best Actor in a TV Comedy

• Louis CK, Louie
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies
• Ricky Gervais, Derek
• William H. Macy, Shameless
• Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent √

Best Miniseries or TV Movie

• Fargo √
• The Missing
• The Normal Heart
• Olive Kitteridge
• True Detective

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman √
• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
• Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
• Frances O’Connor, The Missing
• Allison Tolman, Fargo

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

• Martin Freeman, Fargo
• Woody Harrelson, True Detective
• Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
• Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
• Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo √

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie

• Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
• Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
• Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey √
• Allison Janney, Mom
• Michelle Monaghan, True Detective

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie

• Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart √
• Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
• Colin Hanks, Fargo
• Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
• Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

-Flipp