Golden Globes: 2015 Golden Globe Predictions post-TIFF
You wouldn’t think it, but there is a significant different in the mind of an Academy voter and a Hollywood Foreign Press voter. To end an excellent festival, “The Imitation Game” went home with the TIFF Audience Award. One of the runner-up films was “St. Vincent” another Weinstein film that should farewell in the comedy categories at the Globes.
We went ahead and updated everything, including television categories as we start seeking into a new Fall season for shows.
Click on the category to see our full list of ranked predictions with alternatives and dark horses. Contenders are listed here alphabetically. You can see all of our full predictions here.
Motion Picture – Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Unbroken
Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
The Skeleton Twins
St. Vincent
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Mark Ruffalo, Begin Again
Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Keira Knightley, Begin Again
Keira Knightley, Laggies
Melissa McCarthy, St. Vincent
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins
Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Tom Wilkinson, Selma
Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Carmen Ejogo, Selma
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Screenplay
Richard Linklater – “Boyhood”
E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman – “Foxcatcher”
Wes Anderson, Hugh Guinness – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Graham Moore – “The Imitation Game”
Anthony McCarten – “The Theory of Everything”
Score
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – “Gone Girl”
Alexandre Desplat – “The Imitation Game”
Hans Zimmer – “Interstellar”
Johann Johannsson – “The Theory of Everything”
Alexandre Desplat – “Unbroken”
Animated Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
Television
Television Series – Drama
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Orange is the New Black
Masters of Sex
Television Series – Comedy or Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Veep
Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist
Lead Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Claire Danes, Homeland
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Lead Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis CK, Louie
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lead Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Anna Faris, Mom
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Television Movie or Limited Series
Fargo
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
Sherlock: His Last Vow
True Detective
Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Movie, or Limited Series
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Movie, or Limited Series
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Allison Janney, Mom
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
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