The Golden Globes were knocked off the major awards season schedule for exactly one season, but apparently everyone has decided that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has done enough soul-searching to be pretend-legit again and haul in some broadcast TV viewers again. (Just remember, when you see people clutching their statuettes, that there are still only 107 voting members from 55 countries.) Brendan Fraser, a nominee for The Whale, has already said he isn’t coming due to his personal history with the HFPA (in 2018, Fraser accused the former HFPA president of groping him in 2003, and it sounds like the way the HFPA handled that accusation was… not great, Bob, and that dude remained president until a different LA Times investigation in 2021 led to his ouster). Jerrod Carmichael is hosting, and Billy Porter, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Colman Domingo, Quentin Tarantino, and Nicole Byer have been confirmed as presenters; Eddie Murphy and Ryan Murphy are getting special awards and presumably will also be there. Variety listed a number of nominees who are expected to attend, but honestly, on that front we won’t know until we know. But, cynically, as long as there is a TV broadcast and a statuette in the offing, I don’t think it’ll be hard to get people to come, and I suspect that last year will end up a blip in the Globes’ long, boozy, and bizarre history. Because in the end, people want their hardware — or at least, the producers funding them do. Side note: Tom Cruise returned his three Globes to the HFPA during all this. I wonder if they’ll try and send them back to him with a big red bow and a smooch on a notecard.
The show is next Tuesday night, so as not to compete with the planned NFL games. Here are the nominees, as a reminder, in case you have been itching to make predictions.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Elvis
- The Fabelmans
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
So far I’ve only seen Top Gun, so… it’s anyone’s race as far as I’m concerned.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Cate Blanchett – Tár
- Olivia Colman – Empire of Light
- Viola Davis – The Woman King
- Ana De Armas – Blonde
- Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
I KNEW Blonde wouldn’t disappear lightly, but I am shocked that Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling didn’t get a nod, in the hope of reviving the gossip. That’s just what the old Globes would do. Perhaps they HAVE grown!!!!!!
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Austin Butler – Elvis
- Brendan Fraser – The Whale
- Hugh Jackman – The Son
- Bill Nighy – Living
- Jeremy Pope – The Inspection
I have to think it’ll go to Austin Butler? The Globes of yore also love to reward a (comparative) newbie, and Elvis is big and splashy. But I am pulling for Brendan Fraser, in part because I want whoever accepts for him to make a very pointed statement about why he isn’t there and then it would be VERY dramatic if he then REFUSED IT.
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Triangle of Sadness
I loved Glass Onion, but I also suspect it’s not the winner here. I feel like The Banshees of Inisherin is gaining on Everything Everywhere, but I decided the latter will take it.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Lesley Manville – Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
- Margot Robbie – Babylon
- Anya Taylor-Joy – The Menu
- Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
- Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Gotta go Yeoh.
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Diego Calva – Babylon
- Daniel Craig – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Adam Driver – White Noise
- Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
This all reminds me that I need to see The Menu, because I am unspoiled on every aspect of it other than the title and who some of the actors are, and I’ve read that’s the way to go with it. I can’t muster up interest in White Noise and Babylon is 100 percent not my cup of tea, so… I decided they’ll give it to Colin Farrell, with a possibility of Diego Calva.
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Inu-Oh
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
Real talk: I heard Puss in Boots rules.
Best Picture – Non-English Language
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Argentina, 1985
- Close
- Decision to Leave
- RRR
Well, Dylan’s vote is for All Quiet on the Western Front, which somehow HE has seen even though we have not.
Best Supporting Actress – Any Motion Picture
- Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness
- Carey Mulligan – She Said
Tough field. I’m sad/unsurprised She Said didn’t get more attention overall? I’ll go with Angela Bassett here.
Best Supporting Actor – Any Motion Picture
- Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brad Pitt – Babylon
- Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse
I think Ke Huy Quan has a real shot, though Brendan Gleeson is right in there.
Best Director – Motion Picture
- James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
- Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Who even knows. I’m going with Kwan and Scheinert, but it’s the Globes, so they could give it to literally any of these people for literally any reason. If it’s Spielberg, I think it’ll be sentimentality.
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
- Todd Field – Tár
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Sarah Polley – Women Talking
- Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
I would love love love to see Sarah Polley take this.
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
- Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
- Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Hildur Guðnadóttir – Women Talking
- Justin Hurwitz – Babylon
- John Williams – The Fabelmans
Sure whatever! Music is great!
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
- Carolina – Where the Crawdads Sing
- Ciao Papa – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Hold my Hand – Top Gun: Maverick
- Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Naatu Naatu – RRR
I thought the Lady Gaga song in Top Gun was pretty bad? It’s no “Take My Breath Away,” y’all. I hope Rihanna wins.
Best Television Series – Drama
- Better Call Saul
- The Crown
- House of the Dragon
- Ozark
- Severance
Please, God, not The Crown AGAIN. A high budget does not a good series guarantee! For me it’s Severance here, although Better Call Saul deserves recognition too, which probably means one of the other three will win, because that’s how these things go.
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
- Emma D’arcy – House of the Dragon
- Laura Linney – Ozark
- Imelda Staunton – The Crown
- Hilary Swank – Alaska Daily
- Zendaya – Euphoria
REALLY. Okay. Honestly, I know people cringe at the words This Is Us, but Mandy Moore absolutely deserved to be on this list for the final season. And I’d have put in folks from Severance also. Imelda Staunton was FINE, but I think they’re just nominating the show and the role without actually paying attention. Hilary Swank for Alaska Daily kind of makes me laugh and it’d be peak chaos if she won. I am going to assume Zendaya will take it.
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
- Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
- Kevin Costner – Yellowstone
- Diego Luna – Andor
- Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
- Adam Scott – Severance
Clearly, for me, it’s Odenkirk vs. Scott, although… wait, Diego Luna! Hmm. Yellowstone is so hot right now, though, that I’m gonna say the Globes give it to Costner just for that.
Best Musical/Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
- Wednesday
Abbott would be the right pick, I think; Hacks is the “I didn’t watch anything but Jean Smart is great and it’s on pay cable” default choice, so it might take it.
Best Television Actress – Musical/Comedy Series
- Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
- Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
- Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
- Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
- Jean Smart – Hacks
Again, Jean Smart will win just because. I’m not saying she won’t also deserve it, though. It’s fun to see Selena succeed on Only Murders, but I don’t actually find her performance award-worthy. I didn’t see Wednesday but I could see that having some recency bias in its favor, and The Flight Attendant is not a comedy to me and got on my nerves in season 1. Quinta is lovely, but her most important contributions to Abbott aren’t in front of the camera.
Best Television Actor – Musical/Comedy Series
- Donald Glover – Atlanta
- Bill Hader – Barry
- Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
- Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
- Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Jeremy Allen White might take it, just because of how thirsty the Internet was for him. Interestingly, this is a case where all the shows have been off the air for a while, so there isn’t any current buzz to sway results.
Best Supporting Actress – Musical, Comedy, or Drama Series
- Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
- Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
- Julia Garner – Ozark
- Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
- Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Either of the last two are great by me, but I think they’ll be seduced by The Crown into Elizabeth Debicki. (And she IS good, but to me she’s also the lead actress of the season and Imelda is supporting.)
Best Supporting Actor – Musical, Comedy, or Drama Series
- John Lithgow – The Old Man
- Jonathan Pryce – The Crown
- John Turturro – Severance
- Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
- Henry Winkler – Barry
Henry Winkler!
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
- Black Bird
- Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- The Dropout
- Pam & Tommy
- The White Lotus
White Lotus?
Best Actress – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
- Jessica Chastain – George & Tammy
- Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
- Lily James – Pam & Tommy
- Julia Roberts – Gaslit
- Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout
Amanda Seyfried, I assume.
Best Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
- Taron Egerton – Black Bird
- Colin Firth – The Staircase
- Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven
- Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy
I’m gonna say… Evan Peters.
Best Supporting Actress – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
- Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
- Claire Danes – Fleishman Is in Trouble
- Daisy Edgar-Jones – Under the Banner of Heaven
- Niecy Nash – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus
It deserves to be Claire Danes — she is incredible in Fleishman — but everyone keeps giving awards to Jennifer Coolidge. And she’s fun and all, but she’s also just… being Jennifer Coolidge. It’s the same stuff she does in every single role, same line readings, everything. The other performances are so much more interesting.
Best Supporting Actor – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
- F. Murray Abraham – The White Lotus
- Domhnall Gleeson – The Patient
- Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
- Richard Jenkins – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy
Who even knows. Give it to Saliere, I guess!
