While may of you are betting on the NFL games and sweating your DFS line-ups (For once, I have a couple of promising ones!), but tonight begins the season I wish wagering was more popular in: Movie and TV awards.
Should you choose to make some predictions with friends, these are my picks for this year. I should preface that I am much more confident in my movie picks than my TV ones, because the TV voters tend to get cuckoo crazy with whatever is new and amazing. The movie ones though, I feel pretty strongly about, so we shall see how I fare in a few hours. The bolded ones are my picks to win.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imtation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Best Actress – Drama
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Best Actor – Drama
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Best Motion Picture – Comedy
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St Vincent
Best Actress – Comedy
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
Helen Mirren – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie
Best Actor – Comedy
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherit Vice
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes
Best Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
Best Foreign Film
Force Majeure
Get: The Trial of Vivane Amsalem
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keria 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
JK Simmons – Whiplash
Best Director
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava Duvernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro Gozalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn –Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giabone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplant – The Imitation Game
Johan Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Best Original Song
Big Eyes – Big Eyes
Glory – Selma
Mercy Is – Noah
Opportunity – Annie
Yellow Flicker Beat – Mockingjay Part 1
TELEVISION
Best Television Drama
The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Best Actress – Drama
Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Marguiles – The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Best Actor – Drama
Clive Owen – The Knick
Live Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist
Dominic West – The Affair
Best Comedy
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Best Actress – Comedy
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Taylor Schilling – Orange is the New Black
Best Actor – Comedy
Louis CK – Louis
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
William H Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor- Transparent
Best Miniseries or Made for TV Movie
Fargo
The Missing
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
True Detective
Best Actress – Miniseries or Made for TV Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand – Olive Kittridge
Frances O’Connor – The Missing
Allison Tolman – Fargo
Best Actor – Miniseries or Made for TV Movie
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McCounaghey – True Detective
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo
Best Supporting Actress – TV
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 – TV
Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan
