Looks like I really underestimated the HFPA's love for Three Billboards. They gave it Best Drama, Actress, Screenplay and Supporting Actor, but I wonder how much of that love translates to the Academy Awards, which is a completely different voting group. It's in the mix, but I still think Lady Bird, which did win over on the comedy/musical side, and Get Out are stronger consensus choices. Plus, the Globes really aren't that influential, a lot of their winners don't win the Oscar, so this thing is still open.
- Best Drama: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Best Comedy/Musical: Lady Bird
- Best Actor in a Drama: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
- Best Actress in a Drama: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
- Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
- Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
- Best Director: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
- Best Screenplay: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Best Score: The Shape of Water
- Best Song: “This is Me,” The Greatest Showman
- Best Foreign Language Film: In the Fade
- Best Animated Film: Coco
My predictions didn't pan out too well, just 8 for 14, but four of the winners were my runners-up choices. Oh well. The highlight of the night was the solidarity shown by the women on the red carpet in support of the #MeToo movement and especially Oprah's acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille award, which brought the house down and will undoubtedly have people advocating for her to run in 2020. I'm hoping for a return to sanity in the form of a non-celebrity to be honest, but I will take ANYTHING. Seth Meyers did a pretty good job with the opening eight minutes taking on the elephant in the room, but that was really all it was- eight minutes of him and then he was offstage the rest of the night.
Oprah's speech is worth watching in full:
