Brad Pitt wins the Golden Globe, starting his path to the Oscar podium
Well, we got a couple surprises tonight! Sam Mendes and 1917 in particular, which came in strong for Best Director and Best Picture Drama, leaving The Irishman totally and unexpectedly shut out. Interesting. And right as the Oscar voting is happening too. On the comedy side, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood took home Picture, Supporting Actor and Screenplay (coincidentally the same three awards that Green Book won last year). I only got 8 out of 14 right, but it’s always a crapshoot with the Globes. With Oscar nominations on the way in just over a week, we’ll see if these have any impact, because as of right now it still feels like a wide open race in Best Picture/Director at least (we may have our acting frontrunners though, strange and awkward speeches from Renee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix aside). Ricky Gervais was kind of lame as host this year, but Ellen Degeneres and Tom Hanks gave great speeches for their lifetime achievement awards, helping to keep things moving. This coming week is a big one for awards season, as we have both the PGA and DGA nominees coming on Tuesday- the most important guilds for Best Picture predictions.
2020 GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS
Best Picture Drama: 1917
Lead Actor in a Drama: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Lead Actress in a Drama: Renee Zellweger, Judy
Best Picture Musical/Comedy: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Lead Actress in a Musical/Comedy: Awkwafina, The Farewell
Lead Actor in a Musical/Comedy: Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon in Time Hollywood
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Foreign-Language Film: Parasite
Best Director: Sam Mendes, 1917
Best Screenplay: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Animated Feature: Missing Link
Best Score: Joker
Best Song: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
I was happy to see my prediction of Taron Egerton winning Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical pay off- I think he will likely get that Oscar nomination now too
