And The 2020 Winners Are…

The Golden Globe 2020 Awards Nominations were recently released last week and the results are not surprising. Personally, Lupita Nyong'o was snubbed for her role of Adelaide in Jordan Peele’s sophomoric effort, ‘Us,’ which also received zero nominations for the year. Of course, we see the only African American nominations are Eddie Murphy in ‘Dolemite’ and everyone else is for the portrayal of Slaves which during the awards season is the only time white people feel comfortable mentioning the trauma that stains the legacy of the United States equality and equity.

All things aside, below are my projections of the winners with some commentary and analysis.

*Spoiler alert: Parasite should win every category it’s nominated for, but we shall see.

Best Director, Motion Picture

PROJECTED WINNER: Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”

Sam Mendes, “1917”

Todd Phillips, “Joker”

Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

PROJECT WINNER: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, “Parasite”

Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story” - Overwritten. Should’ve been a stage play.

Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Extremely difficulty category to choose a winner. A wide range of dope stories make it hard, but this (along with the foreign nominations) is one of the more diverse categories.

PROJECTED WINNER: “Jojo Rabbit” - Endearing and a tear-jerker, but off-putting for some.

RUNNER UP: “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” - Too many shots of feet to win this unless there’s a foot-fetish niche in Hollywood.

“Dolemite Is My Name” - I don’t think this is the year Eddie Murphy wins. Too many heavy hitters in this category.

“Knives Out” - Who dunnit, but also shouldn’t won-it.

“Rocketman” - Like a rocket, man.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

PROJECTED WINNER: Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story” - Too much hype around this and awards season owes Netflix a W somehow.

Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet” - Horrible acting. Horrible story. Why is the black character the evil-antagonist?

Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”

Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”

Renée Zellweger, “Judy”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Ana de Armas, “Knives Out” - If she’s not ditzy in real life, she does a good job in this film.

PROJECTED WINNER: Awkwafina, “The Farewell” - Watching her hold back tears throughout this film is a wonderful theatre experience.

RUNNER UP: Beanie Feldstein, “Booksmart”

Cate Blanchett, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette”

Emma Thompson, “Late Night”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

PROJECTED WINNER: Annette Bening, “The Report”

RUNNER UP: Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell” - Kathy Bates - duh.

Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”

Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers” - She didn’t win for playing Selena, she won’t win playing a scamming stripper.

Margot Robbie, “Bombshell” - These films still give power to white men in power. But who am I?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

PROJECTED WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

RUNNER UP: Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”

Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” - White men driving fast cars. Great movie to make up for frail egos.

Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”

Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

PROJECTED WINNER: Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” - B. Pitt a supporting actor? Why not.

RUNNER UP: Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”

Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” - Mr Rogers can’t be done Nice try, Tom

Al Pacino, “The Irishman”

Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

PROJECTED WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

RUNNER UP: Roman Griffin Davis, “Jojo Rabbit”

Daniel Craig, “Knives Out” - Somehow felt like Craig was Bond. James. Bond.

Taron Egerton, “Rocketman”

Eddie Murphy, “Dolemite Is My Name”

Best Motion Picture, Drama

PROJECTED WINNER: “The Irishman”

“1917” - Why is a war film about British soldiers not a foreign film and Farewell is considered a foreign film even though it’s about an Asian-American woman’s family?

“Joker”

“Marriage Story”

“The Two Popes”

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

PROJECTED WINNER: Hildur Gudnadottir, “Joker”

RUNNER UP: Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women”

Randy Newman, “Marriage Story”

Thomas Newman, “1917”

Daniel Pemberton, “Motherless Brooklyn”

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

PROJECTED WINNER: “Beautiful Ghosts,” “Cats”

RUNNER UP: “Spirit,” “The Lion King”

“I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”

“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”

“Stand Up,” “Harriet” - Please don’t win.

Best Motion Picture, Animated

PROJECTED WINNER: “Toy Story 4”

“Frozen 2”

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

“The Lion King”

“Missing Link”

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

PROJECTED WINNER: “Parasite” (South Korea)

RUNNER UP: “The Farewell” (United States) - This shouldn’t be in the foreign category. Nonetheless, a great film!

“Les Misérables” (France) - Can’t wait to watch this.

“Pain and Glory” (Spain)

“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (France)

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

PROJECTED WINNER: “Fleabag”

RUNNER UP: “Barry”

“The Kominsky Method”

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

“The Politician”

Best Television Series, Drama

PROJECTED WINNER: “Succession”

“Big Little Lies”

“The Crown”

“Killing Eve”

“The Morning Show”

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

PROJECTED WINNER: “Chernobyl”

RUNNER UP: “The Loudest Voice”

“Catch-22”

“Fosse/Verdon”

“Unbelievable”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

*This is the hardest decision out of all the categories.

PROJECTED WINNER: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag”

RUNNER UP: Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll”

Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”

Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Kirsten Dunst, “On Becoming a God in Central Florida”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

PROJECTED WINER: Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”

RUNNER UP: Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show

Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”

Olivia Colman, “The Crown”

Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

PROJECTED WINNER: Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies” - Season 2 was wack, but Meryl killed it.

RUNNER UP: Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”

Patricia Arquette, “The Act”

Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”

Emily Watson, “Chernobyl”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

PROJECTED WINNER: Helen Mirren, “Catherine the Great”

RUNNER UP: Joey King, “The Act”

Kaitlyn Dever, “Unbelievable”

Merritt Wever, “Unbelievable”

Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

PROJECTED WINNER: Bill Hader, “Barry”

RUNNER UP: Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”

Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”

Ben Platt, “The Politician”

Paul Rudd, “Living With Yourself”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

PROJECTED WINNER: Brian Cox, “Succession”

RUNNER UP: Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”

Kit Harington, “Game of Thrones”

Tobias Menzies, “The Crown”

Billy Porter, “Pose” - Big ups to Billy on the nomination.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

PROJECTED WINNER: Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice” - Hard to believe it’s Russell Crowe.

RUNNER UP: Jared Harris, “Chernobyl”

Christopher Abbott, “Catch-22”

Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Spy”

Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

*Difficult decision

PROJECTED WINNER: Kieran Culkin, “Succession”

RUNNER UP: Andrew Scott, “Fleabag”

Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”

Stellan Skarsgard, “Chernobyl”

Henry Winkler, “Barry”