So, as you probably already know, the Golden Globes will not be televised this year. It won’t be livestreamed either. There will be no red carpet and no celebrity presenters. One assumes that there will be precious few, if any, celebrity acceptances as well. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—the shady organization that puts on the Globes each year—will reportedly announce winners in real-time on its website and social media channels during the “private event” this Sunday night.
Of course, the HFPA pretty much had this coming. Still, it’s kind of a bummer, especially considering how good a lot of nominees are this year. I’ve been poring over the films and TV shows up for these controversial awards and thinking about what should win, what’s most likely to win and what I would like to see win. The following picks are all based on some ineffable combination of those considerations. For what it’s worth…
Best Picture, Drama
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
*The Power of the Dog
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy
Cyrano
Don’t Look Up
*Licorice Pizza
Tick, Tick … Boom!
West Side Story
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
*Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
*Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard, Annette
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up
Emma Stone, Cruella
*Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
*Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom!
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Anthony Ramos, In the Heights
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
*Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
*Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Director, Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
*Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
*Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos
Best Motion Picture, Animated
Encanto
*Flee
Luca
My Sunny Maad
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
A Hero
*Parallel Mothers
Best Score, Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Germaine Franco, Encanto
*Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Best Song, Motion Picture
“Be Alive,” King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas,” Encanto
“Down to Joy,” Belfast
* “Here I Am [Singing My Way Home],” Respect
“No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
Best Drama Series
Lupin
The Morning Show
Pose
Squid Game
*Succession
Best Musical/Comedy Series
The Great
*Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Reservation Dogs
Ted Lasso
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
Dopesick
Impeachment: American Crime Story
Maid
Mare of Easttown
*The Underground Railroad
Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
Jessica Chastain, Scenes From a Marriage
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Elizabeth Olsen, Wandavision
Margaret Qualley, Maid
*Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Motion Picture
Paul Bettany, Wandavision
Oscar Isaac, Scenes From a Marriage
*Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Tahar Rahim, The Serpent
Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama
*Uzo Aduba, In Treatment
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pose
Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Billy Porter, Pose
*Jeremy Strong, Succession
Omar Sy, Lupin
Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
*Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
*Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Best Supporting Actress, Television
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
*Andie MacDowell, Maid
Sarah Snook, Succession
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Best Supporting Actor, Television
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
*Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
O Yeong-su, Squid Game