TV: The Golden Globes

Sorry this list a little late. Golden Globes are tomorrow! Last year was terrible with the lame press conference thanks to the writer's strike. This year, it’s back to the drunken celebrities making lighter speeches. Hope it’s fun. Again, I’m not making predictions but I do like to root for people (otherwise, why watch an awards show). Here's my picks.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Frost/Nixon / The Reader / Revolutionaty Road / Slumdog Millionaire
4 My Pick: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture – Comedy
Burn After Reading / Happy-Go-Lucky / In Bruges / Mamma Mia! / Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4 Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actor – Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road) / Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) / Sean Penn (Milk) / Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
4 Frank Langella

Best Actress – Drama
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) / Angelina Jolie (Changling) / Meryl Streep (Doubt) / Kristin Scott Thomas (I’ve Loved You So Long) / Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
4 Meryl Streep

Best Actor – Comedy
Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) / Colin Farrell (In Bruges) / James Franco (Pineapple Express) / Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) / Dustin Hoffman (Last Chance Harvey)
4 James Franco

Best Actress – Comedy
Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) / Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) / Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading) / Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) / Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey)
4 Sally Hawkins

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder) / Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) / Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) / Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) / Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
4 Heath Ledger

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Doubt) / Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) / Viola Davis (Doubt) / Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) / Kate Winslet (The Reader)
4 Viola Davis

Best Animated Film
Bolt / Kung Fu Panda / Wall-E
4 Wall-E

Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex / Everlasting Moments / Gomorrah / I’ve Loved You So Long / Waltz with Bashir
4 Waltz with Bashir

Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) / Stephen Daldry (The Reader) / Daivd Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) / Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)
4 David Fincher

Best Screenplay
Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Doubt (John Patrick Shanley) / Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) / David Hare (The Reader) / Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
4 Eric Roth

Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Changeling / Defiance / Slumdog Millionaire / Frost/Nixon
4 Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
“Down to Earth” (Wall-E) / “Gran Torino” (Gran Torino) / “I Thought I Lost You” (Bolt) / “Once in a Lifetime” (Cadillac Records) / “The Wrestler” (The Wrestler)
4 “Down to Earth”

Best TV Series – Drama
Dexter / House / In Treatment / Mad Men / True Blood
4 Mad Men

Best TV Series – Comedy
30 Rock / Californication / Entourage / The Office / Weeds
4 The Office

Best TV Actor – Drama
Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment) / Michael C Hall (Dexter) / Jon Hamm (Mad Men) / Hugh Laurie (House) / Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors)
4 Hugh Laurie

Best TV Actress – Drama
Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters) / Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) / January Jones (Mad Men) / Anna Paquin (True Blood) / Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
4 January Jones

Best TV Actor – Comedy
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) / Steve Carell (The Office) / Kevin Connolly (Entouage) / David Duchovny (Californication) / Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
4 Steve Carell

Best TV Actress – Comedy
Christina Appelgate (Samantha Who?) / America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) / Tina Fey (30 Rock) / Debra Messing (The Starter Wife) / Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)
4 Tina Fey

Best TV Supporting Actor
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) / Denis Leary (Recount) / Jeremy Piven (Entourage) / Blair Underwood (In Treatment) / Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)
4 Neil Patrick Harris

Best TV Supporting Actress
Eileen Atkins (Cranford) / Laura Dern (Recount) / Melissa Geroge (In Treatment) / Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters) / Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)
4 Laura Dern

Best TV Mini-Series
A Raisin in the Sun / Bernard and Doris / Cranford / John Adams / Recount
4 John Adams

Best TV Mini-Series Actor
Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris) / Paul Giamatti (John Adams) / Kevin Spacey (Recount) / Kiefer Sutherland (24) / Tom Wilkinson (Recount)
4 Paul Giamatti

Best Mini-Series Actress
Judi Dench (Cranford) / Catherine Keener (An American Crime) / Laura Linney (John Adams) / Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel) / Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris)
4 Laura Linney

Bear in mind that those choosing the winners are from the Hollywood Foreign Press. Ninety critics. That’s it. The award show is a total crapshoot but it should be fun.