UPDATED: 2010 Golden Globe Winners for movies
 
UPDATED!! **WINNERS IN BOLD (and star)

If you were keeping score with my live twitter updates on Sunday night, I was 6 for 13 (46%)( http://twitter.com/aaronlafferty )
Rachael was 3 for 6 (50%)
Terri was 2 for 6 (33%)

Best Picture – Drama:
**“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglorious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

Aaron’s Pick: “The Hurt Locker”
Rachael’s Pick: “Avatar”
Terri’s Pick: “Precious”

Best Actor in Drama:
**Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire, “Brothers”

Aaron’s Pick: George Clooney – “Up in the Air”
Rachael’s Pick: George Clooney – “Up in the Air”
Terri’s Pick: Tobey Maguire – “Brothers”

Best Actress in Drama: 
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
**Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabuorey Sidibe, “Precious”

Aaron’s Pick: Gabuorey Sidibe – “Precious”
Rachael’s Pick: Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Terri’s Pick: Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
“500 Days of Summer”
**“The Hangover”
“Its Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”

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Detroit filmed movie “Up in the Air” grabs at least 6 Golden Globe Nominations – Movies

Its the 2nd biggest awards in the movie industry… and often considered a preview of what we’ll see for the Oscar nominations.

“Up in the Air” was filmed at Detroit Metro and other locations last year… its grabbed 6 big nominations Best Picture, Best Actor (George Clooney), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and 2 for Best Supporting Actress.

Its nice to see the award voters remembering the summer movies that are often forgotten by voters this time of year: “The Hurt Locker”, “500 Days of Summer”, “The Hangover”, and “District 9″.

2010 Golden Globe Nominations announced this morning with links to my reviews (I will fill in the blanks and fix spellings later):

Best Picture – Drama:
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglorious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical:
“500 Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“Its Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”

Best Actress in Drama: 
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabuorey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best Actor in Drama:
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire, “Brothers” 

Best Actor in Comedy/Musical: 
Matt Damon, “The Informant”
Daniel Day Lewis, “Nine”
Robert Downey, Jr. – “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “500 Days of Summer”
Michael Stulbart, “A Serious Man”

Best Director:
Kathyrn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress in Comedy/Musical: 
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal” 
Marianne Cottilard, “Nine”
Julia Roberts, “Duplicity”
Meryl Streep, “Its Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Best Screenplay:
“District 9″ 
“The Hurt Locker”
“Its Complicated”
“Up in the Air”
“Inglorious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress: 
Mo-Nique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”

Best Animated Movie:
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“The Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”

Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Original Score:
Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch, “The Informant”
James Horner, “Avatar”
Abel Krozeniowski, “A Single Man”
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, “Where the Wild Things Are”

Best Original Song:
“I Will See You” - “Avatar”
“The Weary Kind” - ”Crazy Heart”
“Winter” – “Brothers”
“Cinema Italiano” – “Nine”
“I Want to Come Home” – “Everybody’s Fine”

The “The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards” will air Live January 17, 2010 on NBC at 8:00 PM EST.

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Recapping the Golden Globe Winners (movie categories)

My sleeper for Academy Award Best Picture “Slumdog Millionaire” leads the way, going 4 for 4… including “Best Picture – Drama” and Best Director for Danny Boyle.

“The Wrestler” and Kate Winslet tied for 2nd most awards, “The Wrestler” won for Best Actor – Drama for Mickey Rourke and Best Song by Bruce Springsteen…. Winslet won in both acting award categories: Best Actress for “Revolutionary Road” and Supporting Actress for “The Reader”.

Biggest surprises: Colin Farrell winning Best Actor in Musical or Comedy (“In Bruges”) and Meryl Streep not winning in either category she was nominated in.

Best moments: the standing ovation when Health Ledger won for Best Supporting actor for his amazing role as The Joker in “The Dark Knight”…. and Kate Winslet or Sally Hawkins stunned during their speeches for winning their awards.

BEST PICTURE – DRAMA:
“Slumdog Millionaire”

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA:
Kate Winslet (“Revolutionary Road”)

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA:
Mickey Rourke (“The Wrestler”)

BEST PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:
Sally Hawkins (“Happy-Go-Lucky”)

BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY:
Colin Farrell (“In Bruges”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Kate Winslet (“The Reader”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight”)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
“WALL-E”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
“Waltz With Bashir” (Israel)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”)

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE:
Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE:
A. R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE:
“The Wrestler”  (“The Wrestler”) (Music & Lyrics by: Bruce Springsteen)
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 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The nominees are in, and while “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Doubt”, “Frost/Nixon” led the way with 5 nominations each, 2 movies created some surprises for me “Revolutionary Road” and “The Reader” knocked out some of my picks.   But I have to remember the Golden Globes are as much about the celebrities on the night of the awards as the awards themselves.  So that makes sense why Leonardo DiCaprio gets the nomination over Will Smith – because the Golden Globes probably want to see Leo and Kate at the awards together since they are both nominated.  

I’ve starred (***) the ones I predicted correctly….

BEST PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
***”Mamma Mia!”
***”Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
“Burn After Reading”
“Happy-Go-Lucky”
“In Bruges
No real surprises here. I got 2 predictions correct (“Mamma Mia!” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”), although I told Avi, our TV Geek last night that “Burn After Reading” should have been on my list !!!

BEST PICTURE – DRAMA:
***”Frost/Nixon”
***“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
***“Slumdog Millionaire”
“The Reader”
“Revolutionary Road”
2 surprises here – I got 3 right – I really thought “Milk” and “The Dark Knight” would make it over “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road”… there’s still the Academy Awards to get it right.

BEST DIRECTOR:
***Ron Howard (“Frost/Nixon”)
***David Fincher (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
***Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”)
Steven Daldry (“The Reader”)
Sam Mendes (“Revolutionary Road”)
3 out of 5… 1 surprise here – no Clint Eastwood for “Changeling”

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA:
***Sean Penn (“Milk”)
***Brad Pitt (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
***Frank Langella (“Frost/Nixon”)
***Mickey Rourke (“The Wrestler”)
Leonard DiCaprio (“Revolutionary Road”)
4 out of 5 – 1 surprise here – Leo instead of Will Smith for “Seven Pounds”

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY/MUSICAL:
Javier Bardem (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”)
Colin Farrell (“In Bruges”)
James Franco (“Pineapple Express”)
Brenden Gleason (“In Bruges”)
***Dustin Hoffman (“Last Chance Harvey”)
1 out of 5, but 1 VERY BIG surprise here – John Malkovich SHUTOUT of this category!!!!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
***Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight”)
***Ralph Fiennes (“The Duchess”)
Tom Cruise (“Tropic Thunder”)
Robert Downey, Jr. (“Tropic Thunder”)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Doubt”)
2 out of 5, I’m very surprised that Tom Cruise’s smaller role in “Tropic Thunder” knocks out John Malkovich’s big role in “Burn After Reading”.  This IS A TRAVESTY and might be another case of the Golden Globes wanting to see Tom Cruise at the awards.  Downey, Jr. and Seymour Hoffman should have been on my list.  I hope the Academy Awards get it right and give Malkovich the nod!!!

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA:
***Meryl Streep (“Doubt”)
***Kristin Scott Thomas (“I’ve Loved You So Long”)
***Angelina Jolie (“Changeling”)
***Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”)
Kate Winslet (“Revolutionary Road”)
4 out of 5, not a big surprise here, although it is the first of 2 nominations for both Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY/MUSICAL:
***Frances McDormand (“Burn After Reading”)
***Sally Hawkins (“Happy-Go-Lucky”)
***Emma Thompson (“Last Chance Harvey”)
***Meryl Streep (“Mamma Mia”)
*Rebecca Hall (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”)
4.5 out of 5, not a real surprise here because I had Rebecca Hall in Best Supporting Actress

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
***Penelope Cruz (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”)
***Amy Adams (“Doubt”)
***Kate Winslet (“The Reader”)
Viola Davis (“Doubt”)
Marisa Tomei (“The Wrestler”)
Minor surprise here – no Queen Latifah for “The Secret Life of Bees”, although critics are saying that Viola and Marisa were good in their roles

OTHER NOMINATIONS NOT ANNOUNCED/NOT PREDICTED

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