2009 Golden Globe Prediction

Here are my thoughts, with the winners signified like they normally are.


Best Motion Picture--Drama:

Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor--Drama:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress--Drama:

Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Nicole Kidman, Australia
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best Motion Picture--Comedy or Musical:

Burn After Reading
Mamma Mia!
Pineapple Express
Sex and the City
Tropic Thunder

Best Actor--Comedy or Musical:

Josh Brolin, W.
Steve Carell, Get Smart
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York
Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder

Best Actress--Comedy or Musical:

Elizabeth Banks, Zack and Miri Makes a Porno
Anne Hathaway, Get Smart
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
Rachel Weisz, The Brothers Bloom

Best Supporting Actor:

Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
James Franco, Milk
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Michelle Williams, Synecdoche, New York

Best Director:

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Best Score:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Revolutionary Road
WALL-E

Best Animated Film:

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Best Foreign Film:

The Class
Gomorrah
Waltz with Bashir

And...I'm not bothering with the TV nominations. I'm sure "The Shield," "Mad Men," and "House" will be nominated. But beyond that, I can't say.