Oscars 2016 Predictions Based on Golden Globe Winners
Best comedy TV series went to Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle”, which won over the HBO heavyweight “Veep”.
In what is probably the year’s most competitive category, best actress in a drama, Brie Larson won out over Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) and Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn) for her affecting performance as a woman in captivity in “Room”.
Isaiah Tootoosis and his aunt Barb Tootoosis pose with Leonardo DiCaprio during filming of The Revenant in Los Angeles.
That said, they might want to reward Matt Damon’s similarly impressive career now capped with stellar work in “The Martian”, a major crowd-pleaser totally anchored by his star power.
Schumer was nominated for best actress in a musical or comedy for “Trainwreck”, but lost out to Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”.
– Sylvester Stallone, taking the best supporting actor prize for his work in “Creed”, the seventh film in the boxing franchise.
Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”. Aaron Sorkin was awarded the Best Screenplay award for Steve Jobs.
Original Score: Ennio Morricone, ‘The Hateful Eight’. (She plays Cookie on Fox’s “Empire.”) Jon Hamm won best actor for “Mad Men”, which concluded its celebrated run a year ago. So did his counterpart Rachel Bloom who won best actress-comedy for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Movie or Limited Series: “Wolf Hall”.
First Nations actor Duane Howard admits he “choked up” when “The Revenant” star Leonardo DiCaprio dedicated his Golden Globe trophy to indigenous communities around the world.
Among the traditional networks, Comcast’s USA Network proved there is still some life on cable as its breakout series “Mr. Robot” took Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor in A Drama (Christian Slater).
Jennifer Lawrence blasted a journalist for looking at his phone during a Golden Globes Q&A with the star.
The Golden Globes were handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at a glitzy Beverly Hills dinner packed with A-list celebrities.
Last year, “Birdman” earned the Academy’s top prize, but during a ceremony where viewership was at the lowest it’s been since 2009. The live show surely set a record for the number of times it was muted as Hollywood’s brightest went blue on what is considered both a party and a kick-off to awards season.