33rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Nominations

So, I'm a bit late on this one, but the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards nominations were announced last week. These ones are always my favourite nominations, just because they look at what was the worst things to come out of the previous year.  What's not fun about that?

I'm not going to make any predictions here, but I am going to note which movies I have seen, in bold, and which ones I, for some ridiculous reason, want to see, underlined.

Please, don't judge me.

Worst Picture	Worst Actor	Worst Actress
Battleship The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure  That's My Boy A Thousand Words The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Nicholas Cage in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence Eddie Murphy in  A Thousand Words Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Tyler Perry in Alex Cross and Good Deeds Adam Sandler in That's My Boy	Katherine Heigl in One for the Money Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Retribution Tyler Perry in Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Barbra Streisand in The Guilt Trip
Worst Supporting Actor	Worst Supporting Actress	Worst Screen Couple
Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Liam Neeson in Battleship and  Wrath of the Titans Nick Swardson in That's My Boy Vanilla Ice in That's My Boy	Jessica Biel in Playing for Keeps and Total Recall Brooklyn Decker in Battleship and What to Expect When You're Expecting Ashley Greene in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Jennifer Lopez in What to Expect When You're Expecting  Rhianna in Battleship	Any two cast members from Jersey Shore in The Three Stooges Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Tyler Perry and his Drag Get Up in Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection Adam Sandler and either Leighton Meester, Andy Samberg, or Susan Sarandon in That's My Boy
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel	Worst Director	Worst Screenplay
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection Piranha 3DD  Red Dawn The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Sean Anders, That's My Boy Peter Berg, Battleship Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Tyler Perry, Good Deeds and Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection John Putch, Atlas Shrugged: Part II	Battleship That's My Boy A Thousand Words The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
	Worst Screen Ensemble
	The cast of Battleship The cast of Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection The cast of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure The cast of That's My Boy The cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

70th Golden Globe Awards: Results

Last night was the 70th Golden Globe Awards.  Which, you know, were entertaining and what not.  Stuff happened, awards were won, Jodie Foster came out (which I swear, I thought she did a few years ago?).

Best Picture - Drama	Best Picture - Musical or Comedy	Best Actor (Drama)
Argo	Les Misérables	Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress (Drama)	Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty	Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables	Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress	Best Director
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained	Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables	Ben Affleck, Argo
Best Screenplay	Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained	Life of Pi	"Skyfall," Skyfall
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Brave	Amour
Best Series (Drama)	Best Series (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actor (Drama)
Homeland	Girls	Damien Lewis, Homeland
Best Actress (Drama)	Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)	Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Claire Danes, Homeland	Don Cheadle, House of Lies	Lena Dunham, Girls
Best Actor (Miniseries or TV Film)	Best Actress (Miniseries or TV Film)	Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys	Julianne Moore, Game Change	Ed Harris, Game Change
Best Supporting Actress	Best Miniseries or TV Film	Cecil B. DeMille Award
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey	Game Change	Jodie Foster

So, a few notes.  I either agreed with or had no opinion on most of the awards (more an agreed with in regards to the movies and no opinion in regards to the TV).  I didn't think that Argo really deserved to win as many awards as it did - the movie is good, yes, but it does bother me as both a Canadian and a historian, and I thought other films were more deserving.  I kind of wish that Bradley Cooper had won best actor instead of Hugh Jackman, and I'm a bit divided on the best actress for a dramatic TV show.  I love that Maggie Smith won her category, and that Anne Hathaway won hers - I also really loved Anne Hathaway's acceptance speech.

For the most part I was neither wowed nor bored by the presenters, although I did think that Jennifer Garner's continuation of husband Ben Affleck's acceptance speech when she presented was a bit tacky.  I did really love Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell's bit - I thought it was great. I also loved how Robert Downey, Jr introduced Jodie Foster.  Oh; the Megan Fox/Jonah Hill thing was lame.  Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were also great, I particularly loved their monologue and the Sarah Palin jokes.

Finally, Jodie Foster.  I loved her acceptance speech - from when she was talking about her career in general to when she came out.  I was a bit surprised by the coming out itself, not because I didn't realize she was gay but because I swear to God the coming out happened a few years ago when her and long-time partner Cydney Bernard broke up.  She wasn't exactly in the closet anymore, she was simply not commenting on her personal life - something that I respect.  Regardless of her sexuality, I think she was really deserving of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, after nearly 50 years in the film business.

18th Critics' Choice Awards: Results

So, last night was the 18th Critic's Choice Awards.  Once again, I didn't watch it, but here are the results and my commentary.

Best Picture	Best Actor	Best Actress
Argo	Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln	Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
I really don't think Argo should have won here.  Sure, it was good, but not the best picture.  There were other movies that were a lot better in this category	I actually really agree with this.  While I don't necessarily think Lincoln should win its best picture noms, I do think Daniel Day-Lewis deserves the win for best actor	I still haven't seen this yet, but I really want to and this just makes me want to more
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress	Best Young Actor/Actress
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master	Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables	Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
I really think that anyone in this category could have won. Except for Matthew McConaughey. I don't know how he got nominated	Yes. Just yes. This was so deserved.	I really want to see this now, just based on how much award recognition this has gotten
Best Acting Ensemble	Best Director	Best Original Screenplay
Silver Linings Playbook	Ben Affleck, Argo	Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
This was well deserved, but then once again, I think anyone could have won here	I kind of think that anyone else could have been a better win than this. Sorry, Ben Affleck, I love you, but yeah	Once again, this is making me want to see Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Tony Kushner, Lincoln	Life of Pi	Anna Karenina
I can see this.  There were a lot of good nominations in this category	Now I really want to see Life of Pi	This was another really good category.  Everyone could have won
Best Editing	Best Costume Design	Best Makeup
Zero Dark Thirty	Anna Karenina	Cloud Atlas
Really want to see this!	I think any one of the films nominated here deserved to win	Ditto
Best Visual Effects	Best Animated Feature	Best Action Movie
Life of Pi	Wreck-It Ralph	Skyfall
Ditto, again	Wreck-It Ralph is definitely the best nominated here	Any one could have won
Best Actor in an Action Movie	Best Actress in an Action Movie	Best Comedy
Daniel Craig, Skyfall	Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games	Silver Linings Playbook
I think I would have actually gone with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper here	I'm not sure who I would have gone with here. I do kind of question how Gina Carano got nominated though	I think this could have gone anyway, to be honest
Best Actor in a Comedy	Best Actress in a Comedy	Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook	Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook	Looper
Bradley Cooper really deserved this. So did Paul Rudd	I love how Jennifer Lawrence won both the action and comedy categories. I think she was the best win here	Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Although, how did Prometheus get nominated?
Best Foreign Film	Best Documentary Feature	Best Song
Amour	Searching for Sugar Man	"Skyfall," Skyfall
I really want to see everything in this category	I have no comment.  The only one I'm actually interested in here is Bully	I love this song, so much
	Best Score
	John Williams, Lincoln
	Of course John Williams won. John Williams should always win

Academy Awards Nominations

So today the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were released.  The most nominated movie was Lincoln, with twelve nominations, and the second most nominated movie was Life of Pi with eleven nominations.  For the first time since 1972 the show's host, this year Seth McFarlane, actually made the nominations, along with actress Emma Stone.

Bolded are my picks.

Best Picture	Best Director	Best Actor
Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild  Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Les Misérables Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty	Michael Haneke, Armour Ang Lee, Life of Pi David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Behn Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild	Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables Joaquin Pheonix, The Master Denzel  Washington, Flight
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva, Armour Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible	Alan Arkin, Argo Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained	Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway,  Les Misérables Helen Hunt, The Sessions Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay	Best Animated Feature
Amour, Michael Haneke Django Unchained, Quentin Taratino Flight, John Gatnis Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Baol	Argo, Chris Terrio Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin Life of Pi, David Magee Lincoln, Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell	Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary - Feature	Best Documentary - Short Subject
Armour Kon-Tiki No A Royal Affair War Witch	5 Broken Cameras The Gatekeepers How to Survive a Plague The Invisible War Searching for Sugar Man	Inocente Kings Point Monday at Racine Open Heart Redemption
Best Life Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Asad Buzkashi Boys Curfew Death of a Shadow (Dood Van En Schaduw) Henry	Adam and Dog Fresh Guacamole Head Over Heels  The Longest Daycare Paperman	Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli Argo, Alexandre Despalt Life of Pi, Mychael Danna Lincoln, John Williams Skyfall, Thomas Newman
Best Original Song	Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
"Before My Time," from Chasing Ice "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from Ted "Pi's Lullaby," from Life of Pi "Skyfall," from Skyfall "Suddenly," from Les Misérables	Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty	Argo Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall
Best Production Design	Best Cinematography	Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Anna Karenina The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln	Anna Karenina Django Unchained Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall	Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables
Best Costume Design	Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Anna Kareinina Les Misérables Lincoln Mirror Mirror Snow White and the Huntsman	Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life of Pi Marvel's The Avengers Prometheus Snow White and the Huntsman

39th People's Choice Awards: Results

So I didn't actually watch this year's People's Choice Awards, so I can't comment on the actual ceremony itself, although based on the list of presenters and the host, I do wish I had thought to record it.  What I'm going to do instead is make a quick commentary on some of the night's wins.

Just to predicate this, I am going to point out that the wins really show the voting demographics of the awards.  Young people, very young people, vote for these awards.

Favourite Movie	Favourite Action Movie	Favourite Comedy Movie
The Hunger Games	The Hunger Games	Ted
You know what, I'm a little surprised here.  I thought Hunger Games was great, but it was up against The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, which were both better	Once again, surprised here, for the same reasons.  I don't think Hunger Games was really all that actiony, either.	This category kind of surprised me.  The nominations were a bit weird.  Ted definitely was not the worst possible winner.
Favourite Drama Movie	Favourite Movie Franchise	Favourite Movie Fan Following
The Perks of Being a Wallflower	The Hunger Games	Twihards, Twilight
I actually really loved this movie.  Of the other movies in this category, I think it was the best deserving one	I'm a bit iffy about this one, just because at this point The Hunger Games isn't really a franchise.  It's the first instalment in one	This category basically sums up who these awards are aimed for.  I do find it funny that two of the franchises nominated here didn't release a movie this year
Favourite Movie Actor	Favourite Movie Actress	Favourite Dramatic Movie Actor
Robert Downey, Jr	Jennifer Lawrence	Zac Efron
I think any one of these actors could have won.  This is the only category I've really liked so far	I feel the same about this as I did about the last category.  I really like Jennifer Lawrence, I'm happy she won	I'm a little surprised that Zac Efron won.  Not complaining, because it's Zac Efron, but surprised
Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress	Favourite Action Movie Actor	Favourite Movie Superhero
Emma Watson	Chris Hemsworth	Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man in The Avengers
I love Emma Watson and I'm really glad she won.  The Perks of Being a Wallflower was great	I found it interesting how Chris Hemsworth won here, but lost the superhero nomination.  It's weird	Okay, yeah. Iron Man is awesome.  I'm happy with this. I do find it interesting how all of the people nominated here are men
Favourite Comedic Movie Actor	Favourite Comedic Movie Actress	Favourite On-Screen Chemistry
Adam Sandler	Jennifer Aniston	Jennifer Lawrence/Josh Hutcherson/Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games
How does Adam Sandler still win these awards? I think he's kind of passed his time here	I'm also a bit disappointed here.  Don't get me wrong, I love Jennifer Aniston on Friends, but I don't think she's the best comedic actress this year	Um... yeah. No.  Not the best. It was good, but not the best.  I would have gone Andrew Garfield/Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man here
Favourite Movie Icon	Favourite Face of Heroism	Favourite Network TV Comedy
Meryl Streep	Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games	The Big Bang Theory
I'm happy with this.  Meryl Streep is awesome	I'm not really sure what this category means, it's confusing. I do find it odd that all the superheros were men, while all the faces of heroism were women	I like this show. It's great. And, also important, it's not Modern Family
Favourite Network TV Drama	Favourite TV Comedy Actor	Favourite TV Comedy Actress
Grey's Anatomy	Chris Colfer	Lea Michele
Once again, I love this show.  It's great, but also not great. I'm happy with this win	I think I would have gone with Neil Patrick Harris here.  I like Chris Colfer, but I'm not as big of a fan of his character	Yeah... This could have gone a few ways.  I'm not complaining about the winner, I just find it odd
Favourite TV Drama Actor	Favourite TV Drama Actress	Favourite Cable TV Comedy
Nathan Fillion	Ellen Pompeo	Awkward
Nathan Fillion is the kind of guy who should be nominated for everything and win everything he's nominated for. Just saying	There were a few really good people nominated here, so I think it could have gone a few ways	Honestly, I don't actually watch any of these shows, so I have no comment
Favourite Cable TV Drama	Favourite TV Crime Drama	Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show
Leverage	Castle	Supernatural
I haven't watched any of these either, although I have heard of a lot of great things	Castle is great because of Nathan Fillion.  I would have also liked it if Bones had won too	This was a really good category and had some interesting nominations.  It could have gone anyway
Favourite New TV Comedy	Favourite New TV Drama	Favourite Daytime TV Host
The New Normal	Beauty and the Beast	Ellen DeGeneres
I don't watch The New Normal or pretty much anything else here.  I've been told New Normal is really good though	How did this win? Seriously? How? How did it even get nominated?	Ellen is awesome!
Favourite Late Night TV Host	Favourite TV Competition Show	Favourite Celebrity Judge
Jimmy Fallon	The X-Factor	Demi Lovato
I would have gone with Conan here, just saying	I don't actually watch anything here, but I've been told The X-Factor is great	I would have gone with Blake Shelton, who wasn't even nominated
Favourite Premium Cable TV Show	Favourite New Talk Show Host	Favourite TV Fan Following
True Blood	Steve Harvey	SPNFamily, Supernatural
Huh. Is True Blood still good?	I kind of find it funny that Katie Couric, Jeff Probst, and Ricki Lake all somehow qualify as new talk show hosts	Once again, who cares about the fan followings? Really? This is a category?
Favourite Song of the Year	Favourite Album of the Year	Favourite Music Video
"What Makes You Beautiful," One Direction	Up All Night, One Direction	"Part of Me," Katy Perry
I'm a little surprised "Call Me Maybe" didn't win, just because that's everywhere	I can see this, given who else was nominated. A little surprised Maroon 5 didn't win though	And I'm totally surprised that neither "Gangnam Style" nor "Call Me Maybe." They were everywhere
Favourite Male Artist	Favourite Female Artist	Favourite Band
Jason Mraz	Katy Perry	Maroon 5
How does Chris Brown keep on getting nominated for things? How does Chris Brown still have a following?	Honestly, I think of all the people nominated here, Katy Perry is the least deserving	I can see this. They were kind of everywhere this year
Favourite Pop Artist	Favourite Hip Hop Artist	Favourite R&B Artist
Katy Perry	Nicki Minaj	Rhianna
I would have gone with either P!nk or Adele here	Nicki Minaj is probably the biggest name here	I don't think I actually like any of the artists in this category. Sorry
Favourite Country Artist	Favourite Breakout Artist
Taylor Swift	The Wanted
Um... yeah. I can name 4 artists nominated for this who should have won instead of Taylor Swift	I'm really surprised that The Wanted won here, instead of any of the other artists nominated
Favourite Humanitarian	People's Voice
Sandra Bullock	Christina Aguilera
I'm not really sure what this category was for, but Sandra Bullock is awesome	Also not sure what this category is for, sorry

Golden Globe Nominations

Yesterday the nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced. The winners will be announced January 13th on NBC because awards are just about the only good thing that happen on NBC are award shows.

I'm not going to make any predictions because I haven't seen all of the movies yet.

The nominees are as follows:

Movies

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty.  I really enjoyed both Argo and Lincoln, and am really looking forward to seeing Django and Zero Dark Thirty.  Not too sure about Life of Pi - I want to see it, I just haven't for some reason.

Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Misérables, Moonrise Kingdom, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, and Silver Linings Playbook. I've only seen Silver Linings Playbook out of this bunch, although I've heard a lot of good things about both The Best Exotic and Moonrise.  I can't wait to see Les Mis though.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, Richard Gere in Arbitrage, John Hawkes in The Sessions, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master, and Denzel Washington in Flight.  My money here is on Daniel Day-Lewis, he amazed me in Lincoln that much.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone, Helen Mirren in Hitchcock, Naomi Watts in The Impossible, and Rachel Weisz in The Deep Blue Sea.  I haven't seen any of these yet, but my money would be on Helen Mirren just because awards love her.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy; Jack Black for Bernie, Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook, Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables, Ewan McGregor for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, and Bill Murray for Hyde Park on Hudson.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Emily Blunt in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Judi Dench in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Maggie Smith in Quartet, and Meryl Streep in Hope Springs.  Even though I haven't seen most of these movies, I would say this is a really tight race just because of the caliber of actresses.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Alan Arkin in Argo, Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained, Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained. This one is another tight race in my opinion.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Amy Adams in The Master, Sally Field in Lincoln, Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables, Helen Hunt in The Sessions, and Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy. Anyone else kind of love that a movie starring Zac Efron is getting award recognition, even if he isn't getting it?

Best Director - Motion Picture: Ben Affleck in Argo, Kathryn Bigelow in Zero Dark Thirty, Ang Lee in Life of Pi, Steven Spielberg in Lincoln, and Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained.  Okay, so even though I haven't seen it yet, my money's on Kathryn Bigelow.  She's kind of awesome like that.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Chris Terrio for Argo, Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained, Tony Kushner for Lincoln, David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook, and Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty.  I kind of hope Lincoln wins here.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "For You," Monty Powell and Keith Urban in Act of Valor, "Safe and Sound," a ton of people including Taylor Swift in The Hunger Games, "Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boubil, and Herbet Kretzmer in Les Misérables, "Skyfall," Adele and Paul Epworth in Skyfall, and "Not Running Anymore," Jon Bon Jovi, Stand Up Guys.  Okay, so I love all of these songs, my favourite being either "Skyfall" or "Safe and Sound."

Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina, Alexandre Desplat for Argo, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer for Cloud Atlas, Mychael Danna for Life of Pi, and John Williams for Lincoln.  Have I mentioned that I love John Williams?  Just saying.

Best Animated Film - Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, Rise of the Guardians, and Wreck-It Ralph.  This is actually the only category where I've seen almost all of them, and I'm hoping for Wreck-It Ralph to win.

Best Foreign Language Film - Amour, Kon-Tiki, Intouchables, En kongelig affære, and Rust and Bone.  The film of this bunch that I want to see most is En kongelig affære, however, based on the fact that Rust and Bones has received other nominations, that's what I'm thinking is going to win.

Television

Best Television Series - Drama: Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Homeland, and The Newsroom.  I hope Downton Abbey wins just because it's awesome, but it's also the only one of these shows I've been following this season.

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy: The Big Bang Theory, Episodes, Girls, Modern Family, and Smash.  Once again, I don't watch most of these shows, so I'm not going to make any predictions here.

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: Game Change, The Girl, Hatfields & McCoys, The Hour, and Political Animals. I kind of hope that two things happen here: one is that Political Animals wins and the other is that USA Network decides to uncancel it.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire, Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad, Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom, Jon Hamm in Mad Men, and Damian Lewis in Homeland.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Connie Britton for Nashville, Glenn Close for Damages, Claire Danes for Homeland, Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey, and Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife.  I'm torn here between Connie Britton, Claire Danes, and Michelle Dockery.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock, Don Cheadle for House of Lies, Louis C.K. for Louie, Matt LeBlanc for Episodes, and Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory.  Simply because it's the last season of 30 Rock, I kind of hope Baldwin wins this year.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Zooey Deschanel for New Girl, Lena Dunham for Girls, Tina Fey for 30 Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep, and Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation.  Once again, I'm hoping Fey wins because this is the last season of 30 Rock.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: Kevin Costner for Hatfield & McCoys, Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock, Woody Harrelson for Game Change, Toby Jones for The Girl, and Clive Owen for Hemmingway & Gellhorn.  Benedict Cumberbatch! I'm still amazed by his Sherlock.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: Nicole Kidman for Hemingway & Gellhorn, Jessica Lange for American Horror Story, Sienna Miller for The Girl, Julianne Moore for Game Change, and Sigourney Weaver for Political Animals.  I'm rooting for Weaver, but I've also heard great things about Lange's performance in American Horror Story.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Max Greenfield, New Girl, Ed Harris, Game Change, Danny Huston, Magic City, Mandy Patinkin, Homeland, and Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family. Anyone else kind of think that's covering a lot for one category?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Hayden Panettiere, Nashville, Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, Sarah Paulson, Game Change, Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, and Sofía Vergara, Modern Family.  Maggie Smith!

So, yeah.  Those are our nominations, those are my few predictions (remember when I said I wasn't going to make any predictions? Clearly, I lied).  Come back in January, when I'll review the awards and comment on the winners!