2013 Golden Globes

So this is obviously late, as I'm watching the Red Carpet arrivals right now, but I wanted to post them, and then I'll come back to this post and add the winners! I'll highlight them in blue!

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck - Argo
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Rachel Weisz - The Deep Blue Sea

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Richard Gere - Arbitrage
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jack Black - Bernie
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray - Hyde Park on Hudson

BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily Blunt - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook - YEEEESSS
Maggie Smith - Quartet
Meryl Streep - Hope Springs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Chris Terrio - Argo

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina
Alexandre Desplat - Argo
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimet and Reinhold Heil - Cloud Atlas
Michael Danna - Life of Pi
John Williams - Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"For You" - Act of Valor
"Not Running Anymore" - Stand Up Guys
"Safe and Sound" - The Hunger Games
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables
"Skyfall" - Skyfall

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Rise of the Guardians
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Wreck-It Ralph

CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
Jodie Foster

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

BEST TELEVISION DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST MINISERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

BEST ACTRESS - TELEVISION DRAMA
Connie Britton - Nashville
Glenn Close - Damages
Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

BEST ACTOR - TELEVISION DRAMA
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Damian Lewis - Homeland

BEST ACTRESS - TELEVISION MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Lena Dunham - Girls
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

BEST ACTOR - TELEVISION MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Don Cheadle - House of Lies
Louis C.K. - Louie
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Nicole Kidman - Hemingway and Gellhorn
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller - The Girl
Julianne Moore - Game Change
Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Costner - Hatfields and McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
Woody Harrelson - Game Change
Toby Jones - The Girl
Clive Owen - Hemingway and Gellhorn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Hayden Panetierre - Nashville
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson - Game Change
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 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
Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family

One awards show down!

I think most of these, at least to me, were pretty obvious and I had called a few of them ages ago. (Like Brave, and Daniel Day-Lewis.) But there were a few surprises for me! Such as ARGO for Best Picture - I REALLY wasn't expecting that. Kudos to Ben and his team for that. (But remember to thank George next time you're on stage or Jennifer Garner is gonna have to do it for you! He's never going to live that down.)

Jennifer Lawrence was a nice surprise. I mean, I was DEFINITELY rooting for her, but the woman was up against Judi Dench, Meryl Streep and Maggie Smith. If she hadn't won, no one would have blamed her. But she DID, and I think that's a real testament to how important she's going to be to the world of Hollywood and films. I really admire her, and not just because of The Hunger Games. She is my Katniss, but she can also hold her own against greats like Robert De Niro. I haven't yet had a chance to see Winter's Bone but from what I've heard, she holds her own there too. I really love her, and I'm glad she's getting the recognition I personally believe she deserves. She's an extremely versatile actress, and she really gives it her all. (The fact that she's HILARIOUS and adorbs is a side point.)

Skyfall for best song was perfect. I haven't seen SKYFALL, and I have no desire to see it, as I don't like the James Bond movies or Daniel Craig as a general rule (except in THE JACKET; he was brilliant in that, mostly because not one person believed me when I said it was Daniel Craig.) YAY ADELE! She's amazing, and her speech was up there with Jessica Chastain's for the most genuine and awesome.

Let's just have some love time for Christoph Waltz. Love that man so much, and he's so brilliant, I'm glad he won! I wasn't sure about that category; Alan Arkin was a close second for me, and Robert De Niro getting no nomination was a big thing. But Christoph is awesome, love him! And yay for Tarantino getting Screenplay for Django - well deserved too!

Now. For the end of this, let's talk about how much I admire, respect, and adore Jodie Foster. I have always really liked Jodie; there has never been a time, as I've had with some other actors, where I didn't like them. (I really didn't like Leonardo DiCaprio for about 4 years after TITANIC came out. I think I hit my head really hard. Don't worry, I love him like crazy again.) I've always liked her, and I really hadn't seen her in very much, let alone any of her iconic roles. (I only saw SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in first year of university, 2008, and TAXI DRIVER last year, 2012.) But as I started paying attention to entertainment news and realising what she was doing, I followed her avidly. I still haven't seen most of her movies, because it's hard for me to find them (no downloading ever for the win!), but I always read any article about her I could find. She fascinated me, because she just didn't care what people thought of her, and she had been working for so, SO long. (Since she was THREE. That's a LONG time.) This speech only reinforced that. I had read her "defense" of Kristen Stewart - I didn't really find it a defense so much as a commentary on privacy. And her speech tonight was that as well; she didn't feel the need to tell people she was gay, because it's none of their business, and so she didn't really. She rambled a bit, mostly about privacy, but she did it well at the same time. She just said what she felt, and what mattered to her, and it worked. The bit about her mother also killed me; I teared up a LOT at that! It was beautiful, and it must be so hard for her to have to see her mother go through what she is going through, but it was just amazing that she said it didn't matter if her mom didn't understand; the important part was that she loved her. It was great, and it just made me realise, all over again, that this woman is strong, independent, and she does what matters to her. I can't wait to see other creations of hers, as well as eventually watching her entire filmography - as in, EVERYTHING. I love her. That's the point, obviously.

But it was a great awards show, with some surprises as well as obvious wins and events. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were great; I love those two. And the random Bill Clinton appearance was also awesome!

I'm loving that this awards season, I actually get to watch everything! SAG awards are up next, on Jan 27th, unless I figure out that another one is before that! (I think it's the next big one, anyway.) I'll be livetweeting and updating for that too.