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I was playing it safe by predicting a win for Belfast as Best Drama. Didn't think they would go for The Power of the Dog. But I'm very happy it won.

Surprised Kidman won though.

I guess it's going to be Will Smith's year at the Oscars.

Will have to finally trudge through Drive My Car as it now appears to be a major player. The first 30 minutes were such a slog to sit through that I gave up.

I will accept Jefforey's Smith's entry since we have so little entries this year. Oh, well, anyway.

Only Reza predicted Belfast's Screenplay win earning him triple points. Only mlrg and myself (anonymous1980) predicted The Power of the Dog in Picture (him as a sole prediction and me as the runner-up), earning us double points. Here are the results:

Big Magilla = 18 points
Aceisgreat = 21 points
Mister Tee = 22 points
mlrg = 28 points
Sabin = 30 points
anonymous1989 = 31 points

...and we have a tie for the winners, each one earning 33 points:

Reza & Jefforey Smith!

Congratulations! (I guess?)

Wow, they're dropping fast.

Sabin wrote:Do we know how these are dropping? Is it a rolling series of tweets?

They say they'll announce them on their Twitter account as revealed. Also will post on their web site, though that may not be as quick.

Do we know how these are dropping? Is it a rolling series of tweets?

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy: West Side Story
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Will Smith (King Richard)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Andrew Garfield (tick, tick … BOOM!)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Best Director – Motion Picture: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Best Animated Feature: Encanto
Best Foreign Language Film: Drive my Car
Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer (Dune)
Best Original Song: “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die

Addendum: I see I'm submitting this past the deadline. Oops...I need to make sure I read the rules next time. Oh well, here's what I'm thinking anyway if anyone wishes to compare notes.

Best Motion Picture Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Licorice Pizza
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
Best Animated Picture: Encanto
Best Non-English Language Picture: Drive My Car
Best Actor Motion Picture Drama: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress Motion Picture Drama: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Best Supporting Actor: Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Original Score: Dune
Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" / No Time to Die

Best Motion Picture Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: West Side Story
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
Best Animated Picture: Encanto
Best Non-English Language Picture: Parallel Mothers
Best Actor Motion Picture Drama: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress Motion Picture Drama: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor: Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Best Supporting Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Best Original Score: Dune
Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" / No Time to Die

It's a measure of how uncertain I am this year that, even knowing using alternates is not smart betting strategy, I'm doing it anyway, because I just can't decide. The combination of a lousy field, so many alleged crowd-pleasers bombing, Omicron striking at the worst possible moment, and the Globes spending the season in Coventry, leaves me utterly at sea on all but a few categories.

Best Motion Picture, Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: West Side Story (Licorice Pizza)
Best Director, Motion Picture: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama: Will Smith, King Richard (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog)
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama: Kristen Stewart, Spencer (Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick Boom
Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture: Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Ariana Debose, West Side Story
Best Original Score, Motion Picture: Hans Zimmer, Dune
Best Original Song, Motion Picture: “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
Best Non-English Language Picture: A Hero (Parallel Mothers)
Best Animated Picture: Encanto

Best Motion Picture Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: West Side Story
Best Animated Picture: Encanto
Best Non-English Language Picture: Parallel Mothers
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay: Belfast (RU The Power of the Dog)
Best Original Score: Encanto
Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" / No Time to Die

Reza wrote:Will they award the DeMille this year?

Nope. If they did, I doubt the recipient will show up.

Will they award the DeMille this year?

Predicting the Globes this year is tricky because since there's not gonna be a ceremony and not gonna be celebrities in attendance, star-fucking will not be much of a factor in their voting so I have no idea how this will go.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Belfast (RU: The Power of the Dog)
BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: West Side Story
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Will Smith, King Richard
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (RU: Ciaran Hinds)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (RU: Steven Spielberg)
BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Hans Zimmer, Dune
BEST ORIGINAL SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE: "No Time to Die", No Time to Die
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Encanto
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Parallel Mothers (RU: Drive My Car)

Going on a couple of hunches. Probably will revise these a couple of times.

Best Motion Picture Drama: Belfast
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: West Side Story
Best Animated Picture: Encanto
Best Non-English Language Picture: Parallel Mothers
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
Best Original Score: Dune
Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" / No Time to Die

Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Power of the Dog

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: West Side Story

Best Director, Motion Picture:Jane Campion The Power of the Dog (RU: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter)

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza (RU: Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up)

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama: Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick Boom (RU: Peter Dinklage, Cyrano)

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture: Ciaran Hinds, Belfast (RU: Troy Kotsur, CODA)

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Ariana Debose, West Side Story (RU: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard)

Best Original Score, Motion Picture: Germaine Franco, Encanto (RU: Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers)

Best Original Song, Motion Picture: “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die

Best Non-English Language Picture: Drive My Car (RU: The Hand of God)

Best Animated Picture: Encanto (RU: Luca)

Bonus question: no nominees in attendance