Hurray for Hollywood & Bollywood - SlumDog Millionaire wins again & other Golden Globe Predictions

January 9, 4:12 PMPop Culture ExaminerDominic Patten

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We’ve had the People’s Choice and we’ve had the Critic’s Choice Awards and on Sunday, the Tinseltown award season will really kick into top gear with the 66^th Annual Golden Globes

Check out not only the major winners at the Critic’s Choice but also the incredibly accurate Pop Culture predictions here

After last year’s dismal show, a glorified press conference held in the middle of the Hollywood writer’s strike, the producer of this year’s Hollywood Foreign Press extravaganza promise to get you out of your chair screaming Hurray for Hollywood! "We're making this year bigger and better than ever," Barry Adelman told the Associated Press. The executive producer of Sunday’s broadcast pledges that the show, on NBC at 8PM on January 11,  "should remind everyone in the room why they got into this business in the first place."

That may be the case Barry and we’ll be watching. The thing is, besides the always fun fashion, what we really want is winners. 

Now, especially if the Critic’s Choice Awards were any indication, it looks like this might be Slumdog Millionaire and Anne Hathaway’s year. The Mumbai rags to TV riches film has rightly garnered almost universal praise and won last night. Ms. Hathaway, who under the displeased gaze of Angelina Jolie, shared the Best Actress award with Meryl Streep at the Critic’s Choice. It looks like she might have gotten a preview of winning the statuette for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama at Sunday’s Golden Globes. A star, indicating a winner, showed up for a few hours next to her name on the Globes’ website yesterday. We will see on Sunday if that was just a technical mistake or the real deal. 

Click here for a complete list of Golden Globe Nominees

And before you place your bets, office pool or otherwise, here’s the Pop Culture predictions of who will win at the Golden Globe on Sunday. Will my prophetic streak continue? Let’s see - 

Drama - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is fantastic but Slumdog Millionaire will rack this one up. My question is why isn’t Dark Knight nominated?

If you’re looking to light that victory cigar early - Check out here why Dark Knight should win Best Picture at the Oscars this year

Comedy or musical - Mamma Mia! The ABBA tunes alone win hands down. Meryl Streep singing them wins double hands down.

Director - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Actor in a drama - Sean Penn won at the Critic’s Choice Awards for his performance in Milk. I want Mickey Rourke to get it for truly getting in the emotional ring in The Wrestler but I think Penn’s got a lock on this.

Actress in a drama - Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married. She was simply great

Actor in a comedy or musical - James Franco for Pineapple Express. You don’t even need to be as high as the loveable dealer Franco played in this stoner comedy to laugh your ass off.

Actress in a comedy or musical - Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!

Supporting actor - The late Heath Ledger for his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight

Supporting actress – It’s almost a tie between Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler but I say Marisa. For her performance as the stripper with an almost heart of gold she made an old movie cliché brand new

For more on taking it off on screen and Hollywood strippers, click here

Animated film - Wall-E will win because that’s what happens when you make a truly great movie, you win.

Screenplay – With so many great writers nominated this one is close but I pick Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. Though John Patrick Shanley, who wrote both the original play and the screenplay for Doubt, could surprise us all.

Foreign-language film - Germany’s The Baader Meinhof Complex has stirred up controversy galore for its depiction of the 70s domestic terrorist group but the animated documentary Waltz with Bashir will win for sheer innovation and poignancy

Original song – Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wrestler" from The Wrestler. I love “Down to Earth" from Wall-E, but you can’t beat the Boss this year.

Television

Best TV comedy series - 30 Rock. I actually think it should be the too-true-to-life Californication which had a great season. That's what I think but the fact is, Sarah Palin and all, this is 30 Rock creator/star Tina Fey’s year.  

Best TV drama series - Mad Men. Because good drama, good actors and a great idea work in any era.