8th Annual Golden Globes Prediction Contest

[dreaMaker]

welcome to the vanity fair

[99-1100896887]

Bravo, Damien and Anon!
Cam

[flipp525]

Congratulations, Damien! Welcome to the Hall of Fame!

[Damien]

Thanks, Kova, for doing this, and for tabulating the winners so quickly.

Congratualtions to Damien and Anon, who lost the tie-breaker.

Wow, in all my years on the Board, this is the first time I've ever won a contest.

Thanks Kova for masterminding it!

[Big Magilla]

Thanks, Kova, for doing this, and for tabulating the winners so quickly.

Congratualtions to Damien and Anon, who lost the tie-breaker.

[Kova]

And the winner of this year's Golden Globe prediction contest is:

Damien, who defeated Anon by scoring two points in the Foreign Film category.

Here are the top 10 entrants (according to the tie-break rule and, again, not counting the Animated Feature category):

1. Damien (24 points, 2 points in Foreign Language Film)
2. Anon (24 points, 1 point in Foreign Language Film)
3. Original BJ (22 points, 2 points in Foreign Language Film)
4. Mister Tee (22 points, 1 point in Foreign Language Film)
5. Hustler (21 points, 1 point in Picture--Drama)
6. (tie) Big Magilla
Precious Doll (21 points, 0 points in Picture--Drama, tied in all tie-breaker categories)
8. OscarGuy (20 points, 2 points in Picture--Drama, Picture--Comedy, and Foreign Language Film)
9. Sabin (20 points, 2 points in Picture--Drama and Picture--Comedy, 1 point in Foreign Language Film)
10. Heksagon (20 points, 2 points in Picture--Drama, Picture--Comedy, 0 points in Foreign Language Film)

And a special mention for Eric, who was alone in predicting the Happy Feet song for the win.

Congrats to one and all!

[Kova]

Alright...the polls are closed. I will post the results either tonight or tomorrow morning.

Also, I forgot to include Best Animated Feature in my original post when I was describing the rules. Therefore, I am not counting that category, because some of the earlier posts did not include predictions for it.

Good luck and enjoy the show.

[Eric]

Drama: The Departed (ru: Babel)
Actor Drama: Will Smith (ru: Forest Whitaker)
Actress Drama: Helen Mirren (ru: Penelope Cruz)
Comedy-Musical: Little Miss Sunshine (ru: Dreamgirls)
Actor Comedy/Musical: Sacha Baron Cohen (ru: Johnny Depp)
Actress Comedy/Musical: Meryl Streep (ru: Renee Zellweger)
Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt (ru: Eddie Murphy)
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson (ru: Adriana Barraza)
Director: Martin Scorsese (ru: no one)
Screenplay: The Queen (ru: The Departed)
Score: Babel (ru: The Da Vinci Code)
Song: "The Song of the Heart" (ru: "Listen")
Animated: Happy Feet (ru: Cars)
Foreign: The Lives of Others (ru: Letters from Iwo Jima)

[Damien]

Picture - Drama
Babel (The Queen)

Picture - Comedy/Musical
Dreamgirls (Borat)

Director
Martin Scorsese (Alejandro Innaritu)

Actress - Drama
Helen Mirren (Judi Dench)

Actor - Drama
Forrest Whitaker (Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed)

Actress - Comedy
Meryl Streep (Beyonce Knowles)

Actor - Comedy
Sacha Cohen (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson (Adriana Barraza)

Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy (Brad Pitt)

Foreign Language Picture
Letters From Iwo Jima (Pan's Labyrinth)

Screenplay
The Queen (The Departed)

Original Score
Babel (The Painted Veil)

Original Song
"Listen" -- Dreamgirls ("The Song Of The Heart" -- Happy Feet)

Goddman Cartoon
Happy Feet (Cars)

[Heksagon]

All right, so I really haven’t followed the Oscar race this year. Blame it on last year’s disappointing winner(s) and this year’s disappointing hopefuls. (Granted, I haven’t seen many of them yet, but I’m not looking forward to seeing them) I’ll try to get more active now.

Drama - Babel (The Departed)
Comedy - Dreamgirls (Little Miss Sunshine)
Actor, Drama - Forest Whitaker (Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed)
Actress, Drama - Helen Mirren (Penélope Cruz)
Actor, Comedy - Sacha Baron Cohen (Will Ferrell)
Actress, Comedy - Meryl Streep (Beyoncé Knowles)
Supp. Actor - Brad Pitt (Eddie Murphy)
Supp. Actress - Jennifer Hudson (Cate Blanchett)
Director - Martin Scorsese (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Screenplay - Babel (The Queen)
Song - "Listen", Dreamgirls ("The Song of the Heart", Happy Feet)
Score - Babel (The Painted Veil)
Foreign Lingo - Pan’s Labyrinth (The Lives of Others)
Animation - Happy Feet (Cars)

[tjmackey]

Picture - Drama
Babel (The Departed)

Picture - Comedy/Musical
Dreamgirls (Little Miss Sunshine)

Director
Scorsese (Eastwood - Iwo Jima)

Actress - Drama
Helen Mirren (Judi Dench)

Actor - Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed (Peter O'Toole)

Actress - Comedy
Meryl Streep (Renée Zellweger)

Actor - Comedy
Sacha Cohen (Will Ferrell)

Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson (Cate Blanchett)

Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt (Jack Nicholson)

Animated Feature
Happy Feet (Cars)

Foreign Language
Iwo Jima (Volver)

Screenplay
The Queen (The Departed)

Original Score
Babel (The Fountain)

Original Song
Dreamgirls (Happy Feet)

[criddic3]

I wonder if I shouldn't hedge my bets and go for an Affleck upset?

[criddic3]

Meant to do this earlier:

Drama Picture:
Departed (Babel)

Comedy/Musical:
Dreamgirls (Little Miss Sunshine)

Actor - Drama:
Whitaker (DiCaprio)

Actor - Comedy:
Cohen (Eckhart)

Actress - Drama:
Mirren (Dench)

Actress - Comedy:
Streep (Knowles)

Supp. Actor:
Nicholson (Murphy)

Supp. Actress:
Hudson (Kikuchi)

Screenplay:
Babel (Queen)

Director:
Scorsese (Innaritu)

Score:
Babel (Fountain)

Song:
"Listen" ("Song of the Heart")

Animated:
Cars (Happy Feet)

Foreign:
Pan's Labyrinth (Volver)

[Mister Tee]

Just under the wire, I hope.

Film/Drama: The Departed
(ru: Babel)

Actor/Drama: Forest Whitaker
(ru: Peter O'Toole)
any of the five can win, but Whitaker seems to be taking on Philip Seymour-itis

Actress/Drama: Helen Mirren
(ru: as if it matters...Judi Dench)

Film/Comedy-Musical: Dreamgirls
(ru: The devil Wears Prada)

Actor/Comedy-Musical: Sacha Baron Cohen
(ru: Aaron Eckhart)

Actress/Comedy-Musical: Meryl Streep
(ru: Beyonce Knowles)

Supporting Actor:Eddie Murphy
(ru: Brad Pitt)

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson
(ru: Cate Blanchett)
really tempted to go for an upset here

Director: Martin Scorsese
(ru: Clint Eastwood/Iwo Jima)

Screenplay: The Queen
(ru: Babel)

Score: Babel
(ru: The Painted Veil)

Song: Listen
(ru: The Song of the Heart)

Animated: Happy Feet
(ru: Cars)

Foreign: Pan's Labyrinth
(ru: Letters from Iwo Jima)

[the critic]

DRAMA PICTURE: The Departed
ru: Babel

DRAMA ACTOR: Forest Withaker - The Last King of Scotland
ru: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed

DRAMA ACTRESS: Helen Mirren - The Queen
ru: Penelope Cruz - Volver

COMEDY/MUSICAL PICTURE: Dreamgirls
ru: Little Miss Sunshine

COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTOR: Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
ru: Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction

COMEDY/MUSICAL ACTRESS: Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
ru: Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
ru: Mark Whalberg - The Departed

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
ru: Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal

DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
ru: Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima

SCREENPLAY: The Departed
ru: Babel

SCORE: Babel
ru: The Painted Veil

SONG: Dreamgirls
ru: Happy Feet

ANIMATED: Cars
ru: Happy Feet

FOREIGN: Pan's Labyrinth
ru: Letters from Iwo Jima