Digital marketing company iQuanti has tracked how much actors, TV shows and movies were searched for on the Internet in 2015, and based on the data, these are their predictions for who will win at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.
iQuanti is equating popularity with success – and unlike other film awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association tends to go rogue in picking its winners, often opting for popular tentpole events and little-seen indie dramas.
Some of the predictions are, well, predictable.
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Trainwreck
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Matt Damon, The Martian
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED: Inside Out
BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Mustang
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs; Jane Fonda, Youth*
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE: Sylvester Stallone, Creed; Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE: Ridley Scott, The Martian
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE: Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE: “See You Again,” Charlie Puth, Furious 7
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA: Game of Thrones
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA: Taraji P. Henson, Empire
BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Orange Is the New Black
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES: MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens; Julie Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES: MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Rob Lowe, The Grinder
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES: American Horror Story: Hotel
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE: Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE: Idris Elba, Luther
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR TELEVISION MOVIE: Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, OR TELEVISION MOVIE: Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
*NOTE: Due to rounding, some of the categories resulted in tied winners.
One of the better aspects of getting older, is that I can write something like this.
GLOBES? SCHMOBES!
Best wishes, Pete.
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