My Emmy Nomination Predictions

Emmy nominations are just hours away from being announced.  Here's my quick predictions.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

House of Cards

Mad Men

True Detective

Other possibilities: Downton Abbey, Homeland, The Americans, Masters of Sex, Ray Donovan, Boardwalk Empire and The Blacklist.

Shows I would love to see nominated but won't: Justified, Person of Interest, Arrow.

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA:

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Woody Harrelson, True Detective

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

James Spader, The Blacklist

Other possibilities: Matthew Rhys for The Americans, Hugh Bonneville for Downton Abbey, Michael Sheen for Masters of Sex, Liev Schreiber for Ray Donovan, Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire and Jeff Daniels for The Newsroom.

Performances I would see nominated but won't: Timothy Olyphant for Justified, Stephen Amell for Arrow and Andrew Lincoln for The Walking Dead.

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA:

Claire Danes, Homeland

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Other possibilities: Lizzy Caplan for Masters of Sex, Vera Farmiga for Bates Motel, Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey and Keri Russell for The Americans.

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Emily Van Camp for Revenge, Madeline Stowe for Revenge.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA:

Josh Charles, The Good Wife

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Dean Norris, Breaking Bad

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire

Other possibilities: Noah Emmerich for The Americans, Jim Carter for Downton Abbey

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Walton Goggins for Justified, David Morrisey for The Walking Dead, Manu Bennett for Arrow, James Purefoy for The Following and Henry Czerny for Revenge.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA:

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones

Michelle Monaghan, True Detective

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Bellamy Young, Scandal

Other possibilities: Emilia Clarke for Game of Thrones, Christina Hendricks for Mad Men, Monica Potter for Parenthood, Betsy Brandt for Breaking Bad, Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife.

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Melissa McBride for The Walking Dead, Morgan Saylor for Homeland, Joelle Carter for Justified, Taraji P. Henson for Person of Interest, Amy Acker for Person of Interest and Susanna Thompson for Arrow.

BEST COMEDY SERIES:

The Big Bang Theory

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Louie

Modern Family

Orange is the New Black

Veep

Other possibilities: Girls, Parks and Recreation, Silicon Valley, Mom, Shameless.

BEST ACTOR - COMEDY:

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

William H. Macy, Shameless

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY:

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Anna Faris, Mom

Julia Louise-Dreyfuss, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Emmy Rossum, Shameless

Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMEDY:

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Tony Hale, Veep

Ed O'Neill, Modern Family

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMEDY:

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Julie Bowen, Modern Family

Allison Janney, Mom

Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

I'll skip the other awards (miniseries, tv movie, variety series, reality competition, etc.)

Who Will/Should Win Tonight at The Academy Awards

In this post, I'll post my predictions on who I think will win as well as who I think should win.  Unfortunately, there are still several movies I need to catch up on.  Dallas Buyers Club, Philomena, Nebraska, Blue Jasmine are but a few of the movies that I have yet to see.  Also, I have seen none of the films nominated for Animated feature and Short, Documentary feature and short and live action short.

Best Picture

The nominees are:

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Who Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Who Should Win: Her


Best Director

The nominees are

Alfonso Cauron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Who Will Win: Alfonso Cauron
Who Should Win: Alfonso Cauron


Best Actor

The nominees are

Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Who Will Win: Matthew McConaughey
Who Should Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor (since I haven't seen Dallas Buyers Club)


Best Actress

The nominees are


Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Who Will Win: Cate Blanchett
Who Should Win: Sandra Bullock (haven't seen Blue Jasmine though)


Best Supporting Actor

The nominees are

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Who Will Win: Jared Leto
Who Should Win: Bradley Cooper (haven't seen Dallas Buyers Club)


Best Supporting Actress

The nominees are

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

Who Will Win: Lupita Nyong'o
Who Should Win: Lupita Nyong'o


Best Original Screenplay

The nominees are

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska


Who Will Win: Her
Who Should Win: Her


Best Adapted Screenplay

The nominees are

Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Who Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Who Should Win: The Wolf of Wall Street


My Predictions for the rest of the categories

Animated Feature: Frozen
Documentary Feature: The Act of Killing
Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
Film Editing: Gravity
Production Design: Gravity
Cinematography: Gravity
Costume Design: American Hustle
Makeup and Hairstyle: Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa
Original Score: Gravity
Original Song: The Moon Song from Her
Visual Effects: Gravity
Sound Editing: Gravity
Sound Mixing: Gravity

I won't bother with the live action short, and documentary and animated short categories.

Anyway those are my predictions.  Tomorrow, I'll be back with my thoughts on the winners and my final thoughts on the show itself.  And next weekend I'll be back with Year in review where I'll give my top 10 Movies and Television of 2013 and my Bottom 5 (or 10 depending) as well as list my favorite performances of the year.

My Probably Way Off Oscar Nomination Predictions

Oscar nominations are just hours away.  Here are my predictions for this year's nominations.  I've decided not to play it safe with certain nominations and make a few out there predictions.  I'm probably wrong, but there's always a surprise or two and what fun would it be if I played it safe all the way and not make a few out there predictions?

Here they are:


My final predictions:

BEST PICTURE:
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street
Nebraska
Dallas Buyers Club
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Director
Alfonso Cauron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Alexander Payne, Nebraska

Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chewetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Robert Redford, All is Lost

Best Actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Will Forte, Nebraska

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyongo, 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
June Squibb, Nebraska
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Lea Seydoux, Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave
Blue is the Warmest Color
Before Midnight
The Wolf of Wall Street
Philomena

Best Original Screenplay
Her
American Hustle
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Inside Llywen Davis

Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Best Foreign Language Film
The Hunt
The Great Beauty
The Grandmaster
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Omar

Best Documentary Feature
Blackfish
20 Feet From Stardom
The Act of Killing
Stories We Tell
Cutie and the Boxer

Best Production Design
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
American Hustle

Best Cinematography
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Nebraska
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Captain Phillips

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave
The Great Gatsby
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Rush

Best Editing
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
The Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle

Best Makeup and Hair
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents' Bad Grandpa

Best Original Score
All is Lost
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
The Book Thief
Philomena

Best Original Song
Amen from All is Lost
Let it Go from Frozen
Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Atlas from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
My Lord Sunshine from 12 Years a Slave

Best Sound Editing
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
Pacific Rim
All is Lost

Best Sound Mixing
All is Lost
Gravity
Rush
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smuag
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Iron Man 3

Not going to guess the short (animated/live action/documentary) categories.

Tomorrow I'll do a follow up to see how my predictions stack up (probably not well, they never do) as well as my over all thoughts on the nominees in general.