What can we learn from the Golden Globes and SAGs this Oscar season.
While the Golden Globes are the unofficial start of Oscar season, over the past few years you could make a case that the SAGs are much more of an indicator of Oscar success. Here is how I think things stand right now after the Globe/SAG nominations.
BEST PICTURE
(The Locks) – THE SOCIAL NETWORK, THE KING’S SPEECH, INCEPTION, THE FIGHTER, BLACK SWAN
(Holding On) – TRUE GRIT, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE TOWN, WINTER’S BONE, TOY STORY
(Needs Help) – BLUE VALENTINE, RABBIT HOLE, THE GHOST WRITER
BEST DIRECTOR
(The Locks) – DAVID FINCHER, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
(Holding On) – TOM HOOPER, DARREN ARONOFSKY, DAVID O. RUSSELL
(Needs Help) – THE COEN BROS., BEN AFFLECK, ROMAN POLANSKI
BEST ACTOR
(The Locks) – COLIN FIRTH, JAMES FRANCO, JESSE EISENBERG
(Holding On) – JEFF BRIDGES, MARK WAHLBERG
(Needs Help) – ROBERT DUVALL, RYAN GOSLING, LEONARDO DICAPRIO
BEST ACTRESS
(The Locks) – NATALIE PORTMAN, ANNETTE BENING, NICOLE KIDMAN, JENNIFER LAWRENCE
(Holding On) – HILARY SWANK
(Needs Help) – MICHELLE WILLIAMS, JULIANNE MOORE, HALLE BERRY, NAOMI WATTS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
(The Locks) – CHRISTIAN BALE, GEOFFREY RUSH, JEREMY RENNER
(Holding On) – MARK RUFFALO, ANDREW GARFIELD
(Needs Help) – JOHN HAWKES, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, PIERCE BROSNAN, MICHAEL DOUGLAS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(The Locks) – AMY ADAMS, MELISSA LEO, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, MILA KUNIS
(Holding On) – HAILEE STEINFELD
(Needs Help) – JACKI WEAVER, BARBARA HERSHEY, OLIVIA WILLIAMS, MARION COTILLARD
