Gold Rush Gang: Golden Globe Nominations Predictions

The Gold Rush Gang have a few things to say about the Golden Globe nominations, especially…what is going on with Supporting Actor?? After today’s Screen Actors Guild nominations the Gang went scrambling to check and re-check their predictions here. Will the rise of Barkhad Abdi and the fall of Bradley Cooper continue? Will James Gandolfini add a Golden Globe nomination to today’s SAG nom? One thing’s for sure; there will be surprises, there will be snubs.

Tune in to the nominations as they’re announced on Thursday, December 12 at 5:00am PST to find out.

Full list of Gold Rush Gang predictions:

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
12 Years a Slave – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Gravity – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Blue Jasmine – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Captain Phillips – Evan, Dennis, Peter, Long, Cédric, Ben
Philomena – Erik, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric
Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth
Saving Mr. Banks – Peter, Kenneth, Ben

Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
American Hustle – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
August: Osage County – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Long, Ben
Nebraska – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
The Wolf of Wall Street – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Her – Evan, Dennis, Peter, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Inside Llewyn Davis – Erik, Beth, Cédric

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Robert Redford, All is Lost – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Cédric, Ben
Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Long

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Bruce Dern, Nebraska – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Christian Bale, American Hustle – Evan, Erik, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Joaquin Phoenix, Her – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
James Gandolfini, Enough Said – Dennis, Peter
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Jon – Kenneth

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Sandra Bullock, Gravity – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Judi Dench, Philomena – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Adéle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Cédric, Ben
Kate Winslet, Labor Day – Peter, Long

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Amy Adams, American Hustle – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Scarlett Johansson, Don Jon – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric
Melissa McCarthy, The Heat – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight – Dennis
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha – Peter, Ben
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County – Erik

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street – Evan, Erik, Kenneth, Peter, Long, Ben
Daniel Brühl, Rush – Evan, Erik, Peter, Cédric
Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks – Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips – Peter, Cédric
Harrison Ford, 42 – Cédric
Will Forte, Nebraska – Dennis
James Gandolfini, Enough Said – Beth
Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners – Dennis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County – Evan, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Ben
June Squibb, Nebraska – Evan, Erik, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Cédric

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
David O. Russell, American Hustle – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Cédric
Spike Jonze, Her – Peter, Long
Alexander Payne, Nebraska – Ben

Best Screenplay
American Hustle – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
12 Years a Slave – Erik, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Blue Jasmine – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Her – Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
The Wolf of Wall Street – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long
Nebraska – Erik, Kenneth, Cédric, Ben
Inside Llewyn Davis – Dennis
Philomena – Peter

Best Animated Feature Film
Frozen – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Monsters University – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Despicable Me 2 – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Ben
The Croods – Kenneth, Peter, Long, Cédric
The Wind Rises – Kenneth, Beth

Best Foreign Language Film
Blue is the Warmest Color – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Cédric, Ben
The Hunt – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
The Past – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
The Great Beauty – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Cédric, Ben
Wadjda – Erik, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Gloria – Dennis, Peter, Long
The Grandmaster – Evan, Peter, Long
The Wind Rises – Evan

Best Original Score
12 Years a Slave – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Saving Mr. Banks – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Gravity – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Philomena – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
The Book Thief – Erik, Dennis, Peter, Cédric
Her – Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
Frozen – Peter
Monsters University – Cédric
Rush – Peter

Best Original Song
Epic, “Rise Up” – Cédric
Frozen, “Let It Go” – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
The Great Gatsby, “Young and Beautiful” – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Long, Ben, Cédric
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, “Atlas” – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
Inside Llewyn Davis, “Please, Mr. Kennedy” – Erik, Peter, Beth, Long, Cédric, Ben
Her, “The Moon Song” – Dennis, Kenneth, Beth, Long, Ben
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, “Ordinary Love” – Erik, Peter, Cédric
One Chance, “Sweeter Than Fiction” – Dennis, Kenneth
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, “I See Fire” – Peter

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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