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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