Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment); James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox)
Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast later this evening, January 17, on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. (Please, scroll down for our final predictions.)
Golden Globe presenters include more than 50 stars and stars-in-the-making, from screen siren Sophia Loren to screen werewolf Taylor Lautner — and just everything in-between, including two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, two-time Oscar winner and (more recently) pariah Mel Gibson (making his big-screen comeback as well in Edge of Darkness), and The Hangover dudes Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, and Ed Helms.
Also, Oscar winners Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman, Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Josh Brolin, Oscar winners Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon, Oscar nominees Harrison Ford and Kate Hudson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's never won or been nominated for an Oscar, but who's now the governor of a state on the brink.
Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (Columbia Pictures); Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (Ralph Nelson / Warner Bros.); Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics)
Below is our list of Golden Globe Predictions (including a handful of TV categories). I'm the one posting this, but if it's mostly wrong, make sure to blame someone else at Alt Film Guide.
Best Picture (drama): Avatar
Best Picture (comedy or musical): It's Complicated
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor (drama): George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Actress (drama): Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Actor (comedy or musical): Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes
Best Actress (comedy or musical): Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Song: "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
Best TV Series or Movie: Grey Gardens
Best Actress in a TV Series or Movie: Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby
Best Actor in a TV Series or Movie: Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Best Supporting Actress (TV): Jane Lynch, Glee
Best Supporting Actor (TV): Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother