Golden Globes 2015: My Predictions vs. Winners

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The 2015 Golden Globe Awards were held this week--and looking back on my predictions, it was a mixed bag, getting 52% correct. Sure, I've been in the 30-40% range before, which is terrible, so 52% isn't all that bad, but I went down after the past couple years of being at 64% in 2013 and 68% in 2014.

Here are the list of winners compared to my predictions:

Movies

Best Drama:

Boyhood

My Prediction:

Boyhood (+)

Best Comedy or Musical:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

My Prediction:

Birdman (-)

Best Actor--Drama:

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

My Prediction:

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything (+)

Best Actress--Drama:

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

My Prediction:

Julianne Moore, Still Alice (+)

Best Actor--Comedy or Musical:

Michael Keaton, Birdman

My Prediction:

Michael Keaton, Birdman (+)

Best Actress--Comedy or Musical:

Amy Adams, Big Eyes

My Prediction:

Emily Blunt, Into the Woods (-)

I was torn between going with Amy or Emily, and of course I went with the wrong person.

Best Supporting Actor:

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

My Prediction:

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash (+)

Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

My Prediction:

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood (+)

Best Director:

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

My Prediction:

Richard Linklater, Boyhood (+)

Best Screenplay:

Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

My Prediction:

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel (-)

I should have just predicted Birdman since that's what everyone else was predicting, but I went out on a limb with Budapest since I did the same last year in this category by going with Her when no one else was and ended up winning; this time, though, I wasn't as lucky.

Best Original Score:

Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

My Prediction:

Antonio Sanchez, Birdman (-)

Best Original Song:

"Glory" by John Legend & Common, Selma

My Prediction:

"Glory" by John Legend & Common, Selma (+)

Best Animated Movie:

How to Train Your Dragon 2

My Prediction:

The Lego Movie (-)

Again, here's another instance of me torn between two movies (Dragon and Lego) and I went with the wrong one again.

Best Foreign Language Film:

Leviathan

My Prediction:

Ida (-)

Television

Best Drama:

The Affair

My Prediction:

The Affair (+)

Best Comedy or Musical:

Transparent

My Prediction:

Transparent (+)

Best Actor--Drama:

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

My Prediction:

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (+)

Best Actress--Drama:

Ruth Wilson, The Affair

My Prediction:

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (-)

Viola David was robbed, I tell you! Robbed!

Best Actor--Comedy or Musical:

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

My Prediction:

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (+)

Best Actress--Comedy or Musical:

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

My Prediction:

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin (+)

Best TV Movie or Miniseries:

Fargo

My Prediction:

True Detective (-)

I'm noticing a trend happening here, with many of my incorrect predictions happening because I narrowed it down to two and chose the wrong one.

Best Actor--TV Movie or Miniseries:

Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

My Prediction:

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (-)

Best Actress--TV Movie or Miniseries:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

My Prediction:

Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (-)

Best Supporting Actor:

Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

My Prediction:

Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (-)

See my explanations above.

Best Supporting Actress:

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

My Prediction:

Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (-)