Today, The Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for their top honor, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. I mentioned in my predictions last night that there were at least 2-3 slots that were somewhat wide-open, with a number of possible names that could fill them. This would allow for a couple of potential surprises, and taking a look at today's nominees, some surprises we did indeed get.
Tomorrow, the Directors Guild of America will announce their nominations for their 67th annual awards, so let's take a look at whose names we'll most likely be seeing in those five coveted slots for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures.
The 72nd Annual Golden Globes have just finished, leaving us with plenty to talk about after the evening’s events. The Hollywood Foreign Press threw us plenty of curveballs, including a couple of major upsets that took plenty of people by surprise.
The Golden Globes are fast approaching, so once again, it's time to reveal my predictions for what nominees I feel have the best chance of being victorious in their respective categories. As usual, we have a lot of categories that appear to be locks, but we also have a couple of categories where two or three nominees have a great chance of winning, so without further delay, let's get right to it.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has just finished announcing their nominations for best achievement in film for 2014, with Wes Anderson's quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel leading the pack with 11 nominations. Not far behind are Birdman and The Theory of Everything with ten nods apiece. All three films have earned nods in many of the same top categories, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and in their respective Best Screenplay categories.
People often ask me why I don't include the Writers Guild of America in the "top guilds" when it comes to discussing awards, but the answer is very simple, with this morning's nominations being a prime example. Every year, because of their silly and narrow-minded rules, they leave out several contenders for their screenplay awards, and this year is no exception.
Earlier this afternoon, the Producers Guild of America announced their nominations for 2014. As one of the three major guilds, these awards end up having a large effect on the Oscars, with the winner of the guild's top prize having around a 75% chance of winning Best Picture (they've matched 18 out of 24 times thus far).
This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globes. Again we have Birdman at the head of the pack, earning seven nominations (all categories it was eligible for), including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Actor, Best ing Actor, Best ing Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Boyhood and The Imitation Game followed behind with five nods apiece, which included Best Picture - Drama, Best ing Actress, and Best Screenplay.
The nominations for the 21 annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have just been announced with Birdman leading the way, earning all four of its possible nominations out of the five film categories. Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything followed right behind with three.
With the Screen Actors Guild nominees just around the corner, I thought it’d be fun to try and guess what we’d be seeing in the five film categories. Obviously we have a lot that seems like 100%-certain locks, but, as usual, there are spots that are a toss-up between several potential nominees, making this a fascinating guessing game based on the awards we’ve seen thus far and what picks seem to have a lot of buzz behind them.
