The Golden Globes Awards are given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) whose approximately 90 members hail from 55 countries. Remarkably, according to the L.A. Times, February 21, 2021 article, no one representing the association is from the African diaspora. Considering that, I will try to predict who the HFPA will award, plus render my opinion, as an African-American man, on who should win.
FILM
DRAMA
Best Motion Picture Drama
Will Win: NOMADLAND
Should Win: TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Director Drama
Will Win: Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND
Should Win: Regina King, A NIGHT IN MIAMI
Best Screenplay Drama
Will Win: Aaron Sorkin, TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Should Win: Aaron Sorkin, TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Will Win: Andra Day, THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Should Win: Andra Day, THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Will Win: Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER
Should Win: Riz Ahmed. SOUND OF METAL
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Will Win: Amanda Seyfried, MANK
Should Win: Jodie Foster, THE MAURITANIAN
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Will Win: Sasha Baron Cohen, TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Should Win: Daniel Kaluuya, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
COMEDY
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Will Win: BORAT
Should Win: PALM SPRINGS
Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Maria Bakalova, BORAT
Should Win: Rosamund Pike, I CARE A LOT
Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Will Win: James Corden, THE PROM
Should Win: James Corden, THE PROM
OTHER
Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: THE LIFE AHEAD
Should Win: THE LIFE AHEAD
Best Animated Feature
Will Win: THE CROODS
Should Win: SOUL
Best Music, Original Score
Will Win: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, MANK
Should Win: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and John Baptiste, SOUL
Best Music, Original Song
Will Win: Tigress and Tweed, Andra Day and Raphael Saadiq, THE U.S. VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Should Win: Speak Now, Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth, A NIGHT IN MIAMI
TELEVISION
DRAMA
Best TV Drama
Will Win: THE CROWN
Should Win: OZARK
Best Actress in a TV Drama
Will Win: Laura Linney, OZARK
Should Win: Laura Linney, OZARK
Best Actor in a TV Drama
Will Win: Al Pacino, HUNTERS
Should Win: Al Pacino, HUNTERS
Best Supporting Actress
Will Win: Julia Garner, OZARK
Should Win: Julia Garner, OZARK
Best Supporting Actor
Will Win: Donald Sutherland, THE UNDOING
Should Win: Donald Sutherland, THE UNDOING
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Best TV Musical or Comedy
Will Win: SCHITT’S CREEK
Should Win: EMILY IN PARIS
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Catherine O’Hara, SCHITT’S CREEK
Should Win: Lily Collins, EMILY IN PARIS
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Will Win: Ramy Youssef, RAMY
Should Win: Ramy Youssef, RAMY
LIMITES SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Best Limited Series or TV Movie
Will Win: THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
Should Win: UNORTHODOX
Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Will Win: Cate Blanchett, MS. AMERICA
Should Win: Shira Haas, UNORTHODOX
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Will Win: Hugh Grant, THE UNDOING
Should Win: Bryan Cranston, YOUR HONOR
