Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017

So another award show is just around the corner and of course I must give out my predictions for the show.

SAG 2017:

Italics- My Guess
Bold- Winner

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 

Casey Affleck- Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield- Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling- La La Land
Viggo Mortensen- Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington- Fences

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Amy Adams- Arrival
Emily Blunt- The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman- Jackie 
Emma Stone- La La Land
Meryl Streep- Florence Foster Jenkins

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali- Moonlight
Jeff Bridges- Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant- Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges- Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel- Lion

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Viola Davis- Fences
Naomie Harris- Moonlight
Nicole Kidman- Lion
Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams- Manchester by the Sea

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 

Riz Ahmed- The Night Of 

Sterling K. Brown- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story 

Bryan Cranston- All the Way

John Turturro- The Night Of

Courtney B. Vance- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Bryce Dallas Howard- Black Mirror

Felicity Huffman- American Crime

Audra McDonald- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill

Sarah Paulson- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story 

Kerry Washington- Confirmation 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown- This Is Us

Peter Dinklage- Game of Thrones

John Lithgow- The Crown

Rami Malek- Mr. Robot

Kevin Spacey- House of Cards 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Millie Bobby Brown- Stranger Things

Claire Foy- The Crown

Thandie Newton- Westworld

Winona Ryder- Stanger Things

Robin Wright- House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson- Black-ish 

Tituss Burgess- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 

Ty Burrell- Modern Family

William H. Macy- Shameless

Jeffrey Tambor- Transparent 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba- Orange is the New Black 

Jane Fonda- Grace & Frankie

Ellie Kemper- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Julia Louis-Dreyfus- Veep

Lily Tomlin- Grace & Frankie

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

The Crown

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Stranger Things 

Westworld 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory 

Black-ish 

Modern Family

Orange Is the New Black

Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series 

Daredevil 

Game of Thrones

Luke Cage

The Walking Dead

Westworld 

Golden Globes 2017

So here we go, award season begins with the Golden Globes (on Sunday) and I am really excited. January and February are the best months of the year, specifically because of award season. I look forward to it all year round and thoroughly enjoy watching them (even if they are 3+ hours). I just love the movies, the TV shows, the acting, and the stories. It's amazing what can be conveyed in a 2 hour movie or a 1 hour episode of a show. For every award show, I will be creating a list of who I think will win and then afterwards go through and see how well I did. So here we go:

Golden Globes 2017:

Italics- my guess
Bold- winner

Movies

Best Motion Picture- Drama

Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture- Musical

20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Sing Street

Best Performance in a Motion Picture- Drama

Actor

Casey Affleck- Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton- Loving
Andrew Garfield- Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen- Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington- Fences 

Actress

Amy Adams- Arrival
Jessica Chastain- Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert- Elle
Ruth Negga- Loving
Natalie Portman- Jackie

Best Performance in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy

Actor

Colin Farrell- The Lobster
Ryan Gosling- La La Land
Hugh Grant- Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill- War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds- Deadpool

Actress

Annette Bening- 20th Century Women
Lily Collins- Rules Don't Apply
Hailee Steinfeld- The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone- La La Land
Meryl Streep- Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture- Drama, Musical or Comedy

Actor

Mahershala Ali- Moonlight
Jeff Bridges- Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg- Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel- Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson- Nocturnal Animals 

Actress

Viola Davis- Fences
Naomie Harris- Moonlight
Nicole Kidman- Lion
Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams- Manchester by the Sea

Best Director

Damien Chazelle- La La Land
Tom Ford- Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson- Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins- Moonlight
Kenneth Lonegran- Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay

Damien Chazelle- La La Land
Tom Ford- Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins- Moonlight
Kenneth Lonegran- Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan- Hell or High Water

Best Original Score

Nicholas Britell- Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz- La La Land
Johann Johannsson- Arrival
Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka- Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Wallfisch- Hidden Figures

Best Original Song

Can't Stop the Feeling- Trolls
City of Stars- La La Land
Faith- Sing
Gold- Gold
How Far I'll Go- Moana

Best Animated Feature Film

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia 

Television

Best Series 

Drama 

The Crown

Game of Thrones

Stranger Things

This Is Us

Westworld 

Musical or Comedy 

Atlanta 

Black-ish

Mozart in the Jungle 

Transparent

Veep 

Best Performance in a Television Series- Drama 

Actor

Rami Malek- Mr. Robot

Bob Odenkirk- Better Call Saul

Matthew Rhys- The Americans 

Live Schreiber- Ray Donovan

Billy Bob Thornton- Goliath 

Actress

Caitriona Balfe- Outlander

Claire Foy- The Crown

Keri Russell- The Americans

Winona Ryder- Stranger Things

Evan Rachel Wood- Westworld 

Best Performance in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy 

Actor 

Anthony Anderson- Black-ish 

Gael Garcia Bernal- Mozart in the Jungle 

Donald Glover- Atlanta

Nick Nolte- Graves

Jeffrey Tambor- Transparent 

Actress

Rachel Bloom- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Julia Louis-Dreyfus- Veep

Sarah Jessica Parker- Divorce

Issa Rae- Insecure

Gina Rodriguez- Jane the Virgin

Tracee Ellis Ross- Black-ish 

Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film

Actor

Riz Ahmed- The Night Of 

Bryan Cranston- All the Way

Tom Hiddelston- The Night Manager

John Turturro- The Night Of

Courtney B. Vance- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Actress

Felicity Huffman- American Crime

Riley Keough- The Girlfriend Experience

Sarah Paulson- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Charlotte Rampling- London Spy

Kerry Washington- Confirmation 

Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television

Supporting Actor 

Sterling K. Brown- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Hugh Laurie- The Night Manager

John Lithgow- The Crown

Christian Slater- Mr. Robot

John Travolta- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Supporting Actress

Olivia Colman- The Night Manager

Lena Headey- Game of Thrones

Chrissy Metz- This Is Us

Mandy Moore- This Is Us

Thandie Newton- Westworld 

Best Miniseries or Television Film

American Crime

The Dresser

The Night Manager

The Night Of

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

So now that the Golden Globes have ended award season has begun and the awards will be dished out. With the first award done and dusted it begins the domino effect of movies and TV shows that will be adorned with awards that will catapult shows into stardom and will cement the popularity of other shows. My score for this evening was:

10/24.

Definitely not a good start (lol) but of course award season is long and I always get better. I definitely enjoyed the show, specifically Meryl Streep's speech and her award. She so deserves everything good that has come to her and will come to her and her speech was so important.

Until next time...

2017 Award Season has Begun...

Award season officially began last night with the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles. 'La La Land' was the big winner taking home 8 awards. Quite a surprise for me as I didn't think the movie was good enough to see, obviously I was wrong and now I must go and see it.

As most people who read this blog know, I love my TV shows. However, I also love my movies. And award season, for both movies and TV shows is literally the best time of the year for me. December through February is the best time of the year and I always become so enveloped with award talk. This year I have taken it upon myself to watch every movie nominated and make education guesses for the culmination of the Oscars.

Tonight I will begin with Hacksaw Ridge, one it looks like a phenomenal movie and being a history buff, you automatically become a war buff as well.

Let the Awards begin!!

Oscars 2016

Close to 700 films have been released from January to December 2015 and it all boils down to this one night when all of our favourite a-list stars will walk the red carpet and we will watch at home and bite our nails when they announce the winners.

Here are my choices for winners this year:

Best Picture:
The Revenant 
Winner: Spotlight

Best Director:
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant 

Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Best Actress:
Brie Larson, Room

Best Supporting Actor:
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Winner: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress:
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Original Screenplay:
Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Martian
Winner: The Big Short 

Best Foreign Language Film:
Son of Saul

Best Documentary- Feature:
Amy

Best Documentary- Short Subject:
N/A
Winner: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

Best Original Score:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 
Winner: The Hateful Eight

Best Original Song:
Writing's on the Wall- Spectre 

Animated Feature Film:
Inside Out 

Cinematography:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Costume Design:
The Danish Girl
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

So, not a bad show. The definite highlight was Leo DiCaprio finally winning his Oscar. The look of love that Kate Winslet gave him just killed me. It was amazing. I ended up with 10 correct answers out of the 16 that I had picked winners for. Which is pretty good. Hope you enjoyed the show, can't wait till next year!

Harry Potter and Pottermore

As with a lot of people my age we have grown up reading and re-reading the Harry Potter novels until the covers no longer stay on the book. We have grown up with not only the characters of the novels but also the actors who portrayed these characters on the screen. We have cried for our lost favourites (mostly Fred) and we have laughed with the Weasleys, we have rejoiced when the 'good' guys win and we cheer when Slytherin's lose (most of us anyway). We have waited in line for the books at midnight and we have worn our very own robes to the movie premieres. We are the Potter generation.

The one thing that utterly impresses me every time, especially when I go on Tumblr is the amount of people who have come up with extensive back stories for characters or places inside the Potter World.  The stories or even the fan fiction that has come out of this series completely astounds me. It just shows the dedication and pure love us readers and fans have for this series. Pottermore also gives us fans even more opportunity to delve into the world of Harry Potter and being sorted into a house as well as reading histories about wands, other wizarding schools, history of locations and history of other characters, among so much more. It creates this world that allows the reader to imagine that it actually exists. Sometimes people need that; they need that world to escape to and live inside of because they believe their world isn't magical enough.

Tumblr has amazing stories as well as gifsets that are just extraordinary. There is one blog that I absolutely love as it has a lot of different back stories for other wizarding schools around the world (and not just the new ones JK added to Pottermore). Take a look:
http://asheathes.tumblr.com/tagged/gif:hp

We, as a generation, have fallen in love with this story. To the point where we could not even imagine our lives without this series. Even though the books and the movies have ended the story continues to live on in the people it has enlightened.