Globe Predix!

Best Drama:

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Comedy/Musical:

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Ted

Best Director:

Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Michael Haneke, Amour

Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Lead Actor-Drama:

Ben Affleck, Argo

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress-Drama:

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:

Jack Black, Bernie

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Russell Crowe, Les Miserables

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:

Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Bette Midler, Parental Guidance

Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip

Best Supporting Actor:

Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables

Best Supporting Actress:

Samantha Barks, Les Miserables

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay:

Argo

Django Unchained

Lincoln

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score:

Anna Karenina

Life of Pi

Lincoln

The Master

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Original Song:

“Abraham’s Daughter,” The Hunger Games (The Arcade Fire)

“Breath of Life,” Snow White and the Huntsman (Florence + the Machine)

“Everybody Needs a Friend,” Ted (Norah Jones)

“Skyfall,” Skyfall (Adele)

“Suddenly,” Les Miserables (Hugh Jackman)

TELEVISION:

Best Drama:

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Homeland

Mad Men

The Newsroom

Best Comedy/Musical:

Girls

Modern Family

New Girl

Smash

Veep

TV Movie/Miniseries:

American Horror Story: Asylum

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Sherlock

Best Lead Actor-Drama:

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Jonny Lee Miller, Elementary

Best Lead Actress-Drama:

Claire Danes, Homeland

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Jessica Paré, Mad Men

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Matthew Perry, Go On

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Lena Dunham, Girls

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Lead Actor-M/M:

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys

Best Lead Actress-M/M:

Ashley Judd, Missing

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actor:

Martin Freeman, Sherlock

Max Greenfield, New Girl

Ed Harris, Game Change

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Sam Waterston, The Newsroom

Best Supporting Actress:

Ellen Barkin, The New Normal

Anjelica Huston, Smash

Jena Malone, Hatfields & McCoys

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

SAG Predictions!

Ensemble:

Argo

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Male Actor in a Lead Role:

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Female Actor in a Lead Role:

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin, Argo

Bryan Cranston, Argo

Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams, The Master

Ann Dowd, Compliance

Sally Field, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

TELEVISION

Drama Ensemble:

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Comedy Ensemble:

The Big Bang Theory

Girls

Glee

Modern Family

30 Rock

Male Actor in a Drama:

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Female Actor in a Drama:

Claire Danes, Homeland

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Male Actor in a Comedy:

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Female Actor in a Comedy:

Lena Dunham, Girls

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Male Actor in a M/M:

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Ed Harris, Game Change

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Female Actor in a M/M:

Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals

Ashley Judd, Missing

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Globe & SAG Predix!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-one-globe-sag-predix-2012

More detailed list to come soon!

New Podcast!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-oscar-thoughts-2012

Finally!

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Predictions

Of the first week of major critics precursors, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) will go last on Friday, December 7. Here are my predictions!

Best Picture: The Master
(Runner-Up: Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director: Michael Haneke, Amour
(Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
Others to Consider: Ben Affleck, Argo; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Lead Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
(Runner-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Richard Gere, Arbitrage; John Hawkes, The Sessions; Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock; Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables; Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour; Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
(Runner-Up: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Others to Consider: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere; Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone; Greta Gerwig, Damsels in Distress/Frances Ha/Lola Versus; Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games/Silver Linings Playbook; Melanie Lynskey, Hello, I Must Be Going; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Supporting Actor: Bryan Cranston, Argo
(Runner-Up: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Alan Arkin, Argo; Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook; James Gandolfini, Killing Them Softly/Not Fade Away/Zero Dark Thirty; John Goodman, Argo/Flight/Trouble with the Curve; Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike; Michael Peña, End of Watch; Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths; Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master
(Runner-Up: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises/Les Miserables)
Others to Consider: Samantha Barks, Les Miserables; Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister; Ann Dowd, Compliance; Sally Field, Lincoln; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Isabelle Huppert, Amour; Kelly Reilly, Flight; Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
(Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
Others to Consider: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Seven Psychopaths, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Cinematography: The Master
(Runner-Up: Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Others to Consider: Amour, Anna Karenina, Argo, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Production Design: Les Miserables
(Runner-Up: Anna Karenina)
Others to Consider: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, The Master, A Royal Affair, Skyfall

Best Music: Jonny Greenwood, The Master
(Runner-Up: Alexandre Desplat, Argo/Moonrise Kingdom/Rise of the Guardians/Rust and Bone/Zero Dark Thirty)
Others to Consider: Amour, Anna Karenina, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Brave, Cloud Atlas, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, On the Road, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall

Best Foreign-Language Film: Amour
(Runner-Up: The Intouchables)

Best Non-Fiction Film: Searching for Sugar Man
(Runner-Up: The Central Park Five)

Best Animated Film: Brave
(Runner-Up: Frankenweenie)

New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Others to Consider: Ava DuVernay and Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere

National Board of Review Predictions

The National Board of Review (NBR) are usually the first group to hand out awards, but this year, they will be second, as we won't see their winners until Wednesday, December 5. Here are my predictions for this group.

Best Picture: Argo

The Top 10:
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director: Ben Affleck, Argo
Best Debut Director: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Lead Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: John Goodman, Argo, Flight and Trouble with the Curve
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables
Best Breakthrough Actor: Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Spotlight Award: Matthew McConaughey, Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike and The Paperboy
Best Ensemble: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Original Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo

Best Animated Feature: Frankenweenie
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour

Freedom of Expression Award: Promised Land
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tkywer, Cloud Atlas

Top 10 Independent Films:
Arbitrage
Bernie
Damsels in Distress
Hello, I Must Be Going
Killer Joe
Middle of Nowhere
Quartet
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Sessions
Your Sister's Sister

Top 5 Documentaries:
The House I Live In
Maria Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis

Top 5 Foreign Films:
Caesar Must Die, Italy
The Intouchables, France
No, Chile
A Royal Affair, Denmark
Rust and Bone, France

New York Film Critics Circle Predictions

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) will be the first major critics awards to be unveiled on Monday, December 3rd. Here are my predictions!

Best Film: The Master
(Runner-Up: Amour)
Others to Consider: Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty

Best First Film: Beasts of the Southern Wild
(Runner-Up: The Sessions)
Others to Consider: Arbitrage, Hitchcock, A Late Quartet, Not Fade Away, Quartet, Safety Not Guaranteed, Sleepwalk With Me

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
(Runner-Up: Michael Haneke, Amour)
Others to Consider: Ben Affleck, Argo; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom; Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Lead Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
(Runner-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook; Richard Gere, Arbitrage; John Hawkes, The Sessions; Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock; Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour; Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
(Runner-Up: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Others to Consider: Linda Cardellini, Return; Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere; Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone; Greta Gerwig, Damsels in Distress/Frances Ha/Lola Versus; Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Melanie Lynskey, Hello, I Must Be Going; Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
(Runner-Up: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master)
Others to Consider: Alan Arkin, Argo; Bryan Cranston, Argo; Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained; James Gandolfini, Killing Them Softly/Not Fade Away/Zero Dark Thirty; John Goodman, Argo/Flight/Trouble with the Curve; Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike; David Strathairn, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hunt, The Sessions
(Runner-Up: Sally Field, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Amy Adams, The Master; Samantha Barks, Les Miserables; Pauline Collins, Quartet; Ann Dowd, Compliance; Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises/Les Miserables; Isabelle Huppert, Amour; Kelly Reilly, Flight; Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
(Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
Others to Consider: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Cinematography: The Master
(Runner-Up: Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Amour, Anna Karenina, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty

Oscar Charts...Week 1

Have not done these in forever, but November is here! Oscar season is just a few weeks from kicking into full gear! Celebrations!

Best Picture:
1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Les Miserables 
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. The Master
7. Zero Dark Thirty
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8. Life of Pi
9. Hitchcock
10. Amour
11. Moonrise Kingdom
12. The Sessions
13. Django Unchained
14. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
15. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

 Best Director:
1. Ben Affleck, Argo
2. Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
3. Michael Haneke, Amour
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
5. Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
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6. Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
7. David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
8. Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Ang Lee, Life of Pi
10. Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
11. Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
12. Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
13. Sacha Gervasi, Hitchcock
14. Ben Lewin, The Sessions
15. Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Cloud Atlas

Best Lead Actor:
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
2. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
3. John Hawkes, The Sessions
4. Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
5. Denzel Washington, Flight
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6. Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
7. Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
8. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
9. Ben Affleck, Argo
10. Richard Gere, Arbitrage

Best Lead Actress:
1. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
2. Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
4. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
5. Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
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6. Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
7. Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
8. Naomi Watts, The Impossible
9. Maggie Smith, Quartet
10. Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel    

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
2. Alan Arkin, Argo
3. Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
4. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
5. Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
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6. Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
7. Bryan Cranston, Argo
8. John Goodman, Flight
9. Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
10. William H. Macy, The Sessions
11. Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
12. Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables
13. David Strathairn, Lincoln
14. Ewan McGregor, The Impossible
15. Aaron Tveit, Les Miserables
16. John Goodman, Argo 
17. Russell Crowe, Les Miserables
18. Tom Wilkinson, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
19. Garrett Hedlund, On the Road
20. James Gandolfini, Zero Dark Thirty/Not Fade Away/Killing Them Softly

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
2. Helen Hunt, The Sessions
3. Sally Field, Lincoln
4. Amy Adams, The Master
5. Scarlett Johansson, Hitchcock
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6. Samantha Barks, Les Miserables
7. Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
8. Kerry Washington, Django Unchained
9. Pauline Collins, Quartet
10. Kelly Reilly, Flight
11. Judi Dench, Skyfall
12. Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
13. Alicia Vikander, Anna Karenina
14. Isabelle Huppert, Amour
15. Rosemarie DeWitt, Promised Land
16. Ann Dowd, Compliance
17. Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
18. Olivia Williams, Hyde Park on Hudson
19. Frances McDormand, Promised Land
20. Olivia Colman, Hyde Park on Hudson 

Final Emmy Predictions

No time for commentary (maybe later), but here are my rankings of what will win tonight.

Drama Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Downton Abbey
3. Homeland
4. Breaking Bad
5. Game of Thrones
6. Boardwalk Empire

Lead Actor-Drama:
1. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
2. Damian Lewis, Homeland
3. Jon Hamm, Mad Men
4. Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
5. Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
6. Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Lead Actress-Drama:
1. Claire Danes, Homeland
2. Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
3. Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
4. Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
5. Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
6. Glenn Close, Damages

Supporting Actor-Drama:
1. Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
2. Jared Harris, Mad Men
3. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
4. Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
5. Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey
6. Jim Carter, Downton Abbey

Supporting Actress-Drama:
1. Joanne Froggat, Downton Abbey
2. Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
3. Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
4. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
5. Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
6. Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Writing-Drama:
1. Downton Abbey "Episode Seven (Christmas Special)"
2. Homeland "Pilot"
3. Mad Men "The Other Woman"
4. Mad Men "Far Away Places"
5. Mad Men "Commissions and Fees"

Directing-Drama:
1. Homeland "Pilot"
2. Breaking Bad "Face Off"
3. Boardwalk Empire "To the Lost"
4. Mad Men "The Other Woman"
5. Downton Abbey "Episode Seven (Christmas Special)"

Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. 30 Rock
4. Girls
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Veep

Lead Actor-Comedy:
1. Don Cheadle, House of Lies
2. Louis C.K., Louie
3. Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
4. Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
6. Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Lead Actress-Comedy:
1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
2. Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
3. Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
4. Lena Dunham, Girls
5. Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
6. Tina Fey, 30 Rock
7. Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Supporting Actor-Comedy:
1. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
2. Max Greenfield, New Girl
3. Ty Burrell, Modern Family
4. Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
5. Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
6. Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Supporting Actress-Comedy:
1. Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
2. Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
3. Julie Bowen, Modern Family
4. Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
5. Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
6. Merrit Wever, Nurse Jackie

Writing-Comedy:
1. Girls "Pilot"
2. Louie "Pregnant"
3. Parks and Recreation "Win, Lose or Draw"
4. Community "Remedial Chaos Theory"
5. Parks and Recreation "The Debate"

Directing-Comedy:
1. Louie "Duckling"
2. Modern Family "Baby on Board"
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm "Palestinian Chicken"
4. Girls "She Did"
5. New Girl "Pilot"
6. Modern Family "Virgin Territory"

TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Game Change
2. American Horror Story
3. Hatfields & McCoys
4. Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
5. Hemingway & Gelhorn
6. Luther

Lead Actor-M/M:
1. Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn
2. Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
3. Woody Harrelson, Game Change
4. Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
5. Idris Elba, Luther
6. Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys

Lead Actress-M/M:
1. Julianne Moore, Game Change
2. Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
3. Connie Britton, American Horror Story
4. Ashley Judd, Missing
5. Emma Thompson, The Song of Lunch

Supporting Actor-M/M:
1. Ed Harris, Game Change
2. Martin Freeman, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
3. Denis O'Hare, American Horror Story
4. David Strathairn, Hemingway & Gelhorn
5. Tom Berenger, Hatfields & McCoys

Supporting Actress-M/M:
1. Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
2. Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys
3. Judy Davis, Page Eight
4. Sarah Paulson, Game Change
5. Frances Conroy, American Horror Story

Writing-M/M:
1. Game Change
2. Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
3. Hatfields & McCoys
4. The Hour
5. Luther

Directing-M/M:
1. Game Change
2. Hatfields & McCoys
3. Hemingway & Gelhorn
4. Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
5. Luther

Variety Series:
1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. The Colbert Report
3. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
4. Saturday Night Live
5. Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6. Real Time with Bill Maher

Writing-Variety Special:
1. Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater
2. The 65th Annual Tony Awards
3. The Kennedy Center Honors
4. The 84th Annual Academy Awards
5. Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute

Directing-Variety Special:
1. The 65th Annual Tony Awards
2. The 84th Annual Academy Awards
3. Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater
4. New York City Ballet George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
5. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards

Reality-Competition Series:
1. The Amazing Race
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. The Voice
4. Top Chef
5. Project Runway
6. Dancing with the Stars

Reality Host:
1. Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers
2. Cat Deely, So You Think You Can Dance
3. Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
4. Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
5. Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Remembering Lupe Ontiveros

You could say that I am probably Lupe Ontiveros' biggest fan. Now, granted, I haven't seen every single performance that she has done on the television and movie screen. But I know enough of her work, both on-screen and off, to understand what great contributions she has put forth in the entertainment industry and in the Latino/a community.

I woke up on Friday, July 27 and like most twentysomethings, I started by scrolling my news feed on Facebook. I was shocked to see that one of my friends posted a status update saying that Lupe passed away. I immediately went searching to make sure this was true and not some joke or misunderstanding. It didn't take long to find out that the news was indeed correct. I was pretty miserable the rest of the day, though, I did find time to cheer myself up with clips on YouTube of past interviews Lupe gave to the press. I kept refreshing Twitter to see if the world would care, knowing that the Olympics were just hours from kicking off. I was pleased to see that Lupe Ontiveros was trending and that, not just her fans, but many of her peers took time to say what they thought of Lupe and what she meant to them.

Earlier this week, as I was checking to see what other articles would come out to discuss her contributions and her death, I found something I did not expect to find in this search. The Ontiveros family was going to have a public funeral mass. All this time, one of my goals in life was to get a chance to meet Lupe. She had been a consistent attendee of the San Diego Latino Film Festival and every time I shrugged that I didn't want to spend the money to go and every time, I would later read that Lupe was there, cheering on her peers, directors and screenwriters. How odd that the first time I would get to meet her would be at her funeral.

I should mention, of course, what is it that made me gush so much over a character actress that was rarely at the forefront of any movie or television series. Maybe it was the combination of her appearance and attitude that reminded me of a combination of my mother, a deceased aunt and my favorite teacher from junior high. Maybe it was her determination to see the industry become a place for Latinos and Latinas to thrive in their craft. Or maybe it was because she scared the beejesus out of me when I first watched Selena on the big screen.

While the film was a big splash for Jennifer Lopez, I was completely transfixed by Lupe's performance and later, I would find out that I had seen her prior work in The Goonies, Born in East L.A. and My Family. These four performances shared nothing in common, except the woman who portrayed them. That same year, As Good As It Gets was released, showing yet another side to Lupe's versatility.

From there I tried to watch stuff she did in the past (El Norte) and looked forward to seeing her in new material. Her award-winning role in Chuck and Buck was a highlight, as she was able to play a character that just as easily could have been played by an actress of any ethnicity. Many say that's her career peak, but I would argue it would happen two years later with the back-to-back performances of Storytelling and Real Women Have Curves. In the former, she played another of her trademarks maids, but one who gets revenge for the way she is treated. In the latter, she blazed on screen in what should have been an Oscar-winning role. Not only was this the feature debut of America Ferrera, but both Lupe and America won a special jury prize from the Sundance Film Festival in the beginning of the year and were highlighted in Entertainment Weekly's "Greatest Performances" section of their end of the year issue.

Lupe would, of course, go back to doing guest spots on television and filming small parts in films that might not have been widely seen. Her Emmy-nominated work in Desperate Housewives was a delight and the fact that she publicly made a big deal about campaigning for the nomination (and getting it), shows how much support she actually had in the industry. Which brings me back to the funeral.

I hate going to funerals. I always get hot in all that black and eventually my mind wanders and thinks of my own father's funeral, some 18 years ago. But, for Lupe, I had to go; there was no questioning this statement. I arrived at St. Hilary's in Pico Rivera, California. I was early to make sure I would get a seat, in fact, I was so early, I was able to drive to where the cemetery was, so I wouldn't get lost after the funeral. Around 9:30am, the church was opened and everyone was allowed in. While family, invited friends and guests were all sitting in the front, there were two sides of 10 pews left for other friends of the family, acquaintances and fans. I'm pretty sure I was the only fan there, as I started to hear people talk about her past work as a social worker, the dinners they had together and one particularly amusing story about how Lupe was showing a pageant winner "how to act the part." Obviously, Lupe touched a lot of lives as all the pews were filled, and the balcony area reserved for the choir had to be opened up to accommodate all of her loved ones.

The funeral began with mariachis playing, followed by the casket. I was in the aisle of the pew, and I soon realized that one man, literally two inches away from me, helping bring the casket down the aisle, was Edward James Olmos, a man who has also been a beacon for the Latino/a community.

The funeral mass was like all funeral masses I have attended in the past, although Eva Longoria (Lupe's scene partner on Housewives) and Dolores Huerta (co-founder of the UFW and a close friend of Lupe) both had a reading to do during the mass. Finally, we got to the eulogies. The program mentioned that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Supervisor Gloria Molina would be the first two speakers, followed by Mr. Olmos and then Lupe's family. Mayor Villaraigosa did a very good job, while Supervisor Molina told of her last time she spoke with Lupe in the hospital. She also read to us the letter from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to the Ontiveros family, sending their condolences. But Mr. Olmos' eulogy was one for the record books. I can't recall everything he said, but it was perfect. He spoke of the Lupe that the public knew and didn't know. Of how she kept her illness secret from not only her friends and peers, but also her family. He spoke of her irreverence and how she easily was able to lift up those who needed it (like all the younger Latino/a actors in the congregation) and how she was able to bring some of the others down on a notch when they got too cocky (Jimmy Smits and George Lopez, as well as Mr. Olmos himself were called out). Mr. Olmos would then point to the casket and said that Lupe was the mother of the Chicano culture (to thunderous applause). He closed the eulogy with a call for us to give Lupe the longest standing ovation that she so deserved and we gladly gave it to her. After the family thanked everyone for coming and instructed us to the cemetery.

The burial was a little more somber, but when flowers were passed out to place on the casket, that's when I knew I was going to lose it. I placed the flower on the top of the casket, touched the side and whispered, "rest easy Lupe" and prepared myself to walk back to my car. Before I could go, I saw Tony Plana, Lupe's co-star in Born in East L.A. and another Latino acting veteran. I went up to him, to tell him how much I was a fan of Lupe and him, but what we have planned isn't always what actually happens. I got both statements out and then spoke of his television movie Sweet 15 and then I remarked how it reminded me of my dad and I lost it. Mr. Plana was very gracious and gave me a hug when the tears started coming. He thanked me for coming and I left knowing that someone there knew that Lupe's #1 fan was there to pay respects to the woman who will never leave my memory or my heart. Rest easy Lupe, you've earned it.

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The nominees are...

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife "Alienation of Affection"


Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey "Episode 7"


Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad "Cornered"


Christina Hendricks, Mad Men "The Other Woman"


Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife "The Dream Team"


Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey "Episode 1"


Unfortunately, I think the two older ladies of the category are out of it. Baranski doesn't do much in her submission (taking charge of the firm during a case and flirting with a new guy, that's all) and she isn't helped by Panjabi's submission either. Meanwhile, I could see where Smith might just win based on name recognition, but she's lost Emmy battles before to actresses who might not have the same gravitas. Otherwise, you're looking at lots of icy glares and razor-sharp quips. We haven't seen a repeat winner here since Blythe Danner won two in a row for Huff, but I don't see Panjabi repeating. Mind you, she's pretty badass in her submission. She tells Alicia she's not gay, but flexible; when she finds out her ex-husband knows where she is, she gets a sledgehammer and goes to town on her bedroom wall and that final shot of her waiting for him to show up, it's very suspenseful. But her screentime is a bit limited and even though she completely steals the episode, it's probably not enough to steal another Emmy.

So we're left with Froggatt, Gunn and Hendricks. I think Gunn is probably in third place, but she is nowhere near out of the race. She has three big scenes in her submissions, but she makes the most out of each one and each has a wallop of impact that could impress voters. She confronts Walt in the first, comes to terms with possibly leaving her family behind in the next and finally, returns home, but under her own terms. It reminds me a bit of how Aaron Paul won with a submission that was good, but not as powerful as a his previous one. Even though Gunn wasn't nominated, season three had plenty of great stuff for her to pick from. Then there's Froggatt, who is easily the least-known actress of the bunch, which could mean that there's the surprise factor playing in her favor (it worked for Panjabi two years back). Her submission is great, she has an hour and a half of waiting to find out what will happen to her husband, now that he's on trial for murder. As a bonus, Smith's submission shows the beginning of the courtship, as well as more interactions with the rest of the downstairs staff (and upstairs family). Last but not least, there's Hendricks. Her submissions was the most talked about episode of the season (give or take the "Zou Bisou Bisou" performance). Spoilers ahead! Joan is coerced into having sex with a Jaguar executive to ensure a vote for the agency. She refuses, until Lane convinces her to ask for a partnership to go with the money. The moment that seals it as a terrific submission, is when Don arrives at her apartment to tell her not to go through with it...only for the audience to find out, he was too late.

This will be a real close one. Breaking Bad love could bring home another acting win, while Mad Men is looking to bring their first acting trophy. But if Downton Abbey is poised to potentially stop Mad Men from a history-making win, will it need an acting win to go with it? I might change my mind before the ceremony, but today I'm going with Christina Hendricks.

Projected Winner: Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Spoilers: Joanne Froggat, Downton Abbey and Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

The nominees are...

Ty Burrell, Modern Family "Lifetime Supply"

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family "Leap Day"

Max Greenfield, New Girl "Control"

Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live "Katy Perry"

Ed O'Neill, Modern Family "Baby on Board"

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family "Treehouse"


Let's work our way from the bottom to the top. Ed O'Neill is out of this. He has a very good scene with his granddaughter in his submission, but not much else. In the other MF episodes he really doesn't much at all but stand in the background. I'm wondering if O'Neill will be the Peter Boyle of the lineup, who can get consistently nominated, but not win. Stonestreet is probably not winning either. He won for the first season, in a hilarious television debut. Much of his work has felt like the same as before, and really, the scenes between him and Ferguson are now more Emmy-friendly for the latter. Bill Hader is also not a likely victor here as his submission, while longer than the rest, doesn't really showcase him as much as you would like him to be. His Stefon appearance on Weekend Update is not one of the more memorable ones and his brief Clint Eastwood impression isn't as strong as the Super Bowl ad one from a different episode.

That leaves us with the top three contenders. Ty Burrell could easily repeat here. Phil Dunphy is a character that I could easily see voters latch onto, like they did in the past with Ari Gold, Robert Barone, Nile Crane and Cosmo Kramer. Burrell is very good when he thinks he's dying, he tries to avoid the PMSing of his wife and daughters and building a treehouse. He's sorta just there in O'Neill's submission though. Max Greenfield was a breakout star from the past season and he wisely chose an episode that really showcases Schmidt in and out of his element. It's very good, but it might be too young-skewing for the Emmys. He's also not helped by New Girl missing out on a Comedy Series nomination. Which is why I think Jesse Tyler Ferguson will win. The arc of his character this season was a highpoint for the show, and I think the four tapes prove that. In addition to planning his partner's leap day birthday, he wins an award in another submission, bets Cameron can't get a woman's phone number and notably, gets emotional over not losing the chance to adopt another child. Plus, in the Emmys arc with this show, it's very West Wing of them to spread the love around the supporting actors of this Emmy-loved show.

Projected Winner: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Spoiler: Max Greenfield, New Girl

Hit Me With Your Best Shot!

I always wanted to participate in this series (run by Nathaniel of TheFilmExperience) and now's my chance to no longer being a Best Shot virgin. I'll keep it brief, but the basics are to pick the best shot from a film. Today it's Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums

It's pretty simple for me. The opening credits from the film are what immediately sucks you into the story. Story? Well, Anderson has Alec Baldwin narrate and the first few shots of the film show a worn-out book with the name of the film getting checked out from the library (with the old school stamping and such). It's very literary, very Wes Anderson and in short, very me.

After each shot, we can see the image of the book getting closer and closer, until there it is.



Name of the movie (which is also the name of the family), with an invitation placed on a dish between two candle sticks. It reads "Cordially request the pleasure of your company at home Archer Avenue." Curiously, there's a white mouse with black spots. Anderson's pay off of why there is such a fascinating creature is lovely (but that'll come later).

And so the film begins and you hear Baldwin's voice telling us about this family as the instrumental version of "Hey Jude" is heard in the background. For me, I knew that was the moment I was ready for a wonderful movie.

Sidenote: In searching for the right shot, I stumbled on this photo and had to share it, because OMG HOW ADORABLE!

Oscar Contenders!

July is almost over and since not much from the first half of 2012 seems to be in major play for Oscars, I figured it's fine to just throw a list up here and see what sticks.

Best Picture/Director Contenders:
Amour (Love) (Michael Haneke)
Anna Karenina (Joe Wright)
Argo (Ben Affleck)
The Avengers (Joss Whedon)
Beast of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (John Madden)
The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell)
Imogene (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini)
Inside Llewyn Davis (The Coen Brothers)
Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik)
Les Misérables (Tom Hooper)
Life of Pi (Ang Lee)
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson)
Quartet (Dustin Hoffman)
The Sessions (Ben Lewin)
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
Trouble with the Curve (Robert Lorenz)
Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow)

Best Lead Actor Contenders:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby
Clint Eastwood, Trouble with the Curve
Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained
Martin Freeman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables 
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Brad Pitt, Killing Them Softly
Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour (Love)
 
Best Lead Actress Contenders:
Amy Adams, Trouble with the Curve
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Viola Davis, Won't Back Down
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Won't Back Down
Helen Hunt, The Sessions 
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson
Carey Mulligan, The Great Gatsby
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour (Love)
Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Kristen Wiig, Imogene
Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz

Best Supporting Actor Contenders:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Kyle Chandler, Argo
Kyle Chandler, Zero Dark Thirty 
Sacha Baron Cohen, Les Misérables 
Billy Connolly, Quartet
Tom Courtenay, Quartet
Bryan Cranston, Argo  
Russell Crowe, Les Misérables
Gérard Depardieu, Life of Pi
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Tate Donovan, Argo
Joel Edgerton, The Great Gatsby
Joel Edgerton, Zero Dark Thirty 
Michael Gambon, Quartet 
Victor Garber, Argo
James Gandolfini, Killing Them Softly 
Jared Gilman, Moonrise Kingdom 
John Goodman, Argo  
Woody Harrelson, Seven Psychopaths 
Jared Harris, Lincoln
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Zeljko Ivanek, Argo  
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Aaron Johnson, Anna Karenina
Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi
Jude Law, Anna Karenina
Ray Liotta, Killing Them Softly 
Matthew Macfayden, Anna Karenina
William H. Macy, The Sessions
Tobey Maguire, The Great Gatsby
Chris Messina, Argo  
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
Ian McKellen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Bill Murray, Moonrise Kingdom
Bill Nighy, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Edward Norton, Moonrise Kingdom  
Dev Patel, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 
Édgar Ramírez, Zero Dark Thirty
Eddie Redmayne, Les Misérables 
Andy Serkis, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
David Strathairn, Lincoln
Mark Strong, Zero Dark Thirty 
Justin Timberlake, Inside Llewyn Davis
Justin Timberlake, Trouble with the Curve
Aaron Tveit, Les Misérables 
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Titus Welliver, Argo
Samuel West, Hyde Park on Hudson
Tom Wilkinson, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress Contenders:
Amy Adams, The Master
Samantha Barks, Les Misérables 
Annette Bening, Imogene
Helena Bonham Carter, Les Misérables 
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty 
Pauline Collins, Quartet
Olivia Colman, Hyde Park on Hudson 
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Laura Dern, The Master
Michelle Dockery, Anna Karenina
Clea DuVall, Argo
Sally Field, Lincoln 
Isla Fisher, The Great Gatsby 
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables 
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Isabelle Huppert, Amour (Love)
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy 
Kelly Macdonald, Anna Karenina
Frances McDormand, Moonrise Kingdom
Carey Mulligan, Inside Llewyn Davis 
Amanda Seyfried, Les Misérables 
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Tilda Swinton, Moonrise Kingdom 
Tabu, Life of Pi
Kerry Washington, Django Unchained
Emily Watson, Anna Karenina
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Olivia Williams, Anna Karenina
Olivia Williams, Hyde Park on Hudson
Penelope Wilton, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

So let's go with...

Best Picture:
Amour (Love) (Michael Haneke) 
Beast of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson 
Les Misérables (Tom Hooper)
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) 


Best Director:
Michael Haneke, Amour (Love)
Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom 

Best Lead Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables 
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour (Love) 

Best Lead Actress:
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Helen Hunt, The Sessions 
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour (Love)
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor:
Bryan Cranston, Argo 
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
David Strathairn, Lincoln
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom 

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Samantha Barks, Les Misérables
Annette Bening, Imogene
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Olivia Williams, Hyde Park on Hudson

Why not?

Best Picture:
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson) 


Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master 

Best Lead Actor:
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master 

Best Lead Actress:
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina

Best Supporting Actor:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Full Emmy Predictions

Drama Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Breaking Bad
3. Homeland
4. Game of Thrones
5. Downton Abbey
6. Boardwalk Empire
7. The Good Wife
8. Justified
9. Dexter
10. Smash

Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family
2. Parks and Recreation
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. 30 Rock
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. New Girl
7. Louie
8. Girls
9. Glee
10. Community

Lead Actor-Drama:
1. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
2. Jon Hamm, Mad Men
3. Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
4. Kelsey Grammer, Boss
5. Damian Lewis, Homeland
6. Dustin Hoffman, Luck
7. Hugh Laurie, House
8. Michael C. Hall, Dexter
9. Timothy Olyphant, Justified
10. Patrick J. Adams, Suits

Lead Actress-Drama:
1. Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
2. Claire Danes, Homeland
3. Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
4. Glenn Close, Damages
5. Jessica Paré, Mad Men
6. Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
7. Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8. Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
9. Kerry Washington, Scandal
10. Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Lead Actor-Comedy:
1. Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
2. Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
3. Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
4. Louis C.K., Louie
5. Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
7. Don Cheadle, House of Lies
8. Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
9. Will Arnett, Up All Night
10. Joel McHale, Community

Lead Actress-Comedy:
1. Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
2. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
3. Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
4. Laura Dern, Enlightened
5. Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
6. Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
7. Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
8. Lena Dunham, Girls
9. Tina Fey, 30 Rock
10. Laura Linney, The Big C

Supporting Actor-Drama:
1. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
2. Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
3. John Slattery, Mad Men
4. Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
5. Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
6. Vincent Kartheiser, Mad Men
7. Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
8. Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
9. Josh Charles, The Good Wife
10. Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire

Supporting Actress-Drama:
1. Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
2. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
3. Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
4. Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
5. Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
6. Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
7. Rose Byrne, Damages
8. Morena Baccarin, Homeland
9. Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
10. Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men

Supporting Actor-Comedy:
1. Ty Burrell, Modern Family
2. Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
3. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
4. Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
5. Nick Offermann, Parks and Recreation
6. Max Greenfield, New Girl
7. Chris Colfer, Glee
8. Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
9. Nolan Gould, Modern Family
10. Jim Rash, Community

Supporting Actress-Comedy:
1. Julie Bowen, Modern Family
2. Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
3. Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
4. Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
5. Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
6. Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory7. Jane Lynch, Glee
8. Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
9. Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
10. Maya Rudolph, Up All Night
 

Guest Actor-Comedy:

1. Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live

2. Jon Hamm, 30 Rock

3. Will Arnett, 30 Rock

4. Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie

5. Alan Alda, The Big C

6. David Cross, Modern Family

7. Barry Corbin, Modern Family

8. Matt Bomer, Glee

9. Hugh Dancy, The Big C

10. Paul Rudd, Parks and Recreation

Guest Actress-Comedy:

1. Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live

2. Kathy Bates, Two and a Half Men

3. Ellen Barkin, Modern Family

4. Susan Sarandon, The Big C

5. Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock

6. Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live

7. Blythe Danner, Up All Night

8. Patricia Clarkson, Parks and Recreation

9. Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

10.  Megan Mullally, Happy Endings/Parks and Recreation/Up All Night 

 

Guest Actor-Drama:

1. Robert Morse, Mad Men

2. Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife

3. Matthew Perry, The Good Wife

4. Robert Wagner, NCIS

5. Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad

6. Fred Willard, The Closer

7. Chris Messina, Damages

8. Andre Braugher, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

9. Ed Asner, Hawaii Five-0

10.  Beau Bridges, White Collar

 

Guest Actress-Drama:

1. Louise Fletcher, Shameless

2. Anika Noni Rose, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

3. Jean Smart, Harry’s Law

4. Alexis Bledel, Mad Men

5. Carrie Preston, The Good Wife

6. Julia Ormond, Mad Men

7. Joan Cusack, Shameless

8. Martha Plimpton, The Good Wife

9. Chloe Sevigny, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

10. Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy

Writing-Comedy:

1. Louie “Pregnant”

2. Girls “Pilot”

3. Modern Family “Leap Day”

4. Community “Basic Lupine Urology”

5. Modern Family “Aunt Mommy”

6. Parks and Recreation “The Debate”

7. New Girl “Pilot”

8. Modern Family “Little Bo Bleep”

9. Community “Remedial Chaos Theory”

10. Happy Endings “Cocktails and Dreams”

Writing-Drama:

1. Downton Abbey “Episode 7”

2. Mad Men “The Other Woman”

3. Game of Thrones “Blackwater”

4. Homeland “Pilot”

5. Breaking Bad “Crawl Space”

6. Mad Men “Mystery Date”

7. Homeland “The Weekend”

8. The Good Wife “Blue Ribbon Panel”

9. Mad Men “Commissions and Fees”

10. Breaking Bad “End Times”

Directing-Comedy:

1. 30 Rock “Live from Studio 6H”

2. Curb Your Enthusiasm “Larry vs Michael J. Fox”

3. Modern Family “Disneyland”

4. Curb Your Enthusiasm “Palestinian Chicken”

5. Modern Family “Leap Day”

6. Parks and Recreation “The Debate”

7. Mike & Molly “The Wedding”

8. Louie “Duckling”

9. New Girl “Pilot”

10. Girls “Hannah’s Diary”

Directing-Drama:

1. Game of Thrones “Blackwater”

2. Homeland “Pilot”

3. Luck “Pilot”

4. Mad Men “The Other Woman”

5. Breaking Bad “Face Off”

6. Downton Abbey “Episode 7”

7. Boardwalk Empire “To the Lost”

8. Mad Men “The Phantom”

9. Breaking Bad “Cornered”

10. Game of Thrones “Valar Morghulis”

Movie/Miniseries:
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
The Hour
Page Eight
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
(7th: American Horror Story)

Lead Actor-M/M:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Idris Elba, Luther
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn
6th: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Lead Actress-M/M:
Patricia Clarkson, Five
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Rachel Weisz, Page Eight
6th: Romola Garai, The Hour

Supporting Actor-M/M:
Powers Boothe, Hatfields & McCoys
Ralph Fiennes, Page Eight
Ed Harris, Game Change
Tony Shalhoub, Hemingway & Gelhorn
David Strathairn, Hemingway & Gelhorn
6th: Tom Berenger, Hatfields & McCoys

Supporting Actress-M/M:
Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations
Judy Davis, Page Eight
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys
6th: Jena Malone, Hatfields & McCoys

Writing-M/M:
Danny Strong, Game Change
Jerry Stahl, Barbara Turner, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Abi Morgan, The Hour
David Hare, Page Eight
Steven Moffat, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
6th: Bill Kerby, Ted Mann, Ronald Parker, Hatfields & McCoys

Directing-M/M:
Ryan Murphy, American Horror Story
Jay Roach, Game Change
Kevin Reynolds, Hatfields & McCoys
Phillip Kaufman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Paul McGuigan, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
6th: Brian Kirk, Great Expectations

Variety Series:

The Colbert Report

Conan

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

Variety Special:

Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

Betty White’s 90^th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl

The Kennedy Center Honors

2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Tony Bennet: Duets II

 

Children’s Program:

Degrassi

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner

iCarly

Victorious

Wizards of Waverly Place

Children’s Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program:

It Gets Better

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: In Harm’s Way? Japan Through the Eyes of Its Kids

Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger

Nonfiction Special:

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Gloria: In Her Own Words

God is the Bigger Elvis

The Love We Make

The Loving Story

Nonfiction Series:

American Masters

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Prohibition

Whale Wars

Women, War & Peace

Reality Program:

Being Chaz

Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

Deadliest Catch

Intervention

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

Reality-Competition Program:

The Amazing Race

American Idol

Dancing with the Star

So You Think You Can Dance

Top Chef

 

Writing-Variety Series:

The Colbert Report

Conan

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Portlandia

Writing-Variety Special:

84^th Annual Academy Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

The Kennedy Center Honors

Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre

65^th Annual Tony Awards

 

Directing-Variety Series:

The Colbert Report “Radiohead”

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart “Esperanza Spalding”

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon “President Obama”

Late Show with David Letterman “Christmas”

Saturday Night Live “Mick Jagger”

Directing-Variety Special:

Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

Christmas in Washington

2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Super Bowel XLVI Halftime Show starring Madonna

65^th Annual Tony Awards

Host - Reality Program:
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race

Jeff Probst, Survivor
Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

  

Main Title Design:

Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1

Game Change

Great Expectations

Homeland

Luck

Art Direction (Multi-Camera):

Happily Divorced

How I Met Your Mother

30 Rock

Two and a Half Men

2 Broke Girls

Art Direction (Single-Camera):

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Luck

Mad Men

Art Direction-M/M:

Great Expectations

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Titanic

Treasure Island

Casting-Comedy:

Modern Family

New Girl

Parks and Recreation

30 Rock

Veep

Casting-Drama Series:

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

Homeland

Mad Men

Casting-M/M:

American Horror Story

Five

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Cinematography (Multi-Camera):

The Big Bang Theory

How I Met Your Mother

30 Rock

Two and a Half Men

2 Broke Girls

Cinematography (Single-Camera):

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones “Blackwater”

Homeland “Pilot”

Luck “Pilot”

Mad Men

Cinematography-M/M:

American Horror Story “Part 1”

Game Change

Great Expectations

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Costumes-Series:

Boardwalk Empire

The Borgias

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Mad Men

Costumes-M/M:

Great Expectations

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Titanic

Treasure Island

Single-Camera Editing (Drama):

Breaking Bad “Face Off”

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones “Blackwater”

Homeland “Pilot”

Mad Men “Mystery Date”

Single-Camera Editing (Comedy):

Community

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Louie

Modern Family “Leap Day”

Parks and Recreation

Multi-Camera Editing (Comedy):

The Big Bang Theory

Hot in Cleveland

How I Met Your Mother

Two and a Half Men

2 Broke Girls

Editing-M/M:

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Page Eight

Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Hairstyling (Single-Camera):

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Mad Men

Smash

Hairstyling (Multi-Camera):

Happily Divorced

How I Met Your Mother

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

30 Rock

Hairstyling-M/M:

American Horror Story

Game Change

Great Expectations

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Makeup (Single-Camera, Non-Prosthetic):

Boardwalk Empire

The Borgias

Game of Thrones

Mad Men

Smash

Makeup (Multi-Camera, Non-Prosthetic):

84^th Annual Academy Awards

Conan

How I Met Your Mother

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

Makeup-M/M (Non-Prosthetic):

American Horror Story

Game Change

Harfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Treasure Island

Prosthetic Makeup:

American Horror Story

Boardwalk Empire

Game of Thrones

Mad Men

Teen Wolf

 

Stunt Coordination:

Game of Thrones

Hatfields & McCoys

Homeland

Southland

Spartacus: Vengeance

Technical Direction-Series:

The Colbert Report

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

30 Rock

Sound Editing-Series:

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Smash

Supernatural

Sound Editing-M/M:

American Horror Story

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Sound Mixing-One Hour:

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Sound Mixing-M/M:

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gelhorn

Page Eight

Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Sound Mixing-Half Hour:

The Big Bang Theory

Community

Modern Family

New Girl

30 Rock

Animated Program:

Archer

Bob’s Burgers

Futurama

Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head

The Simpsons

 

Short-Format Animated Program:

Adventure Time

Disney Phineas and Ferb

Disney Prep & Landing: The North Pole Webisodes

Regular Show

Robot Chicken

Lighting Design/Direction-Variety Series:

The Colbert Report

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

Lighting Design/Direction-Variety Special:

84^th Annual Academy Awards

Christmas in Washington

The Kennedy Center Honors

2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

65^th Annual Tony Awards

Special Class Programs:

84^th Annual Academy Awards

The 54^th Annual Grammy Awards

Let Me Down Easy

Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theatre

65^th Annual Tony Awards

Special Class Short-Format Live Action:

Battleground

Childrens Hospital

The Daily Show Correspondents Explain

Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show Starring Madonna

Web Therapy

Special Class Short-format Nonfiction:

DGA Moments In Time

Remnants of 9/11: Karyn’s Wings

30 Rock: Ask Tina

Choreography:
Dancing with the Stars
Smash
So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance

Commercial: 
The Bark Side - Volkswagen
He Loves Me - McDonald's
It's Halftime in America - Chrysler Brand
Love Story - Google+
OK Go - Chevy Sonic  

Music Composition - Series:
Downton Abbey
Family Guy
Homeland
Luck
The Simpsons

Music Composition - TV Movie, Miniseries or Special:
Appropriate Adult
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Music Direction:
The 84th Annual Academy Awards 
Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park
The Kennedy Center Honors
Red, White and Blues (In Performance at the White House)
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Music & Lyrics - Original:
Saturday Night Live
The Simpsons
Smash
Smash
65th Annual Tony Awards
  
Special Visual Effects - Series:
Alphas
Falling Skies
Game of Thrones
Once Upon a Time 
Terra Nova

Special Visual Effects - TV Movie, Miniseries or Special:
American Horror Story
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia