Film News: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Poised to Win Golden Globes

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The Golden Globes will be presented this Sunday, January 12, 2014, and the experts are busy picking their favorites to grace the stage when the winners are announced. Pitched as a more party-like atmosphere than the Oscars, and hosted by the hilarious Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, the Golden Globes have become more difficult to predict than most awards shows, in no small part because they give away SO many awards, breaking up film into drama & comedy and doing TV as well.

What is poised to win? Who are the favorites? These aren’t OUR predictions (we’re not doing a full feature this year), but there are consensus frontrunners per sites like GoldDerby.com and SportsBettingDime.com. Still time to get into an office pool or just make some definitive statements on your Facebook about what you KNOW will win? Here are the ones you should bet on:

Best Picture, Drama: 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor, Drama: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Picture, Comedy: American Hustle
Best Actor, Comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actress, Comedy: Amy Adams, American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Screenplay: American Hustle
Best Animated Feature: Frozen
Best Foreign Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Score: Gravity
Best Song: Frozen

We won’t even get into the TV winners here. Come back on Sunday night for a full list of the winners and stay tuned to our Facebook page for them as they’re announced.

By BRIAN TALLERICO Content Director HollywoodChicago.com brian@hollywoodchicago.com