Best Actress for Musical/Comedy -

Meryl Streep - It's Complicated

Meryl Streep has to rank as the most successful actress of all time. With her getting her 24th and 25th Golden Globe nominations this year, she shows no sign of letting anyone else near the big trophies.

With her comedic turn in It's Complicated, a rom-com with a refreshingly senior set of players, Streep looks a good shout to bag yet another award.

Really, her main competition this was in the shape of her other nominated performance in Julie and Julia but her charming display in It's Complicated may just get the nod.

Best Supporting Actress -

Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

The former worker of a phone sex line has come a long way to get to where she is now.

Originally a television actor and a stand up comedian, Mo'Nique, she became an American television personality quickly, becoming firstly the host of Showtime At The Apollo, a famous R n' B music TV show and setting up her own beauty contest for 'plus-sized' women.

It should come as a shock then that a woman praised as a great model appears in Precious. She plays Precious' abusive, hateful mother with such ability that you forget about the bubbly woman underneath.

Some people just transform on screen, and Mo'Nique's is so drastic and complete, that the prize seems only just for her efforts.

Best Supporting actor -

Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

One of those that everyone agrees on.

This venerable Austrian actor is perhaps one of Hollywood's oldest new-comers, hitting the stage with his breath-taking turn in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

Picked from obscurity by Tarantino to play the enigmatic Hans Landa, Christoph stole the show completely from the household names with a performance that made it OK to not hate a character called 'The Jew Hunter.'

Portraying easily the most charismatic, charming bad guy in recent years, Christoph Waltz is a sure fire hit for the award. He may need all of his German, French and English speaking skills to accept all the awards he'll win this year.

Best Foreign Film -

Broken Embraces

The latest film from Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar is an ensemble piece, with strings of drama coming together to form a whole story about love, desire, jealousy and an old, blind filmmaker.

After the Academy honoured Almodóvar with an Oscar for his script in his 2002 movie Talk To Her and a nomination for best film, Broken Embraces has a great chance to win the prize for foreign film.


Best Animated Film -

Up

This is possibly the easiest award to pick a winner for, with evryone and their mum picking the same movie.

Pixar's latest family film was a massive hit with both critics and fans, and should easily breeze this category.

That is nothing against the opposition; both Coraline and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs would have stood a very good chance any other year. But with Up signalling Pixar's tenth feature film and the studio having a flawless track record at the Golden Globes in the animated category, Up looks the only logical choice.

Best Screenplay -

Up In the Air

It may be the easy route, going for the screenplay for my favourite to snag the best film prize, but Up In The Air is a film all about it's screenplay, a piece so strong that Clooney and co could use it to it's fullest.

In this writers heart of heart though, District 9 had one of the finest screenplays in years, making sci-fi about more than lasers and aliens.

This type of film also usual gets the awards, not distracting you with shiny special effects and extended bouts of explosions.

There you have it, my predictions for the winners at the Golden Globes this Sunday.


Female First Cameron Smith

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