The Golden Globes are nearly here! We analyze the betting odds & research statistics to make our predictions. But even more fun, we speculate about how the eventual Globe winners could affect the Oscar Race.

What Is This Show? - 1:35

Best Picture Drama - 3:23

(Explaining Odds - 3:53)

Best Picture Musical or Comedy - 11:35

Best Director - 17:00

Best Actor Drama - 22:51

…Comedy or Musical - 28:12

Best Actress Drama - 33:33

… Comedy or Musical - 37:41

Best Supporting Actress - 41:29

Best Supporting Actor - 46:41

Best Screenplay - 49:50

Foreign Language Feature - 54:39

Animated Film - 56:44

Original Score - 58:32

Original Song - 1:01:03

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:02:44

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:04:18

We go category by category in this Golden Globes preview. The betting odds deliver some unique insights to who might win. We also present some unique research on the last 10 years of Golden Globes. Then we analyze each set of nominations by discussing our rooting interests, what would be the most impactful to the Oscars, and we make our picks.

Stay tuned for our Golden Globes reaction show coming at you ASAP after the awards are announced this Sunday Night. We’ll be hitting record, editing, and releasing that episode for your Golden Globe Monday morning commute. The BAFTA nominations will be released early next week, and we’ll probably wait for the PGA, DGA, WGA, etc - Guild Noms to drop before we record another major round-up episode on those. Then we’ll be predicting the Oscar Nominations toward the end of next week with several reaction shows to follow shortly after the big Academy announcements. So you’ll be getting many more Oscar Race Checkpoint episodes from us over the next few weeks.

Go back into our catalog to relive all of the twists & turns of this awards season. We’ve reviewed most of the eventual nominees in our 2019/20 Oscar Sprint Profiles, and we shall complete that series in the coming weeks with at least one more episode on Sam Mendes’ 1917. We’ve also done Oscar related series on The Films of Pixar through Toy Story 4, our Tarantino Re-Watch through Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and most recently, The Joker Character Study that built up through Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of the clown prince of crime.

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