My Golden Globe Picks

I am a huge fan of film awards shows and as the list of Golden Globe nominations has recently been released, I thought I'd share who I would like to win. I have not seen all of the nominations, which is why I do not have the right to say who I think should win, but from what I have seen, these are my choices. I've also eliminated a few seconds that I did not have opinions on or hadn't seen enough of the choices. And now, my choices! Let me know your top picks in the comments :)

Best Drama

• The Descendants
• The Help
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• War Horse

(To be fair, I haven't seen War Horse, but I have a very strong feeling it will be incredible, which is why I have chosen it in addition to Hugo, which was brilliant.)
Best Comedy/Musical

• 50/50
• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Midnight in Paris
• My Week with Marilyn

Best Animated Film

• Arthur Christmas
• Cars 2
• Rango
• Puss in Boots
• The Adventures of Tintin

Best Actor in a Drama

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball
• Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical

• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
• Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
• Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Supporting Actor
 in a Motion Picture

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
  Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Best Actress in a Drama

• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

• Jodie Foster, Carnage
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult
• Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
• Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
  Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help

Best Director

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• George Clooney, The Ides of March
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
• Steve Zallian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, Michael Lewis, Moneyball
• George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture

• Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Howard Shore, Hugo
• John Williams, War Horse

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture

• “Hello Hello,” Gnomeo & Juliet
• “The Keeper,” Machine Gun Preacher
• “Lay Your Head Down,” Albert Nobbs
• “The Living Proof,” The Help
• “Masterpiece,” W.E.

Best TV Comedy or Musical

• Enlightened
• Episodes
• Glee
• Modern Family
• New Girl

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture

• Cinema Verite
• Downton Abbey
• The Hour
• Mildred Pierce
• Too Big To Fail

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
• Idris Elba, Luther
• William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
• Bill Nighy, Page Eight
• Dominic West, The Hour

Best Supporting Actor in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made-for-TV Movie

• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
• Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
• Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy

• Laura Dern, Enlightened
• Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Laura Linney, The Big C
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie

• Romola Garai, The Hour
• Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
• Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
• Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
• Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Supporting Actress in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made-for-TV Movie

• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
• Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
• Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Days till Christmas: 5!

Christmas Playlist

The playlist I promised I'd make in this video. Woo!

• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams.
• Christmas Lights - Coldplay.
• Fairy Tale of New York (cover) - Stars.
• Mele Kalikimala - Jimmy Buffett.
• The Cold, Wild Yonder - Oliver Boyd and the Rememberall's.
• Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon.
• Your Song - Ellie Goulding.
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland.
• Winter Lady - Beck.
• Christmas at Hogwarts - John Williams.
• Another Christmas Song - Stephen Colbert. 
• Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee.
• White Christmas - Bing Crosby.
• Believe - Josh Groban.

Days till Christmas: 10.

Christmas Doodles!

I posted a video last night where Liam and I draw things that were requested on Twitter. It was really fun to make and so I wanted to make sure that everyone got to see the drawings up close!

You'll be seeing this again before the week is out, so stay tuned for this weekend ;) 

Days till Christmas: 12!

Flights this year: 22.

Sleep Playlist

So if you have watched my video Sleep Strangeness, I mentioned that I created a playlist in my sleep to help me...sleep. I don't understand either. So this is that playlist. May it bring you nice dreams or something. Also, forgive me for using this blog for mostly just playlists as of late. For those of you who just read my blog, I don't know if those people exist, I'm making a video every day on my YouTube channel and blogging is just not something I have any time for with that schedule. Also, my next blog is likely going to be another playlist of my favourite Christmas music. You have been warned!

• Rivendell - Howard Shore.
• Runaways - Adrian Johnston.
• Love and Some Versus - Iron & Wine.
• The Letter that Never Came - Thomas Newman.
• May it Be - Enya.
• Forget About - Sibylle Baier.
• Skinny Love - cover by Daniela Sings. 
• Clair de Lune - Debussy.
• I Heard You Looking - Yo La Tengo.
• Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine.
• We All Complete - Alexandre Desplat.
• The Fellowship Reunited - Howard Shore.
• Fawkes is Reborn - John Williams.
• A New Beginning - Alexandre Desplat.
• Denouement - Dario Marianelli. 
• A Last Reading - Andrian Johnston.
• Something Dark is Coming - Bear McCreary.

I'll be honest, the original one had 12 or 13 songs (still impressive!), but I added a few more when I was awake the next day and don't remember which ones, so I just put the whole playlist as it is in my iTunes.

Days till Christmas: 13 (it's after midnight of the 12th, sooo.)
Flights taken this year: 22.