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Lets be honest: Every year is kind of a weird year for the Golden Globes.

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But this year is extra-extraweird.

There will not be a red carpet, but E!

and NBC will still host pre-shows featuring celebrity interviews.

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Theyll go with Mulligan, and thereby crown the British ingenue our new Oscar front-runner.

Astoundingly enough, thatsBorat.

Once Meryl Streep didnt get nominated forThe Prom, this race got easier to predict.

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But maybe not the good kind of surprise.

As fate would have it, theyve now got the chance to magnanimously hand the Academy a do-over.

I think Zhao is on track to continue her winning streak.

So much that they gave him this award forSteve Jobswhen the film itself wasnt nominated for the top prize.

This isChicago 7s safest win of the night.

Lets go chalk withSoul, which just so happens to feature the voice of Globes co-host Tina Fey.

But Im going to assume that optimism and home-baked biscuits will win the day.

That said, all of these are worthy nominees.

I must again emphasize: This is guesswork.

This is his 19th nomination and hes won 4, not including his Cecil B. DeMille Award.

But also: Hes been nominated 19 times and only won 4 times.

Not sure his fifth Globe will be forHunters, necessarily.

He sports analogy incoming scores in every scene.

Given how many nominationsThe Undoingreceived, I can see this going to Grant.

While I still think Hawke cleared a higher bar, I will still enjoy his acceptance speech.

He made him as scary as he should have seemed all along.

Should win:Gillian Anderson,The CrownWill win:Gillian Anderson,The Crown

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