I didn’t live tweet the SAG Awards this year because I was hosting a Muppets-themed dinner party. I am totally serious. That said, I just now finished the awards ceremony. Here is the complete list of winners. (I am sorry to say this, but Bad Teacher didn’t win ANY awards.)

MOVIES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jean DuJardin, The Artist

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Viola Davis, The Help

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer, The Help

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: The Help

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2

TELEVISION

Female Actor – Movie or Miniseries: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Male Actor – Movie or Miniseries: Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail

Female Actor – Comedy Series: Betty White, Hot in Cleveland

Male Actor – Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Ensemble – Comedy Series: Modern Family

Female Actor – Drama Series: Jessica Lange American Horror Story

Male Actor – Drama Series: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Ensemble – Drama Series: Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: Game of Thrones

Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Tyler Moore

Wasn’t that exciting? Especially the part about the Stunt Ensemble.

It’s the end of the week and as I celebrate by watching reruns of Dance Moms and watching the wonder that is Abby Lee “I need four sleep apnea machines connected to me in order to get a good night sleep” Miller, I am waiting in anticipation for Sunday’s telecast of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. It will be the highlight of my January.

That said, I will be live-tweeting the telecast on Sunday. I guarantee tons of fun and malarky so make sure you follow me at @DinoRay. In the meantime, check out my predictions for this year’s winners…and my predicted reactions, of course.

Best Drama
The Descendants
**PREDICTED WINNER**: The Help MY PREDICTED REACTION: The world loves Emma Stone, Viola Davia, Octavia Spencer and movies that are kind of racist.
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Comedy/Musical
50/50
The Artist
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Bridesmaids MY PREDICTED REACTION:The only way a comedy can get the Hollywood Foreign Press’s attention is if it involves Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and explosive diarrhea.
Carnage
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Animated Film
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Rango MY PREDICTED REACTION: A chameleon in a Hawaiian shirt is animated gold.
Puss in Boots
The Adventures of Tintin

Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War
**PREDICTED WINNER**: In the Land of Blood and Honey MY PREDICTED REACTION: An award season wouldn’t be complete without a movie about genocide…and Angelina Jolie.
The Kid With a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Actor in a Drama
**PREDICTED WINNER**: George Clooney, The Descendants MY PREDICTED REACTION: It is the year of HAWAIIAN SHIRTS! (please refer to my Rango comment)
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical
**PREDICTED WINNER** Jean Dujardin, The Artist MY PREDICTED REACTION: We like it better when actors don’t talk in movies.
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
**PREDICTED WINNER** Christopher Plummer, Beginners MY PREDICTED REACTION: Captain Von Trapp still has it!
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Best Actress in a Drama
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Viola Davis, The Help MY PREDICTED REACTION: This just reiterates what I said about The Help winning best picture.
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
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Charlize Theron, Young Adult MY PREDICTED REACTION: It’s OK to go to your high school hometown and spread your toxic hatred everywhere.
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Octavia Spencer, The Help MY PREDICTED REACTION: All little girls will have dreams of becoming a part of “the help” — not the movie — but the actual “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
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Alexander Payne, The Descendants MY PREDICTED REACTION: We’ll be wearing dowdy Hawaiian shirts and connecting with our estranged children sooner than we think.
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants MY PREDICTED REACTION: At least someone from Community wins something (I’m referring to Jim Rash a.k.a. Dean Pelton).
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.
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo MY PREDICTED REACTION: We love music that sounds like rape.
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
**PREDICTED WINNER**: “Masterpiece,” W.E. MY PREDICTED REACTION: I really don’t care about this category much.

Best TV Drama
American Horror Story
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Boardwalk Empire MY PREDICTED REACTION: I need to actually watch all of the episodes that are collecting dust on my DVR.
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland

Best TV Comedy or Musical
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Modern Family MY PREDICTED REACTION: Just as long as Glee doesn’t win, I’m happy.
New Girl

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Mildred Pierce MY PREDICTED REACTION: Fucked up mother-daughter relationships make for GREAT television!
Too Big To Fail

Best Actor in a TV Drama
**PREDICTED WINNER** Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad MY PREDICTED REACTION: Bryan Cranston is still magical.
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Best Actor in a TV Musical or Comedy
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock MY PREDICTED REACTION: We have forgiven him for that Words with Friends incident.
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey MY PREDICTED REACTION: Don’t fuck with the Earl of Grantham.
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
**PREDICTED WINNER** Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones MY PREDICTED REACTION: He won the Emmy for the same role, so why wouldn’t he get this? Plus, he’s fun!
Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Actress in a TV Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
**PREDICTED WINNER** Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife MY PREDICTED REACTION: Do I REALLY need to watch this show? Or can I just take everyone’s word about how good it is?
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation MY PREDICTED REACTION: It’s about damn time.

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
**PREDICTED WINNER**: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce MY PREDICTED REACTION: SHOW US YOUR MERKIN!

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

**PREDICTED WINNER**: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story MY PREDICTED REACTION: Bitchy, crazy next door neighbors always do well at the Golden Globes.
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

If all my predictions are right, it will be a sign that I need to start smoking again.

We are minutes than half an hour away from the 63rd Primetime Emmys and I have been thinking about the nominees and who should and shouldn’t win. That said, I thought I should put in my two cents so I found a ballot on BuzzSugar.com of the top categories and filled out my predictions:

As you can see, I am leaning towards big wins for Boardwalk Empire and The Good Wife. I am still trying to trudge through the first season of Boardwalk Empire and I don’t watch The Good Wife. So these predictions are based on heresay from the top TV writers and articles I have read — and I invest so much trust what heresay has to say. That also goes for Margo Martindale for Justified.

I base Steve Carell‘s win on his ENTIRE body of work for The Office — not just his last season. Plus, his win is long overdue. Amy Poehler should win because I love her and all the Modern Family wins are based on my love as well — and we all know that my love alone can make people win Emmys (and I just don’t want Glee to win).

But I think the BIG winner of the evening is NOT on this list. If my forecasting is correct, HBO’s Mildred Pierce is destined to take home the most Emmys because 1.) it starred Kate Winslet and 2.) the series included Evan Rachel Wood wearing a merkin.

Nonetheless, let’s see how my predictions play out. You can follow my brilliant irrelevant thoughts on the Emmys as I live tweet them at @dinoray.

Complete list of winners:

MOVIES

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The King’s Speech

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Fighter

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

Screen Actors Guild Awards 47th Annual Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine

+ The fact that there is a guy that refers to himself as “Legacy”.
+ The annoyance that is Mollee and Nathan
+ Annoying spelling of names like “Mollee”
+ Nigel’s excessive use of the word “sensuality” while Karen was on the show
+ Karen was a J. Lo in training
+ The obnoxiously huge stage that features distracting light shows and cutesy graphics in the background
+ Mia Michaels’s exit from the show
+ The annoying, “let’s get to know our dancers” segments
+ Not being able to distinguish who is Noelle and who is Kathryn (again, what’s with the “unique” spelling?)

Also, when they Cat Deeley and her Top Shop wardrobe introduces the dancers in the beginning, I can’t help but laugh. The smiley 5 second introductory solos and the “Here are the girls! Here are the guys!” strut down the stage infects me with so much hilarious pleasure.

All that aside, there is clearly a winner for this season:

Jakob. Sure, he spells his name with an illicit “K” and his promo picture looks like an ad for Old Spice body wash, but this boy can dance.

He may be able to dance, but knowing the history of the show he probably won’t win. They’ll pick someone like Nathan or some sort of Zac Efron equivalent.

Even so, I am keeping my fingers crossed for the triumph of Jakob.

P.S. Ellenore is my second choice

Last night I made my predictions for some of the most popular Academy Award categories and tonight the real winners were announced. On a grading scale of A to F, I think I made a C-.

Not too shabby for my first attempt at Oscar predictions, but it shows that I need to brush up on my cinematic eye and make it as sharp as my fashion eye.

For a performance by an actor in a leading role, I predicted that Mickey Rourke would take the Oscar…but Sean Penn ended up winning. Keep in mind, he was a VERY close second in my prediction, so I wasn’t too far off. Still, I predicted wrong – but I couldn’t be any happier with the result. I absolutely adored Penn in Milk and his acceptance speech was just as great.

In the category of performance by an actor in a supporting role, I opted for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight and…Heath Ledger won! The win was enormously bittersweet as his family accepted the award on his behalf with such grace.

…that’s one I got right.

Kate Winslet won for performance by an actress in a leading role – and who did I predict? Kate Winslet! Score another one for me! I was jumping up and down for this one!

For a performance by an actress in a supporting role I was ambitious and thought that Viola Davis would take the prize, but I was proven wrong as Penelope Cruz took the Oscar. I think I need to re-watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona and pay attention a little bit more to her performance.

Danny Boyle jumped up and down like Tigger when he took the Oscar for his achievement in directing Slumdog Millionaire (one of many for the brilliant movie). I chose Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon. Again, I was wrong. Damn.

For adapted screenplay, I thought Eric Roth and Robin Swicord would take it for Benjamin Button – but once again, I was WRONG. Simon Beaufoy racked another Oscar for the beautiful writing he did for Slumdog Millionaire. I really can’t complain about this one.

For best original screenplay, Dustin Lance Black won for Milk. I got this one RIGHT! Black gave this endearing acceptance speech that literally had me in tears. He just inspired me to start working on my own screenplay. Add another one to my list of correct predictions.

The biggest Oscar of the evening, “best motion picture” went to…Slumdog Millionaire. And I guessed….Slum Dog Millionaire!!!! That’s FOUR points for me!

This has to be the best Oscars telecast that I have seen in POR VIDA. Hugh Jackman was the perfect host and considering I am re-watching the musical numbers as I type this, I think 2010′s Academy Awards has a VERY hard act to follow.

I give myself three years until I am nominated for my original screenplay.

For a full list of winners, visit Oscar.com

…and be sure to check out my red carpet coverage of the 2009 Oscars at Examiner.com

So it’s midnight in the lovely Bay Area and my room looks as if I am squatting in it because it’s completely bare. It’s like I am Ricky in that Christmas episode of My So-Called Life where he is living in that abandoned warehouse – except less dramatic and there isn’t a singing angel involved.

It is completely bare because I am moving, but all that doesn’t matter right now. What matters is that the Academy Awards are less than 24 hours away and I am here to give you the winners of Hollywood’s biggest night. Well, I am here to give you the winners according to me. Because we all know that my opinion is way more important than those Academy people. I am just going to give you the winners of the main categories because no one is really glued to the TV screen to see who gets the award for “Best Editing.”

Oh yeah, and if you are really interested in that red carpet stuff, you can catch me blogging live about it on my Examiner.com site. And believe me, I will not be holding back on these Hollywood peeps!

Nonetheless, here are the Academy Award winners according to me:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

And the winner is… Mickey Rourke. This one was a toughie for me. Pitt’s performance was great, but his tough competition automatically counts him out. Jenkins, is a great actor, but the there doesn’t seem to be enough buzz for him to snag the gold. Langella was extraordinary in “Frost/Nixon” and I felt that Sean Penn inhabited the skin of Harvey Milk in “Milk” but Rourke’s venerable performance was so raw and wounded that I could not get out of his orbit. His chemistry with Evan Rachel Wood (who plays his estranged daughter) were the scenes that won me over. And the fact that he just looked so busted and bruised with shattered ambition makes you shed tears of gold.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

And the winner is…Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight.” Brolin was the perfect creep, Downey was hilarious, Hoffman was Hoffman and Shannon came out of no where to stir things up in “Revolutionary Road,” but let’s face it, Heath was phenomenal. I’ll disregard all the “sympathy vote” talk surrounding his performance, because whether he is dead or alive, Ledger’s performance was remarkable. He scared the shit out of me.

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

And the winner is…Kate Winslet. I have a theory about Academy Awards. They purposely don’t award Oscars to certain actors because they know that they will put out bigger and better performances in the future. In turn, actors get the hint and up their game to get even more nominations. It’s almost like being teased. Winslet is one of those actors. Jolie already has her Oscar and so does Streep (she has two actually). Leo…well I can’t say anything about her because I haven’t seen her movie yet. As for Hathaway – as much as I LOVED her as a recovering, volatile junkie – it’s just not her time yet. Winslet, on the other hand, won two Golden Globes already. Her performances in “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road” were the two best performances that stuck with me this year. Not being nominated for the latter is the Academy’s way of saying, “Don’t worry, you’re in!”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
* Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

And the winner is…Viola Davis. Anyone who can spend 12 minutes on the screen and make such an impact on a movie must be doing something right. She totally changed the game with her performance in “Doubt.” I love her co-star and fellow nominee, Amy Adams, but her character didn’t stick with me after sitting through that movie that I would’ve rather seen on stage. I don’t really see why people are cheering for Cruz. I mean, her performance was great in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” but I guess I have to see it again to see if I missed something. As for Henson and Tomei; Henson was lovable and endearing, but she’s surrounded by some stiff competition. Tomei already got her Oscar and I was feelin’ Evan Rachel Wood’s character more than hers in “The Wrestler.” My vote definitely goes to Davis.

And the winner is…Ron Howard Fincher’s creativity is stellar, Van Sant’s storytelling is pitch-perfect, Daldry knows how to keep us intrigued and Boyle wowed us with his “Slumdog;” but out of all the nominees, Howard’s vision of this historic event grips me the most. There was something so refined and consuming about this film that made it shine the brightest among an elite pack of directors.

Adapted screenplay

*”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Eric Roth
Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* “Doubt” (Miramax) Written by John Patrick Shanley
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by David Hare
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

And the winner is…Eric Roth and Robin Swicord. Anyone that can turn F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story into a three-hour epic journey of love and life and hold my attention for that long definitely deserves a little gold.

Original screenplay

* “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Courtney Hunt
* “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax) Written by Mike Leigh
* “In Bruges” (Focus Features) Written by Martin McDonagh
* “Milk” (Focus Features) Written by Dustin Lance Black
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

And the winner is…Dustin Lance Black. Honestly, I haven’t seen “Frozen River,” “Happy-Go-Lucky” or “In Bruges” – so this is a competition between “WALL-E” and “Milk” for me. I don’t think the world is ready for a screenplay for an animated movie to win an Oscar, so I gave it to “Milk.” I have actually heard rave reviews for “Happy-Go-Lucky,” so I wouldn’t discount that. I am just not giving this to Black just because of my “process of elimination” method. His writing based on real-life events was brilliant, steady and totally Oscar-worthy.

Best motion picture of the year

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* “Milk” (Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production Nominees to be determined
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production Christian Colson, Producer

And the winner is…“Slumdog Millionaire.” This was another difficult choice. If I had it my way, I’d make it a tie between “Slumdog” and “Milk,” but based on the reception of this beautiful and exceptional film about a boy on a “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” show, I am leaning towards it. “The Reader,” “Frost/Nixon” and “Benjamin Button” had elements that were all Oscar-worthy, but they weren’t as all-around encompassing like “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Hmmmm… guess we’ll just have to wait until tomorrow to see if I am right!