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10 Fearless Golden Globes Predictions and the Magic of ‘Minari’

February 25, 2021/ 100 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins

Sean and Amanda pick every 2021 Golden Globes category, working off the LA Times reporting on the HFPA, then Sean talks to Lee Isaac Chung about writing and making ‘Minari’.

75 films across 2 segments.

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Golden Globes Predictionstheir picks, category by category — consensus marked

Best Original Song

One Night in Miami ‘Speak Now’ Their pick
The Trial of the Chicago 7 ‘Hear My Voice’
Judas and the Black Messiah ‘Fight for You’
The Life Ahead ‘Io Sì (Seen)’
The United States vs. Billie Holiday ‘Tigress & Tweed’

Best Original Score

Soul Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Their pick
Mank Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Tenet Ludwig Göransson
The Midnight Sky Alexandre Desplat
News of the World James Newton Howard

Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Best Screenplay

The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
Mank Jack Fincher
The Father Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
Nomadland Chloé Zhao

Best Supporting Actor

Judas and the Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya Their pick
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Sacha Baron Cohen
The Little Things Jared Leto
On the Rocks Bill Murray
One Night in Miami Leslie Odom Jr.

Best Supporting Actress

The Father Olivia Colman
Mank Amanda Seyfried
Hillbilly Elegy Glenn Close
The Mauritanian Jodie Foster
News of the World Helena Zengel

Best Actor — Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Sacha Baron Cohen Their pick
The Prom James Corden
Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Personal History of David Copperfield Dev Patel
Palm Springs Andy Samberg

Best Actress — Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Maria Bakalova
I Care a Lot Rosamund Pike
Music Kate Hudson
French Exit Michelle Pfeiffer
Emma. Anya Taylor-Joy

Best Actor — Drama

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman Their pick
Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed
The Father Anthony Hopkins
Mank Gary Oldman
The Mauritanian Tahar Rahim

Best Actress — Drama

Nomadland Frances McDormand
Promising Young Woman Carey Mulligan
Pieces of a Woman Vanessa Kirby
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Viola Davis
The United States vs. Billie Holiday Andra Day

Best Director

Nomadland Chloé Zhao Their pick
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
Mank David Fincher
One Night in Miami Regina King
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture — Drama

Lee Isaac Chung on ‘Minari’

Lee Isaac Chung on

Minari 2020

Written on borrowed time before a teaching job in Korea; Chung built it from a list of memories sorted into character columns in Excel, then rewrote it around Steven Yeun once he came aboard.