Thursday, January 30, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
iTunes
So, Experimental Nonsense is officially on iTunes. You can locate our latest podcast on iTunes by searching Experimental Nonsense. Download or subscribe to our feed. We are excited to be bringing our podcasts to the iTunes community.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Golden Globe Results
Well, the
2014 Golden Globe awards were handed out last night and I have to say, most of
Experimental Nonsense's predictions were correct! Now we missed a few, but no one is
perfect. The question that remains for
the film winners is: Will this win build
momentum going into the Academy Awards?
As for the Television winners, they can hope for a bump in the ratings
as a result of their victories.
Tina Fey
and Amy Poehler were funny and promised a show lasting three hours. They did exceptionally well. Now, onto the awards…
FILM
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
This movie is now the clear front
runner for the Oscar. Actor and Actress
were shut out, but this was a momentum builder for Steve McQueen's film.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture,
Drama
Prediction: Cate Blanchett
Winner: Cate Blanchett
Not a surprise here. She'll have her work cut out when it comes to
Oscar, but this was deserved (according to critics).
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,
Drama
Prediction: Matthew
McConaughey
Winner: Matthew McConaughey
A solid win for the esteemed bongo
player. This is a guy that is making the
transition from movie star to actor. The
upcoming SAG Awards will be the barometer of his Oscar chances.
Best Motion Picture, Musical or
Comedy
Prediction: American Hustle
Winner: American Hustle
With this movie's star power, this
was not a surprise. Once it's grouped
with the "drama" films, it will be an uphill climb for Oscar.
We're 4 for 4 so far, we're on a
roll…oh wait…
Best Actress in a Motion Picture,
Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Meryl Streep
Winner: Amy Adams
We were thinking seniority rules
with this one. Streep's performance was
applauded, but Adams in American Hustle was the winner. This is a good win for her. Her campaign for the Oscar has officially
started. The studio will push her
performance over the next month. Watch
for this…
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,
Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Bruce Dern
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio
From Hollywood accounts, Dern had
started his campaign and schmoozing for this award weeks ago. We missed this and Leo won. With all the controversy surrounding
"The Wolf of Wall Street", I'm not surprised they gave Leo the
award. Good win for him. I think Dern's performance will play better
with Oscar voters.
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture
Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
The "It" girl strikes
again. That's two Globes in row for
Katniss. Not only is she a great actor,
she's down to earth and I think that strikes a chord with fans and voters. The campaign for her second Oscar will be
turned up to 11 now.
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion
Picture
Prediction: Jared Leto
Winner: Jared Leto
Again, not a surprise here and we
nailed it. I would not be surprised if
Leto sweeps this category for the remainder of Awards season.
Best Director – Motion Picture
Prediction: Alfonso Cuaron
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron
"Gravity" was a visual
masterpiece. This win will carry weight
as the season rolls on. We'll have to
see how Oscar votes, but a solid win for the space epic and its director.
Best Animated Feature Film
Prediction: Frozen
Winner: Frozen
Disney Animation wins and
"Frozen" is a bona fide hit.
Fans loved it, critics loved it, and it should win the Oscar as well.
In the film category, we hit 8 of
10. Not too shabby.
TELEVISION
Best TV Series, Drama
Prediction: Breaking Bad
Winner: Breaking Bad
The last season was perfect. The show gets rewarded with the Globe.
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Prediction: Kerry Washington
Winner: Robin Wright
I think this was the biggest
surprise of the evening. Newly engaged
Wright outdueling the other female leads.
We did not see this coming.
Congrats, Robin Wright.
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Prediction: Bryan Cranston
Winner: Bryan Cranston
Cranston was great on "Breaking
Bad." This was well-deserved.
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Winner: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Nailed it. This was the perfect case of the Globes going
the new, hip, cool route. This is a freshman
show and Fox will continue to promote the heck out of this show. We see a little bump in the ratings in the
future.
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical
or Comedy
Prediction: Julia
Louis-Dreyfus
Winner: Amy Poehler
Don’t get us wrong, Poehler is
deserving of this victory. However, I do
think it helped that she hosted last year and this year. Regardless, we applaud this win for her
underrated show. And her acceptance was
great. Bono got a mouthful. Hilarious.
Keep it up, Ms. Poehler.
Best
Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Jim Parsons
Winner: Andy Samberg
We went with the safe and sound
pick, but the Globes went new and exciting.
A good win for the "SNL" vet.
For the Television portion of the
show, we went 3 for 6. Acceptable in our
mind.
The grand total for the major awards
was 11 for 16. Hey, I'll take that. We'll start checking flights to Vegas
now. The SAG Awards are presented this
upcoming weekend so we'll see how the winners fare. As for more predictions, Experimental
Nonsense will have to debate whether to tarnish our pretty good score. Stay tuned…
Saturday, January 11, 2014
2014 Golden Globe Predictions by Experimental Nonsense
The "Awards Season" is upon us. The 2014 Golden
Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), airs
on January 12th. Now, I'm not a huge awards show guy, but the Golden
Globes are the most informal and "off the cuff" of the shows. Yes,
the stars will be dressed up and requisite generic TV host Ryan Seacrest will
be asking people who they're wearing, but the booze is flowing during the show. The stars mingle and sip on their favorite
beverages which makes for a more entertaining viewing experience. I’m assuming that they all just drink “New
Old Fashions.”
Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler return as
co-hosts for the second consecutive year.
They killed it in 2013 and provided a funnier and more pleasant
atmosphere than their predecessor, Ricky Gervais. Fey and Poehler have more chemistry than
Marie and Pierre Curie. The day after
the show, just scour the interwebs for a list of their best quotes from the
night before.
The Globes get lumped in with the other awards show, but they try
to be the young, hip, cool kid on your block.
The Oscars are old school, but the Globes are new school. They tend to go in different directions than
the SAG Awards and Oscars. But with that
being said, the Globes still follow certain tendencies of the presenting
body. That makes awards shows fun to
predict. I will mention (more like admit)
that I have not seen many of the films or shows nominated, but I’m predicting
based on momentum and how the HFPA tends to vote. So without further ado, here are Experimental
Nonsense’s predictions for the major categories of the 2014 Golden Globe
Awards. Nominees for each category can
be found here.
FILM
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress in a Motion
Picture, Drama
Winner: Cate Blanchett
Best Actor in a Motion
Picture, Drama
Winner: Matthew McConaughey
Best Motion Picture, Musical
or Comedy
Winner: American Hustle
Best Actress in a Motion
Picture, Musical or Comedy
Winner: Meryl Streep
Best Actor in a Motion
Picture, Musical or Comedy
Winner: Bruce Dern
Best Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Supporting Actor in a
Motion Picture
Winner: Jared Leto
Best Director – Motion Picture
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron
Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: Frozen
TELEVISION
Best TV Series, Drama
Winner: Breaking Bad
Best Actress in a TV Series,
Drama
Winner: Kerry Washington
Best Actor in a TV Series,
Drama
Winner: Bryan Cranston
Best TV Series, Musical or
Comedy
Winner: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Actress in a TV Series,
Musical or Comedy
Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Best Actor in a TV Series,
Musical or Comedy
Winner:
Jim Parsons
Thursday, January 9, 2014
PSU Football Coach Named?
As previously discussed in a podcast, it appears Penn State has hired a new head football coach. Sources are saying James Franklin from Vanderbilt will be named the new coach. He has been a hot name for college and some NFL jobs this offseason. Many are saying it is a big win for Penn State. As always, follow our twitter feed at @exp_nonsense for updated information.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
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