The Golden Globes have now been awarded. There are some muddied waters and a lot of spread-the-word mentality. None of the award winners were especially unlikely, nor were any of them likely to give us a hint of who the Oscar winners will be. So much good this year makes for an interesting awards season, which may ultimately end up rather boring as the guilds start handing out awards and defining our topics of conversation until the end.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Award Tallies

(3) The Artist
(2) The Descendants
(1) The Adventures of Tintin
(1) Beginners
(1) The Help
(1) Hugo
(1) The Iron Lady
(1) Midnight in Paris
(1) My Week with Marilyn
(1) A Separation
(1) W.E.

The Awards

Best Picture, Drama

The Descendants

Best Picture, Comedy/Musical

The Artist

Best Picture, Animated

The Adventures of Tintin

Best Director

Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Actor, Drama

George Clooney – The Descendants

Best Actor, Comedy/Musical

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Best Actress, Drama

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Best Actress, Comedy/Musical

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Screenplay

Midnight in Paris

Best Original Score

The Artist

Best Original Song

“Masterpiece” – W.E.

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

Golden Globes Data

Year Founded: 1943
First Awards: 1943 (69)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 1 (0-0-1-0-0) W / 6 (2-1-1-1-1) N / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) I
Picture (Drama): 1 (0-0-1-0-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Picture (Comedy/Musical): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (1-0-0-0-0) N / 4 (0-1-1-1-1) I
Animated Feature: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Director: 3 (0-1-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor: 4 (1-1-0-1-1) W / 6 (1-1-1-2-1) N / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) I
Actor (Drama): 4 (1-1-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor (Comedy/Musical): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) N / 4 (1-1-1-0-1) I
Actress: 4 (1-1-0-1-1) W / 8 (2-2-0-2-2) N / 2 (0-0-2-0-0) I
Actress (Drama): 3 (1-1-0-0-1) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Actress (Comedy/Musical): 1 (0-0-0-1-0) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actress: 3 (1-1-0-0-1) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 3 (1-0-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Original Score: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Original Song: 1 (0-1-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) N / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) I
Foreign Language Film: 1 (1-0-0-0-0) W / 3 (1-1-1-0-0) N / 2 (0-0-0-1-1) I