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Part of the fun of awards season is predicting which films, shows, and performances will take home all the various big prizes. Will Boyhood sweep the Oscars? Will Orange Is The New Black be the first series that premiered on streaming to win Best Comedy Series? Will Julianne Moore finally get an Academy Award? But there’s more to look forward to in an awards show than just the prizes. For instance, can we predict what the hosts will be making jokes about?
Team Decider put our heads together and thought long and hard about what pop culture news stories Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would tackle this year, and we had some ideas about which celebrities should expect to be mocked in their monologue. Here’s our humble prognostication for Tina and Amy’s hotly anticipated 2015 Golden Globes monologue jokes:
The Sony Hacking Scandal
There’s no way that Tina and Amy can ignore one of the biggest stories of the last month — especially as it weakened the reputations of some of Hollywood’s biggest bosses, bullies, and stars. Expect numerous pot shots at Sony, Scott Rudin, Amy Pascal, Seth Rogen, James Franco, and The Interview.
Also, don’t be surprised if Fey and Poehler cleverly turn their wit on themselves and their friends. It wouldn’t be unimaginable if they “leaked” their own emails, and if they did, we’d expect to read quite a few nasty comments about Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and the rest of their inner comedy circle.
George Clooney’s Marriage to Amal Alamuddin
One of Tina and Amy’s most popular jokes last year ribbed Clooney for his infamous bachelor ways:
Since then, the Hollywood megastar fell in love with the glamorous British lawyer, Amal Alamuddin, and married her in a lavish ceremony. So, if we were George, we would be prepared for some epic dogging. We doubt that Amal will get too much grief, as she is the class in that relationship, but she might get a dig, too.
Bill Cosby
Tina and Amy already went after Cosby on Saturday Night Live (and Fey addressed all those nagging assault rumors on 30 Rock as well), so we wouldn’t be surprised if they would take the aging comedy legend to task once more for his alleged indiscretions. It would be more risky for them to gracefully sidestep it.
TV Threesomes
There were a lot of weird sex scenes on television this year, but the most unnerving and bizarre might have been the uncomfortable threesome on House of Cards. Will Tina and Amy try to get down with the always game Kevin Spacey or a random Globes presenter? We don’t know, but Poehler’s already sat on Bono’s lap, so expect these ladies to take it to the next level this year.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is everywhere these days and Fey and Poehler have a history of snarking the pop star and her propensity for writing successful pop songs about her failed flings. Now that Swifty has reinvented herself as an independent woman (who somehow also moonlights as New York City’s Tourism Ambassador), we have to wonder how Tina and Amy will take their shot at her. No matter how they do it, we bet that it will be hilarious.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards this Sunday, January 11.
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