The Golden Globe Award nominations were announced. Ryan Gosling was nominated for lead actor in both the drama and comedy and musical categories, though neither of those nods was for ‘Drive’. There were a number of standard choices for the awards. ‘The Artist’ lead with six nominations, followed by ‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Help’ with five each, and ‘The Ides of March’, ‘Midnight in Paris’, and ‘Moneyball’ with four nods.
Among the actors, Tilda Swinton got a lead actress (drama) nomination, Michael Fassbender earned a lead actor (drama) nod for ‘Shame’, ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Midnight in Paris’ up for Best Picture (comedy or musical), Charlize Theron got a lead actress (comedy or musical) nomination for ‘Young Adult’, ‘The Skin I Live In’ up for Best Foreign Film, and Albert Brooks got his nod for supporting actor for ‘Drive’ (drama).
The Golden Globes will air live on January 15. The list of nominations is:
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
‘Descendants’
‘Help’
‘Hugo’
‘The Ides of March’
‘Moneyball’
‘War Horse’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Glenn Close, ‘Albert Nobbs’
Viola Davis, ‘The Help’
Rooney Mara, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Meryl Streep, ‘The Iron Lady’
Tilda Swinton, ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
George Clooney, ‘The Descendants’
Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘J. Edgar’
Michael Fassbender, ‘Shame’
Ryan Gosling, ‘The Ides of March’
Brad Pitt, ‘Moneyball’
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
‘50/50’
‘The Artist’
‘Bridesmaids’
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘My Week With Marilyn’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, ‘Carnage’
Charlize Theron, ‘Young Adult’
Kristen Wiig, ‘Bridesmaids’
Michelle Williams, ‘My Week With Marilyn’
Kate Winselt, ‘Carnage’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean DuJardin, ‘The Artist’
Brendan Gleeson, ‘The Guard’
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ‘50/50’
Ryan Gosling, ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’.
Owen Wilson, ‘Midnight in Paris’
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
‘The Adventures of Tintin’
‘Arthur Christmas’
‘Cars 2’
‘Puss in Boots’
‘Rango’
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
‘The Flowers of War’ (China)
‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ (USA)
‘The Kid With A Bike’ (Belgium)
‘A Separation’ (Iran)
‘The Skin I Live In’ (Spain)
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, ‘Midnight in Paris’
George Clooney, ‘The Ides of March’
Michel Hazanvicius, ‘The Artist’
Alexander Payne, ‘The Descendants’
Martin Scorsese, ‘Hugo’
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, ‘Midnight in Paris’
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, ‘The Ides of March’
Michel Hazanavicius, ‘The Artist’
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, ‘The Descendants’
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, ‘Moneyball’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Ludovic Bource, ‘The Artist’
Abel Korzeniowski, ‘W.E.’
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Howard Shore, ‘Hugo’
John Williams, ‘War Horse’
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
‘American Horror Story’, FX
‘Boardwalk Empire’, HBO
‘Boss’, STARZ
‘Game of Thrones’, HBO
‘Homeland’, Showtime
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
‘Enlightened’, HBO.
‘Glee’,FOX.
‘Modern Family’, ABC
‘New Girl’, FOX,