69th Annual Golden Globes Award Nominations
Gerard Butler, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones, and Sofia Vergara got up extra early this morning to announce the nominations for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 69th Golden Globes Awards, which will be televised on January 15, 2012.
Returning host Ricky Gervais (called a "naughty, naughty schoolboy" this morning by Aida Takla-O' Reilly, the president of the HFPA) will likely be the main attraction of that broadcast, but the Globes do get attention for the awards doled out each year, if only for the way that the organization targets films with big stars to show up at the ceremony. How else to explain multiple nominations for Madonna's W.E.? Sure, her Best Song nomination could have gone to a tune from The Muppets, but why would the HFPA want anyone from that film at the ceremony?
The Artist, Midnight in Paris and The Help are the big nominees. Check out the full list below.
Woody Harrelson killed me at the announcements, as he mentioned his film Rampart when starting to read off the Best Picture announcement — "there's a lot of things left off here" — before reading the actual announcement list, in which Rampart was not included. And while I suppose it is nice to see some of the people get nominated here who didn't make the SAG nominations, it's still the Golden Globes. Remember that before getting too wound up about what was left off.
Personally, I'm surprised that We Bought a Zoo didn't make the list and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close got zip — I'd have thought that Sandra Bullock was a sure thing for a Best Supporting Actress nod here.
Look at the list of nominations below and notice that, while there are some good choices, there are also more than a few 'WTF' picks:
BEST PICTURE: DRAMAThe Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Carnage*
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn
(*Carnage was not named at the live announcement this AM, but showed up on a list posted at the HFPA site. That list is now gone, so I'm not sure if Carnage is really nominated or not. We'll update as the HFPA does.)
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY/MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young AdultKristin Wiig, BridesmaidsMichelle Williams, My Week With MarilynKate Winslet, CarnageBEST ACTOR: COMEDY/MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The GuardJoseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, LoveOwen Wilson, Midnight In ParisBEST ACTRESS: DRAMA
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The HelpRooney Mara, The Girl With The Dragon TattooMeryl Streep, The Iron LadyTilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About KevinBEST ACTOR: DRAMA
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, MoneyballBEST SUPPORTING ACTORKenneth Branagh, My Week With MarilynAlbert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, BeginnersBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
BEST SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMThe Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid With a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
BEST ANIMATED FEATUREThe Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
RangoBEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Lay Your Head Down," Albert Nobbs
"Hello Hello," Gnomeo and Juliet
"The Living Proof," The Help
"The Keeper," Machine Gun Preacher
"Masterpiece," W.E.
And the television nominations:
Best Comedy TV Series
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
Best Actor, TV Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
David Duchovny "Californiacation"
Johnny Galecki "Big Bang Theory"
Thomas Jane "Hung"
Matt LeBlanc "Episodes"
Best Actress, TV Comedy Series
Laura Dern, "Enlightened"
Tina Fey "30 Rock"
Laura Linney "The C Word"
Amy Poehler "Parks and Recreation"
Zooey Deschanel "The New Girl"
Best Drama TV Series
"American Horror Story"
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Boss"
"Game of Thrones"
"Homeland"
Best Actor, TV Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Kelsey Grammer, "Boss"
Jeremy Irons, "The Borgias"
Damian Lewis, "Homeland"
Best Actress, TV Drama Series
Claire Danes "Homeland"
Mireille Enos "The Killing"
Julianna Margulies "The Good Wife"
Madeleine Stowe, "Revenge"
Callie Thorne, "Necessary Roughness"
Best Television Series – Miniseries/Movie
"Cinema Verite"
"Downtown Abbey"
"The Hour"
"Mildred Pierce"
"Too Big to Fail"
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville, "Downtown Abbey"
Idris Elba, "Luther"
William Hurt, "Too Big to Fail"
Bill Nighy, "Page Eight"
Dominic West, "The Hour"
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Paul Giamatti, "Too Big to Fail"
Guy Pearce, "Mildred Piece"
Tim Robbins, "Cineme Verite"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai, "The Hour"
Diane Lane, "Cinema Verite"
Elizabeth McGovern, "Downtown Abbey"
Emily Watson, "Appropriate Adult"
Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce"
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series or TV Movie:
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"
Kelly Macdonald "Boardwalk Empire"
Maggie Smith, "Downtown Abby"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Evan Rachel Wood, "Mildred Pierce"