It’s all Golden - Globe Nominations Announced

Yesterday was the Critics Choice but today marks the real start of awards season for Hollywood, with the announcement of the nominees for the 2010 67th Golden Globe awards.

Unfortunately unlike yesterdays list there is no Irish hope for the Globes in the movies category save for U2 entry Winter from in film Brothers in the Original Song category. Elsewhere, Brendan Gleeson is nominated for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the mini-series Into the Storm.

George Clooney starrer Up in the Air, which has yet to be released in Ireland, has the most movie nominations with six. Rob Marshall’s musical Nine has five, while Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds has four.Awards darling Meryl Streep is nominated twice in the Best Actress Musical/Comedy category for It’s Complicated and Julie & Julia, while Sandra Bullock has also received two nominations for Best Actress Musical/Comedy for The Proposal and Best Actress drama for The Blind Side.

On the television side it’s great to see Neil Patrick Harris pick up a nom for Best Supporting Role for his portrayl of lothario Barney Stinson in hit comedy How I Met Your Mother. It is a pity that stable-mate The Big Bang Theory was squeezed out of a nomination for Best Television Series Musical/Comedy while lesser fare like Entourage make it in. There’s no real shocks though, as all the regulars are well represented.

The awards ceremony will take place January 17th from The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles. The full list of nominees is as follows:

MOVIES

Best Motion Picture — Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
Sandra Biullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sadibe – Precious

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Tobey Maguire – Brothers

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock – The Proposal
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Meryl Streep – It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon – The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis – Nine
Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt – (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo-Nique – Precious
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz – Nine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon – Invictus
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Christopher Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
The Maid

Best Director — Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Clint Eastwood – Invictus
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Up in the Air
It’s Complicated
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch, “The Informant”
James Horner, “Avatar”
Abel Krozeniowski, “A Single Man”
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, “Where the Wild Things Are”

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“I Want to Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
“I Will See You” from “Avatar”
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
“Winter” from “Brothers”

TELEVISION

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Love
Dexter
House
Mad Men
True Blood

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
30 Rock
Entourage
Glee
Modern Family
The Office

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Glenn Close - Damages
January Jones - Mad Men
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Simon Baker - The Mentalist
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
David Duchovny - Californication
Thomas Jane - Hung
Matthew Morrison - Glee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Toni Collette - United States of Tara
Courteney Cox - Cougar Town
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Lea Michelle - Glee

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Georgia O’Keefe
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
Taking Chance

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: One Step Behind
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Endgame
Brendan Gleeson - Into the Storm
Jeremy Irons - Georgia O’Keefe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Joan Allen - Georgia O’Keefe
Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Sigourney Weaver - Prayers for Bobby

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Emerson - Lost
Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
William Hurt - Damages
John Lithgow - Dexter
Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series - Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Adams - Hung
Rose Byrne - Damages
Jane Lynch - Glee
Janet McTeer - Into the Storm
Chloë Sevigny - Big Love