Best Picture – Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
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 Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Drama
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – 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 Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)
Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love.)
Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
Jodie Foster (Carnage)
Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Kate Winslet (Carnage)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Best Screenplay
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (The Ides of March)
Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)
Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
Abel Korzeniowski (W.E.)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Howard Shore (Hugo)
John Williams (War Horse)
Best Original Song
Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr. and Thomas Newman – ‘The Living Proof’ (The Help)
Brian Byrne and Glenn Close – ‘Lay Your Head Down’ (Albert Nobbs)
Chris Cornell – ‘The Keeper’ (Machine Gun Preacher)
Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry and Madonna – ‘Masterpiece’ (W.E.)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin – ‘Hello Hello’ (Gnomeo & Juliet)
Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Sometimes, like last year, the Golden Globe nominations can confuse and infuriate in equal measure. This year, there's not so much of either of those. The biggest surprise is the huge support for The Ides of March - a film which has only amassed an expected mention on NBR's Top 10. The Best Picture nomination is perhaps understandable, with six nominees, but the other ones are truly out of the blue - Director and Screenplay nominations over so many other, stronger contenders, and a Best Actor nomination for someone who still stands a better chance at being Oscar-nominated for a different performance (which could easily have been included in its place). Anyway, I'm happy for Ides, particularly for Gosling, whose performance in this film was my favourite of his three this year.
And is this actually so unexpected? The HFPA are notorious for favouring celebrity over talent, after all. This might explain how George Clooney has three nominations (four if you include Ides' Best Picture nomination), Ryan Gosling has two, Madonna has one, Angelina Jolie's film has one, Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet are in over lesser-known actresses in other films etc. It's this which makes me truly surprised that Cameron Diaz has failed to pick up a nomination for Bad Teacher - I had a big feeling about that one. And Rooney Mara has finally snuck in to a major list - I still think The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will continue to build support over the following few weeks, as it has been doing already, albeit very slowly.
I'm super-pleased about the nominations for Mara, Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Glenn Close, Viggo Mortensen, Janet McTeer; disappointed that Carey Mulligan, Michael Shannon, Vanessa Redgrave, Gary Oldman, Elizabeth Olsen couldn't find slots too, but this is always how it goes - you win some, you lose some. The winners, even minutes after the nominations have been announced, already look to have assumed their positions - The Descendants, The Artist, Clooney, Dujardin, Streep, Williams; some have competition, and serious competition at that (Pitt, Davis), but the HFPA aren't known for making radical choices, unless they involve A-list celebs, of which there will surely be plenty at this year's ceremony. All the more for Ricky Gervais to sink his teeth into, I suppose...
Sometimes, like last year, the Golden Globe nominations can confuse and infuriate in equal measure. This year, there's not so much of either of those. The biggest surprise is the huge support for The Ides of March - a film which has only amassed an expected mention on NBR's Top 10. The Best Picture nomination is perhaps understandable, with six nominees, but the other ones are truly out of the blue - Director and Screenplay nominations over so many other, stronger contenders, and a Best Actor nomination for someone who still stands a better chance at being Oscar-nominated for a different performance (which could easily have been included in its place). Anyway, I'm happy for Ides, particularly for Gosling, whose performance in this film was my favourite of his three this year.
And is this actually so unexpected? The HFPA are notorious for favouring celebrity over talent, after all. This might explain how George Clooney has three nominations (four if you include Ides' Best Picture nomination), Ryan Gosling has two, Madonna has one, Angelina Jolie's film has one, Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet are in over lesser-known actresses in other films etc. It's this which makes me truly surprised that Cameron Diaz has failed to pick up a nomination for Bad Teacher - I had a big feeling about that one. And Rooney Mara has finally snuck in to a major list - I still think The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will continue to build support over the following few weeks, as it has been doing already, albeit very slowly.
I'm super-pleased about the nominations for Mara, Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Glenn Close, Viggo Mortensen, Janet McTeer; disappointed that Carey Mulligan, Michael Shannon, Vanessa Redgrave, Gary Oldman, Elizabeth Olsen couldn't find slots too, but this is always how it goes - you win some, you lose some. The winners, even minutes after the nominations have been announced, already look to have assumed their positions - The Descendants, The Artist, Clooney, Dujardin, Streep, Williams; some have competition, and serious competition at that (Pitt, Davis), but the HFPA aren't known for making radical choices, unless they involve A-list celebs, of which there will surely be plenty at this year's ceremony. All the more for Ricky Gervais to sink his teeth into, I suppose...
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