The nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globes are here, and we can only assume this year's top honoree is at a complete loss for words. The Artist, the silent movie that charmed at Cannes before doing the same at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year, came out of the nominations Thursday morning with six nods -- including recognition for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and acting honours for leads Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. Hollywood dramas The Descendants, starring George Clooney, and Emma Stone and Octavia Davis' The Help, were both recognized with five nods, apiece.
Those two films will both face off in the race for best drama, along with Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse -- all films which are represented elsewhere in the nominations. As for The Artist's competition in the category of best comedy or musical, it will compete against 50/50, Carnage, Midnight in Paris, My Week With Marilyn and Bridesmaids. (Though a hit at the box office, Bridesmaids only scored one additional nomination, an acting nod for lead Kristen Wiig.)
George Clooney, who features in two of the films nominated for best drama -- The Descendants and The Ides of March -- finds himself in the privileged position of being nominated in both acting and directing categories (the latter nod being for his work helming political drama The Ides of March). His performance as a widowed father to two teenage daughters in The Descendants scored him a spot in the best actor category -- along with his Ides of March co-star Ryan Gosling, Moneyball's Brad Pitt, Shame's Michael Fassbender and J. Edgar's Leonardo DiCaprio. Dose editors welcome this opportunity for Clooney to extend his allotted screentime during the Golden Globes' telecast.
As for this year's television nominees, past winners including Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Modern Family and Glee were all represented, though newcomers including HBO's Game of Thrones, Claire Danes drama Homeland, FX's American Horror Story and Zooey Deschanel's hit New Girl all broke through with two nominations apiece. British period drama Downton Abbey led the TV nominations with four.
The Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will air Jan. 15. A partial list of this year's nominees is posted below. Check out the Golden Globes website for the rest.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 69TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES:
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Descendants
Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn
ACTOR , DRAMA
George Clooney – The Descendants
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
ACTRESS , 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
ACTOR , 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
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster - Carnage
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn Kate Winslet - Carnage
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
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 ANIMATED FEATURE
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Rango
Puss ‘n Boots
The Adventures of Tintin
BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michael Hazavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
BEST TV SERIES - DRAMA
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland
BEST TV SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
TV ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Laura Dern – Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Laira Linney – The Big C
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
TV ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt Leblanc, Episodes
TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
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