Golden Globe Nominations; UP IN THE AIR leads with 6

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations for film & television  were announced earlier this morning  at The Beverly Hilton by John Krasinski, Diane Kruger and Justin Timberlake.   UP IN THE AIR led the pack with 6 nominations, followed by the musical NINE with 5, and AVATAR and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS were tied with  4 noms each.  On a side note, the Best Director Category will have dueling ex-spouses. Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER)  and James Cameron (AVATAR) were once married from 1989-1991. In the “Its About Damn Time” category, Martin Scorsese will be honored at Golden Globe Awards ceremony with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.” While the Red Carpet and the show itself are fun to watch,  they’re not The Oscars. Some may think that  the Golden Globes are an important precursor to the Academy  Awards (they’ve matched up over the last 15 years),  however  the HFPA are made up of a bunch of critics and not AMPAS members.  Hell,  this group just left Jeremy Renner of THE HURT LOCKER off their list  

Here’s the list of films that were nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. AVATAR

Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox

b. THE HURT LOCKER

Voltage Pictures C/O 42West; Summit Entertainment

c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company

d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production;

Lionsgate

e. UP IN THE AIR

Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures

 

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. EMILY BLUNT THE YOUNG VICTORIA

b. SANDRA BULLOCK THE BLIND SIDE

c. HELEN MIRREN THE LAST STATION

d. CAREY MULLIGAN AN EDUCATION

e. GABOUREY SIDIBE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL

PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

 

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. JEFF BRIDGES CRAZY HEART

b. GEORGE CLOONEY UP IN THE AIR

c. COLIN FIRTH A SINGLE MAN

d. MORGAN FREEMAN INVICTUS

e. TOBEY MAGUIRE BROTHERS

 

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures

b. THE HANGOVER

Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

c. IT’S COMPLICATED

Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures

d. JULIE & JULIA

Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

e. NINE

The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company

 

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR

MUSICAL

a. SANDRA BULLOCK:   THE PROPOSAL

b. MARION COTILLARD:  NINE

c. JULIA ROBERTS:  DUPLICITY

d. MERYL STREEP:  IT’S COMPLICATED

e. MERYL STREEP:  JULIE & JULIA

 

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY

OR MUSICAL

a. MATT DAMON:  THE INFORMANT!

b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS:  NINE

c. ROBERT DOWNEY JR.:  SHERLOCK HOLMES

d. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT:  (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

e. MICHAEL STUHLBARG:  A SERIOUS MAN

 

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

a. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing

b. CORALINE

Laika, Inc.; Focus Features

c. FANTASTIC MR. FOX

American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox

d. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios

Motion Pictures

e. UP

Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion

Pictures

 

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

a. BAARIA (ITALY)

Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment

b. BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN)

El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics

c. THE MAID (CHILE)

(LA NANA)

Forastero; Elephant Eye Films

d. A PROPHET (FRANCE)

(UN PROPHETE)

Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics

e. THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY)

(DAS WEISSE BAND – EINE DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE)

Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

 

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A

MOTION PICTURE

a. PENÉLOPE CRUZ:  NINE

b. VERA FARMIGA:   UP IN THE AIR

c. ANNA KENDRICK:  UP IN THE AIR

d. MO’NIQUE:  PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

e. JULIANNE MOORE:  A SINGLE MAN

 

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A

MOTION PICTURE

a. MATT DAMON:  INVICTUS

b. WOODY HARRELSON:  THE MESSENGER

c. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER:  THE LAST STATION

d. STANLEY TUCCI:  THE LOVELY BONES

e. CHRISTOPH WALTZ:  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

 

11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

a. KATHRYN BIGELOW:  THE HURT LOCKER

b. JAMES CAMERON:  AVATAR

c. CLINT EASTWOOD:  INVICTUS

d. JASON REITMAN:  UP IN THE AIR

e. QUENTIN TARANTINO:  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

 

12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

a. NEILL BLOMKAMP, DISTRICT 9

TERRI TATCHELL

b. MARK BOAL THE HURT LOCKER

c. NANCY MEYERS IT’S COMPLICATED

d. JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR

SHELDON TURNER

e. QUENTIN TARANTINO INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

 

13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

a. MICHAEL GIACCHINO UP

b. MARVIN HAMLISCH THE INFORMANT!

c. JAMES HORNER AVATAR

d. ABEL KORZENIOWSKI A SINGLE MAN

e. KAREN O,

CARTER BURWELL WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

 

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

a. “CINEMA ITALIANO” — NINE

Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston

b. “I WANT TO COME HOME” — EVERYBODY’S FINE

Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney

c. “I WILL SEE YOU” — AVATAR

Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen

Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell

d. “THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)” — CRAZY

HEART

Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett

e. “WINTER” — BROTHERS

Music by: U2

Lyrics by: Bono

Here’s the breakdown of the nominations  by picture:

UP IN THE AIR 6,   NINE 5,   AVATAR 4, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 4, THE HURT LOCKER 3, INVICTUS 3, IT’S COMPLICATED 3, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE 3, A SINGLE MAN 3.

“The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards,” hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from The Beverly Hilton and will be seen in more than 160 countries worldwide.

Source: Golden Globes/HFPA