Golden Globe Awards

[Buscemi]

I'm surprised to see Avatar in Best Picture, the lack of notice for An Education, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs's nomination (it will probably get snubbed in favor of Ponyo at the Academy Awards) but I like the Best Musical Score nominations for The Informant and Where The Wild Things Are.

Complete nomination list:

FILM


BEST FEATURE - DRAMA
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"


BEST FEATURE - COMEDY
"(500) Days of Summer"
"The Hangover"
"It's Complicated"
"Julie & Julia"
"Nine"


ACTOR - DRAMA
Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth - "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"
Tobey Maguire - "Brothers"


ACTRESS - DRAMA
Emily Blunt - "The Young Victoria"
Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious"


ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
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"


ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock - "The Proposal"
Marion Cotillard - "Nine"
Julia Roberts,"Duplicity"
Meryl Streep - "It's Complicated"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"


DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron - "Avatar"
Clint Eastwood - "Invictus"
Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"


SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon - "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
Christopher Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"


SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - "Nine"
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique - "Precious"
Julianne Moore - "A Single Man"


SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - "District 9"
Mark Boal - "The Hurt Locker"
Nancy Meyers - "It's Complicated"
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - "Up In The Air"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Baaria" (Italy) - Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
"Broken Embraces" (Spain) - El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
"The Maid" (Chile) - Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
"A Prophet" (France) - Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics
"The White Ribbon" (Germany) - Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics


ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Up"


BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino - "Up"
Marvin Hamlisch - "The Informant!"
James Horner - "Avatar"
Abel Korzeniowski - "A Single Man"
Karen O, Carter Burwell - "Where The Wild Things Are"


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Cinema Italiano" from "Nine" - Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
"I Want to Come Home" from "Everybody's Fine" - Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
"I Will See You" from "Avatar" - Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" - Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
"Winter" from "Brothers" - Music by: U2; Lyrics by: Bono


TELEVISION


TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Big Love"
"Dexter"
"House"
"Mad Men"
"True Blood"


TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock"
"Entourage"
"Glee"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"


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"


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Glenn Close - "Damages"
January Jones - "Mad Men"
Juliana Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette - "United States of Tara"
Courtney Cox - "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Tine Fey - "30 Rock"
Lea Michele - "Glee"


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Thomas Janes - "Hung"
Matthew Morrison - "Glee"


MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"George O'Keeffe"
"Grey Gardens"
"Into the Storm"
"Little Dorrit"
"Taking Chance"


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR 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'Keeffe"


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen - "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Drew Barrymore - "Grey Gardens"
Jessica Lange - "Grey Gardens"
Anna Paquin - "The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver - "Prayers For Bobby"


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"


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"

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Wow, there's actually some surprises in there.

Tobey Maguire snuck in for Brothers, something I don't think anyone saw coming.

Somehow, Emily Blunt got nodded for The Young Victoria which nobody has been talking about. This should help it this weekend.

And I didn't know that A Serious Man was a comedy or musical. Surprising that it didn't get any attention other than Best Actor in A Comedy.

Julia Roberts in Duplicity? They must've ran out of good, or even average, performances to nominate.

I am loving all the love that Glee got, three nominations including Best Comedy/Musical. But Modern Family only gets one? They deserved some acting attention, with a great cast that they have.

Everything else seems to be in order, and I'm guessing this will solidify Avatar's place in the Top 10 in January.

[Buscemi]

I would have put in Amy Adams's performance in Sunshine Cleaning in place of Julia Roberts.

Emily Blunt got nominated for The Young Victoria since this is the Foreign Press doing the nominations and they nominate a lot of international films (also note The Last Station and An Education).

And A Serious Man is a dark comedy, therefore putting it in Musical/Comedy.

[frendo]

I had the exact same thought about Amy Adams as well, Busc.

While, I'm happy about some of these, such as Up in the Air, (500) Days (if Amy Adams didn't get a nom, I think Zoe should have got one over Julia or Sandra from Proposal, or even one of Meryl's...Yes, she is good, but the awards people just kiss her fucking ass over and over), but what the fuck is up with The Hangover? yeah, it was funny, but from a bunch of cheap laughs and racial stereotypes, and let's not forget the joke about date rape. I kinda want to say "what the fuck?' about Avatar too, but I'll wait until I see it.

And House gets a nom, when Sons of Anarchy (which is easily the best drama, if not show on TV doesn't? The problem with these award shows is they lack balls. Anything edgy will get dismissed, while the safe shit gets play. I am happy about Glee, however, especially for Lea Michelle, who has a voice to die for.

[undeadmonkey]

the best performance i have seen so far this year is by Helen Mirren in The Last Station, which i'm glad she got nominated for and I think Sandra deserves it as well

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Personally, I think The Hangover is the funniest movie in years. And apparently so did a lot of people, as it's the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all-time. A $40M OW to a total of over $250M means a lot of repeat viewers.

[becs]

So, don't they normally make you pick one movie to be nominated for?

ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock - "The Proposal"
Marion Cotillard - "Nine"
Julia Roberts,"Duplicity"
Meryl Streep - "It's Complicated"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"

[transformers2]

This is the most shocked i am ever been reading a list of nominations in my entire life. I am very happy overall with the nominations. Some definite head-scratchers (Avatar for Best Picture, Sandra Bullock for The Proposal, others) but i am very excited to see Inglorious Basterds nominated for Best Picture.

On the other hand the fact that Brad Pitt wasn't nominated for Inglorious Basterds and It's Always Sunny In Philldelphia didn't get nominated is pretty sad IMO.

[undeadmonkey]

having just seen inglourious basterds last night at the dvd release party, i enjoyed the movie, but i dont think pitt's performance is award worthy.

[Shrykespeare]

having just seen inglourious basterds last night at the dvd release party, i enjoyed the movie, but i dont think pitt's performance is award worthy.

I have to agree. Waltz's performance sure is, though.

[frendo]

Personally, I think The Hangover is the funniest movie in years. And apparently so did a lot of people, as it's the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all-time. A $40M OW to a total of over $250M means a lot of repeat viewers.

Doesn't change anything I said about it, bro.

[W]

Considering that a comedy is a film that makes you laugh and The Hangover undoubtedly got more laughs than any film in 2009 (and maybe this whole decade) it probably should be nominated for best comedy. If you're going to give a comedy award, it should probably be about hilariousity, not really nitpicking about acting, direction, set design, etc. That's what the dramatic award is for.

[undeadmonkey]

I also thought Hangover was funny, but not award worthy funny.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

What would you consider award-worth funny? The other 4 nominees are nowhere nearly as funny as The Hangover. I wouldn't even count Julie & Julia as a comedy, but that's neither here nor there.

[undeadmonkey]

well, once i see the other four, ill let you know. but from the ones i did see, i thought Up was funnier as welll as Inglorious basterds, proposal, Ice Age 3 and Couples Retreat