
Awards season is off and running as the 2012 Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning!
Here’s what stands out: Ryan Gosling scored big – with nominations for Best Actor in both the comedy AND drama categories for ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ and ‘The Ides of March’. (Saw both – LOVED THEM!). George Clooney, his costar in ‘Ides of March’ was nominated for four awards: directing, Best Actor for ‘The Descendants’ and writing ‘Ides of March’.
“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” star Rooney Mara scored a Best Actress, Drama nomination, as did Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady” and Viola Davis for “The Help.” Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer also received nominations for “The Help,” which itself was nominated for Best Picture, Drama.
“The Artist” was nominated for comedy/music acting, for both Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo.
As for TV, surprise picks abound: NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” did not get a look for Best Comedy, though star Amy Poehler got nominated. Defending Emmy winner Jim Parsons got overlooked for “The Big Bang Theory.”
Here’s the full list of nominees; the 69th annual Golden Globes set for January 15th will be hosted by Ricky Gervais, his third straight year MC’ing the show. Follow below as the nominations are announced.
BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
“War Horse”
“The Ides of March”
“The Help”
“Moneyball”
“Hugo”
“The Descendants”
BEST PICTURE, COMEDY
“The Artist”
“50/50″
“Bridesmaids”
“My Week With Marilyn”
“Midnight in Paris”
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Brad Pitt in ”Moneyball”
Leonardo DiCaprio in ”J.Edgar”
Ryan Gosling in ”The Ides of March”
Michael Fassbender in ”Shame”
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Viola Davis in ”The Help”
Meryl Streep in ”The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton in ”We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Rooney Mara in ”The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Glenn Close in ”Albert Nobbs”
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Jean Dujardin in ”The Artist”
Brendan Gleeson in ”The Guard”
Owen Wilson in ”Midnight in Paris”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ”50/50”
Ryan Gosling in ”Crazy, Stupid, Love”
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Michelle Williams, ”My Week With Marilyn”
Jodie Foster, ”Carnage”
Kristen Wiig, ”Bridesmaids”
Charlize Theron, ”Young Adult”
Kate Winslet, ”Carnage”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks, ”Drive”
Christopher Plummer, ”Beginners”
Kenneth Branagh, ”My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, ”Moneyball”
Viggo Mortensen, ”A Dangerous Method”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, ”The Artist”
Octavia Spencer, ”The Help”
Jessica Chastain, ”The Help”
Janet McTeer, ”Albert Nobbs”
Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”
BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, ”Hugo”
George Clooney, ”The Ides of March”
Michel Hazanavicius, ”The Artist”
Alexander Payne, ”The Descendants”
Woody Allen, ”Midnight in Paris”
BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
“American Horror Story”
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Boss”
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
BEST COMEDY SERIES
“New Girl”
“Enlightened”
“Episodes”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Kelsey Grammer, “Boss”
Jeremy Irons, “The Borgias”
Damian Lewis, “Homeland”
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Mireille Enos, “The Killing”
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Madeleine Stowe, “Revenge”
Callie Thorne, “Necessary Roughness”
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Johnny Galecki, “The Big Bang Theory”
Thomas Jane, “Hung”
Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Laura Dern, “Enlightened”
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Laura Linney, “The Big C”
REST OF THE LIST AFTER THE JUMP! (more…)