The nominations are in for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards and the leader at the moment is Up In the Air with six nominations, followed by Nine with five and Inglourious Basterds and Avatar both earning four nominations each. Perhaps the biggest surprise for me personally is the absence of In the Loop in the Best Picture (Comedy/Musical) category as well as Peter Capaldi not getting a Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) nomination. It’s a great film and this was really it’s only chance and it has come up empty.
As far as nominated surprises go, Tobey Maguire getting a Best Actor (Drama) nom for Brothers is surprising, but at the same time it is well-deserved (even if I think Jake Gyllenhaal had the best performance in that flick). Coen brothers fans will be happy to see Michael Stuhlbarg getting a nomination for A Serious Man and I guess the one performance that doesn’t really fit in the acting category is Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes. Sure, Downey is good in the flick and the main reason to see it, but it’s a nomination to fill in the blanks more than it is a deserving one.
On the actress side of things Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria is the biggest “surprise” while Sandra Bullock for The Proposal and Julia Roberts for Duplicity are two nominations a lot like the Downey “fill-in-the-blank” nom. I would have liked to see Zoe Saldana get a nomination for Avatar and I’m a bit surprised Maggie Gyllenhaal wasn’t nominated for Crazy Heart.
In the supporting categories there are really no major surprises outside of my disappointment Christian McKay was not nominated for Me and Orson Welles while Christopher Plummer was nominated for The Last Station. The two performances don’t even compare making it a shame McKay missed out. I can’t tell if the snub here means McKay’s chances at an Oscar nom are dashed or improved… Currently I’m counting on the latter after a strong run with the critics.
No surprise in director as Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) gets a boost and then in screenplay Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell get a notice for their District 9 script.
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be hosted by Ricky Gervais and be broadcase on Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from The Beverly Hilton.
Always remember I am keeping track of everything award related under the sun in “The Contenders“! Enjoy the noms…
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Up In the Air
- Precious
- Nine
- It’s Complicated
- Julie and Julia
- The Hangover
- 500 Days of Summer
- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- George Clooney, Up in the Air
- Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman, Invictus
- Tobey Maguire, Brothers
- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
- Helen Mirren, The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
- Matt Damon, The Informant!
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
- Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
- Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
- Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
- Marion Cotillard, Nine
- Julia Roberts, Duplicity
- Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
- Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plumber, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Penelope Cruz, Nine
- Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
- Mo’Nique, Precious
- Julianne Moore, A Single Man
- James Cameron, Avatar
- Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Clint Eastwood, Invictus
- Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- The Princess and the Frog
- Up
- Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
- Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
- Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
- Broken Embraces
- A Prophet
- The Maid
- The White Ribbon
- Baaria
- Michael Giacchino, Up
- James Horner, Avatar
- Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
- Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
- Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where The Wild Things Are
- “Cinema Italiano” from Nine
- “I See You” from Avatar
- “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
- “I Want to Come Home” from Everybody’s Fine
- “Winter” from Brothers
Nomination Counts
- UP IN THE AIR 6
- NINE 5
- AVATAR 4
- INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 4
- THE HURT LOCKER 3
- INVICTUS 3
- ITiS COMPLICATED 3
- PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE 3
- A SINGLE MAN 3
- (500) DAYS OF SUMMER 2
- BROTHERS 2
- CRAZY HEART 2
- THE INFORMANT! 2
- JULIE & JULIA 2
- THE LAST STATION 2
- UP 2
- BAARIA 1
- THE BLIND SIDE 1
- BROKEN EMBRACES 1
- CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 1
- CORALINE 1
- DISTRICT 9 1
- DUPLICITY 1
- AN EDUCATION 1
- EVERYBODY’S FINE 1
- FANTASTIC MR. FOX 1
- THE HANGOVER 1
- THE LOVELY BONES 1
- THE MAID 1
- THE MESSENGER 1
- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG 1
- A PROPHET 1
- THE PROPOSAL 1
- A SERIOUS MAN 1
- SHERLOCK HOLMES 1
- WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 1
- THE WHITE RIBBON 1
- THE YOUNG VICTORIA 1
The television nominees are on the next page…
