14 DAY TRIAL // “Breaking Bad” won 2013 in television and no, it wasn’t just because it ended. The AMC series has been compared to “The Sopranos” in terms of character development and brilliant writing, and, as it turns out, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association agrees.
The nominees for the Golden Globes 2014, which will take place on January 12 and will be hosted by comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, have just been announced. As usual, you can find the complete list below, while here are the Golden Globes 2014 nominees in Film.
“Breaking Bad,” starring Bryan Cranston as a chemistry teacher turned meth cook and drug kingpin, and Aaron Paul as his ever-faithful and foul-mouthed sidekick, has nabbed several nominations, including for Best Television Series Drama, Best Actor Drama, and Best Supporting Actor Drama, for Cranston and Paul, respectively.
“House of Cards,” “Orange Is the New Black,” and “Arrested Development,” all three Netflix series, also landed nominations. “The Big Bang Theory” and “Modern Family” killed it in the comedy categories but, then again, since this happens almost every year, it probably comes as no surprise to true fans.
HBO’s controversial “Behind the Candelabra,” the unofficial Liberace biopic with Michael Douglas as the star and Matt Damon as his lover / protégé, a movie that was billed by various studios as “too gay” to ever see the light of day, scored 4 nominations, including for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Actor (both for Damon and Douglas) and Best Supporting Actor for Rob Lowe.
Another biopic that was nominated, albeit just once, was “Burton and Taylor,” which earned Helena Bonham Carter a nod in Best Actress for her portrayal of the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor.
Check out the nominees in the main categories below and check back here in January to see if your favorite show / actor got to go home with the prestigious industry award.
Best Television Series – Drama “Breaking Bad” “Downton Abbey” “The Good Wife” “House of Cards” “Masters of Sex”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan” Michael Sheen, “Masters of Sex” Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” James Spader, “The Blacklist”
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Drama Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black” Taylor Schilling, “Orange Is the New Black” Kerry Washington, “Scandal” Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical “The Big Bang Theory” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” “Girls” “Modern Family” “Parks and Recreation”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development” Don Cheadle, “House of Lies” Michael J. Fox, “The Michael J. Fox Show” Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” Andy Samberg, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl” Lena Dunham, “Girls” Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
“American Horror Story: Coven” “Behind the Candelabra” “Dancing on the Edge” “Top of the Lake” “White Queen”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Matt Damon, “Behind the Candelabra” Michael Douglas, “Behind the Candelabra” Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Dancing on the Edge” Idris Elba, “Luther” Al Pacino, “Phil Spector”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Helena Bonham Carter, “Burton and Taylor” Rebecca Ferguson, “The White Queen” Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Coven” Helen Mirren, “Phil Spector” Elisabeth Moss, “Top of the Lake”
Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture
Made for Television
Josh Charles, “The Good Wife” Rob Lowe, “Behind the Candelabra” Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” Corey Stoll, “House of Cards” Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jacqueline Bisset, “Dancing on the Edge” Janet McTeer, “The White Queen” Hayden Panettiere, “Nashville” Monica Potter, “Parenthood” Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”