14 DAY TRIAL // One day after the nominees for the SAG Awards 2012, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just announced the nominees for the 69th edition of the Golden Globes, which will air live on NBC on January 15, 2012.
As we also reported a while back, British comedian Ricky Gervais will be hosting again, promising for his third year on the job even more outrage and controversy than in 2011.
The nominations in film were pretty scandal-free, even though there's a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about whether Angelina Jolie was really entitled to a nod in the Best Foreign Film for her directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”
It's not that the film is bad, voices are saying, but it's not foreign either, even if it didn't use US actors.
Woody Harrelson got snubbed this year, others are saying. For his part in “Rampart” as a corrupt cop, he deserved at least a nod. Fortunately, he didn't seem to mind it.
Notably absent at the Globes will be “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, but, this time, it's not because of a snub: the film screened too late to meet the deadline.
George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Leonardo DiCaprio have also made it in the Best Actor – Drama category.
Some believe this will be Clooney's year, but there are also those who tip the scales in Pitt's favor.
If Ryan Gosling loses out to “Ides of March” co-star Clooney in this category, he still has a chance of taking a statuette home, since he also got nominated for Best Actor – Comedy, for his role in “Crazy Stupid Love.”
In the most important category of this section of the awards show, that of Best Film – Drama, “The Help” will go up against “The Ides of March,” “Moneyball,” “Hugo,” “The Descendants,” and “War Horse.”
Below is the complete list of nominations in film. Check it out, pick your favorites and keep an eye on this space in January to see if they won.
BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
“The Descendants” “The Help” “Hugo” “The Ides of March” “Moneyball” “War Horse”
BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“50/50” “The Artist” “Bridesmaids” “Midnight in Paris” “My Week with Marilyn”
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, “Midnight In Paris” George Clooney, “The Ides of March” Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist” Alexander Payne, “The Descendants” Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney, “The Descendants” Leonardo DiCaprio, “J Edgar” Michael Fassbender, “Shame” Ryan Gosling, “The Ides of March” Brad Pitt, Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs” Viola Davis, “The Help” Rooney Mara, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Tilda Swinton, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” Brendan Gleeson, “The Guard” Joseph Gordon Levitt, “50/50” Ryan Gosling, “Crazy Stupid Love” Owen Wilson, “Midnight in Paris”
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, “Carnage” Charlize Theron, “Young Adult” Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids” Michelle WIlliams, “My Week With Marilyn” Kate Winslet, “Carnage”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week with Marilyn” Albert Brooks, “Drive” Viggo Mortensen, “A Dangerous Method” Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist” Jessica Chastain , “The Help” Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs” Octavia Spencer, “The Help” Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”
BEST SCREENPLAY
“Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen “The Ides of March,” George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash “Moneyball,” Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“The Adventures of Tintin” “Arthur Christmas” “Cars 2” “Puss in Boots” “Rango”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Flowers of War” “In The Land of Blood and Honey” “The Kid With The Bike” “A Separation” “The Skin I Live In”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Artist,” Ludovic Bource “W.E.,” Abel Korzeniowski “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “Hugo,” Howard Shore “War Horse,” John Williams
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Lay Your Head Down,” Albert Nobbs “Hello Hello,” Gnomeo and Juliet “The Living Proof,” The Help “The Keeper,” Machine Gun Preacher “Masterpiece,” W.E.