Golden Globe Nominations Announced

And The King's Speech leads the pack

Golden Globe Nominations Announced

by Helen O'Hara |
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It's the official start of awards season, with the announcement of the nominations for the Golden Globes. And the reigning monarch, at least as far as nominations go, is The King's Speech, with seven nods - just ahead of The Social Network and **The Fighter **with six apiece.

Black Swan, Inception and The Kids Are All Right are behind that with four each, and then it's 127 Hours, Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque and The Tourist with three each. Yes, you read that right. Blame the Globes' insistance on separating out Drama from Comedy/Musicals.

The nominated directors precisely reflect the Best Picture - Drama nominees, with David Fincher up for The Social Network, David O. Russell for The Fighter, Tom Hooper for The King's Speech, Christopher Nolan for **Inception **and Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan.

In the acting categories, Johnny Depp gets two nominations for Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist, both in the Musical/Comedy section, where both Annette Benning and Julianne Moore are up for Best Actress for The Kids Are All Right.

Best Actress (Drama) sees entirely expected nods for Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone and Natalie Portman for Black Swan. Less of a shoo-in but no less welcome is Nicole Kidman for her excellent turn in Rabbit Hole, along with Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine and Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice.

Best Actor (Drama) also sees a Blue Valentine nod for Ryan Gosling, and Jesse Eisenberg's up for The Social Network. Colin Firth, in the least surprising news ever, is up for The King's Speech, against James Franco for 127 Hours and Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter. We'll have to check, but that seems like the youngest-skewing Best Actor line-up in years.

The big shock here is that the Coen Brothers' **True Grit **is entirely absent. It's out in the US on December 22, within the Globes' cut-off date, so this appears to be a deliberate shut-out. Are the voters upset that it hasn't screened enough or something? Did the Coens withdraw it from awards consideration? There is a rumour going around that there was an argument over whether it's a comedy or drama (like many dramas and many comedies, it's both), but that doesn't seem to offer much of an explanation. This seems a bizarre decision and one we're going to have to dig into - and it seems likely to undermine the Globes' status as any sort of Oscar predictor.

The Golden Globes will be held in LA on January 16. The full list of nominations is below.

Best Picture (Drama)

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

Alice in Wonderland

Burlesque

The Kids Are All Right

Red

The Tourist

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)

David Fincher (The Social Network)

Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

Christopher Nolan (Inception)

David O. Russell (The Fighter)

Best Actor (Drama)

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

James Franco (127 Hours)

Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)

Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)

Best Actress (Drama)

Halle Berry (Frankie and Alice)

Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)

Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland)

Johnny Depp (The Tourist)

Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version)

Jake Gyllenhaal (Love and Other Drugs)

Kevin Spacey (Casino Jack)

Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)

Anne Hathaway (“Love and Other Drugs”)

Angelina Jolie (The Tourist)

Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)

Emma Stone (Easy A)

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)

Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)

Jeremy Renner (The Town)

Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Fighter)

Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)

Mila Kunis (Black Swan)

Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

Best Screenplay

Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours)

Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)

Christopher Nolan (Inception)

David Seidler (The King’s Speech)

Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

Best Animated Film

Despicable Me

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Tangled

Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Film

Biutiful (Spain)

The Concert (France)

The Edge (Russia)

I Am Love (Italy)

In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech)

Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland)

A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

Hans Zimmer (Inception)

Best Original Song

“Bound to You” (Burlesque)

“Coming Home” (Country Strong)

“I See the Light” (Tangled)

“There’s a Place for Us” (The Chronicles of Narnia)

“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” (Burlesque)

Best TV Series, Drama

Boardwalk Empire

Dexter

The Good Wife

Mad Men

The Walking Dead

Best TV Series, Comedy

30 Rock

The Big Bang Theory

The Big C

Glee

Modern Family

Nurse Jackie

Best Actor, Drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Hugh Laurie, House

Best Actress, Drama

Julianne Marguiles, The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs

Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Actor, Comedy

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Steve Carell, The Office

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matthew Morrison, Glee

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress, Comedy

Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Laura Linney, The Big C

Lea Michele, Glee

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie

Carlos

The Pacific

Pillars of the Earth

Temple Grandin

You Don't Know Jack

Best Actor In a Mini-Series or TV Movie

Idris Elba, Luther

Ian MacShane, Pillars of the Earth

Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack

Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship

Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

Best Actress In A Mini-Series or TV Movie

Hayley Atwell, Pillars of the Earth

Claire Danes, Temle Grandin

Judi Dench, Return to Cranford

Romola Garai, Emma

Jennier Love Hewitt, The Client List

Best Supporting Actor In a Mini-Series or TV Movie

Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O

Chris Colfer, Glee

Chris Noth, The Good Wife

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

David Strathairn, Temple Grandin

Best Supporting Actress In A Mini-Series or TV Movie

Hope Davis, The Special Relationship

Jane Lynch, Glee

Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire

Julia Stiles, Dexter

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

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