Up in the Air and Glee lead this year's pack of Golden Globe Awards nominees. The former garnered a total six nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the motion picture categories, while the latter earned four in the television categories. Following closely behind Up in the Air with five nods is Rob Marshall's musical Nine, due in theatres on Christmas Day, while James Cameron's Avatar got four. Golden Globe darlings including 30 Rock, Mad Men and Big Love all earned three nominations behind Glee.
The motion picture acting categories are highly competitive this year and notably, personal favourites Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep each received two nominations. Bullock is nominated for her stellar performance in The Blind Side (Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama) and also The Proposal (Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy). Meryl Streep will be competing against herself for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy with Julie & Julia and the soon to be released It's Complicated; her 24th and 25th Golden Globe nominations and surely just two of many more to come.
The match for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama is heated one with some really evenly-matched nominees including George Clooney (Up in the Air), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Tobey Maguire (Brothers) and Jeff Bridges (A Crazy Heart). The same can be said about the very competitive Best Supporting Actress category which will be pitting Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire), Pénelope Cruz (Nine), Julianne Moore (A Single Man) and co-stars Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air).
Although very accurate overall, missing from this year's list of nominees is Welsh actor Michael Sheen who put on an fantastic performance in little-watched The Damned United. Director Lee Daniels (Precious) who drew some some exceptional performances out of the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe rightfully should have been recognized for his work as Best Director.
Long overdue is legendary director Martin Scorcese receiving the honourary Cecil B. DeMille Award this year. Although I've said it before also, Jane Lynch is the one to beat for her work as Sue Sylvester on Glee for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series and I am excited particularly for her.
You can view a complete list of nominees for the 67th Golden Globe Awards click here. The awards will be aired live on NBC Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 8 PM EST. I haven't seen a few of the key contenders yet, but for now my personal picks are below:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
SANDRA BULLOCK -THE BLIND SIDE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA:
GEORGE CLOONEY - UP IN THE AIR
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
NINE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
MERYL STREEP - JULIE & JULIA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - NINE
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
UP
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE:
MO’NIQUE - PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE:
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE:
JASON REITMAN - UP IN THE AIR
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE:
JASON REITMAN, SHELDON TURNER - UP IN THE AIR
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE:
JAMES HORNER - AVATAR
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE:
“CINEMA ITALIANO” — NINE/Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:
MAD MEN (AMC)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:
GLENN CLOSE - DAMAGES
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA:
JON HAMM - MAD MEN
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
GLEE (FOX)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
LEA MICHELE - GLEE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL:
MATTHEW MORRISON - GLEE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
JANE LYNCH - GLEE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
The Golden Globes are always fun to watch; if nothing else, it gives me an idea of what movies I should see if I haven’t already; gotta admit I’m rooting for Tarantino to win something
ReplyDeleteI agree for the most part with your picks, but I hate sitting through award shows (unless they have a decent/amusing host) unless there are stellar music performances, and the award-picking goes to the plan in my head...I've yet to see Julia and Julia. I didn't want to see it in theatres, but then it got all this buzz and I usually adore Meryl (although this whole up against herself business is a little much). I'm glad 'Glee' got nominated, and a large part of me will rejoice if they win (although something tells me they probably won't...at least not all they should), but I am a big fan of "True Blood" and especially "Dexter". This past season has been killer (mind the pun?) and I've developed an unhealthy crush on Michael Hall (who plays a torn serial killer). Sigh. Have you seen the show? I def recommend it if you don't mind bloody stuff. ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Samuel - i love Tarantino. i didn't love Inglourious Basterds though so I was a little shocked to see it nominated a few times there. He is a darling amongst the Hollywood Foreign Press Association though and has a great track record with the awards.
ReplyDeleteHey Mel, thanks for letting me know. i keep hearing amazing things about both. Anna Paquin is killing it.