The Golden Globes award noms (a.k.a the “friendly” awards) have been unveiled and The King’s Speech leads with seven nominations while The Fighter and The Social Network following close behind with six noms each. The Comedy or Musical categories remind us why the show is more of a popularity contest than anything else, but knowing that we can still have contempt for the whole thing, we’ll end up half-watching anyways when it airs next month. Before you get to the film-portion only of the nominations, here are some quick cheers and jeers.
Best Actress: Halle Berry squeezes into the Best Actress category snapping away a much needed mention for Another Year’s Lesley Manville. SPC’s early campaign for Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver appers to have worked.
Best Actor: Younger generation Mark Wahlberg beats out vets Jeff Bridges and Robert Duvall. In fact, True Grit is not even on the scorecard.
Best Supporting Actress: Mila Kunis is favored over Winter’s Bone’s Dale Dickey, Greenberg’s Greta Gerwig and True Grit’s Hailee Steinfeld who has collected several noms and wins in critic associations.
Best Foreign: The Concert over Carlos? You kidding me!
Best Supporting Actor: Andrew Garfield receives a nom for The Social Network. Armie Hammer is overlooked once again.
Cheers: Well-deserved noms for my favorite studio films of the year: The Social Network and The King’s Speech. Blue Valentine acting noms and affection for I Am Love and Easy A’s Emma Stone.
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
King’s Speech
The Social Network
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
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 & Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A
BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I Am Love
In a Better World
BEST SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The King’s Speech
Alice in Wonderland
127 Hours
The Social Network
Inception
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
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
