Golden Globe nominations arrive
The Golden Globe nominations have arrived, and while every critic group everywhere are making their choices and making it clear that The Social Network is leading the way in wins and nominations, the Golden Globes aren't going their way.
In fact nominations wise, for that's all we're looking at for now, the film that's come out best is The King's Speech with seven nominations including best dramatic film and highlighting Colin Firth for best dramatic actor.
The list is looking good for British film, however we have to realise that the winning is a whole different thing and we have seen films with many nominations lose out in the end, and this is an American awards ceremony where you wouldn't expect a British film to dominate.
The Social Network is in there, it's been leading the various different critics awards that have been coming out, you can see the running list over on IMDB – I decided there was no way I was covering every single announcement this year and will do a round-up when most of them are in – but it isn't dominating here, and here's a strong indicator of what is likely to happen in the Oscars.
Let's stop chatting and get straight to the matter in hand, here are the nominees for the Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social NetworkBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama
Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue ValentineBest Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg - The FighterBest Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The TouristBest Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
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 ABest Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp - The Tourist
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version
Jake Gyllenhaal - Love And Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey - Casino JackBest Animated Feature Film
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Io Sono L'amore) (Italy)
In A Better World (Denmark)Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Jacki Weaver - Animal KingdomBest Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
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 SpeechBest Director - Motion Picture
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David O Russell - The FighterBest Screenplay - Motion Picture
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 NetworkBest Original Score - Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
Danny Elfman - Alice In Wonderland
Ar Rahman - 127 Hours
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Hans Zimmer – Inception
You know I have to admit that looking down that list I don't feel that there are any big shocks or omissions, and while The Social Network may not be leading the race in nominations, it's there in the key categories and carries a good chance of winning them.
Elsewhere we see the films we would expect to see, and this list suggests it could be a good year for seeing some deserving films win. I also think it's really tough to pick winners out of that lot, what do you think, could you pick some winners?
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