The Golden Globe award nominations are in, these are the 69th (giggle away) and are labelled as the 2012 awards, which I can never understand as the awards are for the films in 2011, never mind let's move on.

The nominations are here, and you should really see them read out by some stars themselves at the press conference, for Gerard Butler and Woody Harrelson are hilarious, and not just because Butler has an American accent for saying "motion picture".

You can see the nominations for the 2011/2012 Golden Globes below, and while they are a good list you should really have a look at the video afterwards, I'm not sure if they had a tipple before doing the announcements, but it looks like Woody Harrelson and Gerard Butler were having a bit of fun up there.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion 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 Actress in a Motion Picture, 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 in a Motion Picture, Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy
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
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Foreign Film
The Flowers of War
In The Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

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 Original Song
"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet - Elton John
"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs - Sinead O'Connor
"The Living Proof" - The Help - Mary J. Blige
"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher - Gerard Butler
"Masterpiece" - W.E. - Madonna

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

So those are the nominations, any thoughts? The Artist is doing well in the list isn't it?

You can see the list over at the official Golden Globes site where they also have this video of the nominee announcements, far better than I thought it would be.