Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Golden Globe Nominations are here!!

Hi guys! Sorry I have been MIA.  School has kind of consumed my life but I am officially done with the fall semester and enjoying my winter break!  So exciting. 

Anyway, the Golden Globe nominees were announced this morning.  The actually awards will be handed out on January 17th (so mark your calendars!).  My goal is to see all the nominated films before that... I still have a lot to see.  Here's the complete list of contenders:
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baaría (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
• Michael Giacchino, Up
• Marvin Hamlisch, 
The Informant!
• James Horner, 
Avatar
• Abel Korzeniowski, 
A Single Man
• Karen O and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "Cinema Italiano," Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
• "I Want to Come Home," Music & Lyrics by 
Paul McCartney (Everybody's Fine)
• "I Will See You," Music by James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell (
Avatar)
• "The Weary Kind," Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (
Crazy Heart)
• "Winter," Music by U2; Lyrics by 
Bono (Brothers)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
• Big Love
• Dexter
• House
• Mad Men
• True Blood

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
• Glenn CloseDamages
• 
January JonesMad Men
• Julianna MarguliesThe Good Wife
• 
Anna PaquinTrue Blood
• 
Kyra SedgwickThe Closer
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
• Simon Baker, The Mentalist
• 
Michael C. HallDexter
• Jon HammMad Men
• Hugh LaurieHouse
• Bill PaxtonBig Love
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
• 30 Rock
• Entourage
• Glee
• Modern Family
• The Office

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
• Toni ColletteUnited States of Tara
• 
Courteney CoxCougar Town
• 
Edie FalcoNurse Jackie
• Tina Fey30 Rock
• Lea MicheleGlee
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
• Alec Baldwin30 Rock
• Steve CarellThe Office
• 
David DuchovnyCalifornication
• Thomas Jane, Hung
• Matthew Morrison, 
Glee
BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
• Georgia O'Keefe
• Grey
 Gardens
• Into the Storm
• Little Dorrit
• Taking Chance

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
• Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keefe
• Drew BarrymoreGrey Gardens
• Jessica Lange, 
Grey Gardens
• Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
• 
Sigourney WeaverPrayers for Bobby
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
• Kevin BaconTaking Chance
• Kenneth BranaghWallander: One Step Behind
• Chiewetel Ejiofor, 
Endgame
• Brendan Gleeson, 
Into the Storm
• 
Jeremy IronsGeorgia O'Keefe
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
• Jane Adams, Hung
• Rose Byrne, Damages
• 
Jane LynchGlee
• Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
• Chloë Sevigny, 
Big Love
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
• Michael EmersonLost
• 
Neil Patrick HarrisHow I Met Your Mother
• 
William HurtDamages
• 
John LithgowDexter
• Jeremy PivenEntourage


Any predictions for who the lucky winners may be?

3 comments:

  1. Here's what I think should happen. I apologize; this will be long and sloppy...


    Best Motion Picture, Drama
    Either Precious or Avatar (and I haven’t seen either!) I’ve heard amazing things about both, so can’t wait to see them!

    Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama
    -Carey Mulligan, An Education
    She was amazing!! (I haven’t seen The Young Victoria, but LOVE Emily Blunt so I have to see that. Oh, and Sandra Bullock did a great job too! )

    Best performance by an actor in motion picture, drama
    I haven’t see any of these movies! But I’ll go with Tobey because I’ve also heard he did a great job

    Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
    (500) Days of Summer!
    --Also LOVE The Hangover and Julie and Julia.

    Best performance by an actress in motion picture, comedy or musical
    --Sandra in The Proposal or Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia

    Actor in comedy or musical
    --Joseph Gordon-Levitt, hands down. AMAZING!

    Best animated feature film
    --I’ve only seen Up. I liked it.

    Best Foreign Film
    --haven’t seen any unfortunately

    Best performance by an actress in a supporting role
    --Haven’t seen any

    Male supporting role
    --Only have seen Inglourious Basterds. Don’t remember who Christoph is.

    Best Director
    --I’ll go with James Cameron

    Best Screenplay
    --N/A

    Best Original Score
    --Where the Wild Things Are (I need to check out the others)

    Original Song
    --I need to check all of these out

    Best TV series, Drama
    --Mad Men (2nd-true blood)

    Best performance by an actress in a tv series, drama
    January Jones

    Actor in TV series, drama
    Jon Hamm (if Hugh wins one more award for his role on House I will freak… his character is nothing special to me…)

    Best TV Series, comedy or musical
    GLEE (AMAZING) Followed by The Office and Modern Family

    Actree in TV, comedy or musical
    --Lea Michele

    Actor in TV, comedy or musical
    --Matthew Morrison or Steve Carell

    Miniseries
    N/A

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  2. Whoo for Glee and Lea Michele! :P Ahem.

    How have I not seen An Education yet? I've seen so many things leading me to it but never quite took the plunge. Plus it only got a mini indie release here.

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  3. I bet U2 wins the song. Because voters are lazy.

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