Golden Globe nominees announced; SOCIAL NETWORK and THE KING’S SPEECH continue awards dominance
It’s awards season, and this Tuesday has brought the biggest piece of the puzzle yet.
This Tuesday has seen the release of the nominees for the 68th Annual Golden Globes, and I must say, it is quite an interesting collection of names and films.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK continues its streak of ever-growing awards buzz, racking up 6 nominations, including Best Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Actor (Drama), Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, cementing it as the biggest awards darling of the year. David Fincher’s fantastic look at the creation of Facebook and the life of its founder Mark Zuckerberg is joined by awards season heavyweights THE KING’S SPEECH (who leads all films with seven nominations this year), THE FIGHTER and BLACK SWAN in the Best Picture (Drama) category, along with the addition of big time blockbuster INCEPTION. The comedy/musical side of the ball is quite interesting as well, featuring a list of nominees including THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, RED, THE TOURIST, BURLESQUE, and ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
As far as interesting nominations go, there aren’t many, particularly when you have to deal with the fact that you are splitting three major lists (Best Picture, Actor, and Actress), into two separate lists, making it hard to truly prognosticate what these truly mean for the awards game and where we will go from here. However, additions like Emma Stone for EASY A are interesting. It’s a really fun film, so it’s nice to see it get a bit of love here. Also, this proves that the breaking up of the Drama and Musical/Comedy categories is laughable at best.
Biggest shock: TRUE GRIT getting snubbed. Not even a Best Actor nomination. Really interesting.
The Golden Globes will be held on January 16, 2011, hosted by Ricky Gervais.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Picture – Drama
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
INCEPTON
THE KING’S SPEECH
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Best Picture – Musical/Comedy
BURLESQUE
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
RED
THE TOURIST
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, BLACK SWAN
David O. Russell, THE FIGHTER
Tom Hooper, THE KING’S SPEECH
David Fincher, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Chris Nolan, INCEPTION
Best Actor – Drama
Ryan Gosling, BLUE VALENTINE
Mark Wahlberg, THE FIGHTER
Jesse Eisenberg, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Colin Firth, THE KING’S SPEECH
James Franco, 127 HOURS
Best Actress – Drama
Nicole Kidman, RABBIT HOLE
Jennifer Lawrence, WINTER’S BONE
Halle Berry, FRANKIE & ALICE
Natalie Portman, BLACK SWAN
Michelle Williams, BLUE VALENTINE
Best Actor – Musical/Comedy
Johnny Depp, I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
Johnny Depp, THE TOURIST
Paul Giamatti, BARNEY’S VERSION
Jake Gyllenhaal, LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Kevin Spacey, CASINO JACK
Best Actress – Musical/Comedy
Annette Bening, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Angelina Jolie, THE TOURIST
Anne Hathaway, LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Emma Stone, EASY A
Julianne Moore, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, THE FIGHTER
Jeremy Renner, THE TOWN
Michael Douglas, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Geoffrey Rush, THE KING’S SPEECH
Andrew Garfield, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, THE FIGHTER
Helena Bonham Carter, THE KING’S SPEECH
Melissa Leo, THE FIGHTER
Jacki Weaver, ANIMAL KINGDOM
Mila Kunis, BLACK SWAN
Best Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 HOURS
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
David Seidler, THE KING’S SPEECH
Aaron Sorkin, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Chris Nolan, INCEPTION
Best Foreign Language Film
BIUTIFUL
THE CONCERT
THE EDGE
LIVE, ABOVE ALL
IN A BETTER WORLD
Best Animated Feature
DESPICABLE ME
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
THE ILLUSIONIST
TANGLED
TOY STORY 3
Best Original Score
Danny Elfman, ALICE IN WONDERLAND
R.A. Rahman, 127 HOURS
Hans Zimmer, INCEPTION
Alexandre Desplat, THE KING’S SPEECH
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Best Original Song
Bound to You from BURLESQUE
You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me from BURLESQUE
Coming home from COUNTRY STRONG
I See the Light from TANGLED
There’s a Place For Us from CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
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