THE HELP, THE ARTIST AND THE DESCENDANTS LEAD GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
THE HELP, THE ARTIST and THE DESCENDANTS will be the ones to beat at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards after landing four nominations each.
The Help will go head-to-head with The Descendants in the Best Motion Picture (Drama) category alongside The Ides of March, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, and Moneyball.
The Help also received nods in the Best Performance by an Actress (Drama) category, thanks to Viola Davis, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, for Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer’s work.
The Descendants scooped mentions for Best Performance by an Actor (Drama) courtesy of George Clooney, and Best Director for Alexander Payne, and newcomer Shailene Woodley garnered a nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.
Silent film The Artist scored nominations for Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Berenice Bejo) and Best Performance By An Actor in the Comedy Or Musical category (Jean Dujardin).
Other big contenders at the January (12) ceremony include The Ides of March, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, and My Week with Marilyn, all of which scored three nominations.
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by British comic Ricky Gervais, will take place on 15 January (12) in Los Angeles.
The nominations were announced by actors Gerard Butler, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones, and Sofia Vergara in Beverly Hills on Thursday (15Dec11) and the main movie award categories are as follows: Best Motion Picture - Drama The Descendants The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse Best Performance By An 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 Performance By An 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 Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids Midnight in Paris My Week With Marilyn Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical Jodie Foster - Carnage Charlize Theron - Young Adult Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn Kate Winslet - Carnage Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical 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 Supporting Role In A Motion Picture Berenice Bejo - The Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer - The Help Shailene Woodley - The Descendants Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks - Drive Jonah Hill - Moneyball Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method Christopher Plummer - Beginners Best Director - Motion Picture Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris George Clooney - The Ides of March Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Alexander Payne - The Descendants Martin Scorsese - Hugo
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