It's that time of year people. The time when we rub the TV from our eyes and turn our attention toward the crop of film's from the silver screen that are garnering the attention of the countless organizations that pass out the gold throughout the months of December, January, and February. Perfect timing for TV aficionados because all our favorite shows are on hiatus now anyways so off to the big dark room we all should go in order to actually be able to enjoy the award shows to come because God knows none of the nominees came out before November (which is ridiculous considering the award covers the entire year but alas we play along). The Golden Globes kicks off the season for the general public as the 2nd glitziest affair behind the Oscars. The noms are already out and can be seen below if you missed them and as usual there are upsets and there are "well of course they got its" but the real mystery is what this little statuette even counts for. Most would argue that the award itself (given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press) is really quite a pointless award as far as the public should be concerned because it's a shamble of thrown together categories spread out across two mediums and packing no real punch. Everyone knows the top prize for Primetime TV is the Emmy and the movies are run by Oscar, so where does that leave the Golden Globe? In pointless land with the rest of the hundreds of categories? No, there is a point, because the Globes are the biggest tell tale sign of what will probably be nominated by the Academy which is always fun. But after a slew of gross hosts (Ricky Gervais anyone?) it doesn't really matter in the end because what we really care about is seeing all of entertainment's most famous people in the same place in one night regardless of the occasion (that's why my TiVo is filled with telethons!). That idea trumps the fact that nobody even knows what the Hollywood Foreign Press is or what the award really means, because we know that the Globes are approachable. It's a place where comedies get a chance, where television is put on an equal soapbox as film, and where the guests can lay back and drink a little bit more knowing that the Oscars are still a ways away. That being said, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD LEAVE GAME OF THRONES OUT OF OUTSTANDING DRAMA?!?!?!?! And Madeleine Stowe from Revenge for lead drama actress?!?!?!? COME ON!?!? Freaking Globes...
Movies
Drama
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Comedy or musical
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Actor, drama
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Actress, drama
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Actor, comedy or musical
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Ewan MacGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
Actress, comedy or musical
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Supporting actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Screenplay
Chris Terrio Argo
Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained
Tony Kushner Lincoln
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dario Marianeli, Anna Karenina
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas
Mychael Danna, Life Of Pi
John Williams, Lincoln
Best Original Song
Keith Urban - For You (Act Of Valor)
Taylor Swift - Safe & Sound (The Hunger Games)
Hugh Jackman - Suddenly (Les Misérables)
Adele - Skyfall (Skyfall)
Jon Bon Jovi - Not Running Anymore (Stand Up Guys)
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise Of The Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Film
Amour
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
A Royal Affair
Rust & Bone
Television
Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Newsroom
Comedy or musical
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash
Actor, drama series
Steve Buscemi,Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Actress, drama series
Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Glenn Close, Damages
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Actor, comedy or musical series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle,House of Lies
Louis C.K.,Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Actress, comedy or musical series
Zoe Deschanel, The New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey,30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,The Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Supporting actor, series, miniseries or movie
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Supporting actress
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Punjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story
Maggie Smith,Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Miniseries or TV movie
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
The Girl
The Hours
Political Animals
Actor, miniseries or TV movie
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change (HBO)
Toby Jones,The Girl
Clive Owen,Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Actress, miniseries or TV movie
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Julianne Moore, Game Change (HBO)
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
