Movie nominations: A Clooney sweep
| 1 | The Artist | 6 noms |
| 2 | The Descendants | 5 noms |
| The Help | 5 noms | |
| 4 | The Ides of March | 4 noms |
| Midnight in Paris | 4 noms | |
| Moneyball | 4 noms |
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Thursday morning, and silent film The Artist led all movies with a total of six nominations, including best picture and director. The Artist had already been collecting awards and nominations at a rapid pace prior to Thursday's announcement, and it is now a sure bet to receive multiple Oscar nominations in January.
The biggest surprise among the best picture nominees was the George Clooney-directed The Ides of March. But while that film has not been quite as popular with other organizations during awards season, it did, at least, receive generally positive reviews, unlike last year's biggest Globes shocker (aka The Tourist). Ides picked up four nominations overall—including writing and directing nominations for Clooney—while Clooney scored yet another nomination for starring in The Descendants, making him the year's only triple nominee.
The most notable absence from the best picture nominees is The Tree of Life, which failed to pick up any Golden Globe nominations despite dominating many of the other awards announced this month. The Ryan Gosling vehicle Drive was also virtually ignored by the HFPA (save for a supporting actor nomination for Albert Brooks); Gosling actually received two acting nominations, but for The Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid, Love instead. Also receiving a pair of nominations was Michel Hazanavicius, for writing and directing The Artist. Another dual nominee was Glenn Close, who was recognized not only for starring in Albert Nobbs, but for co-writing an original song used in the film.
The full list of film nominations is below.
| Best Drama | Metascore | Best Comedy or Musical | Metascore | |
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| The Descendants | 84 | 50/50 | 72 | |
| The Help | 62 | The Artist | 87 | |
| Hugo | 83 | Bridesmaids | 75 | |
| The Ides of March | 67 | Midnight in Paris | 81 | |
| Moneyball | 87 | My Week With Marilyn | 65 | |
| War Horse | tbd |
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TV nominations: Newcomers rule
| 1 | HBO | 18 noms |
| 2 | Showtime | 8 noms |
| 3 | PBS | 5 noms |
| 4 | ABC | 4 noms |
| BBC America | 4 noms |
In television, the PBS miniseries Downton Abbey was the leader among all programs with four nominations, while HBO topped all networks with 18 nominations, more than twice the total of its nearest competitor, Showtime.
Seven of the 10 best series nominees—including all but one series nominated for best drama—are first-year programs, and new series were also well represented in the acting categories. Showtime's well-reviewed new fall series Homeland earned a best drama nomination as well as nominations for its two stars, Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, while, more surprisingly, the somewhat under-the-radar Starz newcomer Boss earned a nomination for best drama and another for star Kelsey Grammer, in an against-type role as a scheming politician.
Critical favorite Breaking Bad was not among the best drama nominees, though the HFPA did show love for another series popular with many critics (though few viewers, given its tiny ratings): the Laura Dern HBO dramedy Enlightened. The biggest loser, though, appears to be broadcast television. Conventional broadcast networks managed to eke out just a dozen nominations overall (17 if you include PBS), with the remainder going to cable.
The full list of TV nominations is below.
| Best TV Drama Nominees | Best TV Comedy or Musical Nominees | |
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| American Horror Story (FX) | Enlightened (HBO) | |
| Boardwalk Empire (HBO) | Episodes (Showtime) | |
| Boss (Starz) | Glee (Fox) | |
| Game of Thrones (HBO) | Modern Family (ABC) | |
| Homeland (Showtime) | New Girl (Fox) |
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More to come
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC on January 15, 2012 (8e/5p), with comedian Ricky Gervais making his third consecutive hosting appearance.
Don't forget to keep up with all of this year's film awards and nominations with our 2011 Film Awards Scorecard.
