2011 Golden Globes Nominations Announced

The Golden Globes sometimes give us a hint of what's to come when the Oscars roll around, and sometimes they don't, but they're interesting in their own right. The nominations for the 68th iteration of these awards have just been announced, and while there are few surprises, there's plenty to get us talking.

The awards will be presented in a live broadcast on January 16, 2011 on NBC. Hit the jump below to see all of the nominees for the film categories.

Best Motion Picture, Drama

• Black Swan (read our review here)
• The Fighter
• Inception (read our review here)
• The King's Speech (read our review here)
• The Social Network (read our review here)

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

• Alice in Wonderland (read our review here)
• Burlesque (read our review here)
• The Kids Are All Right
• Red (read our review here)
• The Tourist (read our review here)

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan, Inception
• David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Screenplay

• Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
• Christopher Nolan, Inception
• Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
• David Seidler, The King's Speech
• Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Best Actor, Drama

• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King's Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
• Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

Best Actor, Comedy or Musical

• Johnny Depp, Alice and Wonderland
• Johnny Depp, The Tourist
• Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
• Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

Best Actress, Drama

• Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
• Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
• Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
• Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
• Emma Stone, Easy A

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
• Mila Kunis, Black Swan
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Film

• Despicable Me (read our review here)
• How to Train Your Dragon (read our review here)
• The Illusionist
• Tangled
• Toy Story 3 (read our review here)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Biutiful
• The Concert
• The Edge
• I Am Love
• In A Better World

Best Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
• Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
• A. R. Rahman, 127 Hours
• Trent Resnor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
• Hans Zimmer, Inception

Best Original Song

• "Bound to You", Burlesque
• "Coming Home", Country Strong
• "I See The Light", Tangled
• "There's a Place For Us", The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

I always think that the Golden Globes' categories are weird. I mean, Alice in Wonderland is a musical or comedy? But at the same time, having more categories does give the HFPA a chance to recognize more films, which I think is a good thing.

There are two instances of two actresses from the same movie going against each other in the same category: Annette Bening and Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right, and Amy Adams and Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Traditional thinking says that the votes will be split among nominees from the same film, costing them all the award.

The biggest snub I see here is The Town. It only received a single nomination (for Jeremy Renner's supporting performance). Other than that, there aren't many surprises that jump out at me.

Any surprises you see above? Any shocking omissions? We'd love to hear your opinions, so share them with us below.

Comments

[Josh Baldwin]

The Tourist doesn't deserve a single Golden Globe for anything, unless they consider it a comedy because of how laughable the chemistry was between the lead actors. I'd love to hear their rationale for those.

And where's True Grit?

[Vince]

Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist getting multiple nods show what a joke the Golden Globes really are. Wake me up when the Oscars noms are announced.

[Cristen Brinkerhoff]

Im also surprised The Town's not on here. I wasn't expecting an Oscar for Afleck's directing, but I thought he'd get a nod for adapting the screenplay, at LEAST for the Globes. I'm glad Renner's getting recognized, though; the guy's incredible.
Sigh. The Globes always seem like the ugly step-sister to the Oscars, but the winners often go on to take the top awards at both ceremonies, so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. And to see everyone get drunk at the venue, as per usual. =)

[Mike Chesnut]

I can't believe I missed the complete True Grit snub. Probably because it's not out yet and I haven't seen it yet, but that's no excuse for the HFPA.

[Josh Baldwin]

I thought about that too Mike, but they did include The Fighter which isn't out until this Friday.

[Will]

DiCaprio got snubbed.

[Kim]

I was quite surprised to see 127 Hours left out of best picture. I have a feeling, or am hopeful at least, that it will take over The Fighter's position in that list come Oscar time. Or maybe it's just Franco's fantastic performance that needs to lead the pack where that movie is concerned... He deserves all the accolades that are coming for that movie.

Otherwise I'm really happy to see all of the Social Network love.

[Mike McLaughlin]

'The Tourist' deserves it's Best Comedy nomination because it was hilarious how bad that film was...

But seriously, Ben Affleck and Danny Boyle deserved Best Director nods. Other than that everything looks pretty kosher.