The Golden Globe nominations were pretty much scandal free this morning. Everyone got something with the exception of Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” which was incredibly late to be screened. But for the first time in years I can say I agree with the nominations, especially Rooney Mara for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” And the Globes rescued a few films, by nominating Viggo Mortensen for “A Dangerous Method” and Glenn Close and Janet McTeer for “Albert Nobbs.” Woody Harrelson was not nominated, yet got a big laugh by giving a plug for “Rampart” before he read off his list of nominations. Very witty. The Hollywood Foreign Press also loves George Clooney so much they brought back “Ides of March” and nominated Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Clooney for Director, the film for Best Drama. Because the Globes divide between Drama and Comedy in most categories, lots of people got nominated who will not be going to the Oscars. This guarantees NBC a nice full room of stars on January 15th. Strangest nomination: Angelina Jolie for Best Foreign Film with “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” I guess it’s hard to break all bad habits at once.
BEST FILM-DRAMA
The Artist
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
War Horse
BEST ACTRESS-DRAMA
Glenn Close
Viola Davis
Rooney Mara
Meryl Streep
Tilda Swinton
BEST ACTOR-DRAMA
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Michael Fassbender
Ryan Gosling– “Ides of March”
Brad Pitt
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen
George Clooney
Michel Hazanvicius
Alexander Payne
Steven Spielberg
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh
Albert Brooks
Jonah Hill
Viggo Mortensen
Christopher Plummer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo
Jessica Chastain
Janet McTeer
Octavia Spencer
Shailene Woodley
