Some Golden Globe noms were announced before a national announcement tied to the morning shows. Meantime, Eddie Redmayne of “Les Miserables” is working the fan line at the “Today” show. Christoph Waltz of “Django Unchained” is sitting on the “Today” couch, which must mean he was nominated. (Surprise! How could they know all this? Clairvoyance?) Each deserves a nomination for their work. (Can you imagine if they were live on TV and hadn’t been nominated?) Well, the Globes are on NBC so obviously they knew last night who the nominees would be.

Big snubs: Barbra Streisand, “This is 40,” “The Hobbit,” “Skyfall,” “The Dark Knight” and Paul Thomas Anderson and “The Master.” The HFPA loves stars, I’m surprised they didn’t find room for Streisand. And Leslie Mann, who is so good in “This is 40.” Criminal!

Good news: Nicole Kidman was nominated for “The Paperboy.” She won’t win against Anne Hathaway or Sally Field, but it’s nice to be in the fame. David O. Russell was snubbed as Best Director, for “Silver Linings.” Good thing the Globes don’t predict the Oscars. Russell will be a DGA and Academy nominee.

And the weird: I don’t know how “Les Miserables” is supposed to compete with comedies, or vice versa. There’s nothing funny about “Les Miz.” That category was introduced when there were “musical comedies” like “Hello Dolly!”

BEST PICTURE DRAMA

Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PICTURE COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST ACTOR DRAMA

Daniel Day Lewis, Richard Gere, John Hawkes, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington

BEST ACTRESS DRAMA

Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Helen Mirren, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz

BEST ACTOR COMEDY

Jack Black

Bradley Cooper

Hugh Jackman

Ewan MacGregor

Bill Murray

BEST ACTRESS COMEDY

Emily Blunt, Judi Dench (Hotel), Jennifer Lawrence, Maggie Smith (Hotel), Meryl Streep

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Nicole Kidman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Christoph Waltz

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook,
Argo
Django Unchained

BEST DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck

Kathryn Bigelow

Ang Lee

Steven Spielberg

Quentin Tarantino

FOREIGN FILM

Amour

A Royal Affair

Kon Tiki

Untouchables

Rust and Bone

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Rise of the Guardians
Frankenweenie
Wreck It Ralph
Hotel Transylvania

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
FOR YOU, from ACT OF VALOR
Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
NOT RUNNING ANYMORE, from STAND UP GUYS
Music by: Jon Bon Jovi Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi
SAFE & SOUND, from THE HUNGER GAMES
Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett
SKYFALL, from SKYFALL
Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth
SUDDENLY, from LES MISERABLES
Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg

TV:

BEST TV SERIES — DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST TV SERIES- COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory, Episodes, Girls, Modern Family, Smash.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS — COMEDY-MUSICAL
Emily Blunt
Judy Dench
Jennifer Lawrence
Maggie Smith
Meryl Streep

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES — COMEDY
Zooey Deschanel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lena Dunham
Tina Fey
Amy Poehler

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES — DRAMA
Connie Britton
Glenn Close
Michelle Dockery
Claire Danes
Julianna Margulies.

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR — TELEVISION
Max Greenfield
Ed Harris
Danny Huston
Mandy Patinkin
Eric Stonestreet

BEST ACTOR- COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, Matt LeBlanc, Don Cheadle, Louis CK, and Jim Parsons

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

NICOLE KIDMAN HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN
JESSICA LANGE AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM
SIENNA MILLER THE GIRL
JULIANNE MOORE GAME CHANGE

SIGOURNEY WEAVER POLITICAL ANIMALS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
KEVIN COSTNER HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SHERLOCK (MASTERPIECE)
WOODY HARRELSON GAME CHANGE
TOBY JONES THE GIRL
CLIVE OWEN HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
HAYDEN PANETTIERE NASHVILLE
ARCHIE PANJABI THE GOOD WIFE
SARAH PAULSON GAME CHANGE
MAGGIE SMITH DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2
SOFIA VERGARA MODERN

What is going on with the investigation into the cold blooded murder of Brandon Woodard? The New York Times says this morning that despite his rap sheet, Woodard was “from a successful family.” Is the newspaper of record smoking something we can get? Brandon Woodard’s family, as I told you on Tuesday morning, is far from successful at anything except being in court, defending themselves in lawsuits, and against claims by a Tony winning actress.

To wit: Brandon’s stepfather is a disbarred lawyer with at least a former substance abuse problem. His mother has or had a mortgage and lending company in Los Angeles that has its activities suspended at least once by the State of California. Sandra McBeth Reynolds Wellington has spent more time in court rooms than Perry Mason–but for the wrong reason.

Mrs. Wellington is married to the ex-lover of Tony award winning actress and soap opera star Tonya Pinkins. Ms. Pinkins told me exclusively in this column on Tuesday morning of her long haul through the court system with the Wellingtons. She has documented it all on a website she created.

The mother — Mrs. Wellington, aka Sandra McBeth aka Sandra K. Reynolds– has her own list of criminal activities and convictions. http://www.sandramcbeth.info/docs/SUPERIOR%20cOURT%20OF%20CALIFORNIA%20INDEX%20CRIMINAL%20CASES.pdf

Here are the links. Looking for Brandon Woodard’s killer at Avis Rent a Car, or talking endlessly to the people on West 58th St. is not going to solve this crime. The answers are at United Mortgage in Century City, Beverly Hills, California with Mrs. Wellington. The only way a hit man was hired to kill her son was likely as revenge for something that went very wrong in a business that has created numerous enemies.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/12/11/exclusive-all-my-children-star-says-not-surprised-brandon-woodard-murdered-enemies-list-is-huge

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Chris Martin of Coldplay just dedicated his third song of the evening at the 12-12-12 Concert to “Anthony,” the garage worker who died in a flood during Hurricane Sandy. Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow live in the River Lofts on the West Side Highway, along with Meryl Streep and her family, and where Tommy Tune is said to have lost a treasure trove of artifacts in the building’s basement storage space. Other celebrities live there, too. But the state of the art building could not stand up to the ravages of the Hudson River overflowing. Many of the wealthy people who own crazy-view glassed in mansions in the sky over in West Soho or Tribeca had a lot of damage. But Anthony, who worked in the underground garage there, died during the storm. It was nice of Chris Martin to mention him. Martin’s performance of “Losing My Religion” with Michael Stipe was a highlight of the night.

By the time Billy Joel came on at the 12-12-12 show I’m not sure what day it was, or if the Oscars had come and gone. Sometimes ‘more is more’. Around the time the Rolling Stones played “Doom and Gloom” instead of a classic hit, the mind had wandered. Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters with Eddie Vedder and the Dark Side of the Moon, a vibrant Jon Bon Jovi AND Springsteen made up for all of it. A few actors had come and gone.

But then there was a kind of wasteland– The remaining Who, and who knows what else. Kanye West did “GoldDigga” with Jamie Foxx, a rip off–er a tribute to–Ray Charles, and something indecipherable while looking sort of nuts. Kanye and Alicia Keys were the only featured black performers. Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, and Smokey Robinson may have all been in bed.

Oh yes: Leonard Cohen’s lawyers, I hope, are preparing a massive lawsuit against Adam Sandler for desecrating “Hallelujah.” WTF, as they say?

But then: Billy Joel. From Long Island. Yes, he looks old. Naturally aged, not bone jangling British thin. He looks like he’s from Long Island. And he is a relief. Playing, singing, melodies, classic songs, lots of LIFE. As a lifelong part-time Long Islander, I cheered. My only gripe with Billy Joel is no new music in 20 years. But his catalog is simply a delight. No Auto Tune (hello Kanye). No artifice on the keyboards (Alicia!). You can sing the songs with him (no Doom and Gloom for him). Thank you Billy.

“We’re going to be alright. We’re going to get through this,” Billy says. Okay. I will donate money now to the Red Cross or Salvation Army in his honor.

So we wait for Paul McCartney: keep refreshing. And drinking coffee. The Golden Globe announcements are at 8:30am, which may be minutes after this show ends.

Tom Cruise? While seemingly every movie star with a new film is out doing publicity this month, Cruise is almost completely invisible. His “Jack Reacher” opens on December 21st, but you almost wouldn’t know it from what’s been done for it so far. Cruise hasn’t been on any TV shows at all, and doesn’t plan very much.

He’s going to do exactly two interviews next week– one with Jimmy Fallon, the other with David Letterman. They will each be comedy gags, and there will be the showing of a clip. If anecdotes are told, they will be scripted and about falling off buildings. Nothing personal.

“Jack Reacher” will also not have a Hollywood red carpet or a New York premiere. So far, Cruise and Paramount have limited “Reacher” PR to London and Stockholm. In the US, they will go to this country’s version of Stockholm–Pittsburgh. The hope is that no media person in Pittsburgh will dare to ask Cruise about Katie Holmes, or Scientology.

As for the actual movie: Rotten Tomatoes lists 7 reviews. Six are favorable. One, from Variety. is decidedly not. There have been almost no screenings of “Jack Reacher” here. The big public screening is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 19th, two days before release. The feeling is, if people don’t like it, there won’t be much time to convey that.

And Tom Cruise? We don’t see him up close very often. But pictures speak a thousand words. And he’s looking extremely refreshed in the photos from London. Good for him! Aging backwards– we can call him Tom Buttons!

The Screen Actors Guild is unveiling its nominees this morning. The nominees for Best Ensemble aka Outstanding Performance by a Cast in A Motion Picture are EXACTLY as I predicted a few days ago in this column:  I called it EXACTLY. http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/12/08/oscar-redux-zero-dark-thirty-is-turning-into-social-network-of-2012 I also told you that Nicole Kidman would be nominated for Best Supporting Actress from”The Paperboy.” http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/11/29/exclusive-oscar-winner-nicole-kidman-on-making-the-paperboy-i-wanted-to-go-to-a-place-that-was-dangerous

“Silver Linings” and “Lincoln” are tied; they become the new front runners as SAG is the best predictor of Oscars. And “Django Unchained”? It was screened too late to make an impact at SAG; no DVD screeners have been mailed. It will make the top 10 Oscar Best Pictures, along with Zero Dark Thirty, Flight, The Master, and The Sessions or Skyfall.

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Argo
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
JOHN HAWKES / Mark – “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean – “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Whip Whitaker – “FLIGHT” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Maya – “ZERO DARK THIRTY” (Columbia Pictures)
MARION COTILLARD / Stephanie – “RUST AND BONE” (Sony Pictures Classics)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
HELEN MIRREN / Alma Reville – “HITCHCOCK” (Fox Searchlight)
NAOMI WATTS / Maria – “THE IMPOSSIBLE” (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ALAN ARKIN / Lester Siegel – “ARGO” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JAVIER BARDEM / Silva – “SKYFALL” (Columbia Pictures)
ROBERT DE NIRO / Pat, Sr. – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Lancaster Dodd – “THE MASTER” (The Weinstein Company)
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln – “LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine – “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
HELEN HUNT / Cheryl – “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Charlotte Bless – “THE PAPERBOY” (Millennium Entertainment)
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly – “THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (Fox Searchlight)

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
CHRIS CALDOVINO / Tonino Sandrelli
BOBBY CANNAVALE / Gyp Rosetti
MEG CHAMBERS STEEDLE / Billie Kent
CHARLIE COX / Owen Sleater
JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow
PATRICK KENNEDY / Dr. Douglas Mason
ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler
KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Thompson
GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody
VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano
PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle
MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein
SHEA WHIGHAM / Elias “Eli” Thompson
ANATOL YUSEF / Meyer Lansky

BREAKING BAD (AMC)
JONATHAN BANKS / Mike Ehrmantraut
BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White
LAURA FRASER / Lydia Rodart-Quayle
ANNA GUNN / Skyler White
RJ MITTE / Walter White, Jr.
DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader
BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman
AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman
JESSE PLEMONS / Todd
STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA / Gomez

DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham
ZOE BOYLE / Lavinia Swire
LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley
JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson
BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates
MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY / Lady Sybil Crawley
SIOBHAN FINNERAN / O’Brien
JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna
IAIN GLEN / Sir Richard Carlisle
THOMAS HOWES / William
ROB JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas
ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson
PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes
ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham
SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy
LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore
AMY NUTTALL / Ethel
DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
DAN STEVENS / Matthew Crawley
PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

HOMELAND (Showtime)
MORENA BACCARIN / Jessica Brody
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Finn Walden
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison
RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn
DAVID HAREWOOD / David Estes
DIEGO KLATTENHOFF / Mike Faber
DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody
DAVID MARCIANO / Virgil
NAVID NEGAHBAN / Abu Nazir
JACKSON PACE / Chris Brody
MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON / Roya Hammad
MORGAN SAYLOR / Dana Brody
JAMEY SHERIDAN / Vice President Walden

MAD MEN (AMC)
BEN FELDMAN / Michael Ginsberg
JAY R. FERGUSON / Stan Rizzo
JON HAMM / Don Draper
JARED HARRIS / Lane Pryce
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Harris
VINCENT KARTHEISER / Pete Campbell
ROBERT MORSE / Bertram Cooper
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson
JESSICA PARÉ / Megan Calvet Draper
TEYONAH PARRIS / Dawn Chambers
KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane
AARON STATON / Kenneth Cosgrove

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney
JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler
KALEY CUOCO / Penny
JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter
SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz
KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper
MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski

GLEE (FOX)
DIANNA AGRON / Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel
DARREN CRISS / Blaine Anderson
SAMUEL LARSEN / Joe Hart
VANESSA LENGIES / Sugar Motta
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN McHALE / Artie Abrams
LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany Pierce
MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester
ALEX NEWELL / Wade Adams/Unique
CHORD OVERSTREET / Sam Evans
AMBER RILEY / Mercedes Jones
NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING / Noah “Puck” Puckerman
HARRY SHUM, JR. / Mike Chang
JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina Cohen-Chang

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett
NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy
SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

NURSE JACKIE (Showtime)
MACKENZIE ALADJEM / Fiona Peyton
EVE BEST / Dr. Ellie O’Hara
BOBBY CANNAVALE / Dr. Mike Cruz
JAKE CANNAVALE / Charlie Cruz
PETER FACINELLI / Dr. Fitch Cooper
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton
DOMINIC FUMUSA / Kevin Peyton
ARJUN GUPTA / Sam
LENNY JACOBSON / Lenny
RUBY JERINS / Grace Peyton
PAUL SCHULZE / Eddie Walzer
ANNA DEAVERE SMITH / Gloria Akalitus
STEPHEN WALLEM / Thor Lundgren
MERRITT WEVER / Zoey Barkow

THE OFFICE (NBC)
LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson
BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone
CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton
CLARKE DUKE / Clark
JENNA FISCHER / Pam Halpert
KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer
ED HELMS / Andy Bernard
MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor
ELLIE KEMPER / Erin Hannon
ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin
JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert
JAKE LACEY / Peter
PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson
B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard
OSCAR NUÑEZ / Oscar Martinez
CRAIG ROBINSON / Darryl Philbin
PHYLLIS SMITH / Phyllis Vance
CATHERINE TATE / Nellie Bertram
RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN COSTNER / “Devil Anse” Hatfield – “HATFIELDS & McCOYS” (History)
WOODY HARRELSON / Steve Schmidt – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
ED HARRIS / John McCain – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
CLIVE OWEN / Ernest Hemingway – “HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN“ (HBO)
BILL PAXTON / Randall McCoy – “HATFIELDS & McCOYS” (History)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
NICOLE KIDMAN / Martha Gellhorn – “HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN” (HBO)
JULIANNE MOORE / Sarah Palin – “GAME CHANGE” (HBO)
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING / Eva Delectorskaya – “RESTLESS” (Sundance Channel)
SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Elaine Barrish Hammond – “POLITICAL ANIMALS” (USA)
ALFRE WOODARD / Ouiser – “STEEL MAGNOLIAS” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)
JEFF DANIELS / Will McAvoy – “THE NEWSROOM” (HBO)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – “MAD MEN” (AMC)
DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)
MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)
JESSICA LANGE / Sister Jude – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM” (FX)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
LOUIS C.K. / Louie – “LOUIE” (FX)
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope – “PARKS AND RECREATION” (NBC)
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)

There was a long hold up last night at the big premiere for Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” First it was hell getting all the guests into the Ziegfeld Theater–sort of mass chaos as lines of guests bunched up. Even Sony Chairman Sir Howard Stringer waited patiently to get his tickets–and he financed the movie. There were lots and lots of A listers besides the big star cast — including legendary singer Patti Smith, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Piven, and Uma Thurman.

Smith had just gotten off a plane from Dublin and came straight to the premiere. “I love Quentin’s movies,” she told me. And she loved this one.

Once inside, things still did not get underway. When Tarantino was introduced by Harvey Weinstein, he conceded that there had been a problem with the blub in the projector in the projectionist’s booth. “Yes, we’re using real 35 millimeter film,” Tarantino said. “In the old days I might have really gone crazy and had a hit. But in the days of DVD projection, it’s kind of romantic having this problem.”

The audience loved “Django.” By the time everyone got downtown for the party at the Standard’s enclosed Beer Garden, both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter had issued raves. Stars Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz came to the snappy get-to-together but Leonardo DiCaprio had to get back to the set of Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street.” Foxx told me: “I spent a year of my life on this film. I think Quentin Tarantino is actually a genius. He may be the best director working today.”

The “Django” party also attracted billionaires Ron Burkle and Paul Allen, the latter who looks great after a huge battle he’s won against cancer. Also there were a too long not seen Cameron Diaz, plus Ahmad Rashad, writer-director Peter Hedges, Richard Belzer, Sharon Osbourne, and “Gone Baby Gone” star Amy Ryan.

Around 1am, Foxx took over the deejay stand and started making toasts– his 45th birthday is the day after tomorrow–to himself, to Tarantino, and to everyone else. Waltz, who saw “Django” for the first time, told me: “I have to see it again. I was too nervous.” For the record, he’s just terrific. He and Foxx make an excellent team.

Most of the cast of the movie “Les Miserables” made it to the famed Four Seasons pool room today for a celebratory lunch. They’d been been to bed around 3 am, they explained, partying after the premiere of the magnificent film musical last night at the Museum of Modern Art, and then at an after party.

“The last time I saw Samantha Barks,” Jackman said, “was at 3am in her pajamas in the lobby of our hotel!”

There was supposed to be a Q&A after lunch, and four chairs were set up for that purpose.

But director Tom Hooper didn’t like that idea. “Can’t we do something else?” And so, they did: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne and the kids from the cast serenaded the lunchers with an impromptu take on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

This was after,  mind you, Barks, Hathaway, and Jackman each sang for the group that included Universal execs as well as “Lion King” creator Julie Taymor, actresses Kim Cattrall and Dana Ivey, Universal Pics execs, plus New Yorker writer-editor Rick Hertzberg and a variety of media and showbiz types. With four floor to ceiling Christmas trees lit up around the pool, it was quite an event for Redmayne. He’d never been to the Four Seasons even though it figured largely in the Broadway play for which he’d won a Tony called “Red,” about artist Mark Rothko.

Hathaway was excited because, she said, she’d been trying out different spots under the Brooklyn Bridge acoustics-wise for singing. “I may just try Christmas caroling and see if anyone joins in,” she said.

Before the “Les Miz” gang leaped into the fray, singer-songwriter Peter Cincotti took advantage of the piano and performed “Master of the House” for everyone assembled, to rave reviews. That may have been the impetus for Jackman, who admitted he’d never seen a mic he could pass up. Jackman dedicated a song to his wife Deborra-Lee, who was beaming.

The lunch turned out to be a celebration, as well, for the 11 nominations “Les Miz” received today from the Critics Choice Awards.

Somewhere pigs are flying and hell has frozen over. Jann Wenner has let legendary producer Quincy Jones be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non performer. It’s hard to imagine what went on behind closed doors to allow this momentous occasion to come to pass. Q, as he is known, should have been in the Rock Hall at least 20 years ago. It always seemed like it would never happen.

But now, as Quincy turns 80 in March, his vast accomplishments will at last be celebrated. The other non performer who will be inducted at the same time is producer/impresario Lou Adler, who gave the world Dunhill Records (Mamas and the Papas, Grass Roots, etc) and Carole King’s Tapestry, as well as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the Monterey Pop Festival. Each of them is long overdue.

And the artists who got in: Randy Newman, also long in the coming; Heart, Rush, Donna Summer, Public Enemy, Albert King. I’m not going to debate the various merits of who got in, but basically, the whole thing is over with a capital O. I know the Rush fans are very excited. Donna Summer, if she were going to be inducted, should have been while she was alive. The voters are too young now to care that the Marvelettes, the first Motown group, are not in. And so on. Public Enemy is rap. Rush is bombastic rock. Heart had two or three hits, even though we love ’em. Only Randy Newman has had a profound effect on popular music.

This edition of the installation dinner will take place in Los Angeles, where the whole thing should end with a whimper.