Golden Globe Nominees!

The Globes are probably the 2nd most watched awards show after the Oscars, despite having only a few hundred voters to the Oscars' sixes of thousands. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has garnered a solid reputation, most likely because they throw a big party, invite all the stars and get Ricky Gervais to insult them - just look at all the pretty boys up for Best Actor in a Drama. Well done also to Rooney Mara - whom I still think has better odds than Elizabeth Olsen & Felicity Jones in the Oscar race - and Glenn Close, who has secured a solid comeback. Kudos also to Owen Wilson for being the first man ever to be nominated for playing Woody Allen - other than Woody Allen.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Descendants

The Help

Hugo

Ides of March

Moneyball

War Horse

Best Performance by an Actress - Drama

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis - The Help

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Performance by an Actor - Drama

George Clooney - The Descendants

Leonardo DiCaprio - J Edgar

Michael Fassbender - Shame

Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Best Motion Picture - Comedy / Musical

50/50

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Midnight in Paris

My Week with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actress - Comedy / Musical

Jodie Foster - Carnage

Charlize Theron - Young Adult

Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids

Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Kate Winslet - Carnage

Best Performance by an Actor - Comedy / Musical

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Brendon Gleeson - The Guard

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50

Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love

Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo - The Artist

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

Best Performance by an Actor in a Support Role

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

Albert Brooks - Drive

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method

Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Best Director

Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

George Clooney - The Ides of March

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film

The Flowers of War (China)

In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)

The Kid with a Bike (Belgium)

A Separation (Iran)

The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Animated Feature Film

The Adventures of Tin Tin

Arthur Christmas

Cars 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

More! After the Cut:

Best Screenplay 

Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball

Best Original Score

Ludovic Bource - The Artist

Abel Korzeniowski - W.E.

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Howard Shore - Hugo

John Williams - War Horse

Best Original Song

"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet 

(Elton John & Bernie Taupin)

"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher 

(Chris Cornell)

"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs 

(Brian Byrne & Glenn Close)

"The Living Proof" - The Help 

(Mary J Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr & Damon Thomas)

"Masterpiece" - W.E.

(Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry)