The 69th Golden Globe nominations have literally just been announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Actor Woody Harrelson took to the stage to read out the list of potential recipiants of the famous gongs, which are dished out at a ceremony in Beverly Hills on 15th January, 2012. Ricky Gervais will be back to host the awards for the third time in a row, a very controversial, but smart move from the Hollywood Foreign Press, who run the show.
This year, the black and white, silent movie THE ARTIST leads the nominations with six in all, closely followed by the equally fantastic THE HELP, 50/5, HUGO and WAR HORSE.
George Clooney has done alright out of the noms, with nods for THE DESCENDANTS (best actor) and THE IDES OF MARCH (best director). Meryl Streep has also been nominated for the upcoming THE IRON LADY, in which she plays former British Prime Minister, Lady Thatcher.
Here are the nominations in full…
BEST PICTURE: DRAMA
‘The Descendants’
‘The Help’
‘Hugo’
‘The Ides of March’
‘Moneyball’
‘War Horse’
BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
’50/50′
‘The Artist’
‘Bridesmaids’
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘My Week With Marilyn’
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen (‘Midnight in Paris’)
George Clooney (‘The Ides of March’)
Michel Hazanavicius (‘The Artist’)
Payne (‘The Descendants’)
Martin Scorsese (‘Hugo’)
BEST ACTOR: DRAMA
George Clooney (‘The Descendants’)
Leonardo DiCaprio (‘J. Edgar’)
Michael Fassbender (‘Shame’)
Ryan Gosling (‘Drive’)
Brad Pitt (‘Moneyball’)
BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA
Glenn Close (‘Albert Nobbs’)
Viola Davis (‘The Help’)
Meryl Streep (‘The Iron Lady’)
Tilda Swinton (‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’)
Rooney Mara (‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’)
BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster (‘Carnage’)
Charlize Theron (‘Young Adult’)
Kristen Wiig (‘Bridesmaids’)
Michelle Williams (‘My Week With Marilyn’)
Kate Winslet (‘Carnage’)
BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin (‘The Artist’)
Brendan Gleeson (‘The Guard’)
Joseph Gordon Levitt (’50/50′)
Ryan Gosling (‘Crazy, Stupid Love’)
Owen Wilson (‘Midnight in Paris’)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo (‘The Artist’)
Jessica Chastain (‘The Help’)
Janet McTeer (‘Albert Nobbs’)
Octavia Spencer (‘The Help’)
Shailene Woodley (‘The Descendants’)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh (‘My Week With Marilyn’)
Albert Brooks (‘Drive’)
Jonah Hill (‘Moneyball)
Viggo Mortensen (‘A Dangerous Method’)
Christopher Plummer (‘Beginners’)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
‘A Separation’ (Iran)
‘The Flowers Of War’ (China)
‘The Kid With The Bike’ (Belgium)
‘In The Land Of Blood and Honey’ (USA)
‘The Skin I Live In’ (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
‘The Artist’
‘The Descendants’
‘The Ides of March’
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘Moneyball’
