Apologies for the lateness getting these up. I decided to sleep in and I’m sure Guy had better things to do. These, as ever, are schmoozed and bought and paid for, as usual. You don’t need to look much further than Clint Eastwood’s nomination (when his film couldn’t get into the Best Picture line-up) for evidence of that. So getting up at 5:00 in the morning just wasn’t on my list of priorities.
I am, however, happy to see “District 9” get another screenplay nomination, which keeps hope alive. And though expected (for reasons of both quality and celebrity), my favorite nomination is Robert Downey Jr.’s for “Sherlock Holmes.” I think it’s actually a masterful performance that deserves serious awards talk. But these are all critics citations in a bubble until we hear what the industry itself thinks via guild nominations, so it’s going to be varying degrees of the same old thing for a while.
In any case, here are the nominees are:
Best Picture (Drama)
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”
Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”
Best Actor (Drama)
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire, “Brothers”
Best Actress (Drama)
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabby Sidibe, “Precious”
Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Daniel Day Lewis, “Nine”
Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon Levitt, “(500) Days of Summer”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”
Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Julia Roberts, “Duplicity”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’nique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Screenplay
Neill Blomkampt & Terri Tatchell, “District 9”
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Nancy Meyers, “It’s Complicated”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Animated Film
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”
Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch, “The Informant!”
James Horner, “Avatar”
Abel Krozeniowski, “A Single Man”
Karen O and Carter Burwell, “Where the Wild Things Are”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Baaria”
“Broken Embraces”
“The Maid”
“Un Prophete”
“The White Ribbon”
Best Original Song
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“I Want To Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
“I See You” from “Avatar”
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
“Winter” from “Brothers”
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90 responses to “‘Up in the Air’ leads with six Golden Globe nominations”
Oh, but I’m pleasantly surprised that Bullock got TWO noms! She really did have an outstanding year (as long as you forget that Steve movie…)
And I have to say the best category in terms of overall quality, with the exception of Best Drama is… Best Animated Film! What a killer year for animated films!
there are some satisfying nominations along with some frustrating nominations – as per usual with hfpa – but overall I am pretty pleased with most of the categories. Best Original song is whack, as is all the comedy categories, but it’s just the Golden Globes!
Unrelated – The TV nominees were spot on imho.
No Samantha Morton, Ben Foster, Tilda Swinton or “Sugar” or “Moon” or……….
Julia Roberts??!!! Really??!! But Overal… Good!
Some people have been locked for months and this proves it.
Bullock is SO looking for to get nominated in january. And i must say she may be on to something. Is not like she will win but the nomination is very likely.
Blunt has done well but she will be forgotten by Oscar time, or ignored.
District 9 for screeplay YAY !!!
No 500 days of summer but its complicated got the screenplay nod… what the GG’s do.
As usual they “invited” some of their favourite stars to fill the room with… popularity?
Julia Roberts?!?! COME. ON.
Shut outs in Picture for Up, An Education, Invictus and The Lovely Bones.
Up In The Air, Avatar, Nine, and The Hurt Locker do well, although the latter really could have done with a nomination for Jeremy Renner in actor.
There will be outrage over the nods for Maguire, Blunt, Meyers, Bullock, Roberts and “Cinema Italiano,” but there’s really nothing shocking about them.
I miss seeing Viggo’s name on the list.
Will you look at that…
How often have they had this many double nominees in one year?
Sandra Bullock
Matt Damon
Meryl Streep
Just because I like the actors, I’m glad to see these guys somewhere this year:
Emily Blunt
Tobey Maguire
Robert Downey Jr.
Joseph Gordon Levitt
But big BOOO for Blunt over Abbie Cornish! BOOOOOO!
Special YAY for:
Michael Stuhlbarg (I hope he wins here!)
Meryl Streep getting two!
Julianne Moore
Woody Harrelson
WHERE IS BEN FOSTER!!!
Clint Eastwood in with those other directors just doesn’t make sense to me. Feels like a eastwoodie!
That screenplay list is wild: District 9, It’s Complicated – really?
Has anyone else mentioned WINTER for Best Song and I’ve just missed it?
I wonder how likely it is that the Golden Globes will give Best Actress Drama to Bullock instead of Mulligan?
The worst: Julia Roberts getting in for Duplicity [or anything]. And no Serious Man in Best Musical or Comedy, Screenplay or Director. Shocking!
Overall, I like most of the noms. Pity Deschanel didn’t get in for 500 days of Summer. Glad Streep got two and that Emily Blunt was recognised as well.
I don’t think there will be outrage for seeing Bullock’s nomination – it is hard to deny that she is having a moment and I think the majority of the public will celebrate and feel that she deserves it.
Great nods overall. My major gripe is Alexandre Desplat missing out for Fantastic Mr Fox in score; and Christian McKay for Orson Welles. We knew those six men would be the ones in play for supporting actor and someone has to be left out.
@Patrick: Up isn’t allowed to be nominated for Picture, to my knowledge, after they introduced the animated category in 2005.
Tobey Maguire and Julia Roberts are the two stupidest nominations. I figured a Razzie nom was more likely for him.
@Michael: Are you for real? The TV noms were awful. Californication is an awful show nowadays (always was lame, but now it’s just grotesquely bad). Damages is worthless, and Rose Byrne is wasting space that Jennifer Carpenter deserved this season. Matthew Morrison is overdramatic, and Joel McHale should have his spot. And don’t even try to defend Entourage, which should be cancelled by now.
Gosh Patrick – you’re right. No INVICTUS for best drama – makes the Eastwood nomination all the more lame.
It’s not looking very good for LOVELY BONES at all, is it?
On the TV side, if the ridiculous season two of True Blood had been appropriately nominated as a comedy series (instead of, say, Entourage), I could probably get behind that…and then Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad could have taken that fifth drama slot. But who am I kidding?
Alfred Molina’s snub doesn’t surprise me. I actually think he might miss at the Oscars. Having seen the film, he’s good, but easily outshone. I can see McKay or *gag* Damon snagging his spot.
Maya Rudolph should have had Roberts’s spot. She was excellent in Away We Go.
Loving the Ponyo snub =).
Blunt!!!
So many people on this site have acted like Blunt shouldn’t be in the conversation although she got great reviews – this is another example of why she should be a part of the conversation.
Nice to see Hamlisch get some love. I really hope that becomes an Oscar nom, especially as Damon’s Best Actor nod looks less likely.
Serious question – can anyone give me a quick guide to the politics/history behind the GG nomination process?
I see a lot of ‘….. got nominated but I’m not surprised’ comments which seems weighted towards a joke I’m not getting.
@The Other James D. – I agree with part of what you have said: I am not a fan of Damages, have never seen Californication, and haven’t watched Entourage in years. I disagree with you about Matthew Morrison (I am a Glee fan all the way through) and I think besides the minor gripes that you have mentioned (especially no Jennifer Carpenter!) – overall I was happy to see most of my favorite shows get representation so I feel like the TV nominations turned out really great. But that is just a difference in opinion I guess.
I don’t get Anna Kendrick. Anyone else feel this way or am I missing something?
Happy Bits:
– Inglourious Basterds! It’s certainly looking a lot like Tarantino will be nominated for Best Director now with a BFCA and Globe nom in tow.
– (500) Days of Summer and The Informant getting two deserving nominations each.
– District 9’s surprise nom for screenplay!
– Michael Stuhlbarg nominated against all odds as the film is snubbed elsewhere. For the star-fucking Golden Globes THAT is saying something.
– More (surprising) love for the music in Where the Wild Things Are (Very curious to hear the music for A Single Man too, that came out of seemingly nowhere, it’s not available yet on iTunes though, damn!).
– Up in the Air leading the pack.
Crappy Bits:
– Jeremy Renner missing out for Best Actor (I’m certain the Academy’s five will include him though, he’ll get in with SAG).
– Clint Eastwood for Best Director, for a film that wasn’t nominated for Best Picture?! Yes, you love the guy but come on, that doesn’t even make sense! At least the other four nominees are VERY solid, very worthy.
– It’s Complicated over Julie & Julia for screenplay.
– No songs nominated for The Princess and the Frog.
– A Serious Man snubbed for Best Comedy.
– Major OUCH for An Education.
On the whole, pretty solid nominees, and I’m glad it wasn’t all completely predictable.
@Michael: Well, you’re awesome in my book for being equally disappointed with no Jennifer Carpenter =). Wasn’t she incredible this season?? The first three, Debra was definitely kind of whiny. But I felt that she matured a great deal, and Carpenter’s emotional breakdown scenes post-gunshot/Lundy and in the finale (among the rest of eps.) were incredibly well-acted.
Perhaps there’s still an opportunity for the Emmys to take notice though.
As for Glee, I really like it, but it has problems. The Emmys won’t be so loving. I wish Jayma Mays would get more love–she’s fantastic, and my fave on the show (well, aside from Puck + Quinn).
Community is the best new series though. Hilarious–it deserves more love.
Maybe “An Education” peaked too early?
Meryl’s Choice:
a) Offend the makers of It’s Complicated (“in theaters now”) by campaigning for Julie & Julia (her better shot at the award);
b) Campaign for neither/both, split the vote and lose to, um, Julia Roberts–wreaking havoc with your Oscar chances…
An Education feels very much like this year’s Milk, in the sense that only its lead performance got Globe love. If Molina misses with SAG though, I do think he’s out. Screenplay/Picture should still be a go. I’m hoping Scherfig is still a contender, but either her or Daniels are looking likely to be replaced by Tarantino.
@Lance: I kinda understand about Kendrick. She was really good and all, but I was way more impressed with Farmiga. At least they’re both getting love for now.
I’ve got to say I’m kind of happy Julia Roberts got that nomination – I loved “Duplicity”, what a fun film to watch. It was in my opinion more suspenseful and better written than everybody’s darling “Inglourious Basterds”.
Well done Penelope.
Also, we must talk about Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria. She was all but ruled out as a serious contender for a nomination, but now she has both a Golden Globe and BFCA nomination, which is more than Ronan and Mirren with one each, and she has managed it without any support for the film otherwise which is a show of strength.
Is she our fifth nominee? It certainly looks like she and Mirren will be fighting it out over the last spot, with Ronan as a dark horse.
Is it just my page that doesn’t have the animated feature category on it?
Is it possible that Meryl splits her votes in Comedy/Musical and Marion takes it?
They obviously like Nine a lot, and are quite evenly divided between J+J and It’s Complicated.
“The worst: Julia Roberts getting in for Duplicity [or anything]. And no Serious Man in Best Musical or Comedy, Screenplay or Director. Shocking!”
No, it’s not the worst by any stretch but the “Serious Man” oversight is kind of shocking, I agree.
Overall, this year, the nominations are terrible. Absolutely everything from best director to best song is filled with crap.
“Loving the Ponyo snub =).”
Um, ok.
@ Michael and The Other James D –
James, I totally agree with you about Californication and Damages…. cable shows coasting on the fact that they are cable shows – with crappy seasons. Network TV had a breakout year, in my opinion… but with not a lot of noms to show for it. It was nice to see a nod for Modern Family, but the shut-out for its talented ensemble is unforgivable. Lost should have been recognized for its mind-blowing season, too.
Michael – I, too, love Glee – but not because of Matthew Morrison (who’s fine… but not award-nomination worthy – Ed O’Neill or Ty Burrell should have taken that spot). I am thrilled for Lea Michelle and Jane Lynch, however.
@Patrick: I’ve wondered that for a while, since we knew the 2 Streeps and Cotillard were the most probable nominees. Has Cotillard officially switched to supporting, or is it more of a Winslet-type situation where we’re figuring the Academy will nominate her in the more appropriate category?
@ Chris –
I TOTALLY agree with you about Duplicity… a film I loved and was surprised it wasn’t a bigger critical and commercial hit. Now THAT’s a screenplay!
@ Patrick (30)
I see Roberts or Bullock winning in a Streep split vote (see 24) before Cotillard, frankly.
As a Serious Man lover, I don’t worry about the non-nom in screenplay, because I have complete faith the WGA will see the brilliance there. And without looking, I’d be willing to bet the guild has a better historic correlation with the Academy than the HFPA.
@a-mad: Yessss, Ty Burrell was robbed as well. He’s my favorite of the ensemble–so hilarious. (Even if all of his characters seem like closetcases. Hot.) I think the Emmys will bring justice for this show, and possibly for Community as well.
Thankfully, Emmys HATE Californication. Unfortunately, they love Damages. I don’t get how most critics can loathe that show, and yet it still scores thankless nods/wins.
House–wore out its welcome for noms. Sons of Anarchy deserves its spot. And Katey Sagal needs to get her own accolades ASAP.
nothing makes me as happy as Michael Stuhlbarg’s nomination, especially because i think that nomination is not bought or schmoozed.
Streep won’t split the votes. She’ll win for J+J and that’s it. Get over it.
Blunt and Bullock over Swinton in Julia?
Blah.
Um…you forgot to put up the best animated feature category, Kris.
Me thinks somebody doesn’t like a certain film medium. :-|
These are Streep’s 24th and 25th Globe nominations. Has anyone else ever come close?
Estefan: Try not to draw too much out of a simple typo, please.
Damn, I just realized that Alexandre Desplat has missed out on nominations from both BFCA and the GGs. I’m guessing the reason is as simple as having far too many scores to compete with, but man, that sucks.
rob: Only Jack Lemmon, whose tally she eclipsed last year.
Inglourious Basterds and AVATAR are officialy in this race, the top 5 actually is very strong
Considering Kris had Bolt as his no. 1 film of last year and Mary & Max in the top ten this year, it’s a hilarious insinuation that In Contention has something against animation. :D
Got a weird, sorta technical question: If everyone in District 9 improvised their lines, what exactly is getting nominated for “Best Screenplay”? What does the nominated screenplay look like?
Not that I’m protesting anything, but it’s kind of odd to consider that very likely the most memorable lines in that film are not to be seen in the written screenplay at all.
“”And though expected (for reasons of both quality and celebrity), my favorite nomination is Robert Downey Jr.’s for “Sherlock Holmes.” I think it’s actually a masterful performance that deserves serious awards talk.””
I’m really happy for RDJ nomination. I’ve been reading your posts but it’s the first time I see someone mentioning his performance as Sherlock on this site. He was not part of your predictions.
can someone explain how precious can be nominated for best pic, best actress (sidibe) and supporting actress (mo’nique), but lee daniels is snubbed in the best director category? he obviously was the leading force in drawing these remarkable performances out of these actresses. no one would be calling mo’nique a lock for the best supporting actress oscar without daniels’ brilliant guidance.