The Golden Globes were announced today, and Up in the Air, with six nominations, and Nine, with five, pretty much lock themselves into Oscar frontrunner positions. Inglourious Basterds and The Hurt Locker also had a great day, while Precious and Invictus did well but might get hurt from their absence on the Best Picture list.
Avatar also made a surprisingly strong showing with four nominatons, while fans of underdogs like District 9 and 500 Days of Summer should find plenty to be happy about.
Remember, if you become shocked and appalled about one movie’s inclusion or another movie’ absence, that the Golden Globes are a popularity contest. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which votes in the awards, like their stars. And they especially like having a lot of them at their ceremony. Think about it: it’s the only awards show that has six categories for movie actors and only one category for movie screenplays.
With that in mind, you shouldn’t be surprised that Tobey Maguire got a nomination over Jeremy Renner, or that Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock, and Meryl Streep were all nominated twice. But you should applaud The Hurt Locker‘s strong showing in three categories, 500 Days of Summer in two, District 9‘s Screenplay nomination, and especially non-star Michael Stuhlberg’s nomination for A Serious Man.
Below the nominees you’ll find each film’s tallies.
I don’t cover the TV nominations here, but if you want to check those out, EW has the rundown.
Nominations:
Best Picture, Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
Best Picture, Musical/Comedy
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
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Best Actor, Musical/Comedy
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, Musical/Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
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 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 Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay
District 9
The Hurt Locker
It’s Complicated
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air
Best Score
Up
The Informant!
Avatar
A Single Man
Where the Wild Things Are
Best Song
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want to Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I Will See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers
Best Animated Film
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess & The Frog
Up
Best Foreign Language Film
Baria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Tallies:
6 Nominations
Up in the Air (Picture – Drama, Director, Screenplay, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick)
5 Nominations
Nine (Picture – Musical/Comedy, Song, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz)
4 Nominations
Inglourious Basterds (Picture – Drama, Director, Screenplay, Christoph Waltz)
Avatar (Picture – Drama, Director, Score, Song)
3 Nominations
The Hurt Locker (Picture – Drama, Director, Screenplay)
Precious (Picture – Drama, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique)
It’s Complicated (Picture – Musical/Comedy, Screenplay, Meryl Streep)
Invictus (Director, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon)
A Single Man (Score, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore)
2 Nominations
500 Days of Summer (Picture – Musical/Comedy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Julie & Julia (Picture – Musical/Comedy, Meryl Streep)
Up (Animated Film, Score)
The Informant! (Score, Matt Damon)
Brothers (Song, Tobey Maguire)
Crazy Heart (Song, Jeff Bridges)
The Last Station (Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer)
1 Nomination
The Hangover (Picture – Musical/Comedy)
District 9 (Screenplay)
An Education (Carey Mulligan)
A Serious Man (Michael Stuhlberg)
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.)
The Young Victoria (Emily Blunt)
The Lovely Bones (Stanley Tucci)
The Messenger (Woody Harrelson)
The Blind Side (Sandra Bullock)
The Proposal (Sandra Bullock)
Duplicity (Julia Roberts)
Where the Wild Things Are (Score)
Everybody’s Fine (Song)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Animated Film)
Coraline (Animated Film)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Animated Film)
The Princess & the Frog (Animated Film)
Baria (Foreign Film)
Broken Embraces (Foreign Film)
The Maid (Foreign Film)
A Prophet (Foreign Film)
The White Ribbon (Foreign Film)
