Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Nominees for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards are announced.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Nominees for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms joined Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly for the announcement from the Beverly Hilton. Nominations were announced in 25 categories.

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air LIVE coast-to-coast on NBC on Sunday, January 13, 2013, with the pre-show from 4:00-5:00p.m. (PST)/7:00-8:00 p.m. (EST), and main telecast from 5:00-8:00 p.m. (PST)/8:00-11:00 p.m. (EST) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The Golden Globe Awards will be seen in more than 192 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements. The special will be produced by dick clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Dr. Aida Takla-O’Reilly is president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Allen Shapiro, CEO of dick clark productions, Orly Adelson, president of dick clark productions and Barry Adelman, EVP of Television at dick clark productions will executive-produce the special. Bob Bardo is the executive in charge of production.

The full list of nominees is below:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Argo Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films, Smokehouse Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures Django Unchained The Weinstein Company, Columbia Pictures; The Weinstein Company/Sony Pictures Releasing Life Of Pi Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox Lincoln DreamWorks Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox; Touchstone Pictures Zero Dark Thirty Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard, Rust And Bone Helen Mirren, Hitchcock Naomi Watts, The Impossible Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Richard Gere, Arbitrage John Hawkes, The Sessions Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Blueprint Pictures/Participant Media; Fox Searchlight Pictures Les Miserables Universal Pictures, A Working Title Films/Cameron Mackintosh Productions; Universal Pictures Moonrise Kingdom Indian Paintbrush; Focus Features Salmon Fishing In The Yemen CBS Films; CBS Films Silver Linings Playbook The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Maggie Smith, Quartet Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jack Black, Bernie Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Ewan Mcgregor, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Bill Murray, Hyde Park On Hudson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Brave Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures Frankenweenie Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Pictures Hotel Transylvania Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing Rise Of The Guardians DreamWorks Animation LLC; Paramount Pictures Wreck-It Ralph Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Amour (Austria) Les Films Du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics A Royal Affair (Denmark) (En kongelig affære) Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures The Intouchables (France) (Les Intouchables) The Weinsten Company, Quad Productions, Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, Ten Films, Chaocorp; The Weinstein Company Kon-Tiki (Norway/Uk/Denmark) Nordisk Film Production, Recorded Picture Company Rust And Bone (France) (De rouille et d’os) Page 114, Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Helen Hunt, The Sessions Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Alan Arkin, Argo Leonardo Dicaprio, Django Unchained Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE Ben Affleck, Argo Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee, Life Of Pi Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty Tony Kushner, Lincoln David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained Chris Terrio, Argo

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE Mychael Danna, Life Of Pi Alexandre Desplat, Argo Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas John Williams, Lincoln

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE For You, Act Of Valor Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Not Running Anymore, Stand Up Guys Music by: Jon Bon Jovi Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi Safe & Sound, 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, Skyfall Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth Suddenly, Les Miserables Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA Breaking Bad, AMC Sony Pictures Television Boardwalk Empire, HBO Leverage, Closest To The Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions and Cold Front Productions in association with HBO Entertainment Downton Abbey: Season 2, PBS A Carnival / Masterpiece Co-Production Homeland, Showtime Showtime, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet, Fox 21 The Newsroom, HBO HBO Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA Connie Britton, Nashville Glenn Close, Damages Claire Danes, Homeland Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey: Season 2 Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom Jon Hamm, Mad Men Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL The Big Bang Theory, CBS Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Episodes, Showtime Showtime, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions Girls, HBO Apatow Productions and I Am Jenni Konner Productions in association With HBO Entertainment Modern Family, ABC Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television Smash, NBC Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Zooey Deschanel, New Girl Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Lena Dunham, Girls Tina Fey, 30 Rock Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Don Cheadle, House Of Lies Louis C.K., Louie Matt Leblanc, Episodes Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Game Change, HBO Playtone and Everyman Pictures in association with HBO Films The Girl, HBO A Wall To Wall, Warner Bros Entertainment, Moonlighting and BBC Production in association with HBO Films HATFIELDS & MCCOYS, HISTORY Thinkfactory Media in association With History THE HOUR, BBC AMERICA Kudos Film And Television/BBC America Co-Production POLITICAL ANIMALS, USA NETWORK Berlanti Productions And Laurence Mark Productions In Association With Warner Horizon Television

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 Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Max Greenfield, New Girl Ed Harris, Game Change Danny Huston, Magic City Mandy Patinkin, Homeland Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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