Golden Globe Nominations 2012: Movies & Television Awards Nominees Announced

Awards season kicked off in earnest on Thursday morning with the announcement of the 2012 Golden Globe nominations.

There were a lot of big names, but few sure things, amongst this year's contenders for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's television and movie awards. Ryan Gosling scored big, with nominations for Best Actor in both comedy and drama ("Crazy, Stupid, Love." and "The Ides of March") while his "Ides" director/co-star/writer scored nominations for four those categories: directing, writing and Best Picture for "Ides," and acting for "The Descendants."

"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara scored a Best Actress, Drama nomination, as did Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady" and Viola Davis for "The Help." Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer also received nominations for "The Help," which itself was nominated for Best Picture, Drama.

"The Artist" was nominated for comedy/music acting, for both Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo.

As for TV, surprise picks abound: NBC's "Parks and Recreation" did not get a look for Best Comedy, though star Amy Poehler got nominated. Defending Emmy winner Jim Parsons got overlooked for "The Big Bang Theory."

Here's the full list of nominees; the 69th annual Golden Globes set for January 15th will be hosted by Ricky Gervais, his third straight year MC'ing the show. Follow below as the nominations are announced.

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
"War Horse"
"The Ides of March"
"The Help"
"Moneyball"
"Hugo"
"The Descendants"

BEST PICTURE, COMEDY
"The Artist"
"50/50"
"Bridesmaids"
"My Week With Marilyn"
"Midnight in Paris"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Brad Pitt, ''Moneyball''
Leonardo DiCaprio, ''J.Edgar''
Ryan Gosling, ''The Ides of March''
Michael Fassbender, ''Shame''

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
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''
Glenn Close, ''Albert Nobbs''

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist''
Brendan Gleeson, ''The Guard''
Owen Wilson, ''Midnight in Paris''
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ''50/50''
Ryan Gosling, ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Michelle Williams, ''My Week With Marilyn''
Jodie Foster, ''Carnage''
Kristen Wiig, ''Bridesmaids''
Charlize Theron, ''Young Adult''
Kate Winslet, ''Carnage''

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks, ''Drive''
Christopher Plummer, ''Beginners''
Kenneth Branagh, ''My Week With Marilyn''
Jonah Hill, ''Moneyball''
Viggo Mortensen, ''A Dangerous Method''

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, ''The Artist''
Octavia Spencer, ''The Help''
Jessica Chastain, ''The Help''
Janet McTeer, ''Albert Nobbs''
Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"

BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, ''Hugo''
George Clooney, ''The Ides of March''
Michel Hazanavicius, ''The Artist''
Alexander Payne, ''The Descendants''
Woody Allen, ''Midnight in Paris''

BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
"American Horror Story"
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Boss"
"Game of Thrones"
"Homeland"

BEST COMEDY SERIES
"New Girl"
"Enlightened"
"Episodes"
"Glee"
"Modern Family"

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Kelsey Grammer, "Boss"
Jeremy Irons, "The Borgias"
Damian Lewis, "Homeland"

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Mireille Enos, "The Killing"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Madeleine Stowe, "Revenge"
Callie Thorne, "Necessary Roughness"

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Johnny Galecki, "The Big Bang Theory"
Thomas Jane, "Hung"
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Laura Dern, "Enlightened"
Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"
Laura Linney, "The Big C"

BEST TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
"Mildred Pierce"
"Too Big To Fail"
"Cinema Verite"
"Downton Abbey"
"The Hour"

BEST ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
William Hurt, "Too Big To Fail"
Hugh Bonneville, "Downton Abbey"
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Bill Nighy, "Page Eight"
Dominic West, "The Hour"

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV-MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Lane
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Paul Giamatti, "To Big To Fail"
Guy Pearce, "Mildred Pierce"
Tim Robbins, "Cinema Verite"
Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"
Kelly Macdonald, "Boardwalk Empire"
Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Evan Rachel Wood, "Mildred Pierce"

BEST SCREENPLAY
''Midnight in Paris''
''The Ides of March''
''The Artist''
''The Descendants''
''Moneyball''

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
''Rango''
''The Adventures of Tintin''
''Puss in Boots''
''Arthur Christmas''
''Cars 2''

BEST FOREIGN FILM
''In the Land of Blood and Honey''
''Flowers of War''
''The Skin I Live In''
''The Kid With a Bike''
''A Separation''

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
''W.E.''
''The Help''
''Albert Nobbs''
''Machine Gun Preacher''
''Gnomeo and Juliet''

BEST SCORE
''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo''
''War Horse''
''The Artist''
''W.E.''

Take a look at this year's nominees:

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that Dominic West had been nominated for "Appropriate Adult." His nomination is for "The Hour."

Comments

[Ann Thurlow]

10:19 PM on 01/15/2012

Why no nominations for "Justified," the best show on TV?

[polymath2]

10:08 PM on 01/06/2012

Mad Men. What happened to Mad Men?

[Ben Heverly]

03:46 PM on 01/03/2012

Why is Community snubbed again and again? It seems like every TV critic in existence loves the show as much as I do and it never gets nominated for anything.
Good to see Parks and Rec getting some love with Amy Poehler's nomination, but where is its nomination for Best Comedy Series or at least a nomination for Nick Offerman?

[Geski]

03:16 PM on 12/18/2011

I can't understand with so much junk HP reports on they don't mention anything at all about the most watched and favored show on TV, Boardwalk Empire! especially with an extremely shocking season finale last Sunday.
With a bevy of block buster actors and actresses.

[candyslice]

01:16 AM on 12/18/2011

Glee best comedy???? Ugh. I've never even heard of Enlightened or Episodes. What about Raising Hope.

[WHTrout]

02:30 PM on 12/16/2011

I doubt that anyone has made more fun of the Golden Gloves over the years than I have (remember Pia Zadora? anyone?), but I'll give them this much credit this year -- at least they had the good sense to ignore the pretentious incomprehensible tripe that was "The Tree of Life." Let's hope the Oscars follow suit.

[WHTrout]

02:31 PM on 12/16/2011

"Globes," not "Gloves." I actually like the Golden Gloves.

[rikele]

12:49 PM on 12/17/2011

Harold Baines (Chicago White Sox) received several Gold Glove awards while playing as a right fielder--not many people remember that part of the greatest DH's career--and they were well deserved. DK about any of these.....

[WHTrout]

03:21 PM on 12/17/2011

Actually, I was thinking of the Golden Gloves boxing tournaments! :-)

[Big0725]

12:57 PM on 12/16/2011

Katy Perry? Golden Globes?

YOU BETCHA!

[shanesdad]

12:23 PM on 12/16/2011

OMG! this whole story was HUGE!

[dalethompson]

11:07 AM on 12/16/2011

Hollywood will congratulate itself whether they put out good work or crappy work, it's irrelevant at that point as long as they are getting paid and can party during the awards season. In every other industy, you get fired if you do a poor job. In Hollywood, you get paid lots to put out lousy work, you get more work based on your past work and you get to party... nice.

[shanesdad]

12:22 PM on 12/16/2011

And you know this how? Do you work in the entertainment industry? Is it all parties and big money? What is your definition of crappy work or a poor job?

[dalethompson]

08:44 PM on 12/16/2011

Yeah, I do work in the industry up in Toronto (or Hollywood North as it's affectionately called). And, yes, it's parties, money, a lifestyle that's pretty much out of the scope of most people. My definition of crappy work or a poor job? This year's nominations and films, I already said it before.

[dalethompson]

08:46 PM on 12/16/2011

And when I say it's a lifestyle out of the scope of most people, I'm not in that 1% of people enjoying it really either, it's all the people who're in front of the camera, not behind the scenes like me.

[Krisskry]

04:58 AM on 12/16/2011

Where is Gary Oldman?
And Best Foreign Language Film -because of broken english?
- film nobody has seen yet but thanks a million for the PR heard

In the Land of Blood and Honey
People in Europe despise Hollywood more and more
Its a sea of very very good movies in Europe but business as usual for Pitt-Jolie
GG even hasnt journalists from The Monde eller Times
It is his own former self
It has lost credibility and seems to serve others’ interests

[KingKongReggae]

09:08 PM on 01/15/2012

Where is Gary Oldman?
-------------------------------
Exactly.
I saw Gary speak at the NY Times Center last month and he was really enjoyable.
Afterwards, he hung out and signed autographs for his "fan club".
He had mentioned his admiration for Actor John Hurt - who is also in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by saying that Hurt had been his idol and when he met & worked with him, he exceeded all expectations as both an Actor and person.
It was a true statement because, a week later I saw John Hurt speak at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) after a screening of the old film "Scandal" and he was so cool and friendly afterwards to everybody.

[x1cness]

03:07 AM on 12/16/2011

I'm looking forward to seeing Tilda Swinton in her role in "We Need to Talk About Kevin." I've always enjoyed her work.

[rabbitfurcoat]

11:04 AM on 12/16/2011

You'll love it...I watched it last month and she did and amazing job but that shouldn't be surprising.

[x1cness]

12:02 PM on 12/16/2011

They had me at Tilda Swinton, but once I read what the movie was about...how could I possibly not be interested? If anything can be said of Swinton, it is that she has very good judgment choosing her roles. Well, that, and that she can act. Now I am jealous of you for having watched it. ;p

[x1cness]

02:42 AM on 12/16/2011

If I was a woman, I would strive to be like Leslie Knope.

[charlie v]

02:07 AM on 12/16/2011

where is Mellisa McCarthy for Bridesmaids? She was the only actress in a comedy that I have seen on DVD that just stood out above all the rest. She made that movie and most people I talked to told me to see that movie just for her acting in it.

[itsjules]

01:39 AM on 12/16/2011

I haven't seen a lot of the stuff nominated, I just wanted to say that, as much as I ADORE Jim Parsons and was so happy for him last year, it's about time that Johnny Galeki was nominated. It's not easy being the straight man, and he does it sublimely. Great actor, I will be pulling for him to win!

[capwhan]

01:23 AM on 12/16/2011

Ricky Gervais is one cool dude. I loved his show "An Idiot Abroad." That was a very funny program and they should have made more episodes!

[xmasboy]

09:54 AM on 12/16/2011

they are doing a new season.

[Neechie]

05:17 PM on 12/16/2011

I loved it as well. That guy cracks me up. Although funny, sometimes I think he's right!