The Golden Globe nominations are here and "Les Miserables," "Argo," "Lincoln," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the year's best movies according to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The Golden Globes, which honor the year's best in movies and television, will be awarded on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 70th annual Golden Globes ceremony, which will air on NBC.
"Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and "Moonrise Kingdom" will compete in the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category. "Argo," "Lincoln," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Django Unchained" and "Life of Pi" will vie for the Best Motion Picture - Drama category.
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables") and Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook") are joined by Bill Murray ("Hyde Park on Hudson), jack Black ("Bernie") and Ewan McGregor ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" in the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy category, while Daniel Day-Lewis ("Lincoln") and Denzel Washington ("Flight") compete with John Hawkes ("The Sessions"), Richard Gere ("Arbitrage") and Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master") for Best Actor- Drama.
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook") leads the way in the Best Actress - Musical or Comedy grouping, joined by Meryl Streep ("Hope Springs"), Emily Blunt ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"), Judi Dench ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel") and Maggie Smith ("Quartet"). Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") will battle Helen Mirren ("Hitchcock"), Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone"), Naomi Watts ("The Impossible") and Rachel Weisz ("The Deep Blue Sea").
Best Supporting Actor nominees included Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained"), Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master"), Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln") and Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained"). Best Supporting Actress nods went to Amy Adams ("The Master"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessions") and Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy")
Mark Boal ("Zero Dark Thirty"), Tony Kushner ("Lincoln"), Chris Terrio ("Argo"), David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained") were nominated for Best Screenplay.
"Brave," "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Wreck-It Ralph" grabbed Best Animated Feature nods.
Adele and Taylor Swift will compete in the Best Original Song category for their tracks from, respectively, "Skyfall" and "The Hunger Games." Songs from "Stand Up Guys" (by Bon Jovi), "Act of Valor" and "Les Miserables" were also awarded nominations.
The Golden Globes are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. From the Globes' website.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is a non-profit organization, the members of which are international journalists based in Southern California. The HFPA has about 90 members who disseminate information about movies and television to the world through their various publications throughout the world. HFPA members attend more than 300 interviews and countless movie and television screenings throughout each year. The group also is famous for starting and continuing to co-produce the annual Golden Globe Awards, held in January each year, and for its philanthropic activities.
Last year, winners included "The Artist" (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy), "The Descendants" (Best Motion Picture - Drama), Jean Dujardin (Best Actor - Musical or Comedy), George Clooney (Best Actor - Drama), Michelle Williams (Best Actress - Musical or Comedy) and Meryl Streep (Best Actress - Drama).
For more on the Globes, including a full list of Golden Globe nominations, visit the Golden Globes website.
