Award Season Starts With The 2011 Golden Globe Nominations

This marks the official beginning of Award Season! Soon this movie or that will considered an “Oscar Hopeful” and every actor and actress will start shopping for their award show outfits. The 68th Annual Golden Globes Awards were announced today, with The King’s Speech, The Social Network and The Fighter getting multiple nominations.

It is good to see nominations for my favorite movies, Inception, The Social Network and RED; as well as TV shows that I love like Mad Men and Modern Family. I am torn between Sofia Vergara in  Modern Family and Jane Lynch in Glee. Both of them are the funniest things in their shows.

There were also nominations for two mini-series you may have missed. Luther, starring Idris Elba which played on BBC America was a gritty British crime drama where a police detective developed an interesting relationship with a psychopathic killer. Luther also has the added benefit of seeing  Idris Elba speaking in his real British accent…yummy!

The other mini-series, The Pillars of the Earth is based on Ken Follett’s epic novel about a medieval priest’s efforts t build a cathedral. I loved the book and the mini-series was a wonderful adaptation.

With the Golden Globe nominations out, I see a lot of movie watching and movie reviewing in my future. Which movies have you seen? What do you think of the Golden Globe nominations?

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Alice in Wonderland

Burlesque

The Kids Are All Right

Red

The Tourist

Best Director – Motion Picture

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

David Fincher, The Social Network

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland

Johnny Depp, The Tourist

Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs

Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs

Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Emma Stone, Easy A

Angelina Jolie, The Tourist

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Andrew Garfield, The Social Network

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

127 Hours

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Inception

Best Animated Feature Film

Despicable Me

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

Tangled

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful

The Concert

The Edge

I Am Love

In a Better World

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Bound to You, Burlesque

Coming Home, Country Strong

I See the Light, Tangled

There’s a Place for Us, Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me, Burlesque

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplot, The King’s Speech

Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland

A.R. Rahmin, 127 Hours

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Hans Zimmer, Inception

Best Television Series, Drama

Boardwalk Empire

Dexter

The Good Wife

Mad Men

The Walking Dead

Best Televison Series, Comedy or Musical

30 Rock

The Big Bang Theory

The Big C

Glee

Modern Family

Nurse Jackie

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston. Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Hugh Laurie, House

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs

Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Steve Carell, The Office

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matthew Morrison, Glee

Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Hope Davis, Special Relationship

Jane Lynch, Glee

Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire

Julia Stiles, Dexter

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0

Chris Noth, The Good Wife

David Straithairn, Temple Grandin

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Chris Colfer, Glee

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Laura Linney, The Big C

Lea Michelle, Glee

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

The Pacific

Carlos

Temple Grandin

You Don’t Know Jack

The Pillars of the Earth

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship

Ian McShane, The Pillars of the Earth

Édgar Ramírez, Carlos

Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack

Idris Elba, Luther

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

Hayley Atwell, The Pillars of the Earth

Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List

Judi Dench, Return to Cranford

Romola Gara, Emma