Awards season is about to kick off again.
The nominations for the 2014 Golden Globes have been announced. Are you surprised by any of it?
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12 Years A Slave and the comedy-drama American Hustle top the list of nominations with seven each.
Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz Ansari were introduced by HFPA president Theo Kingma at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and announced the following nominations:
- BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Plan B Entertainment, New Regency Productions and River Road Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures
- CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
- GRAVITY
Warner Bros. Pictures / Esperanto Filmoj / Heyday Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
- PHILOMENA
Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+, Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae;
The Weinstein Company
- RUSH
Universal Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media, Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Revolution Films; Universal Pictures
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- Cate Blanchett BLUE JASMINE
- Sandra Bullock GRAVITY
- Judi Dench PHILOMENA
- Emma Thompson SAVING MR. BANKS
- Kate Winslet LABOR DAY
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- Idris Elba MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
- Tom Hanks CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
- MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
- Robert Redford ALL IS LOST
- BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- AMERICAN HUSTLE
Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
- HER
Warner Bros. Pictures / Annapurna Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
- INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Canal; CBS Films
- NEBRASKA
Paramount Vantage; Paramount Pictures
- THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures; Paramount Pictures
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Amy Adams AMERICAN HUSTLE
- JULIE DELPY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
- GRETA GERWIG FRANCES HA
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus ENOUGH SAID
- Meryl Streep AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Christian Bale AMERICAN HUSTLE
- Bruce Dern NEBRASKA
- Leonardo DiCaprio THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
- OSCAR ISAAC INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
- Joaquin Phoenix HER
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- THE CROODS
DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox
- DESPICABLE ME 2
Universal Pictures, A Chris Meledandri Production; Universal Pictures
- FROZEN
Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (FRANCE)
(La vie d’Adele, chapitres 1 et 2)
Quat’sous Films; IFC Films
- THE GREAT BEAUTY (ITALY)
(La Grande Bellezza)
Indigo Film, Medusa Film, BABE Films; Janus Films
- THE HUNT (DENMARK)
(Jagten)
Zentropa Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures
- THE PAST (IRAN)
(Le passé)
Memento Films Production, France 3 Cinema, BIM Distribuzione;
Sony Pictures Classics
- THE WIND RISES (JAPAN)
(Kaze tachinu)
Studio Ghibli; Touchstone Pictures
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- a. Sally Hawkins BLUE JASMINE
- b. Jennifer Lawrence AMERICAN HUSTLE
- LUPITA NYONG’O 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- Julia Roberts AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
- JUNE SQUIBB NEBRASKA
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
- BARKHAD ABDI CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
- DANIEL BRÜHL RUSH
- BRADLEY COOPER AMERICAN HUSTLE
- Michael Fassbender 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- JARED LETO DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
- BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
- ALFONSO CUARÓN GRAVITY
- PAUL GREENGRASS CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
- Steve McQueen 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- Alexander Payne NEBRASKA
- David O. Russell AMERICAN HUSTLE
- BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
- Spike Jonze HER
b. BOB NELSON NEBRASKA
c. JEFF POPE, PHILOMENA
STEVE COOGAN
d. JOHN RIDLEY 12 YEARS A SLAVE
e. ERIC WARREN SINGER, AMERICAN HUSTLE
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
- a. ALEX EBERT ALL IS LOST
- ALEX HEFFES MANDELA: LONG WALK TO
FREEDOM
- STEVEN PRICE GRAVITY
- John Williams the BOOK THIEF
- Hans Zimmer 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
- “ATLAS” — THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Music by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
Lyrics by: Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
- “LET IT GO” — FROZEN
Music by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez
Lyrics by: Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez
- “ORDINARY LOVE” — MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
Music by: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., Brian Burton
Lyrics by: Bono
- “PLEASE MR. KENNEDY” — INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Music by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Lyrics by: Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- “SWEETER THAN FICTION” — ONE CHANCE
Music by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff
Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff
- BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- BREAKING BAD AMC
Sony Pictures Television
- DOWNTON ABBEY PBS
Carnival Films
- THE GOOD WIFE CBS
CBS Television Studios in Association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
- HOUSE OF CARDS NETFLIX
Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with
Media Rights Capital for Netflix
- MASTERS OF SEX SHOWTIME
Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Round Two Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- Julianna Margulies THE GOOD WIFE
- TATIANA MASLANY ORPHAN BLACK
- TAYLOR SCHILLING ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
- d. KERRY WASHINGTON SCANDAL
- ROBIN WRIGHT HOUSE OF CARDS
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- Bryan Cranston BREAKING BAD
- Liev Schreiber RAY DONOVAN
- MICHAEL SHEEN MASTERS OF SEX
- Kevin Spacey House of cards
- James Spader THE BLACKLIST
- BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- THE BIG BANG THEORY CBS
Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
- BROOKLYN NINE-NINE FOX
Universal Television
- GIRLS HBO
HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I am Jenni Konner Productions
- MODERN FAMILY ABC
Twentieth Century Fox Television
e. PARKS AND RECREATION NBC
Universal Television
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Zooey Deschanel NEW GIRL
- LENA DUNHAM GIRLS
- Edie Falco NURSE JACKIE
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus VEEP
- Amy Poehler PARKS AND RECREATION
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
- Jason Bateman ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
- Don Cheadle HOUSE OF LIES
- Michael J. Fox THE Michael J. Fox SHOW
- Jim Parsons THE BIG BANG THEORY
- ANDY SAMBERG BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
- BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- aMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN fx networks
Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
- BEHIND THE CANDELABRA HBO
HBO Films in association with Jerry Weintraub Productions
- DANCING ON The Edge STARZ
Starz Entertainment
- TOP OF THE LAKE Sundance Channel
See-Saw Films
- WHITE QUEEN starz
Starz Entertainment
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Helena Bonham Carter BURTON AND TAYLOR
- REBECCA FERGUSON WHITE QUEEN
- Jessica Lange AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN
- Helen Mirren PHIL SPECTOR
- Elisabeth Moss TOP OF THE LAKE
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Matt Damon BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
- Michael Douglas BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
- Chiwetel Ejiofor DANCING ON The Edge
- Idris Elba LUTHER
- Al Pacino PHIL SPECTOR
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- a. Jacqueline Bisset DANCING ON The Edge
- b. Janet McTeer WHITE QUEEN
- c. HAYDEN PANETTIERE NASHVILLE
- d. MONICA POTTER PARENTHOOD
- e. Sofia Vergara MODERN FAMILY
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- JOSH CHARLES THE GOOD WIFE
- Rob Lowe BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
- AARON PAUL BREAKING BAD
- COREY STOLL HOUSE OF CARDS
- Jon Voight RAY DONOVAN