BEVERLY HILLS—The 71st Annual Golden Globe nominees were announced on Thursday, December 12, and leading the pack of all nominees was the film “American Hustle” with seven nominations including Best Motion Picture-Drama. Followed closed behind was the movie “12 Years a Slave” with six nominations.
There were of course quite a few surprises and snubs in this year’s nominations which included the movie “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” which was completely snubbed. No nominations for Oprah Winfrey for Supporting Actress for her work in the picture, nor actor Forest Whittaker; both picked up nomination for SAG awards on Wednesday, but no love from the Hollywood Foreign Press. Also a few surprised in the Best Director race, as both Martin Scorsese “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Woody Allen “Blue Jasmine” were missing from the list. There was also quite a bit of love for the Ron Howard race movie “Rush” which picked up two nominations including Supporting Actor and Best Motion Picture-Drama.
While some may be predicting the Golden Globe nominations are a precursor to the Academy Awards, not so, as the Screen Actors Guild has a voting body that overlaps a bit more with the Oscars, so those nominations can be a bigger indicator of what actors, actresses and movies have a chance with Oscar. Nominations were announced by actresses Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana and actor Aziz Anisari. A full list of nominees are listed below:
Best Motion Picture — Drama
“12 Years a Slave”
“Captain Phillips”
“Gravity”
“Philomena”
“Rush”
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Best Screenplay
“12 Years a Slave” John Ridley
“American Hustle” Eric Singer, David O. Russell
“Her” Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Bob Nelson
“Philomena” Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
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 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 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 Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Sally Hawkins “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts “August: Osage County”
June Squibb “Nebraska”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy Or Musical
Amy Adams “American Hustle”
Julie Delpy “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig “FrancesHa”
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 Motion Picture — Comedy Or Musical
“American Hustle”
“Her”
“Inside Llewyn Davis”
“Nebraska”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Blue is the Warmest Color”
“The Great Beauty”
“The Hunt”
“The Past”
“The Wind Rises”
Best Animated Film
“The Croods”
“Despicable Me 2”
“Frozen”
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“Atlas” Catching Fire
“Let It Go” Frozen
“Ordinary Love” Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
“Please, Mr. Kennedy” Inside Llewyn Davis
“Sweeter Than Fiction” One Chance
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
“All is Lost”
“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Book Thief”
“Gravity”
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 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”
Kerry Washington “Scandal”
Robin Wright “House of Cards”
Best Television Series — Drama
“Breaking Bad”
“Downton Abbey”
“The Good Wife”
“House of Cards”
“Masters of Sex”
Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
“Girls”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jacqueline Bisset “Dancing on the Edge”
Janet McTeer “The White Queen”
Hayden Panettiere “Nashville”
Monica Potter “Parenthood”
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”
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
“American Horror Story: Coven”
“Behind The Candelabra”
“Dancing on the Edge”
“Top of the Lake”
“The White Queen”
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 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 Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
-Helena Bonham Carter “Burton and Taylor”
-Rebecca Ferguson “The White Queen”
-Jessica Lange “American Horror Story: Coven”
-Helen Mirren “Phil Spector”
-Elisabeth Moss “Top of the Lake”
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 11, 2014 at the famed Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The ceremony will be hosted by funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and will air live on NBC at 8 p.m. (EST). Awards season is definitely ramping up!
By LaDale Anderson
