BEVERLY HILLS—Perhaps the biggest precursor to the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes unveiled its 72<sup>nd</sup> nominees this year on Thursday, December 11. Leading this year’s list of nominees was the film “Birdman” with seven nominations including Best Motion Picture-Drama.

Looks like “Birdman” could be the film to beat this year. Followed close behind was the drama “Boyhood” with six nominations.

It was interesting to see the Golden Globe nominees and the SAG nominees for some of the major categories are almost identical with a few exceptions here and there. That’s primarily to the fact that the Globes separate drama and comedy into different category races.

There were indeed some snubs in this year’s nominees as the Angelina Jolie directed drama “Unbroken” was MIA. Also no love for the Clint Eastwood drama “American Sniper,” but remember the Globes have no overlap with the Oscars.

So while there might be some crossover, there will indeed be some prizes come January will the Academy Award nominees are announced.

A full list of this year’s nominees are listed below:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

“Boyhood”

“Foxcatcher”

“The Imitation Game”

“Selma”

“The Theory of Everything”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Jennifer Aniston “Cake”

Felicity Jones “The Theory of Everything”

Julianne Moore “Still Alice”

Rosamund Pike “Gone Girl”

Reese Witherspoon “Wild”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Steve Carell “Foxcatcher”

Benedict Cumberbatch “The Imitation Game”

Jake Gyllenhaal “Nightcrawler”

David Oyelowo “Selma”

Eddie Redmayne “The Theory of Everything”

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

“Birdman”

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

“Into the Woods”

“Pride”

“St. Vincent”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams “Big Eyes”

Emily Blunt “Into the Woods”

Helen Mirren “The Hundred-Foot Journey”

Julianne Moore “Maps to the Stars”

Quvenzhane Wallis “Annie”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Ralph Fiennes “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Michael Keaton “Birdman”

Bill Murray “St. Vincent”

Joaquin Phoenix “Inherent Vice”

Christoph Waltz “Big Eyes”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“Big Hero 6”

“The Book of Life”

“The Boxtrolls”

“How to Train Your Dragon”

“The Lego Movie”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

“Forece Majeure Turist” (SWEDEN)

“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett” (ISRAEL)

“Ida” (POLAND/DENMARK)

“Leviathan” (RUSSIA)

“Tanerines Mandariinid” (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Patricia Arquette “Boyhood”

Jessica Chastain “A Most Violent Year”

Keira Knightley “The Imitation Game”

Emma Stone “Birdman”

Meryl Streep “Into the Woods”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Robert DuVall “The Judge”

Ethan Hawke “Boyhood”

Edward Norton “Birdman”

Mark Ruffalo “Foxcatcher”

J.K. Simmons “Whiplash”

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson “The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ava Duvernay “Selma”

David Fincher “Gone Girl”

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu “Birdman”

Richard Linklater “Boyhood”

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Gillian Flynn “Gone Girl”

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo “Birdman”

Richard Linklater “Boyhood”

Graham Moore “The Imitation Game”

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

“The Affair”

“Downtown Abbey”

“Games of Thrones”

“The Good Wife”

“House of Cards”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Clarie Danes “Homeland”

Viola Davis “How To Get Away With Murder”

Julianna Margulies “The Good Wife”

Ruth Wilson “The Affair”

Robin Wright “House of Cards”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Clive Owen “The Knick”

Live Schreiber “Ray Donovan”

Kevin Spacey “House of Cards”

James Spader “The Blacklist”

Dominic West “The Affair”

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

“Girls”

“Jane the Virgin”

“Orange is the New Black”

“Silicon Valley”

“Transparent Amazon”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Lena Dunham “Girls”

Edie Falco “Nurse Jackie”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus “Veep”

Gina Rodriguez “Jane the Virgin”

Taylor Schilling “Orange is the New Black”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Louis C.K. “Louie”

Don Cheadle “House of Lies”

Ricky Gervais “Derek”

William H. Macy “Shameless”

Jeffrey Tambor “Transparent”

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

“Fargo”

“The Missing”

“The Normal Heart”

“Olive Kitteridge”

“True Detective”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Maggie Gyllenhaal “The Honorable Woman”

Jessica Lange “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Frances McDormand “Olive Kitteridge”

Frances O’Connor “The Missing”

Allison Tolman “Fargo”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Martin Freeman “Fargo”

Woody Harrelson “True Detective”

Matthew McConaughey “True Detective”

Mark Ruffalo “The Normal Heart”

Billy Bob Thornton “Fargo”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Uzo Aduba “Oragne is the New Black”

Kathy Bates “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Joanne Froggatt “Downton Abbey”

Alison Janney “Mom

Michelle Monaghan “True Detective”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Matt Bomer “The Normal Heart”

Alan Cumming “The Good Wife”

Colin Hanks “Fargo”

Bill Murray “Olive Kitteridge”

Jon Voight “Ray Donovan”

The awards will be televised live on NBC on Sunday on January 11 at 8 p.m. and will be held at the famed Beverly Hilton Hotel. Funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host once again.

By David Miller