67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and dominating the list of contenders are the motion picture Up in the Air, with a total of six nominations, and television program Glee, with four nominations.

Up in the Air, the latest from Thank You for Smoking and Juno director Jason Reitman and starring George Clooney, is in the running for Best Motion Picture – Drama, against Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. Clooney, in turn, received a nod for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his performance in the movie, along with Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and Tobey Maguire (Brothers). Up in the Air is also nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay and twice for Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendricke).

Glee, arguably the most popular TV show to come out this year, is nominated for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical. Competing in the same category are 30 Rock, Entourage, Modern Family and The Office. Three cast members of the musical comedy-drama, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch, also received nods for their acting.

The nominees, listed below, were announced by Justin Timberlake, Diane Kruger and John Krasinski. The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air on January 17th, 2010, 8:00 p.m. EST live on NBC.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglorious Basterds
• Precious
• Up in the Air

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• (500) Days of Summer
• The Hangover
• It’s Complicated
• Julie and Julia
• Nine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
• George Clooney (Up in the Air)
• Colin Firth (A Single Man)
• Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
• Tobey Maguire (Brothers)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Matt Damon (The Informant)
• Daniel Day Lewis (Nine)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)
• Joseph Gordon Levitt (500 Days of Summer)
• Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)
• Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
• Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
• Carey Mulligan (An Education)
• Gabourey Sadibe (Precious)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Sandra Bullock (The Proposal)
• Marion Cotillard (Nine)
• Meryl Streep (It’s Complicated)
• Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)
• Julia Roberts (Duplicity)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Matt Damon (Invictus)
• Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
• Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
• Christopher Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)
• Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

• Mo-Nique (Precious)
• Julianne Moore (A Single Man)
• Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
• Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
• Penelope Cruz (Nine)

Best Animated Feature Film

• Coraline
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• The Princess and the Frog
• Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• Barria
• Broken Embraces
• A Prophet
• The White Ribbon
• The Maid

Best Director, Motion Picture

• Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
• James Cameron (Avatar)
• Clint Eastwood (Invictus)
• Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
• Quentin Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds)

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

• Up in the Air
• It’s Complicated
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

• Michael Giacchino (Up)
• Marvin Hamlisch (The Informant)
• James Horner (Avatar)
• Abel Krozeniowski (A Single Man)
• Karen O. and Carter Burwell (Where the Wild Things Are)

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

• “I Will See You” (Avatar)
• “The Weary Kind” (The Crazy Heart)
• “Winter” (Brothers)
• “Cinema Italiano” (Nine)
• “I Want to Come Home” (Everybody’s Fine)

Best Television Series, Drama

• Big Love
• Dexter
• House
• Mad Men
• True Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

• Glenn Close (Damages)
• January Jones (Mad Men)
• Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife)
• Anna Paquin (True Blood)
• Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Simon Baker (The Mentalist)
• Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
• Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
• Hugh Laurie (House)
• Bill Paxton (Big Love)

Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical

• 30 Rock
• Entourage
• Glee
• Modern Family
• The Office

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

• Toni Collette (United States of Tara)
• Courteney Cox (Cougar Town)
• Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
• Tina Fey (30 Rock)
• Lea Michele (Glee)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
• Steve Carell (The Office)
• David Duchovny (Californication)
• Thomas Jane (Hung)
• Matthew Morrison (Glee)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Georgia O’Keefe
• Grey Gardens
• Into the Storm
• Little Dorrit
• Taking Chance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Joan Allen (Georgia O’Keefe)
• Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens)
• Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens)
• Anna Paquin (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler)
• Sigourney Weaver (Prayers for Bobby)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Kevin Bacon (Taking Chance)
• Kenneth Branagh (Wallander: One Step Behind)
• Chiewetel Ejiofor (Endgame)
• Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm)
• Jeremy Irons (Georgia O’Keefe)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Jane Adams (Hung)
• Rose Byrne (Damages)
• Jane Lynch (Glee)
• Janet McTeer (Into the Storm)
• Chloe Sevigny (Big Love)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Michael Emerson (Lost)
• Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
• William Hurt (Damages)
• John Lithgow (Dexter)
• Jeremy Piven (Entourage)

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