Golden Globe Nominations

Why we, as a culture, care about the Golden Globes is beyond me. It's held by the Hollywood Foreign Press, and essentially all the awards tell us is what a select few journalists from other continents think of our movies and television. Annually people claim that the Golden Globes are meant to be a forecast of sorts for the Oscars. Not the case. Last year's two winners in the film category were Avatar and The Hangover. Best Picture at the Oscars went to The Hurt Locker. Looking back at past Golden Globe ceremonies, only five times in the last decade did they award a top prize to a film which would win big at the Oscars, the films being Slumdog Millionaire, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Chicago, A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator.

Ultimately, the awards hold no significance except to get all the biggest Hollywood stars in one room so they can get drunk together, while looking FABULOUS, of course. Once again, the host this year will be Ricky Gervais, who so charmed all in attendance last year.

Whether they matter or not (they don't), it's still a fun awards show to watch. Just don't care too much about who wins and loses. I have copied and pasted the full list of nominees for your reading pleasure below, with some further comments underneath.

Best Picture, Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Actress, Drama
Halle Berry, Frankie & Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actor, 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 Musical Or Comedy
Alice In Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

Best Actress, Musical Or Comedy
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A

Best Actor, Musical Or Comedy
Johnny Depp, Alice In Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor
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 Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours

Best Original Song
“You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me,” Burlesque
“Bound To You,” Burlesque
“Coming Home”, Country Strong
“I See The Light,” Tangled
“There’s A Place For Us,” Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

Best Animated Film
Tangled
Toy Story 3
How To Train Your Dragon
Despicable Me
The Illusionist

Best Foreign-Language Film
I Am Love
Biutiful
The Concert
The EdgeIn A Better World 

Best TV Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead

Best Actress, TV Drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Katey Sagal, Sons Of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Actor, TV Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Best TV Comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie

Best Actress, TV Comedy
Toni Collette, The United States Of Tara
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michele, Glee

Best Actor, TV Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Supporting Actress, TV 
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actor, TV
Scott Caan, Hawaii 5-0
Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin

Best TV Miniseries
Carlos
The Pacific
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack
Pillars Of The Earth

Comments

-Not much surprise as far as Best Drama is concerned. The only notable omission is True Grit, which many have yet to see. Again, I doubt this will hurt its chances going forward. Same goes for Best Director.

-Best Actress (Drama) this year seems to be a battle amongst those in films the mainstream public hasn't seen. Heck, I only heard of Frankie & Alice last week, and all I saw was a still.

-Ladies and gentlemen, the Best Musical or Comedy category is absolutely horrific this year. Red? The Tourist? Burlesque? Alice in Wonderland? If The Kids Are All Right doesn't win, there is no justice in this world. By the way, I defy you to watch the horrifically boring Red and call it one of the year's best anything.

-Nice to see Emma Stone getting a nod for Easy A.

-It's Johnny Depp vs. Johnny Depp in the Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) category! I hope Johnny Depp wins. Wait, no I don't.

-Andrew Garfield rightfully nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category. The best performance in a film full of them.

-Just looked at the Best Original Song category. I couldn't hum any of them. Where's "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"?

-Hey, look! There are four other animated movies for Toy Story 3 to beat!

-How Breaking Bad and Community are not nominated in the television categories is beyond me. How can that be when nearly every "Best of 2010" television list that's been released has them at the top?

-I thought The Big C was supposed to be pretty lackluster? I guess not. I haven't seen it. I never will.

-Piper Perabo is nominated for Best Actress (TV Drama) for her work in Covert Affairs. This is being called the most random major awards nomination in recent history, and rightfully so. This would be like nominating Antione Dodson for Best Actor, so run and tell that, homeboy.

-Go Kelly Macdonald!

That is all ladies and gentlemen. Tune in on January 16 to watch a bunch of celebrities congratulate each other while Ricky Gervais cracks wise!