Golden Globe Nominee Madness

It's the last of the big three precursor nominee announcements this morning. Hot on the heels of the BFCA and the SAG announcement we have the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, more commonly known as the Golden Globes. Film and television stars Gerard Butler, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones and Sofia Vergara announced the nominees at 8:30 AM EST which went like so...

MOVIES

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA

• The Descendants
• The Help
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• War Horse 

For a split second when we reached five nominees I thought War Horse would be shut out and for once the Globes wouldn't stump for one of the big movies that was about to open, but nope. The Ides of March is the iffiest film here for an Oscar transfer given lukewarm reception but it's still possible. Especially since it's right in their wheelhouse. 

Ryan Gosling drank the Clooney Koolaid in "Ides of March". So did the HFPA who gave Clooney 3 nominations and Gosling 2

BEST PICTURE, COMEDY or MUSICAL

• 50/50
• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Midnight in Paris
• My Week With Marilyn

 People are wondering how Marilyn is a comedy. But, you know, Kenneth Branagh is very funny in it.

It's like teaching Urdu to a badger.

Plus it's got musical numbers so I think it qualifies for their split. The Artist probably has this in the bag but for the Globes willingness to surprise (i.e. far more than other groups) 

BEST DIRECTOR 

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• George Clooney, The Ides of March
• Michel Hazanavicus, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Sofia Vergara garbled cutely as she does. "Marine Scorsez" is quite the auteur! Expected list here but for Clooney who was an already a guaranteed show at the ceremony due to the Best Actor nom. The HFPA gets a lot of flack for star-fucking but some of their decisions can't really be explained that way. The star doesn't get to show up twice if you nominated them thusly, and you've cut off the opportunity for another star to show.

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

People are going to love Mara as "Lisbeth Salander" in that movie so this isn't too much of a surprise. Plus there was room with Williams heading to Comedy/Musical. This omission hurts Kirsten Dunst's campaign. Her traction seemed to begin and end with the Cannes prize for Melancholia. Also shut out was Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene.

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY or MUSICAL

• Jodie Foster, Carnage
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult
• Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
• Kate Winslet, Carnage

In perhaps the biggest surprise of the morning, Carnage snagged 40% of the Female Comedy honors though the film didn't garner a comedy film nod and having Foster and Winslet (who was already coming for Mildred Pierce) knocked out their opportunity to invite Cameron Diaz or somesuch. See what I mean about cock-blocking their own star-fucking?

I think they can mail this one to Michelle Williams.

more after the jump

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA 

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Leonardo DiCaprio, J Edgar
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball

The most glamorous Best Actor lineup in aeons... even at the Globes. Crazy. Though I weep that DiCaprio now looks poised to steal a spot from someone worthier at the Oscars. It's honestly like you just have to be cast in a biopic to participate in Oscar glory. What you come up with once you start filming hardly matter!  

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY or MUSICAL

• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
• Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
• Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

 The snub as far as Globe-friendly stardom goes is Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo) and Johnny Depp (Pirates 4). Methinks the HFPA recognizes that they overplayed the Depp card last year. 

I guess this means I need to watch my screener of The Guard. It's one that got away (the initial release, not the screener). 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

It's been a bumpy awards season ride for "ALBERT NOBBS" but both of Rodrigo Garcia's stars, Glenn Close and Janet McTeer won nominations from the Golden Globes

This is looking suspiciously like the Oscar shortlist to come. The big shutouts here are Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (despite love for the film elsewhere) and Vanessa Redgrave (snubbed again!) for Coriolanus. McCarthy's hurdle to Oscar nod is the nature of the film and her role and that's a big hurdle for the comedy averse. And with Vanessa, people must just not be watching their screeners.

This was last chance-ville for Carey Mulligan though, wasn't it. She's just not getting traction for Shame.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners 

So happy for Viggo right now! It's such a clever performance but people have trouble differentiating performances from films and too few people are into this movie to recognize his work. So a pleasant surprise. As I was typing this up I actually typed "Albert Brooks, Moneyball" ... heh. What a different movie that would have been. 

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Cars 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

Cars 2 HFPA, really? We can't go without Pixar in their lemon year?

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

• The Flowers of War
• In the Land of Blood and Honey
• The Kid With a Bike
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In

 The Globes went for big stars here -- Christian Bale & Zhang Yimou, Angelina Jolie, and our Pedro. But A Separation continues its march towards Oscar. I'm having trouble believing it can win since Oscar rarely goes for the challenging and incredible in that category but we'll see. 

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• George Clooney and Grant Henslov, The Ides of March
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• Steve Zaillain and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

•  Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Howard Shore, Hugo
• John Williams, War Horse 

No Desplat!? Isn't that against the rules now? 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

•  "Hello Hello" Gnomeo & Juliet
• "The Keeper" Machine Gun Preacher
• "Lay Your Head Down" Albert Nobbs
• "The Living Proof" The Help
• "Masterpiece" W.E.

The HFPA bought stuck in The Moopets apparently. They just weren't having Bret McKenzie's Muppet songs!

CECIL B deMILLE AWARD

• Morgan Freeman 

TELEVISION AWARDS

BEST DRAMA SERIES

• American Horror Story (FX)
• Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Boss (Starz)
• Game of Thrones (HBO)
• Homeland (Showtime)
•  Whoa, they went all cable this year. Nearly all premium cable at that. I don't know this Boss show. 

BEST COMEDY SERIES

• Enlightened (HBO)
• Episodes (Showtime)
• Glee (Fox)
• Modern Family (ABC)
• The New Girl (Fox)

You can slam the Globes all you like for their star fucking and 'NEW TOY!' ADD but it's important to remember that these things can accidentally lead to awesome things like lineups that don't feel like they could have been drafted 4 years ago. I've only seen one episode of Enlightened but thought it was very very promising and The New Girl is hilarious unless you're allergice to Zooey Deschanel and tweeness which I understand some of you surely are. Your loss!

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

• Claire Danes, Homeland
• Mireille Enos, The Killing
• Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
• Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
• Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

 STOWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Myself in 1992-1994 would be so thrilled by this turn of events in 2011.

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES 

• Laura Dern, Enlightened
• Zooey Deschanel, The New Girl
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Laura Linney, The Big C
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation 

 SO preferrable to the SAG lineup. See... The Golden Globes can bring good things to the world.

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

• Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Kelsey Grammar, Boss
• Jeremy Irons, the Bourgias
• Damien Lewis, Homeland

No Michael C Hall though Dexter has definitely seen better days. I can't believe they're doing yet more seasons. It's just a shadow of its former self now. Lesson to all shows: Quit when people will still miss you.

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

•  Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• David Duchovny, Californication
• Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
• Thomas Jane, Hung
• Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES

•  Cinema Verite (HBO)
• Downton Abbey (PBS)
• The Hour (BBC America)
• Mildred Pierce (HBO)
• Too Big To Fail (HBO)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES

• Romola Garai, The Hour
• Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
• Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
• Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
• Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce 

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES 

• Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
• Idris Elba, Luther
• William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
• Bill Nighy, Page Eight
• Domiinic West, The Hour 

Sometimes while watching Dowton Abbey I'll have flashes to Iris suddenly remembering Hugh played the young Jim Broadbent.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE

• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
• Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
• Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE

• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Paul Giamatti,
• Guy Pearce
• Tim Robbins,
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

TOTAL SHUT OUTS:
The Tree of Life and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

HOW IS ALL THIS SITTING WITH YOU? Or maybe you're still standing?

Comments

[denny]

Biggest shock: NOTHING for The Muppets. A sad, sad day!

I am now taking matters into my own hands: Every time an awards body does not nominate Vanessa Redgrave for Best Supporting Actress, a puppy dies. I will go down to the shelter, take one home, and put it out of its misery. I'm serious, people!

[Jack]

So glad to see Tilda doing well in the awards, particularly since she really deserved that Cannes prize.

[Blaise]

Will Jessica Lange show up for the Globes and/or SAGs? She's a strong contender to win both awards but I wonder if it smarts that her contemporaries (Meryl, Glenn) are up for Best Motion Picture Actress while she is in the TV category. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Suzanne]

Yay for Stowe! But where's her show? If anyone could appreciate Revenge, the Globes could.

[ramification]

Blaise, Jessica has two Oscars, I am sure she's fine with it.

[tombeet]

Generally I’m happy with the list. At lease all the the deserved films are recognized. Here some thought:
-not really surprised with The Tree of Life and Dive snubbed, this was expected.

-What happens with The Muppets? The Muppets is the only movie that have Comedy + Musical factors, and it successes critically and financially. I don’t get it.

-Cars 2 for animation. Well, I hope they’d make wiser choice like: Chico & Rita or A Cat in Paris.

-All nominees for Best Foreign Language are very high profile and solid. Still, Le Havre should’ve been nominated.

-No Oldman, Olsen, Redgrave, Melissa McCarthy; which might hurt its chances of Oscar nomination.

-They over-praised The Ides of March, but it might be a film that end up win nothing.

-I’m super fond of Best Comedy Actor and Comedy Actress shortlists. Great list overall

[Evan]

Well, a few snubs were sad, but my biggest wish came true- No Johnny Depp. About time he was left off for a substandard year.

[Lola]

Nate, you do know you are going to have to take Redgrave out of 'lock' status, right?

[Michael Troutman]

Does anyone else think that the Globes TV nominations always suck? How is American Horror Story and Boss better than Breaking Bad which they have never nominated for best series, despite being the most critically acclaimed series of the past five years besides Mad Men (and actually it may have surpassed Mad Men in that race recently). And I watch Episodes, Enlightened, and New Girl all fine shows but no where near the brilliance of Parks and Rec or Community. What can you expect from a group that has given best series to Nip/Tuck and Ugly Betty? Do they even watch TV???

[NATHANIEL R]

ramification -- also it just opened. I think TINKER TAILOR was the ideal kind of September release. adult, intelligent, needed time to build. My theory at least.

Michael -- i dunno. at least they don't get horribly mired in past year's obsessions like emmys & sag who will hold on to things well past healthy expiration dates.

Lola -- yes, but so not happy about it.

Denny -- DO NOT KILL PUPPIES. Unless you can resurrect them when Vanessa gets her Oscar nomination :)

[Brian Z]

As someone who loved Carnage, I am happy that the Globes starfucking has finally paid off in that Comedy Actress category.

[John T]

Nat-do you think Oscar follows suit with Cars 2? There's gotta be a lot of Pixar employees in the Academy...

[denny]

Not to worry, Nathaniel - I will have Ned the Pie Maker on speed dial! :-)

But ONLY if she gets the Oscar nomination!

[J.P.]

1. I think you're right about why they put My Week With Marilyn in the Comedy/Musical category—because of the musical numbers that bookend the movie. They seem to always want one movie in this category with some kind of musical performances—how else do you explain Burlesque last year or Still Crazy in 1998?—and Marilyn seems to have been the only such movie available.

2. Angelina Jolie is this year's starfuck nomination.

3. The Guard is definitely worth a watch. I don't know if I'd have plumped Gleeson for a nomination, but it's always nice to see a small, charming movie get out-of-nowhere recognition.

[Bruno]

Doesn't help clear up the Actress category much does it? Except maybe that Olsen is poised to be snubbed? Looks like Close, Swinton, & Theron with Mara as a 2nd alternate for the last 2 slots. I think Swinton is in and Mara could trump both the others if the movie has huge impact.

[Drood]

A quibble: in recent years (since adjusting their calendar to more closely coincide with U.S release dates) BAFTA has proven at least as reliable a precursor as HFPA for the Oscar, which is not surprising given that they have overlapping memberships. Perhaps you should consider the "big 4" and hold off on rushing to judgment before we know what AMPAS' overseas brethren are in favor of this year...

[katie]

Leonardo deserves his spot, you, Nathaniel, just do not what good acting is apparently. He has been robbed twice at the Oscars, now he will atleast get a nom.

[Mary Brown]

You sometimes come across as a jilted lover when you write about DiCaprio, Rogers. Bitter, mean, mocking, but with the occasional walk down memory lane. Ah, Jack Dawson! Ah, remember when Leo was just a little slip of a thing!

It´s irritating.

[Casey Fiore]

But seriously, Katie, Mary Brown... J.Edgar is awful. I'm a big Leo fan but this movie is bad and he is not good in it. They're voting for famous faces.

[Jonathon]

Academy Award Nominee Jonah Hill.
jesus fucking christ.

[John-Paul]

I think the TV nominations are pretty bad, but honestly, I'm fine with the movie nominations this year. It may not be exactly what I wanted, but there are at least no omissions that make me really upset or inclusions that boggle my mind like there were last year. I guess I'm upset that none of the Muppets songs were nominated (how the hell did that happen?), and the love for The Ides of March does seem a bit much, but there are some genuinely good picks this year, and I wouldn't even be all that disappointed if the Oscars end up somewhere along the lines of these.

I think Best Actor is boiled down to Clooney, Dujardin, Pitt, Fassbender, and DiCaprio. Oldman will almost certainly get a BAFTA nod, but I don't think it will be enough to carry him to an Oscar nomination, especially since his film doesn't seem to be picking up that much traction.

Best Actress has four pretty safe-looking bets in Streep, Davis, Williams, and Swinton. The fifth slot is probably between Close and Theron, and I honestly don't know which to give the edge to right now.

Best Supporting Actor is the most interesting category to me right now because it's the most open for surprises. Brooks (despite the strange SAG snub), Plummer, and Branagh seem safe, but the other two slots are very up in the air. It is interesting that nominations for Jonah Hill and Patton Oswalt are both very possible considering that if you told anyone a mere 4 years ago that they would be Oscar nominees in a few years, no one would have taken you seriously. Aside from them, Max Von Sydow hasn't gotten any mentions so far, but I have to believe he'll start getting more attention once his movie becomes more widely seen. Either that or it's just not an award-worthy performance after all (I don't know, I haven't seen it). I'm not reading too much into Mortensen's Globe nod, because I just don't see him going all the way to Oscar with this performance. I'm not counting him out though, because stranger things have happened. The big dark horse, from my perspective, is Ben Kingsley. He hasn't gotten any big precursor notices thus far, but he's a well respected actor in a movie that's turning out to be a Best Picture frontrunner, so he's still a major threat. And as for Armie Hammer, who got a surprise SAG nod, I just don't see it happening. At all. In fact, I'd even guess that Andy Serkis has more of a shot than he does.

Best Supporting Actress is also interesting in that there only seems to be two legitimate locks, which are Octavia Spencer and Berenice Bejo. Aside from them, the other actresses in the running have all had both big mentions and big snubs. So it's hard to tell which of them are really in it. I'd say Chastain gets in based on goodwill towards her film and in recognition of the stellar year she's had. Plus we all know how much the Academy likes two nominees from the same film in this category. Despite her Globe and SAG snubs, I'm still predicting Redgrave. She's all but guaranteed a BAFTA nomination, and once the movie starts to become more widely seen, she'll become hard to ignore. My stance on Woodley is that she'll get in if they're really crazy about The Descendants, but otherwise, no. McTeer has certainly gotten a huge boost over the past 2 days, but I don't see her getting in unless Close does too, so a lot depends on that. McCarthy is a strong contender, but I'm not sure some of the older members of the Academy will go for her performance.

[katie]

I agree complety Mary Brown, Nathaniel posts about Leonardo get very old. I guess he still thinks he is some teen beat cover boy. Not the guy who has been robbed twice at the oscars. He will not win anything, but him getting a nom is a good thing.

I disagree casey, I though J. Edgar was average, like most eastwood movies, but leo was very good in it.

[Ryan St]

MOST HAPPY ABOUT:
Tilda!!!
Fassy
Rooney Mara
Jessica Chastain
“Moneyball” for Screenplay

LEAST HAPPY ABOUT
“War Horse”
George Clooney for Director
“Cars 2”
“50/50”

WORST SNUBS
“The Tree of Life”
Vanessa Redgrave
“Beginners”
Melissa McCarthy
Ewan McGregor

BIGGEST SURPRISES
No “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (total shut-out)
No Spielberg
Double-dip for Ryan Gosling
“W.E.” Best Score & Song
Viggo

[MARK]

I am getting a bit tired of the dicaprio bashing yes the film was a bore but he was great,the film should not sink him it was better than borefests beginners and melancholia.

[Mike in Canada]

Yeesh, ladies... Writing that there are worthier nominees than Leo in J. Edgar is not knowing what good acting is? If you want to read fawning praise regardless of quality of performance or film choices, you're at the wrong site.

[Mike in Canada]

(Posted that comment before I saw Mark's... The "ladies" was in no way derogatory.)

[Daniel Crooke]

Re: "Quit when people will still miss you." You say this now...but flashforward a few years when MAD MEN is going off the air and we'll have another discussion.

[jjablo]

Wowww...im still not sure how to feel about these noms, but i think im on the more positive side of things. For the women I think it is a great lineaup: Close will have to duke it out with Olsen, Mara and Swinton...Really happy for Swinton! Im sad about Justine I mean Dunst snub she was extraodinary in Melancholia, For the men I would have nominated Gosling for Drive he was great but I think there were better contenders....Im ecstatic for Fassy.....but frustrated at the cold shoulder Mulliga is receving..I mean what is it they dont like? she was incredible...I dont get the loveless reception for begginers or tree of life Cmon on HFPA

[Amy]

"The star doesn't get to show up twice if you nominated them thusly, and you've cut off the opportunity for another star to show."

That is one of the stupidest rationalizations I have ever heard. The voters don't know for sure that Clooney made it in either category, so they place the star at #1 on their list twice. It can certainly be "explained that way", in this case.

[Philip]

Elizabeth Olsen :(
Kirsen Dunst :(

Well, best actress looks like it's down to
Michelle
Viola
Meryl
Tilda

with Glenn and Charlize fighting for that last spot (which I really want Charlize to get!!! I love her so much). I think at this point, Glenn has the edge, but I feel like the Academy isn't going to respond well to Albert Nobbs.

No Melissa McCarthy??! :(
She still has a chance, though. She's won quite a few critics awards and has a SAG and BFCA nod.
I think Janet McTeer will get snubbed by the Oscars, and apparently Shaliene Woodley isn't a sure thing since she got snubbed at the SAGs.
1. Octavia is a lock.
2. Benejo has a very good chance, pretty much a lock.
3. Jessica Chastain is almost guaranteed.
4. Shaliene Woodley, highly likely, but not guaranteed.

And for the fifth slot, you have Vanessa Redgrave (who will probably even win the BAFTA), Melissa McCarthy, and Janet McTeer. We shall see...........

[Philip]

MARK - Lol................you said that J. Edgar was better than Melancholia and Beginners......LOL, damn I haven't heard a joke that impressive in quite some time. ;)

[gabriel]

Tilda, again!! Uhull!

[NATHANIEL R]

Mary Brown -- this is my favorite takedown of myself in ages! well done.

You sometimes come across as a jilted lover when you write about DiCaprio, Rogers. Bitter, mean, mocking, but with the occasional walk down memory lane. Ah, Jack Dawson! Ah, remember when Leo was just a little slip of a thing!

LMFAO. It's true!

i do get all swoony when I look back. I wish I still loved him like I did in the 90s. I can't help it if he got boring as an actor!

Daniel -- maybe maybe. But all i know is i would have fond feelings of Dexter had it ended with season 5 on an ambiguous (will he get better note?) rather than that shark-jumping more and more baroque season 6. every year the show gets less believable. It should not have been a long term series! I remember being very upset when Sex & the City decided to call it quits after 6 seasons but looking back it was the best decision they ever made. The show had run its course. They got away with the first movie because people missed them so much (see, missing is good!) but by the second movie it was like a television show that had just run for too long and everyone was sick of them!

[Aaron]

The Leo fanboys and girls are getting a little obnoxious. DiCaprio is a good actor but in my opinion is highly overrated and overpraised. Maybe he's just not my cup of tea, but he is an ACTOR with a CAPITAL A if you know what I mean. He's so external and outwardly expressive and oftentimes over-the-top that it bugs me. Not to mention that his choices in film projects are becoming way too predictable and conventional (really, another Scorsese movie? Really a Clint Eastwood-biopic?) He's the antithesis of Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender who are subtle and introspective and who gravitate to more ambiguous screen characters. Nevertheless, I am sure he will be the Angelina Jolie/Changeling of this year and score an Oscar nomination as a make-up for past snubs and the "oh this is an Eastwood movie so it must be good" logic of Academy voters.

On a side note, I have a feeling we could see a complete shift when the Academy announces. With films like The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close just now being released to critics and the public, we could have some real shockers like in 2003. I'm praying to the Oscar gods that the British contingent will vote their asses off for Vanessa Redgrave & Gary Oldman and that Janet McTeer & Glenn Close will be snubbed for that borefest that is Albert Nobbs (sorry, I just do not understand the hype for this movie). I have a feeling that Rooney Mara may be the Keisha Castle-Hughes of this year and I (hope) she knocks out Close, but if it comes at the expense of Tilda I am going to break some shit.

[Jonathon]

It seems likely that Tilda will get in and if she does, I'll be alright. Her presence in the bunch will make up for the fact that Charlize Theron and the very, very, very deserving Elizabeth Olsen have been shut out.

On the tv side of things...I can understand why she was snubbed, with her show being a complete joke in Hollywood now and especially with the Supporting categories all lumped together into one mega-category...but Naya Rivera really should be recognized for her work in Glee.

[cici]

Why is Katie's comment featured? I like that Nathaniel features critical comments directed towards his writing and/or deviate from popular opinion, but her criticism was neither insightful nor stinging - she just sounds like a Dicaprio fangirl who seems to think that Dicaprio is incapable of giving a less than stellar performance. I think Nathaniel's a hell of a lot more qualified to talk about acting in an objective light than she is. And probably has far better taste.

[K]

I get giddy any time Brendan Gleeson is nominated for an award.

[Philip]

Jonathan, I agree on Naya Rivera!!! PRAYING that she snags an Emmy nod! Oh dear God, please make it happen.

[Mark]

Woo-woo, I'm a Comment Du Jour! And mine gets a picture to go along with it. :)
Hopefully it renders people baffled by Jonah Hill's inexplicable momentum! Not to take a big dump all over his achievement ("achievement") but I cannot believe he might actually happen for that performance in that movie. I'm gonna light a vigil that he pulls a Mila Kunis.

I have a feeling that Rooney Mara may be the Keisha Castle-Hughes of this year and I (hope) she knocks out Close, but if it comes at the expense of Tilda I am going to break some shit.

Yes and YES. I'd love to see both Rooney and La Tilda nominated together but if either misses out and the likes of Close or Williams are still around, Imma be pissed.

[Brady]

Maybe Leo will fall pray to Richard Gere/Russell Crowe., where the were nominated for Chicago & Cinderella Man at the major pre-awards but failed to receive the Best Actor Nomination. Here's hoping. Leo should of gotten a nomination for Catch Me if You Can. That movies and performance played to his strengths.

[Nathaniel R]

cici -- i was just trying to get a widespread of comments. I love that people discuss things here and no one is required to agree with me. I'm just happy you're all here.

Brady -- Catch Me if you can is an interesting Leo case. That year two performances of his opened up side by side and then from then on he veered toward repeating the other performance (Gangs) which was by far the weaker of the two! ah well. at least we had the Aviator :)

[Kyle]

Honestly, I can't say I loved even one movie nominated (short of 50/50), I enjoyed Midnight in Paris, The Descendents, and the Ides of March, but none of those are movied I'd ever want to see again. Ryan Gosling was also nominated for the wrong film, his work in Drive was eons better than The Ides of March.

Very sad about the Gary Oldman snub as well, and while I'm sure he won't win, Fassbender is the best of that bunch.

[zn3v6]

Sometimes people place too much faith in the precursors. I'm probably delusional, but performances such as Dicaprio' or Close' seem locked on paper but look like the type that generates no passion from oscars voters (like Duvall last year, Jolie in 2007, etc.). While I could see Redgrave pulling a Marcia Gay Harden, Oldman pulling a Javier Bardem/ Tommy Lee Jones, and Shannon pulling... a Shannon.

[George P.]

Glad to see the TWO nominations for "Enlightened"! Such an underrated show that had two of the best TV episodes from any show I've seen this year (Ep. 4 "The Weekend" and Ep. 9 "Consider Helen"). I wish Diane Ladd (Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series) and Luke Wilson (Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series) had been nominated as well.