Golden Globes shockers and snubs!

Golden Globes Awards snubs, nominations, shockers!

This morning the nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globes (to be held Jan. 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel) were announced. Here’s the list of nominees and my analysis:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”
“Avatar”

Snubbed: “Where the Wild Things Are,” “Invictus,” “The Messenger,” “An Education,” “A Single 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 Sidibe, “Precious”

Snubbed: Abbie Cornish, “Bright Star,” Penelope Cruz, “Broken Embraces,” Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones.”

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”

Snubbed: Max Records, “Where the Wild Things Are,” Nicolas Cage, “Bad Lieutenant,” Ben Foster, “The Messenger,” Viggo Mortensen, “The Road,” Brad Pitt, “Inglourious Basterds,” Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker,” Peter Sarsgaard, “An Education.”

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”
“(500) Days of Summer”

Snubbed: “A Serious Man,” “Adventureland,” “Drag Me to Hell,” “The Proposal,” “Zombieland,” “Sherlock Holmes.”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Julia Roberts, “Duplicity”

Snubbed: Amy Adams, “Julie & Julia,” Zooey Deschanel, “(500) Days of Summer,” Ellen Page, “Whip It”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”
Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock Holmes”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days of Summer”
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”

Snubbed: Sacha Baron Cohen, “Bruno,” Bradley Cooper, “The Hangover,” Ryan Reynolds, “The Proposal”

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”

Snubbed: Mélanie Laurent & Diane Kruger, “Inglourious Basterds,” and Heather Graham, “The Hangover.” Just kidding on the last one. Wanted to make sure you were paying attention.

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”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”

Snubbed: Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker,” Alfred Molina, “An Education,” Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles.”

Best Animated Feature Film
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”

Snubbed: “Ponyo,” “9,”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Baaria”
“Broken Embraces”
“The Prophet”
“The White Ribbon”
“The Maid”

Snubbed” “Sin Nombre.”

Best Director – Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Snubbed: Lee Daniels, “Precious,” Rob Marshall, “Nine,” Spike Jonze, “Where the Wild Things Are,” Joel & Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man.”

Weird fact: James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow were once married.

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, “District 9”
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Nancy Meyers, “It’s Complicated”
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Snubbed: Joel & Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man,” Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze, “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch, “The Informant!”
James Horner, “Avatar”
Abel Korzeniowski, “A Single Man”
Carter Burwell and Karen O, “Where the Wild Things Are”

Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“I See You,” “Avatar” – Leona Lewis
“The Weary Kind,” “Crazy Heart” – T-Bone Burnett
“Cinema Italiano,” “Nine”
“I Want to Come Home,” “Everybody’s Fine” – Paul McCartney
“Winter,” “Brothers” – U2

Eric Melin

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