2012 Golden Globes
January 16, 2012 by staff · Comments Off on 2012 Golden Globes
2012 Golden Globes, Taking place in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the Golden Globes are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization of about 90 members from around the world. The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were hosted again by Ricky Gervais and aired on NBC.
Out of all of the awards, the Golden Globes demonstrate wooing at its best. With only around 90 members, Hollywood studios can throw a little money at the HFPA members and use celebrities to wine, dine, and court them for votes. The king at this is Harvey Weinstein. Two years ago, he was practically out of the business, but tonight the Weinstein Co. bought-I mean won-six awards, beating all the other motion picture distributors.
I am not revealing anything new. Everyone in Hollywood knows about this.
Where there any surprises? No, not really. I haven’t been shocked by the Golden Globes since 1995, when ‘The X-Files’ won its first Globe for Best Drama TV Series. I was a little surprised that Ricky Gervais was tamer than last year. Perhaps he wanted to appear boring so he would not be considered for the hosting gig next year.
‘American Horror Story’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ were nominated for Best TV Drama along with ‘Homeland,’ ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ and ‘Boss.’ Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ took the prize.
In addition to the nomination for best director, ‘Hugo’ was also nominated for Best Original Score and for Best Motion Picture (Drama). Howard Shore, who composed the score for ‘Hugo,’ lost the award for Best Original Score to Ludovic Bource for ‘The Artist.’ ‘Hugo,’ ‘The Descendants,’ ‘The Help,’ ‘The Ides of March,’ ‘Moneyball,’ and ‘War Horse’ were nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama). ‘The Descendants’ won.
Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fare received four other nominations. The genres did better in those categories:
Peter Dinklage
Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for his work as Tyrion Lannister in ‘Game of Thrones.’ Backstage, Dinklage told reporters that he hopes his win will give the fantasy genre “more respect.” He also said that ‘Game of Thrones’ has a “really smart narrative,” and more shows should “push the envelope and challenge expectations and ideas of what’s going to happen next. That adds to the addiction of the show-you never know what’s around the corner.”
Jessica Lange
Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for her work as Constance Langdon in ‘American Horror Story.’ During her acceptance speech, Lange thanked the writers, saying, “And especially to Ryan [Murphy] who convinced me to do this.” Backstage she hinted to a possible return for next season’s ‘Horror Story’
‘The Adventures of Tintin’
Winner, Best Animated Feature Film. The film beat ‘Cars 2,’ ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘Puss in Boots,’ and ‘Rango’ for the award. The film, based on a series of comic books, was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. Spielberg accepted the award.
Martin Scorsese
Winner, Best Director, Motion Picture for ‘Hugo.’ The steampunk-ish fantasy tale about a boy who lives in a train station is not doing well at the box office, but that did not stop the HFPA from awarding Scorsese his third Golden Globe for directing.
2012 Golden Globes nominations
December 17, 2011 by staff · Comments Off on 2012 Golden Globes nominations
2012 Golden Globes nominations, The nominations for the 2012 Golden Globes have been announced, with French silent film The Artist leading the pack with six nods.
The low-budget flick, which stars relatively unknown actors Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, has beaten a number of Hollywood blockbusters to secure the most nominations, ranging from the best acting accolades to Best Comedy or Musical.
George Clooney’s The Desecendants and 1960’s civil rights drama The Help are tied in second place with five nominations, as both films will do battle for the coveted Best Drama award.
As with all award shows, there was bound to be some controversy as movies Tinker Tailor Solider Spy and The Tree Of Life – starring Brad Pitt – were notably absent from the shortlist.
Despite not receiving a nod for his role in The Tree Of Life, Pitt was named in the Best Drama Actor category for Moneyball, where he will take on the likes of Ryan Gosling and Clooney for their part in The Ides Of March.
The Best Motion Picture Drama category is shaping up to be the most interesting, with The Descendants, Moneyball, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March and War Horse all battling it out for the coveted award.
The nominations were announced by Sofia Vergara, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones and Gerard Butler at the Beverly Hilton Hotel – with the Globes thought to be a good indication who may receive nods at The Oscars next year.
The Golden Globes are set to take place on 15th January and will once again be hosted by the UK’s very own Ricky Gervais.
Full list of Golden Globe 2012 nominations:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – 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
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jodi Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Joseph Gordon Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
?Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
?Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
?Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michael H, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
?Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Midnight in Paris
The Ides of March
The Artist
The Descendants
Moneyball
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
?Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
?Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michael H, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
?Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Midnight in Paris
The Ides of March
The Artist
The Descendants
Moneyball
?Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
?Best Foreign Language Film
Flowers of War
The Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with A Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Artist
W.E
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
Hugo
?Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Gnomeo and Juliet
Machine Gun Preacher
Albert Nobbs
The Help
Masterpiece, W.E
?Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
?Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammar, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis Homeland
?Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeline Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
Best Television Series – comedy or musical
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, The New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail
?Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
?Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Idris Elba, Luther
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour
?Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood
?Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family