Golden Globe nominations announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association just declared their nominations for the year. Here are the nominees-

Best Picture (Drama)

• AMERICAN GANGSTER
• ATONEMENT
• EASTERN PROMISES
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD
• THE GREAT DEBATERS
• MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)

• ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
• CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
• HAIRSPRAY
• JUNO
• SWEENEY TODD

Best Director

• Tim Burton (SWEENEY TODD)
• Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
• Julian Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
• Ridley Scott (AMERICAN GANGSTER)
• Joe Wright (ATONEMENT)

Best Actor (Drama)

• George Clooney (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
• Daniel Day-Lewis (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
• James McAvoy (ATONEMENT)
• Viggo Mortensen (EASTERN PROMISES)
• Denzel Washington (AMERICAN GANGSTER)

Best Actress (Drama)

• Cate Blanchett (ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE)
• Julie Christie (AWAY FROM HER)
• Jodie Foster (THE BRAVE ONE)
• Angelina Jolie (A MIGHTY HEART)
• Kiera Knightley (ATONEMENT)

Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)

• Johnny Depp (SWEENEY TODD)
• Ryan Gosling (LARS AND THE REAL GIRL)
• Tom Hanks (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (THE SAVAGES)
• John C. Reilly (WALK HARD)

Best Actress (Comedy/Musical)

• Amy Adams (ENCHANTED)
• Nikki Blonsky (HAIRSPRAY)
• Helena Bonham-Carter (SWEENEY TODD)
• Marion Cotillard (LA VIE EN ROSE)
• Ellen Page (JUNO)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Drama & Comedy/Musical)

• Casey Affleck (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
• Javier Bardem (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR)
• John Travolta (HAIRSPRAY)
• Tom Wilkinson (MICHAEL CLAYTON)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama & Comedy/Musical)

• Cate Blanchett (I’M NOT THERE)
• Julia Roberts (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR)
• Saoirse Ronan (ATONEMENT)
• Amy Ryan (GONE BABY GONE)
• Tilda Swinton (MICHAEL CLAYTON)

Best Foreign Film

• 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Romania)
• LUST, CAUTION (Taiwan)
• PERSEPOLIS (France)
• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (France)
• THE KITE RUNNER (United States of America!)

Best Screenplay

• Diablo Cody (JUNO)
• Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
• Christopher Hampton (ATONEMENT)
• Ronald Harwood (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
• Aaron Sorkin (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR)

The Best Picture(Drama) category has 7 noms(!) although while the first five were named in alphabetical order, the final italicised two were named later…making one wonder. As it stands, I’m only gonna consider the first five as the official nominees.

Similarly, in the Best Foreing Film category, I’m not gonna consider The Kite Runner and The Diving Bell And The Butterfly as the former is an American production while the latter is a joint production. Anyhow, both these films have already been deemed ineligible for the Oscars.