The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations

By Bruce Edwin

The Golden Globe Award is one of the two most important awards given to an actor in their career. The Golden Globe is awarded by foreign journalists representing 55 countries.

On January 17, 2010, Sunday, presentation of "The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards®" begins live, telecast on NBC at 5 PM PST, 7 PM CENTRAL and 8 PM EST.

HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION® 2010 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS® FOR 2009 - NOMINATIONS

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

1. AVATAR
Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox

2. THE HURT LOCKER
Voltage Pictures; Summit Entertainment

3. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures

4. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate

5. UP IN THE AIR
Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

1. EMILY BLUNT - THE YOUNG VICTORIA
2. SANDRA BULLOCK - THE BLIND SIDE
3. HELEN MIRREN - THE LAST STATION
4. CAREY MULLIGAN - AN EDUCATION
5. GABOUREY SIDIBE - PRECIOUS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

1. JEFF BRIDGES - CRAZY HEART
2. GEORGE CLOONEY - UP IN THE AIR
3. COLIN FIRTH - A SINGLE MAN
4. MORGAN FREEMAN - INVICTUS
5. TOBEY MAGUIRE - BROTHERS

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures

2. THE HANGOVER
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

3. IT'S COMPLICATED
Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures

4. JULIE & JULIA
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

5. NINE
The Weinstein Company/Relativity Media/Lucamar Productions/ Marc Platt Productions; The Weinstein Company

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. SANDRA BULLOCK - THE PROPOSAL
2. MARION COTILLARD - NINE
3. JULIA ROBERTS - DUPLICITY
4. MERYL STREEP - IT'S COMPLICATED
5. MERYL STREEP - JULIE & JULIA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. MATT DAMON - THE INFORMANT!
2. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - NINE
3. ROBERT DOWNEY JR - SHERLOCK HOLMES
4. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
5. MICHAEL STUHLBARG - A SERIOUS MAN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

1. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing

2. CORALINE
Laika, Inc.; Focus Features

3. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox

4. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

5. UP
Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. BAARIA (ITALY) Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
2. BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN) El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
3. THE MAID (CHILE, LA NANA) Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
4. A PROPHET (UN PROPHETE) FRANCE - Chic Films, Page 114, Why Not Productions; Sony Pictures Classics
5. THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY) DAS WEISSE BAND - EINE DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE - X Filme Creative Pool/Les Films Du Losange/Lucky Red/Wega Film; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

1. PENÉLOPE CRUZ - NINE
2. VERA FARMIGA - UP IN THE AIR
3. ANNA KENDRICK - UP IN THE AIR
4. MO'NIQUE - PRECIOUS
5. JULIANNE MOORE - A SINGLE MAN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

1. MATT DAMON - INVICTUS
2. WOODY HARRELSON - THE MESSENGER
3. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - THE LAST STATION
4. STANLEY TUCCI - THE LOVELY BONES
5. CHRISTOPH WALTZ - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

1. KATHRYN BIGELOW - THE HURT LOCKER
2. JAMES CAMERON - AVATAR
3. CLINT EASTWOOD - INVICTUS
4. JASON REITMAN - UP IN THE AIR
5. QUENTIN TARANTINO - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

1. NEILL BLOMKAMP, TERRI TATCHELL - DISTRICT 9
2. MARK BOAL - THE HURT LOCKER
3. NANCY MEYERS - IT'S COMPLICATED
4. JASON REITMAN, SHELDON TURNER - UP IN THE AIR
5. QUENTIN TARANTINO - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

1. MICHAEL GIACCHINO - UP
2. MARVIN HAMLISCH - THE INFORMANT
3. JAMES HORNER - AVATAR
4. ABEL KORZENIOWSKI - A SINGLE MAN
5. KAREN O, CARTER BURWELL - WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

1. "CINEMA ITALIANO" - NINE - Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
2. "I WANT TO COME HOME" - EVERYBODY'S FINE Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
3. "I SEE YOU" - AVATAR - Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
4. "THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)" - CRAZY HEART Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
5. "WINTER" - BROTHERS - Music by: U2, Lyrics by: Bono

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

1. BIG LOVE (HBO)
Anima Sola Productions and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment

2. DEXTER (SHOWTIME)
Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions

3. HOUSE (FOX)
Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry

4. MAD MEN (AMC) AMC

5. TRUE BLOOD (HBO)
Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

1. GLENN CLOSE - DAMAGES
2. JANUARY JONES - MAD MEN
3. JULIANNA MARGULIES - THE GOOD WIFE
4. ANNA PAQUIN - TRUE BLOOD 5. KYRA SEDGWICK - THE CLOSER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

1. SIMON BAKER - THE MENTALIST 2. MICHAEL C. HALL - DEXTER 3. JON HAMM - MAD MEN 4. HUGH LAURIE - HOUSE 5. BILL PAXTON - BIG LOVE

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. 30 ROCK (NBC)
Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little Stranger Inc.

2. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment

3. GLEE (FOX)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

4. MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
Twentieth Century Fox Television

5. THE OFFICE (NBC)
Universal Media Studios, Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. TONI COLLETTE
UNITED STATES OF TARA

2. COURTENEY COX
COUGAR TOWN

3. EDIE FALCO
NURSE JACKIE

4. TINA FEY
30 ROCK

5. LEA MICHELE
GLEE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. ALEC BALDWIN
30 ROCK

2. STEVE CARELL
THE OFFICE

3. DAVID DUCHOVNY
CALIFORNICATION

4. THOMAS JANE
HUNG

5. MATTHEW MORRISON
GLEE

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

1. GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (LIFETIME TELEVISION)
Sony Pictures Television

2. GREY GARDENS (HBO)
Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO Films

3. INTO THE STORM (HBO)
Scott Free and Rainmark Films Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films

4. LITTLE DORRIT (PBS)
Masterpiece/BBC Co-production

5. TAKING CHANCE (HBO)
Motion Picture Corporation of America and Civil Dawn Pictures in association with HBO Films

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

1. JOAN ALLEN
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

2. DREW BARRYMORE
GREY GARDENS

3. JESSICA LANGE
GREY GARDENS

4. ANNA PAQUIN
THE COURAGEOUS HEART OF IRENA SENDLER

5. SIGOURNEY WEAVER
PRAYERS FOR BOBBY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

1. KEVIN BACON
TAKING CHANCE

2. KENNETH BRANAGH
WALLANDER: ONE STEP BEHIND

3. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
ENDGAME

4. BRENDAN GLEESON
INTO THE STORM

5. JEREMY IRONS
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

1. JANE ADAMS
HUNG

2. ROSE BYRNE
DAMAGES

3. JANE LYNCH
GLEE

4. JANET McTEER
INTO THE STORM

5. CHLOË SEVIGNY
BIG LOVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

1. MICHAEL EMERSON
LOST

2. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

3. WILLIAM HURT
DAMAGES

4. JOHN LITHGOW
DEXTER

5. JEREMY PIVEN
ENTOURAGE

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Bruce Edwin is editor of The Hollywood Sentinel and President of Starpower Management, the celebrity focused model and talent firm. Contact Bruce at TheHollywoodSentinel.com