…and the nominees are: the 2011 Golden Globes

Best motion picture, drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best motion picture, musical or comedy
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque*
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

*Burlesque, really? Some of the WORST acting I’ve ever seen.

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David Fincher – Social Network
Tom Hooper – King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David O. Russell – The Fighter

Best Actor in a motion picture
Jesse Eisenberg – Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter*

*To choose “Best Actor/ress”, I always take into account how much time and effort the actor went into preparing for the role. Mark Wahlberg spent years training for this role. Now THAT’s commitment!

Best supporting Actor in a motion picture
Christian Bale – The Fighter
Michael Douglas – Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps
Jeremy Renner – The Town*
Jeffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network

*Wow, Jeremy was thrilling in this film. So convincing and multi-dimensional.

Best Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland*
Johnny Depp – The Tourist
Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal – Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey – Casino Jack

*Nominated twice in one category! Nice, Johnny!

Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie
Idris Alba - Luther
Ian McShane – Pillars of the Earth
Al Pacino – You Don’t Know Jack
Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship
Edward Ramirez – Carlos

Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Scott Caan – Hawaii 5-0
Chris Colfer – Glee
Chris Noth – The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
David Strathern – Temple Grandin

Best Actress in a motion picture, drama
Halle Berry – Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best supporting Actress in a motion picture
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Mila Kunis – Black Swan
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Jackie Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway – Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie – The Tourist*
Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone – Easy A

*Is anyone else getting tired of Angie playing the SAME role over and over again? Boring.

Best Actor, TV series, comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Steve Carell – The Office*
Thomas Jane – Hung
Matthew Morrison – Glee
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

*Please oh please vote for Steve! His last year as Michael Scott… He deserves it!

Best Actor in a TV series, drama
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall – Dexter
John Hamm – Mad Men
Hugh Laurie – House

Best Actress in a TV series, comedy
Toni Collette – Unites States of Tara
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Laura Linney – The Bic C
Lea Michele – Glee

Best Actress in a TV series, drama
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Elizabeth Moss – Mad Men
Piper Perabo – Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal – Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer

Best Actress in a mini-series or TV movie
Hayley Atwell – Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes – Temple Grandin
Judi Dench – Return to Cranford
Romola Garai -  Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt – The Client List

Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie
Hope Davis – The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch – Glee
Kelly McDonald - Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles – Dexter
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family

Best TV movie or mini-series
Carlos
The Pacific
Pillars of the Earth
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack

Best original score – motion picture
Alexander Desplot – The King’s Speech
Danny Elfman – Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Robin – 127 Hours
Trent Reznor – The Social Network
Hans Zimmer – Inception*

*What a gripping score. Truly brought so much to the story.

Best screenplay – motion picture
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Hart – The Kids are All Right
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David Seidler – Kings Speech
Aaron Sorkin – Social Network

Best TV Series, comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie

Best foreign language film
Beautiful, Mexico – Spain
The Concert – France
The Edge – Russia
I Am Love – Italy
In a Better World – Denmark

Best animated feature film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon*
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

*Probably one of my favorite movies of all time. LOVED IT.

Best original song – motion picture
“Bound to You” – Burlesque*
“Coming Home” – Country Strong
“I See the Light” – Tangled
“There’s a Place for Us” – Chronicles of Narnia: The Dawn Treader
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” – Burlesque

*Go for it, Burlesque. Singing, dancing, that’s your category. NOT acting!

Best TV series, drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead