2012 Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 2012 Golden Globe awards read as follows:

Actor, television series, drama

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Kelsey Grammar, Boss

Jeremy Irons; The Borgias

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Actress, television series, drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

 Claire Danes, Homeland

 Mireille Enos, The Killing

 Madeleine Stowe, Revenge

Callie Thorne from Necessary Roughness.

Actor in a motion picture, comedy or musical

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

 Brendan Gleeson, The Guard

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50

 Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid Love

 Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris.

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.

Actor, television series, comedy

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

David Duchovny, Californication

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes.

Actress, television series, comedy

Tina Fey, 30 Roek

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Laura Linney, The Big C

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

 Laura Dern, Enlightened.

Television series, comedy

 Glee

 Modern Family

 New Girl

 Episodes

 Enlightened.

Television series, drama

 American Horror Story

 Boardwalk Empire

 Boss

 Homeland

 Game of Thrones

Best motion picture, comedy or musical

Bridesmaids

 The Artist

 Midnight in Paris

 50/50

 My Week With Marilyn

Actress, motion picture drama

 Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

 Viola Davis, The Help

 Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

 Meryl Streep, Iron Lady

 Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk about Kevin

Actress, motion picture, comedy or musical

Jodie Foster, Carnage

 Charlize Theron, Young Adult

 Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

 Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

 Kate Winslet, Carnage

Actor, supporting role, motion picture

 Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn

 Albert Brooks, Drive

 Jonah Hill, Moneyball

 Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best motion picture drama

The Descendants

 The Help

 Hugo

 Moneyball

 Ides of March

 War Horse

Director, motion picture

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

 George Clooney, The Ides of March

 Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

 Martin Scorsese, Hugo

 Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Actress, supporting role, motion picture:

 Berenice Bejo, The Artist

 Jessica Chastain, The Help

 Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

 Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

 Octavia Spencer, The Help

The Golden Globe awards will be handed out on Jan. 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Were any of your favourite shows or movies nominated?