Golden Globes Nominations

     The Golden Globes nominations were announced this week, and there are definitely some things that make me very happy! Atonement led the pack with 7 nominations, and got nominated in all 5 major categories: Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Actress. Charlie Wilson's War, the Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts film coming out next weekend, garnered 5.  No Country For Old Men got 4, and Michael Clayton, the annual politically-conscious George Clooney movie, got 4 as well.

     Other nominations that boosted my spirits?  James McAvoy for Best Actor - Drama.  Amy Adams for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy.  Ryan Gosling for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy.  Ratatouille and The Simpsons Movie for Best Animated Film.  Juno got 3 nominations, including Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for the 17 year-old Ellen Page!  (It goes wide on Christmas and I can't wait!)  Also, it's kind of cool that three of the five movies up for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy are actually musicals- that almost never is the case.  I was hoping Once, a fantastic musical film from this summer, would make that category, but I suppose it was just too small to be noticed.  Here are the big categories, while a full list of the nominations can be found here.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

American Gangster

Atonement

Eastern Promises

The Great Debaters

Michael Clayton

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best Actress - Drama

Cate Blanchett  Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Julie Christie  Away From Her

Jodie Foster  The Brave One

Angelina Jolie  A Mighty Heart

Keira Knightley  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 Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Across the Universe

Charlie Wilson's War

Hairspray

Juno

Sweeney Todd

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams  Enchanted

Nikki Blonsky  Hairspray

Helena Bonham Carter  Sweeney Todd

Marion Cotillard  La Vie En Rose

Ellen Page  Juno

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

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: The Dewey Cox Story

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