‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Nine,’ ‘Glee’ Lead 2009 Golden Globe Nominations

CHICAGO – The nominees for the the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards were revealed today and the George Clooney dramedy “Up in the Air” and the Daniel Day-Lewis musical “Nine” led the way in the film categories with six and five nominations, respectively, while acclaimed new show “Glee” led the way in the television category with four nominations.

Films with more than three nominations include “Avatar,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Invictus,” “It’s Complicated,” and “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”. Double nominees include “(500) Days of Summer.” “Brothers,” “Crazy Heart,” “The Informant!,” “Julie & Julia,” “The Last Station,” and “Up”. As for snubs, the highly acclaimed “An Education” and “Where the Wild Things Are” only registered with one nomination a piece and “The Road” was completely unrecognized.

George Clooney (left) and Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”.
Image credit: Dale Robinette

The television side of the nominations were typically diverse with “Glee” leading the pack with four. Programs with three nominations include “30 Rock,” “Big Love,” “Damages,” “Dexter,” “Georgia O’Keefe,” “Grey Gardens,” “Into the Storm,” and “Mad Men”. Double nominees include “Entourage,” “House,” “Hung,” “The Office,” “Taking Chance,” and “True Blood”. As for TV snubs, CBS was largely shut out (with only four nods overall) and not a single shout-out to their comedy hits “The Big Bang Theory” or “Two and a Half Men” and only one nomination for “How I Met Your Mother”. ABC was similarly ignored with only three nods for the entire network and only one for “Lost”. HBO dominated again with 17 nominations, nearly triple FOX’s second place total of six nods.

Glee Photo credit: Matthias Clamer/FOX

Celebrities walking the red carpet as Golden Globe nominees for their film work include Sandra Bullock (a double nominee for “The Blind Side” and “The Proposal”), George Clooney (“Up in the Air”), Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”), Tobey Maguire (“Brothers”), Marion Cotillard (“Nine”), Julia Roberts (“Duplicity”), Meryl Streep (double nominee for “Julie & Julia” and “It’s Complicated”), Matt Damon (double nominee for “The Informant!” and “Invictus”), Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”), Robert Downey Jr. (“Sherlock Holmes”), Penelope Cruz (“Nine”), and Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”)

A-list stars hoping to take home TV Golden Globes include Glenn Close (“Damages”), January Jones (“Mad Men”), Annna Paquin (“True Blood”), Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”), Hugh Laurie (“House”), Courteney Cox (“Cougar Town”), Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”), Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”), Steve Carell (“The Office”), and Thomas Jane (“Hung”).

Complete List of Nominees Courtesy of the HFPA.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Up In The Air

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up In The Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Tobey Maguire in Brothers

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock in The Proposal
Marion Cotillard in Nine
Julia Roberts in Duplicity
Meryl Streep in It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon in The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine
Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days Of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Julianne Moore in A Single Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Clint Eastwood for Invictus
Jason Reitman for Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. & Carter Burwell, Where The Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Cinema Italiano” — Nine
“I Want To Come Home” — Everybody’s Fine
“I Will See You” — Avatar
“The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” — Crazy Heart
“Winter” — Brothers

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Big Love (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (FOX)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Glenn Close in Damages
January Jones in Mad Men
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
Anna Paquin in True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Simon Baker in The Mentalist
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Jon Hamm in Mad Men
Hugh Laurie in House
Bill Paxton in Big Love

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock (NBC)
Entourage (HBO)
Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette in United States Of Tara
Courteney Cox in Cougar Town
Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey in 30 Rock
Lea Michele in Glee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
Steve Carell in The Office
David Duchovny in Californication
Thomas Jane in Hung
Matthew Morrison in Glee

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime Television)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into The Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Taking Chance (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen in Georgia O’Keeffe
Drew Barrymore in Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin in The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler
Sigourney Weaver in Prayers For Bobby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Bacon in Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh in Wallander: One Step Behind
Chiwetel Ejiofor in Endgame
Brendan Gleeson in Into The Storm
Jeremy Irons in Georgia O’Keeffe

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams in Hung
Rose Byrne in Damages
Jane Lynch in Glee
Janet Mcteer in Into The Storm
Chloë Sevigny in Big Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson in Lost
Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother
William Hurt in Damages
John Lithgow in Dexter
Jeremy Piven in Entourage

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