Golden Globe nominations

Washington: The Artist leads the way at the 2012 Golden Globes, after receiving six nominations.

The silent film homage is up for Best Musical or Comedy, while its stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo are nominated for Best Actor Musical and Best Supporting Actress Musical respectively.

Michel Hazanavicius has been nominated for Best Director and the movie is also up for Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Hazanavicius will take on George Clooney (The Ides of March), Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo) in the Best Director category, while the film will compete with 50/50, Midnight in Paris, Bridesmaids and My Week with Marilyn for Best Musical or Comedy.

Dujardin will compete alongside Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50), Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love) and Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris) in his category, while Bejo faces competition from Jessica Chastain (The Help), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) for Best Supporting Actress Musical.

Meanwhile, The Help is up for Best Picture, Drama and is up against The Descendants, Hugo, The ides of March, Moneyball and War House.

Other nominees include Kenneth Branagh, Tilda Swinton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet and the winners will be announced at the star-studded ceremony on January 15, 2012.

The awards will once again be hosted by British funnyman Ricky Gervais.

The 69th annual Golden Globe nominations:

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA

'The Descendants'

'The Help'

'Hugo'

'The Ides of March'

'Moneyball'

'War Horse'

BEST PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY

'50/50'

'The Artist'

'Midnight in Paris'

'My Week with Marilyn'

'Bridesmaids'

BEST DIRECTOR

Woody Allen, 'Midnight In Paris'

George Clooney, 'The Ides of March'

Michel Hazanavicius, 'The Artist'

Alexander Payne, 'The Descendants'

Martin Scorsese, 'Hugo'

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

George Clooney, 'The Descendants'

Leonardo DiCaprio, 'J Edgar'

Michael Fassbender, 'Shame'

Ryan Gosling, 'The Ides of March'

Brad Pitt, 'Moneyball'

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Glenn Close, 'Albert Nobbs'

Viola Davis, 'The Help'

Rooney Mara, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

Meryl Streep, 'The Iron Lady'

Tilda Swinton, 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

BEST ACTOR, 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'

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jodie Foster, 'Carnage'

Charlize Theron, 'Young Adult'

Kristen Wiig, 'Bridesmaids'

Michelle WIlliams, 'My Week With Marilyn'

Kate Winslet, 'Carnage'

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh, 'My Week with Marilyn'

Albert Brooks, 'Drive'

Viggo Mortensen, 'A Dangerous Method'

Christopher Plummer, 'Beginners'

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo, 'The Artist'

Jessica Chastain , 'The Help'

Janet McTeer, 'Albert Nobbs'

Octavia Spencer, 'The Help'

Shailene Woodley, 'The Descendants'

BEST SCREENPLAY

'Midnight in Paris', Woody Allen

'The Ides of March', George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

'The Artist', Michel Hazanavicius

'The Descendants', Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

'Moneyball, Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

'The Adventures of Tintin'

'Arthur Christmas'

'Cars 2'

'Puss in Boots'

'Rango'

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

'The Flowers of War'

'In The Land of Blood and Honey'

'The Kid WIth The Bike'

'A Separation'

'The Skin I Live In'

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

'The Artist', Ludovic Bource

'W.E.', Abel Korzeniowski

'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

'Hugo', Howard Shore

'War Horse, John Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

'Lay Your Head Down', 'Albert Nobbs'

'Hello Hello', 'Gnomeo and Juliet'

'The Living Proof', 'The Help'

'The Keeper', 'Machine Gun Preacher'

'Masterpiece', 'W.E.'

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA

'The Descendants'

'The Help'

'Hugo'

'The Ides of March'

'Moneyball'

'War Horse'