Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne in a still from The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything respectively (Image source: AP)
The Golden Globes, that most American of awards where celebrities get drunk and laugh at Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's jokes, are being invaded by the British. Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are up for Best Actor awards, as fans around the world sing hallelujahs in chorus. Ralph Fiennes and David Oyelowo also feature among the possible Best Actors; Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt, Rosamund Pike and Felicity Jones are up for Best Actress; Keira Knightley is in the running for Best Supporting Actress; and Downtown Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, The Affair's Ruth Wilson, The Good Wife's Alan Cumming and former Globes host Ricky Gervais are also up for awards.
Which isn't to say there isn't plenty of American talent on the list. The biggest names - Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael keaton, Bill Murray, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Jessica Chasain, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo.
Meanwhile, the Golden Globe regulars have been nominated again this year. Claire Danes, Robin Wright, Julianna Margulies, Lena Dunham and Julia Louis-Dreyfus find themselves on the list once more, as does that grand dame of the screen Meryl Streep, without whom a nomination list is unthinkable and incomplete.
Films up for Globes include
Boyhood,
Foxcatcher,
Into The Woods,
The Imitation Game,
The Theory of Everything,
Birdman and
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The celebrity we know for certain will be going home with a gong is fiftyish actor-producer-director George Clooney, recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement (marrying the brilliant Amal Alamuddin might well qualify as lifetime achievement but he's getting this trophy for his work in films like
The Descendants).
The Golden Globes award show will take place on January 11.
Here's the list of nominees.
FILMBest Film -
DramaBoyhoodFoxcatcherThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of Everything
Best Film - Comedy or Musical
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent
Best Director
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava Duvernay - Selma
David Fincher - Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Best Actor - Drama
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo - Selma
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Best Actress - Drama
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Bill Murray - St. Vincent
Joaquin Pheonix - Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz - Big Eyes
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Emily Blunt - Into the Woods
Helen Mirren - The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis - Annie
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
JK Simmons - Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Best Score
Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson - The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor - Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez - Birdman
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
Best Song
Big Eyes - Big Eyes (Lana Del Rey)
Glory - Selma (John Legend, Common)
Mercy Is - Noah (Patty Smith, Lenny Kaye)
Opportunity - Annie
Yellow Flicker Beat - Hunger Games, Mockingjay Pt 1 (Lorde)
Best Animation
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo - Birdman
Richard Linklater -
BoyhoodGraham Moore -
The Imitation GameBest Foreign Language FilmForce MajeureGett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerine ManderinTELEVISIONBest Series - DramaThe Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of CardsBest Series - Comedy or MusicalGirls
Jane the Virgin
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
TransparentBest Actor - DramaClive Owen -
The KnickLiev Schreiber -
Ray DonovanKevin Spacey -
House of CardsJames Spader -
The Black ListDominic West -
The AffairBest Actress - DramaClaire Danes -
HomelandViola Davis -
How to Get Away with MurderJulianna Margulies -
The Good WifeRuth Wilson -
The AffairRobin Wright -
House of CardsBest Actor - Comedy or Musical SeriesDon Cheadle -
House of LiesRicky Gervais -
DerekJeffrey Tambor -
TransparentLouis CK -
LouieWilliam H. Macy -
ShamelessBest Actress - Comedy or Musical seriesLena Dunham -
GirlsEdie Falco -
Nurse JackieGina Rodriguez -
Jane the VirginJulia Louis Dreyfuss -
VeepTaylor Schilling -
Orange Is the New BlackBest Mini-series or TV MovieFargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive KitteridgeBest Actor - Mini-Series or TV MovieMartin Freeman -
FargoWoody Harrelson -
True DetectiveMatthew McConaughey -
True DetectiveMark Ruffalo -
The Normal HeartBilly Bob Thornton -
FargoBest Actress - Mini-Series or TV MovieMaggie Gyllenhaal -
The Honorable WomanJessica Lange -
American Horror Story: Freak ShowFrances McDormand -
Olive KitteridgeFrances O'Connor -
The MissingAllison Tolman -
FargoBest Supporting ActorMatt Bomer -
The Normal HeartAlan Cumming -
The Good WifeColin Hanks -
FargoBill Murray -
Olive KitteridgeJon Voight -
Ray DonovanBest Supporting ActressUzo Aduba -
Orange is the New BlackKathy Bates -
American Horror Story: Freak ShowJoanne Froggatt -
Downton AbbeyAllison Janney -
MomMichelle Monaghan -
True Detective