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.
FILM
Best Film - Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The 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 - Boyhood
Graham Moore - The Imitation Game
Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerine Manderin
TELEVISION
Best Series - Drama
The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Best Series - Comedy or Musical
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Best Actor - Drama
Clive Owen - The Knick
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
James Spader - The Black List
Dominic West - The Affair
Best Actress - Drama
Claire Danes - Homeland
Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson - The Affair
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Series
Don Cheadle - House of Lies
Ricky Gervais - Derek
Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent
Louis CK - Louie
William H. Macy - Shameless
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical series
Lena Dunham - Girls
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
Julia Louis Dreyfuss - Veep
Taylor Schilling - Orange Is the New Black
Best Mini-series or TV Movie
Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Movie
Martin Freeman - Fargo
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
Frances O'Connor - The Missing
Allison Tolman - Fargo
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Colin Hanks - Fargo
Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
Best Supporting Actress
Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black
Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey
Allison Janney - Mom
Michelle Monaghan - True Detective
