The Golden Globes revive
This year, with no strike on the horizon, the Golden Globe Awards will return as exciting and glamorous as ever. The ceremony is set to air on NBC on January 11 and will definitely be attended by an army of big stars.
The Golden Globe Awards honor excellence in film and television and though they’re not taken as seriously as the Emmys or the Oscars, they’re still a sumptuous event. Yesterday were announced the nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globes. Shows like “30 Rock”, “Mad Men” and “True Blood” received multiple nominations, while other critically acclaimed shows were surprisingly omitted.
Here is a complete list of the television nominees:
Best television series – Drama:
“Dexter”, “House M.D.”, “In Treatment”, “Mad Men”, “True Blood”.
Best performance by an actress in a television series – Drama:
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU”; January Jones, “Mad Men”; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”; Anna Paquin, “True Blood”.
Best performance by an actor in a television series – Drama:
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”; Hugh Laurie, “House M.D.”; Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “The Tudors”.
Best television series – Comedy:
“30 Rock”, “Californication”, “Entourage”, “The Office”, “Weeds”.
Best performance by an actress in a television series – Comedy:
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”; Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”; Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”; America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”.
Best performance by an actor in a television series – Comedy:
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”; David Duchovny, “Californication”; Kevin Connolly, “Entourage”; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”; Steve Carell, “The Office”.
Best mini-series or motion picture made for television:
“A Raisin in the Sun”, “Bernard and Doris”, “Cranford”, “John Adams”, “Recount”.
Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television:
Catherine Keener, “An American Crime”; Susan Sarandon, “Bernard and Doris”; Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel”; Judi Dench, “Cranford”; Laura Linney, “John Adams”.
Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television:
Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption”; Ralph Fiennes, “Bernard and Doris”; Paul Giamatti, “John Adams”; Kevin Spacey, “Recount”; Tom Wilkinson, “Recount”.
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television: Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters”; Eileen Atkins, “Cranford”; Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment”; Melissa George, “In Treatment”; Laura Dern, “Recount”.
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television: Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”; Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”; Blair Underwood, “In Treatment”; Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams”; Denis Leary, “Recount”.
Did the Globes get it right? What do you think about the nominations?
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