'The King's Speech' Leads Golden Globe Nominations

The film is leading the main categories with nominations for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, while Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush have all received acting nods.

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"The King's Speech" is leading the charge for the 2011 Golden Globe Awards after landing seven nominations.

The cinematic tale about the British monarchy is heading up the main categories with nominations for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director for Tom Hooper, while Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush have all received acting nods.

Boxing film "The Fighter" and Facebook-inspired movie "The Social Network" trailed with six nominations apiece, including mentions in the Best Picture (Drama) category, which also saw nods to ballet movie "Black Swan" and sci-fi blockbuster "Inception".

Meanwhile nominees in the Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) category include "Alice in Wonderland", "Burlesque", "The Kids Are All Right", action movie "Red" and Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp's romantic thriller "The Tourist".

Robert De Niro, an eight-time Globe nominee who won a best actor prize for "Raging Bull", will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by British comic Ricky Gervais, will take place on January 16, 2011 in Los Angeles.

The main categories are as follows:

Best Picture (Drama)

• "Black Swan"
• "The Fighter"
• "Inception"
• "The King's Speech"
• "The Social Network"

Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

• "Alice in Wonderland"
• "Burlesque"
• "The Kids Are All Right"
• "Red"
• "The Tourist"

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan")
• David Fincher ("The Social Network")
• Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech")
• Christopher Nolan ("Inception")
• David O. Russell ("The Fighter")

Best Actor (Drama)

• Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network")
• Colin Firth ("The King's Speech")
• James Franco ("127 Hours")
• Ryan Gosling ("Blue Valentine")
• Mark Wahlberg ("The Fighter")

Best Actress (Drama)

• Halle Berry ("Frankie and Alice")
• Nicole Kidman ("Rabbit Hole")
• Jennifer Lawrence ("Winter's Bone")
• Natalie Portman ("Black Swan")
• Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine")

Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

• Johnny Depp ("Alice in Wonderland")
• Johnny Depp ("The Tourist")
• Paul Giamatti ("Barney's Version")
• Jake Gyllenhaal ("Love and Other Drugs")
• Kevin Spacey ("Casino Jack")

Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

• Annette Bening ("The Kids Are All Right")
• Anne Hathaway ("Love and Other Drugs")
• Angelina Jolie ("The Tourist")
• Julianne Moore ("The Kids Are All Right")
• Emma Stone ("Easy A")

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale ("The Fighter")
• Michael Douglas ("Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps")
• Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network")
• Jeremy Renner ("The Town")
• Geoffrey Rush ("The King's Speech")

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams ("The Fighter")
• Helena Bonham Carter ("The King's Speech")
• Mila Kunis ("Black Swan")
• Melissa Leo ("The Fighter")
• Jacki Weaver ("Animal Kingdom")

Best Screenplay

• Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy ("127 Hours")
• Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg ("The Kids Are All Right")
• Christopher Nolan ("Inception")
• David Seidler King's Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network")

Best Animated Film

• "Despicable Me"
• "How to Train Your Dragon"
• "The Illusionist"
• "Tangled"
• "Toy Story 3"

Best Foreign Film

• "Biutiful" (Spain)
• "The Concert" (France)
• "The Edge" (Russia)
• "I Am Love" (Italy)
• "In a Better World" (Denmark)

Best Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat ("The King's Speech")
• Danny Elfman ("Alice in Wonderland")
• A.R. Rahman ("127 Hours")
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ("The Social Network")
• Hans Zimmer ("Inception")

Best Original Song

• "Bound to You" ("Burlesque")
• "Coming Home" ("Country Strong")
• "I See the Light" ("Tangled")
• "There's a Place for Us" ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader")
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" ("Burlesque")

Best TV Series, Drama

• "Boardwalk Empire"
• "Dexter"
• "The Good Wife"
• "Mad Men"
• "The Walking Dead"

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical

• "30 Rock"
• "The Big Bang Theory"
• "The Big C"
• "Glee"
• "Modern Family"
• "Nurse Jackie"

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama

• Steve Buscemi ("Boardwalk Empire")
• Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad")
• Michael C. Hall ("Dexter")
• Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
• Hugh Laurie ("House M.D.")

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama

• Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")
• Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men")
• Piper Perabo ("Covert Affairs")
• Katey Sagal ("Sons of Anarchy")
• Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer")

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

• Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock")
• Steve Carell ("The Office")
• Thomas Jane ("Hung")
• Matthew Morrison ("Glee")
• Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory")

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

• Toni Collette ("United States of Tara")
• Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie")
• Tina Fey ("30 Rock")
• Laura Linney ("The Big C")
• Lea Michele ("Glee")

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini -Series or TV Movie

• Scott Caan ("Hawaii Five-0")
• Chris Colfer ("Glee")
• Chris Noth ("The Good Wife")
• Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family")
• David Straithairn ("Temple Grandin")

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Hope Davis ("The Special Relationship")
• Jane Lynch ("Glee")
• Kelly McDonald ("Boardwalk Empire")
• Julia Stiles ("Dexter")
• Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family")

Best Television Miniseries or Movie

• "Carlos"
• "The Pacific"
• "Temple Grandin"
• "You Don't Know Jack"
• "The Pillars of the Earth"

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Idris Elba ("Luther")
• Ian McShane ("The Pillars of the Earth")
• Al Pacino ("You Don't Know Jack")
• Dennis Quaid ("The Special Relationship")
• Edgar Ramirez ("Carlos")

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie

• Hayley Atwell ("The Pillars of the Earth")
• Claire Danes ("Temple Grandin")
• Judi Dench ("Return to Cranford")
• Romola Garai ("Emma")
• Jennifer Love Hewitt ("The Client List")

 

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