Yeah, I know the SAG Awards are sooooo yesterday....but I decided to combine them with the Golden Globe nominations, which were announced literally the next day. 

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

Bridesmaids (2011)

The Descendants (2011)

The Help (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

I usually disagree with some of the choices in this category and this year is no different. Midnight in Paris was not one of the best casts of the year. Better than Melancholia? Better than Beginners? Better than Carnage or Drive? Nope, not convinced.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Demián Bichir for A Better Life (2011)

George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011)

Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)

Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

If there's one cause of celebration and that is Demian Bichir. I've been a fan of his since season 4 of Weeds and I'm so glad to see him getting something besides a Spirit Awards nomination. My only regret is not commenting on A Better Life when I saw it last July. Almost makes up for no Michael Fassbender or Michael Shannon.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Viola Davis for The Help (2011)

Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Really predictable Glad Glenn Close finally got recognized for that film. Can't wait to see it. Poor Kirsten Dunst and Olivia Coleman! 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Armie Hammer for J. Edgar (2011)

Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011)

Nick Nolte for Warrior (2011)

Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Where's Albert Brooks? I'm actually glad to see Armie Hammer getting recognized here. Bad make-up aside, very underrated performance.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)

Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)

Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (2011)

Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Whatever happened to Janet McTeer...besides Tideland? I seriously would've nominated Jessica Chastain for Take Shelter instead...or even The Debt.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

"30 Rock" (2006)

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

"Glee" (2009)

"Modern Family" (2009)

"The Office" (2005)

BBBBBBOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIIINGGGGG!

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Nominees:

"Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

"Breaking Bad" (2008)

"Dexter" (2006)

"Game of Thrones" (2011)

"The Good Wife" (2009)

Good enough.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Ty Burrell for "Modern Family" (2009)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)

Are we still hung up on Steve Carell?

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Julie Bowen for "Modern Family" (2009)

Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009)

Betty White for "Hot in Cleveland" (2010)

No Laura Dern, no Mary Louise Parker, no Laura Linney? Screw this!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Patrick J. Adams for "Suits" (2011)

Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

Kyle Chandler for "Friday Night Lights" (2006)

Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

What is Suits anyway?

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Kathy Bates for "Harry's Law" (2011)

Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)

Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Is The Closer still on?

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nominees:

Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood (2011) (TV)

Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Greg Kinnear for "The Kennedys" (2011)

Guy Pierce for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

James Woods for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

No Barry Pepper? Hmmmm.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nominees:

Diane Lane for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)

Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Emily Watson for "Appropriate Adult" (2011)

Betty White for "Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine (#60.2)" (2011)

Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Just give it to Kate, already!

Alright. Here we go. Why does anyone give a damn about the Golden Globes? Is it b/c they have the word "Golden" in the title? Is it b/c it's on television? Everyone knows there's only about 80 members in the Hollywood Foreign Press (even the Spirit Awards have more than that!) and most of their opinions aren't worth a damn (except for maybe Emmanuel Levy's)....yet we pretend to care every year what they think. Maybe they can keep themselves out of scandal for one lousy year. At least Ricky Gervais is coming back.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

The Descendants (2011)

The Help (2011)

Hugo (2011/II)

The Ides of March (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

War Horse (2011)

Gotta love six nominees. War Horse is a surprise. The Ides of March should be a surprise, but really isn't.  I'd take Melancholia, Drive, A Dangerous Method, or even Martha Marcy May Marlene over The Help. 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

The Artist (2011)

Bridesmaids (2011)

50/50 (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

I just cannot understand how 50/50 is considered a comedy? 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011)

Michael Fassbender for Shame (2011)

Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March (2011)

Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

Yay! Michael Fassbender! Ryan Gosling in a non-controversial performance! I'm still holding out hope for Michael Shannon.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Viola Davis for The Help (2011)

Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Yay! ROONEY! I am really bemoaning Kirsten Dunst, Elizabeth Olsen, and Olivia Coleman here.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)

Brendan Gleeson for The Guard (2011)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50 (2011)

Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris (2011)

Still fuming over Christoph Waltz's snub. 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Jodie Foster for Carnage (2011)

Charlize Theron for Young Adult (2011)

Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids (2011)

Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Kate Winslet for Carnage (2011)

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and comedy/musical go about as well together as nuts and gum.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Albert Brooks for Drive (2011)

Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011)

Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method (2011)

Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Now, we're talking! Not sure why exactly A Dangerous Method has been ignored until now, but I can only hope this nomination gets it some attention as it goes wide. 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)

Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)

Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)

I just don't get Jessica Chastain for The Help. Just Don't!

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)

George Clooney for The Ides of March (2011)

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)

Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)

Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Woody Allen? Sorry, not seeing it. I'm always wonder how many HFP members line up to suck Clooney's cock every other year.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

They really should split it between original and adapted. Go Moneyball!

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Albert Nobbs (2011): Brian Byrne, Glenn Close("Lay Your Head Down")

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011): Elton John, Bernie Taupin("Hello Hello")

The Help (2011): Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas("The Living Proof")

Machine Gun Preacher (2011): Chris Cornell("The Keeper")

W.E. (2011): Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry("Masterpiece")

Sinead gets married, then nominated...how quaint.

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore

War Horse (2011): John Williams

W.E. (2011): Abel Korzeniowski

W.E. and no Alexandre Desplat? Whatever happened to the days of The Painted Veil?

Best Animated Film

Nominees:

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Cars 2 (2011)

Puss in Boots (2011)

Rango (2011)

Fuck Cars 2. That is all. 

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees:

The Flowers of War (2011)(China)

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)(USA)

The Kid with a Bike (2011)(Belgium)

A Separation (2011)(Iran)

The Skin I Live In (2011)(Spain)

All winners to me...even if I haven't seen 4 of them...

Best Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

"American Horror Story" (2011)

"Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

"Boss" (2011)

"Game of Thrones" (2011)

"Homeland" (2011)

No Breaking Bad? No me.

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

"Enlightened" (2011)

"Episodes" (2011)

"Glee" (2009)

"Modern Family" (2009)

"New Girl" (2011)

Go Enlightened!

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)

"Downton Abbey" (2010)

"The Hour" (2011)

"Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Another award for Downton Abbey? How nice!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Kelsey Grammer for "Boss" (2011)

Jeremy Irons for "The Borgias" (2011)

Damian Lewis for "Homeland" (2011)

All winners here.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)

Mireille Enos for "The Killing" (2011)

Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Madeleine Stowe for "Revenge" (2011)

Callie Thorne for "Necessary Roughness" (2011)

Whatever happened to Madeleine Stowe..oh, here she is.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)

Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)

Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)

Seriously, David Duchovny?! For the worst season of a terrible show that really shouldn't get renewed?! Priceless.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Laura Dern for "Enlightened" (2011)

Zooey Deschanel for "New Girl" (2011)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Laura Linney for "The Big C" (2010)

Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Go Laura Dern!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Hugh Bonneville for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Idris Elba for "Luther" (2010)

William Hurt for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Bill Nighy for Page Eight (2011) (TV)

Dominic West for "The Hour" (2011)

Hmmmmmm...

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Romola Garai for "The Hour" (2011)

Diane Lane for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)

Elizabeth McGovern for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Emily Watson for "Appropriate Adult" (2011)

Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Just give it to Kate...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Guy Pearce for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)

Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)

Guy vs. Peter.....hmmmmmm...

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)

Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009)

Evan Rachel Wood for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

At least Jane Lynch isn't in it....

Admist all of this awards garble, I almost didn't notice that Howard Stern is finally joining the reality show brigade with America's Got Talent. What does he have to say about it?