2012 Golden Globes nominees announced

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The Artist, The Descendants and Midnight In Paris top the lists

The nominees for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and The Artist is continuing its awards-attracting streak.

It has nods in the Best Musical Or Comedy, Actor (Musical Or Comedy), Supporting Actress, Director, Screenplay and Score categories. This'll surely do nothing to quieten the silent, black-and-white film’s Oscar buzz....

We were also pleased to see Kristen Wiig get some love for Bridesmaids , and it’s good to see Hugo up for Best Drama, but where the heck is The Tree Of Life hiding?

And while it’s not exactly surprising, it’s a bit of a shame to see Drive only snatch one nom (though Albert Brooks really deserves that Supporting Actor shout).

Here’s the full list:

BEST DRAMA

ACTOR (DRAMA)

George Clooney - The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio - J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Ryan Gosling - The Ides Of March
Brad Pitt - Moneyball

ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY

50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight In Paris
My Week With Marilyn

ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50
Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love
Owen Wilson - Midnight In Paris

ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Jodie Foster - Carnage
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Kristin Wiig - Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet - Carnage

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Flowers Of War (China) - Zhang Yimou
In The Land Of Blood And Honey (Bosnia) - Angelina Jolie
The Kid With A Bike (France) - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
A Separation (Iran) - Asghar Farhadi
The Skin I Live In (Spain) - Pedro Almodóvar

ANIMATED FILM

The Adventures Of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss In Boots
Rango

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks - Drive
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer - Beginners

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

DIRECTOR

Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
George Clooney - The Ides Of March
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Martin Scorsese - Hugo

SCREENPLAY

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The Descendants
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon - The Ides Of March
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian - Moneyball

ORIGINAL SCORE

Ludovic Bource - The Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore - Hugo
John Williams - War Horse
Abel Korzeniowski - W.E.

ORIGINAL SONG

"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs
"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo And Juliet
"The Living Proof" - The Help
"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher
"Masterpiece" - W.E.

The Golden Globes will be handed out at the ceremony on Sunday 15 January 2012.

Matt Maytum
Matt Maytum

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.