‘Up In The Air’ Leads The Pack As Golden Globe Nominations Announced

BEVERLY HILLS -“Up in the Air” led the pack at the Golden Globe nominations today, with six nods, followed by “Nine,” which received five nominations, while James Cameron’s “Avatar” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” each got four.

Sandra Bullock was nominated for best actress for her work in “The Blind Side,” along with Emily Blunt for “The Young Queen Victoria,” Helen Mirren for “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan for “An Education,” and Gabourey Sidibe for her work in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

Best actor nods also went to Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart,” Colin Firth for “A Single Man,” Morgan Freeman for “Invictus” and Tobey Maguire for “Brothers.”

“Up in the Air’s” six nominations included best dramatic film, a best actor nod for George Clooney, two for best supporting actress, one for best director and one for best screenplay.

Meryl Streep received two nominations for best actress in a comedy or musical, one for her work in “It’s Complicated” and one for her role as Julia Child in “Julie & Julia.”

The others nominated for best actress in the comedy-musical category were Marion Cotillard for “Nine,” Julia Roberts for “Duplicity” and Sandra Bullock for “The Proposal.”

The studio with the most nominations was The Weinstein Company with 12, followed by Warner Bros. with nine.

On the television side, the lighthearted episodic show “Glee” received four nominations followed by a slew of shows earning three nominations each, including perennial favorite “30 Rock,” the offbeat “Big Love,” “Damages,” “Dexter,” “Georgia O’Keefe,” “Grey Gardens,” “Into the Storm” and AMC’s “Mad Men.”

The two lead actors in “Mad Men,” Jon Hamm and January Jones, were nominated for best actor and best actress respectively, and the show got a nod for best TV drama series.

Nominated for best dramatic actress in a television series were Glenn Close for “Damages,” January Jones for “Mad Men,” Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife,” Anna Paquin for “True Blood” and Kyra Sedgwick for “The Closer.”

Nominated for best dramatic actor in a television series was Simon Baker for “The Mentalist,” Michael C. Hall for “Dexter,” Jon Hamm for “Mad Men,” Hugh Laurie for “House” and Bill Paxton for “Big Love.”

Tina Fey’s “30 Rock” topped the list of nominees for best comedy series, followed by HBO’s “Entourage,” Fox’s “Glee,” ABC’s “Modern Family” and NBC’s “The Office.”

Nominated as best comedy actress in a television series were Toni Collette for “United States of Tara,” Courtney Cox for “Cougar Town,” Edie Falco for “Nurse Jackie,” Tina Fey for “30 Rock” and Lea Michele for “Glee.”

Alec Baldwin was nominated for best actor in a comedy series for his work on “’30 Rock,” along with Steve Carell for “The Office,” David Duchovny for “Californication,” Thomas Jane for “Hung” and Matthew Morrison for “Glee.”

The HBO docudrama “Grey Gardens” received three nominations including best mini series. Other mini-series nominees included “Georgia O’Keefe,” “Into The Storm,” “Little Dorritt” and “Taking a Chance.”

Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television included Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange for “Grey Gardens,” Joan Allen for “Georgia O’Keefe,” Anna Paquin for “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” and Sigourney Weaver for “Prayers for Bobby.”

Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television included Kevin Bacon for “Taking Chance,” Kenneth Branagh for “Wallander: One Step Behind,” Chiwetel Ejiofor for “Endgame,” Brendan Gleeson for “Into the Storm” and Jeremy Irons for “Georgia O’Keefe.”

Nominated for best supporting actress nominees in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television nominees were Jane Adams for “‘Hung,” Rose Byrne for “Damages,” Jane Lynch for “Glee,” Janet McTeer for “Into the Storm” and Chloe Sevigny for “Big Love.”

Best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or motion picture made for television nominees were Michael Emerson for “Lost,” Neil Patrick Harris for “How I Met Your Mother,” William Hurt for “Damages,” John Lithgow for “Dexter” and Jeremy Piven for “Entourage.”

HBO earned the most television nominations with 17, followed by Fox and Showtime with six each.

Among composers, Marvin Hamlisch received a nomination for best original score for his work on the motion picture “The Informant.” Also nominated for best original score were Michael Giacchino for “Up,” James Horner for “Avatar,” Abel Korzeniowski for “A Single Man” and Karen O and Carter Burwell for “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Best original song nods went to Maury Yeston’s “Cinema Italiano” from the motion picture “Nine”; “I Want to Come Home” by Paul McCartney for “Everybody’s Fine”; “I Will See You” from “Avatar” by James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell; “The Weary Kind — the theme from “Crazy Heart” — by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, and “Winter” by U2 from the movie “Brothers.”