Archives for December 2009

They will join other A-listers such as Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, Colin Farrell, Avatar's Sam Worthington and Mickey Rourke. Leonardo DiCaprio will also be at the star-studded ceremony to honour acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese with the Cecil B DeMille gong.

Up In The Air, starring George Clooney, is leading the pack with six nominations at this year's awards, which will be hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais

The Golden Globe nominations were released last week. As usual, many of the television categories were dominated with long-running programs. However, a few new shows received welcome nominations, a boost that could lend more credibility to these freshmen programs.

“Glee” was one of the new major nominees for the Globes, earning a nomination in the “Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy” category.  As I noted in a review of the program, “Glee”  revolves around a high school glee club.  Even though the show has stumbled a bit throughout this season, it has still emerged as as a entertaining and worthy hit. I was glad it got some attention from the Globes. The most obvious nomination for the program went to Jane Lynch, whose role as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester is one of the highlights of the program. Other nominations for the show went to Matthew Morrison, who plays the glee coach, Will Schuester, and Lea Michele, who plays the overzealous singer Rachel.

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Ryan Bingham's job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his "clients" has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office - essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes.

Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life Previous Golden Globe Wins:  Clooney has two previous Golden Globe wins: Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for O Brother, Where Art Thou? And Best Supporting Actor for Syriana.

Previous Golden Globe Nominations:  He also has three other nominations: Best Actor – Television Series Drama, 1995, 1996, 1997 for ER. He was also nominated Best Screenplay for good Night and Good Luck and Best Actor for Michael Clayton.

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ulia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Mickey Rourke (pictured) were named presenters at next year's 67th Golden Globe Awards. Matthew Fox of Lost will also star at the ceremony. Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, will present the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award to director Martin Scorsese in recognition of his lifetime achievement in cinema.

The Globes awards, seen as a bellwether to the Oscars, will air on NBC on Sunday, January 17, at 8 PM ET. George Clooney's wildly popular Up In The Air has garnered six nominations at the upcoming Globes, including Best Drama and Best Actor. Other Globe nominations along with Up In The Air for Best Motion Picture include, Precious, The Hurt Locker, Avatar and the Quentin Tarantino romp Inglourious Basterds.

It is almost time for the big films of 2009 to be acknowledged for their hard work and success through the honorable Golden Globe Awards. Entertainers, screen writers, producers and all the hard work that goes into the development of a feature film will once again walk the red carpet at one of the most watched award ceremonies, the Golden Globes.

Nominees for the Golden Globes have only recently been released, but it is already creating a buzz throughout major media outlets. With so many big screen hits in 2009 there are some obvious picks, but certainly no shortage of stiff competition. "Up In The Air" is proving to be a fan favorite and has topped the box office records for new releases. Up In The Air is nominated across the board for a number of Golden Globe awards and is certainly not expected to walk away empty handed.

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In this ongoing blog duel, Moviefone‘s resident Oscarologist Jack Mathews and I discuss the impact of the Golden Globes on the Oscar race. On Golden Globes nominations morning, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robert Downey, Jr., Julia Roberts and Tobey Maguire were dancing on the ceiling. And Harvey Weinstein thought he had three sure-fire Oscar contenders with Nine, Inglourious Basterds and A Single Man.

But in the sober light of day, as other critics groups and the Screen Actors Guild have weighed in and serious Oscar balloting gets under way, do the Golden Globes really matter? What is their influence in the big show that counts, the Oscar race?

JM—Don’t you just hate to see people dancing on the ceiling over Golden Globe nominations? Where’s their pride? Anyway, the dance for those stars is over for this year and Harvey Weinstein is lucky that the Academy expanded the Best Picture ballot from 5 to 10. He’ll get at least one of those spots for Inglourious Basterds, but A Single Man is a longshot for Best Picture and the reviews for Nine can be summed up as ‘Nein.

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Anna Kendrick must be flying high right about now. After all, she was in the highest-grossing movie of the year and has taken away a Golden Globe nomination for Up In the Air. The only thing that could be better? Winning the award, of course. But Anna's a little bit nervous about all the awards shows.

24-year-old Anna Kendrick has had a fabulous year. But it's not quite over yet. Next up? The Golden Globes show. She's, of course, excited, but also a little nervous. Anna says, "I always feel like someone's going to catch me in some gorgeous gown, but they'll realize that I'm the girl who usually wears Converse and then kick me out of the party." Uhh I doubt it! I have a feeling Anna's going to fit in just fine in a gown.

She says she's really excited about all of her co-stars who were nominated for Golden Globes and that she emailed co-star Vera Farmiga after the nominations were announced: "I was like, 'Best Golden Globes table ever? I think so!' I can't believe everybody's nominated. It's going to be the best party."

Of course, I can't even imagine what it's like to get a Golden Globe nomination, but I can imagine the excitement Anna is feeling. She says even Kristen Stewart texted her after the nominations! According to Anna, "Kristen [Stewart] sent me a text... She sent me a really, really sweet text."

We wish Anna Kendrick lots of luck and the Golden Globes! And congratulate her on her Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, too. And I can't wait to see what she's wearing to the awards show!

The Academy Awards won't be handed out for more than two months and there will be nine other movies competing for the best picture Oscar, but it's increasingly clear that there's now a film to beat - the downsizing drama "Up in the Air."

Voters for the 67th annual Golden Globe awards gave writer-director Jason Reitman's movie, about an employment executioner who discovers he might be as expendable as the people he fires, a leading six nominations.

Two years ago, director Jason Reitman's "Juno" was the consummate Oscar underdog. An independent film without A-list stars, it went on to earn four Oscar nominations, winning best screenplay for Diablo Cody.

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The kids of "Glee" had just won in the sectionals (oops, spoiler) in their pre-hiatus finale---and now comes more reasons for them to celebrate: four Golden Globe nominations!

Fox’s top-rating musical comedy has the most number of nominations at the Golden Globes this year, with a slot in the “Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical” category, as well as three acting nods for its stars Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, and Jane Lynch.

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Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela in "Invictus" and Penelope Cruz in "Nine" look likely to take home Golden Globes nominations Tuesday along with films "Julie & Julia," "Inglourious Basterds," "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air."

Organized and chosen by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the Golden Globes will be held in Beverly Hills on January 17; they are traditionally seen as a key indicator in the battle for honors at the Oscars. The excitement starts at 1300 GMT as singer-actor Justin Timberlake joins actor John Krasinski to unveil nominees in 25 categories in film and television.

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