by Lester Brathwaite on
It’s been one hell of a year for a certain occasionally-bearded, dog-loving thespian cum hunk cum meme. While some — read: everyone — feel he was unjustly robbed of another award earlier this year, Ryan Gosling is getting a double dose of appreciation from the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards. He’s pulled quite the hat-trick, getting nominated twice this year for Best Actor in a Comedy and Drama. Bradley Cooper was, to the surprise of everyone — read: no one — was not nominated for Limitless.
As big as the Globes’ crush is on Gosling, it can’t hold a candle to the raging boner the Hollywood Foreign Press has for George Clooney, who’s nominated for three awards — Best Director and Best Screenplay for The Ides of March and Best Actor for The Descendants. Why don’t you put it back in your pants, HFA?
And the other nominees are:
Best Motion Picture — Drama (or, films that no one has seen)
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical (or, wait, is My Week with Marilyn a comedy?)
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Glenn Close, Albert Noss
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 Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleesen, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet Mcteer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
Best Director — Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Television Series — Drama
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical (or, what the fuck about Community?)
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt Leblanc, Episodes
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
For a full list of nominees, click on over to the official Golden Globes site.