68th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning, with announcements by Blair Underwood, Josh Duhamel, and Katie Holmes. The Social Network, The King's Speech and The Fighter scored a handful of nods each. But where's True Grit, which came up with nothing? If nothing else, walk away from this nomination list with the knowledge that The Fighter is a far stronger awards contender than anyone credited it with being just a couple weeks ago. The full list is after the break.

Despite a general sense that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is a mostly useless, self-serving organization, the HFPA's Golden Globes awards remain an important event. They're considered a semi-useful bellwether for the Oscar nominations and, in fact, last year's Golden Globes predicted 18 out of 20 acting Oscar nominees. That's in part due to the fact that the Globes nominate more actors, as dramatic and comedy/musical categories are honored.

Speaking of useless: there are three major award nominations in comedy/musical categories for The Tourist. Guess the HFPA didn't see Scott Pilgrim or Get Low (funnier and more life-affirming than anything else on the list) or Four Lions. The comedy/musical best picture category is supposed to reward jokes; it isn't supposed to be one.

The Fighter has a stronger presence than Inception which is a slight surprise; no shock, however, that The King's Speech and The Social Network each scored major nominations. Very cool that Emma Stone got a Best Actress (Comedy) nod for Easy A. But where's the Best Picture (Comedy) nod for that film? Most of her fellow nominees represents more HFPA pandering. What, you want Annette Bening, Anne Hathaway and Angelina Jolie to show up at the awards ceremony? Throw 'em some nominations in the comedy category!

The Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 16, in a ceremony hosted by Ricky Gervais.

Here are the major award nominations for film-related categories. All the TV nominations can be seen on the HFPA website.

BEST PICTURE: DRAMA

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The King's Speech

The Social Network

BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alice in Wonderland

Burlesque

The Kids Are All Right

Red

The Tourist

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronosfsky, Black Swan

David Fincher, The Social Network

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST ACTOR: DRAMA

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA

Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Anette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs

Angelina Jolie, The Tourist

Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

Emma Stone, Easy A

BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland

Johnny Depp, The Tourist

Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version

Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs

Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

Andrew Garfield, The Social Network

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful

The Concert

The Edge

I Am Love

In a Better World

BEST SCREENPLAY

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David Seidler, The King's Speech

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech

Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland

A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Hans Zimmer, Inception

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Despicable Me

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Tangled

Toy Story 3

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Bound To You" (Burlesque)

"Coming Home" (Country Strong)

"I See The Light" (Tangled)

"There's a Place For Us" (The Chronicles of Narnia)

"You Haven't Seen The Last of Me"  (Burlesque)