Awards Season 2013: Golden Globe Nominations

Today, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the nominations for the 70th Golden Globe Awards. 

One noticeable difference between the Golden Globes and the Oscars is that the Golden Globes split three of the awards into separate categories, so Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress are awarded for both 'Drama' and 'Musical or Comedy'. 

A nomination or win at the Golden Globes is often seen as a precursor to Oscar success.

Below are the film nominations: 

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GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS 2013

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Moonrise Kingdom

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

Ben Affleck (Argo)

Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Actor - Drama

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Richard Gere (Arbitrage)

John Hawkes (The Sessions)

Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Jack Black (Bernie)

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

Ewan McGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)

Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson)

Best Actress - Drama

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)

Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Maggie Smith (Quartet)

Meryl Steep (Hope Springs)

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin (Argo)

Leonardo Di Caprio (Django Unchained)

Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

Tommy Lee Jones (Hope Springs)

Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Master)

Sally Field (Lincoln)

Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy)

Best Screenplay

Zero Dark Thirty

Django Unchained

Argo

Silver Linings Playbook

Lincoln

Best Original Score

Life of Pi

Anna Karenina

Argo

Cloud Atlas

Lincoln

Best Original Song

'Safe and Sound' (The Hunger Games)

'Skyfall' (Skyfall)

'Suddenly' (Les Miserables)

'Not Running Anymore' (Stand Up Guys)

'For You' (Act of Valor)

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

Rust and Bone

The Intouchables [Untouchable]

A Royal Affair

Kon-Tiki

Best Animated Feature

Brave

Frankenweenie

Rise of the Guardians

Wreck It Ralph

Hotel Transylvania

The Golden Globes will be awarded on Sunday 13th January 2013.