Glee Gets Four Golden Globe Nominations; Nine Nabs Five Nods

TV’s breakout fall hit Glee received four Golden Globe nominations, the most for any series, including Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical). Among movies, Rob Marshall’s feature film version of Nine, which hasn’t debuted yet, picked up five Globe nominations, including Best Picture (Comedy or Musical). The nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globes, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were announced on December 15. Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the Globes will be televised live on NBC on January 17 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Glee received nominations for Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical), Best Actor (Matthew Morrison), Best Actress (Lea Michele) and Best Supporting Actress (Jane Lynch).

Nine received nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis as director Guido Contini), Best Actress (Marion Cotillard as his wife, Luisa), Best Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz as his mistress, Carla) and Best Original Song (“Cinema Italiano,” by Maury Yeston, a number added to the film for Kate Hudson). The film musical’s five nominations were second only to Up in the Air, which received six nods.

Among the many acting nominees of interest to theater fans are Meryl Streep, who will compete against herself (as well as Sandra Bullock, Cotillard and Julia Roberts) with dual nods for Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated; Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man; Christopher Plummer for The Last Station; Glenn Close for Damages; Michael C. Hall for Dexter; Edie Falco (competing against Michele, Tina Fey, Courteney Cox and Toni Collette) for Nurse Jackie; Alec Baldwin (competing with Morrison, Steve Carell, David Duchovny and Thomas Jane) in 30 Rock; Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in Georgia O’Keeffe; Janet McTeer (competing with Lynch Jane Adams, Rose Byrne and Chloe Sevigny) in In the Storm; Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother; and John Lithgow in Dexter.

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