Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did have a reason to celebrate It was the first ever live broadcast of the Golden Globes. The HFPA also roped in British comedian, actor, filmmaker and broadcaster Ricky Gervais to host the show.
The nominations were announced on December 15, 2009. Up in the Air led the race with six nominations. Avatar and Inglourious Basterds roped in enough votes to be nominated for four categories. Sandra Bullock, Matt Damon and Anna Paquin were both nominated twice. Meryl Streep also found herself nominated twice for the category; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
List of Nominees
Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious
- Up in the Air
Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
- The Hangover
- (500) Days of Summer
- It's Complicated
- Julie & Julia
- Nine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
- George Clooney - Up in the Air
- Colin Firth - A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman - Invictus
- Tobey Maguire - Brothers
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
- Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
- Helen Mirren - The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan - An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
- Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
- Matt Damon - The Informant!
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
- Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
- Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
- Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
- Marion Cotillard - Nine
- Julia Roberts - Duplicity
- Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
- Matt Damon - Invictus
- Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Mo'Nique - Precious
- Penélope Cruz - Nine
- Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
- Julianne Moore - A Single Man
Best Director - Motion Picture
- James Cameron - Avatar
- Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
- Clint Eastwood - Invictus
- Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
- Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
- Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9
- Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
- Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
- Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
- Michael Giacchino - Up
- Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
- James Horner - Avatar
- Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
- Karen O, Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
- Cinema Italiano - Nine
- (I Want To) Come Home - Everybody's Fine
- I See You - Avatar
- Winter - Brothers
Best Animated Feature Film
- Up
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
Best Foreign Language Film
- The White Ribbon • Germany
- Baarìa - La porta del vento • Italy
- Broken Embraces • Spain
- The Maid • Chile
- A Prophet • France
Best Television Series - Drama
- Mad Men
- Big Love
- Dexter
- House
- True Blood
Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
- Glee
- 30 Rock
- Entourage
- Modern Family
- The Office
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Simon Baker - The Mentalist
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Bill Paxton - Big Love
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
- Glenn Close - Damages
- January Jones - Mad Men
- Anna Paquin - True Blood
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
- Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
- Steve Carell - The Office
- David Duchovny - Californication
- Thomas Jane - Hung
- Matthew Morrison - Glee
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
- Toni Collette - United States of Tara
- Courteney Cox - Cougar Town
- Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Lea Michele - Glee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance
- Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: One Step Behind
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - Endgame
- Brendan Gleeson - Into the Storm
- Jeremy Irons - Georgia O'Keeffe
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens
- Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe
- Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens
- Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
- Sigourney Weaver - Prayers for Bobby
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- John Lithgow - Dexter
- Michael Emerson - Lost
- Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother
- William Hurt - Damages
- Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Chloë Sevigny - Big Love
- Jane Lynch - Glee
- Jane Adams - Hung
- Rose Byrne - Damages
- Janet McTeer - Into the Storm
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Grey Gardens
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Into the Storm
- Little Dorrit
- Taking Chance
Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Martin Scorsese