December 18, 2014

Selma, Birdman among top Golden Globe nominees

Mae Turney
Staff Writer

The 72nd Golden Globes will air on January 11, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. , hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. There are 25 categories with five nominees for each award, Below are some of the most popular categories:

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Nominees: Boyhood, Fox Catcher, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Nominees: Julianne Moore, Still Alice; Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl;  Reese Witherspoon, Wild;  Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything; Jennifer Aniston, Cake.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Nominees: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything; Steve Carell, Fox Catcher; Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game; David Oyelowo, Selma; Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
 Nominees: Into The Woods, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, St. Vincent, and Pride.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Nominees: Julianne Moore, Maps To The Stars; Amy Adams, Big Eyes; Emily Blunt, Into The Woods; Helen Mirren, The Hundred Foot Journey; Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie.
                                                                                     
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Nominees: Michael Keaton, Birdman; Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Bill Murray, St. Vincent; Cristoph Waltz, Big Eyes; Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice.

Best Animated Feature Film
Nominees: The Lego Movie, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, The Boxtrolls.

Best Director of a Motion Picture
Nominees: Ava DuVernay, Selma; Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman; David Fincher, Gone Girl; Richard Linklater, Boyhood.

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture
Nominees: Big Eyes, Selma, Noah, The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 1, Annie

Best TV Series (Drama)  
Nominees: Downton Abbey, The Affair, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The Good Wife

Best TV Series (Musical or Comedy)
Nominees: Orange is the New Black, Girls, Jane the Virgin, Transparent, Silicon Valley

Click here to see a list of the rest of this year’s nominees http://www.goldenglobes.com/2015_72nd_Golden_Globes_Nominees