2010 golden globe nominations

This morning, Justin Timberlake, Diane Kruger and John Krasinski announced the 2010 Golden Globe nominees. The ceremony will be hosted by Ricky Gervais on January 17th. The Golden Globes definitely are not the most serious/well-respected awards - some would say that all award programs are a joke. But this is my favorite awards ceremony to watch because of the mix of TV and film actors - it's always a fun atmosphere.

Here are the nominees in television categories with my picks (my favorites, not necessarily my predictions) in bold:

Best Television Series, Drama
Big Love
Dexter
House
Mad Men (they won last year, so Dexter would be my second choice)
True Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Glenn Close, Damages
January Jones, Mad Men (don't hate me, but I'm not on the January train this year)
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife (one of my favorite characters this season)
Anna Paquin, True Blood (won last year)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Performance by a Television Actor, Drama
Simon Baker, The Mentalist (glad to see him nominated)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (no major awards yet for this role, it is definitely time)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (my second choice)
Hugh Laurie, House (love, but already won this award twice)
Bill Paxton, Big Love

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
Entourage
Glee (love that they got a nomination!)
Modern Family (between the writing and the performances, this is the winner)
The Office

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Courteney Cox, Cougar Town (my best surprise of the season, glad she got a nod)
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Lea Michele, Glee (the girl gives me goosebumps every week)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
** Jim Parsons isn't on this list, so I'm boycotting a pick. Still love you Steve and Matthew.
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Georgia O'Keefe
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
Taking Chance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keefe
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

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
Chiewetel Ejiofor, Endgame
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Jeremy Irons, Georgia O'Keefe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Adams, Hung
Rose Byrne, Damages
Jane Lynch, Glee (possibly the funniest woman on TV right now)
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Michael Emerson, Lost (he won the Emmy last year, so I'm willing to settle for the nod)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (please!)
William Hurt, Damages
John Lithgow, Dexter (definitely deserved this nomination)
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (would swap Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet for Piv this year)

A few highlights from the film categories:

• Sandra Bullock was nominated for The Blind Side, the movie I most surprisingly enjoyed recently.
• It seems like most of the nominees are films that have yet to come out or just did (Invictus, Brothers, A Single Man, etc.), but I guess that's how awards go.
• Haven't seen it, but good to see Tobey Maguire score a nomination for his role in Brothers, but something tells me Morgan Freeman has this one in the bag.
• Happy to see both The Hangover and (500) Days of Summer nominated - this is why I love the Golden Globes.
• Meryl Streep earned two nominations in the same category for Julie & Julia and It's Complicated. She also earned two nominations last year for Doubt and Mamma Mia (but didn't win).
• Hate to say it, but I don't agree with Matt Damon's nomination for The Informant. I thought that movie was awful. My vote goes to Robert Downey Jr. in this category.
• Go see animated film nominee Fantastic Mr. Fox. It's a great film.
• I think I really need to see Nine, Precious, Invictus and A Single Man.