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Golden Globe Awards nominations 2015: the full list

Golden Globe Awards nominations 2015: the full list

The full list of nominations for this year’s Golden Globes film and television awards, which take place on 11 January 2015. This list will be updated as the nominations are announced
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Best film, drama

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Best film, comedy or musical

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent

Best actress, comedy or musical

Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Emily Blunt - Into the Woods
Helen Mirren - The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie

Best supporting actor

Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
JK Simmons - Whiplash

Best score

Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything

Trent Reznor – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez - Birdman

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best song

Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)

Glory – Selma (John Legend, Common)

Mercy Is – Noah (Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye)

Opportunity – Annie

Yellow Flicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjay Pt 1 (Lorde)

Best director

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava Duvernay - Selma
David Fincher - Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Best actor, drama

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo - Selma
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best supporting actress

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best actress, drama

Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best actor, comedy or musical

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Bill Murray - St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix - Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz - Big Eyes

Best animation

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The LEGO Movie

Best screenplay

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Graham Moore - The Imitation Game

Best foreign language film

Force Majeure
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines


TELEVISION

Best series, drama

The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Best actress, drama series

Claire Danes – Homeland

Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Ruth Wilson – The Affair

Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best actor, drama series

Clive Owen - The Knick
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
James Spader - The Black List
Dominic West - The Affair

Best series, comedy or musical

Girls

Jane the Virgin

Orange is the New Black

Silicon Valley

Transparent

Best actress, comedy or musical series

Lena Dunham – Girls

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin

Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep

Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Best actor, comedy or musical series

Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Ricky Gervais – Derek

Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Louis CK – Louie

William H. Macy – Shameless

Best mini-series or TV movie

Fargo

The Missing

True Detective

The Normal Heart

Olive Kitteridge

Best actress, mini-series or TV movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor - The Missing
Allison Tolman - Fargo

Best actor, mini-series or TV movie

Martin Freeman - Fargo
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo

Best supporting actress

Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black

Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey

Allison Janney – Mom

Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

Best supporting actor

Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Colin Hanks - Fargo
Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
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2015 Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List of Nominees


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2015 Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List of Nominees

Dec 11, 2014, 8:37 AM ET
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It was a strong morning as expected for Netflix’s “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black” as both shows nabbed nominations for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, including individual honors for Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey, Taylor Schilling and Uzo Aduba. Another online platform show with a strong showing was Amazon’s freshman hit “Transparent,” which earned nominations for Best TV Comedy Series and Best Actor in a Comedy for the show’s lead Jeffrey Tambor.
Not to be forgotten was FX’s “Fargo,” which earned nods for Best TV Show, Miniseries or Movie, along with noms for Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thronton. HBO’s “True Detective” also received multiple nominations for the likes of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. Lorde continued her stellar year with a nomination for her song from “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” soundtrack.
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When it came to major motion pictures, “Birdman” stood out with nominations for Michael Keaton, Emma Stone and Edward Norton. Jennifer Aniston was also nominated for her role in “Cake” and Reese Witherspoon for her role in “Wild.”
The Awards will be held on Jan. 11, and get ready to laugh: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are returning this year to host.
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Best Drama
  • "Boyhood"
  • "Foxcatcher"
  • "The Imitation Game"
  • "Selma"
  • "The Theory of Everything"
Best Comedy
  • "Birdman"
  • "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • "Into the Woods"
  • "Pride"
  • "St. Vincent"
Best Director
  • Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Ava Duvernay, "Selma"
  • David Fincher, "Gone Girl"
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
  • Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Best Actress in a Drama
  • Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"
  • Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
  • Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
  • Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
  • Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor in a Drama
  • Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
  • David Oyelowo, "Selma"
  • Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
  • Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
  • Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"
  • Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"
  • Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
  • Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
  • Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"
  • Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
  • Julianne Moore, "Map to the Stars"
  • Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"
Best Supporting Actress
  • Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
  • Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
  • Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
  • Emma Stone, "Birdman"
  • Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
Best Supporting Actor
  • Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
  • Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
  • Edward Norton, "Birdman"
  • Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
  • J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Best Screenplay
  • Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  • Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
  • Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
  • Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
Best Foreign Language Film
  • "Force Majeure Turist," Sweden
  • "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett," Israel
  • "Ida," Poland/Denmark
  • "Leviathan," Russia
  • "Tangerines Mandariinid," Estonia
Best Animated Feature
  • "Big Hero 6"
  • "The Book of Life"
  • "The Boxtrolls"
  • "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
  • "The Lego Movie"
Best Original Song
  • "Big Eyes" from "Big Eyes" music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
  • "Glory" from "Selma," Music and lyrics by John legend and Common
  • "Mercy Is" from "Noah," Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
  • "Opportunity" from "Annie," Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
  • "Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1," Music and lyrics by Lorde
Best Score
  • "The Imitation Game"
  • "The Theory of Everything"
  • "Gone Girl"
  • "Birdman"
  • "Interstellar"
TELEVISION
Best TV Comedy or Musical
Best TV Drama
  • "The Affair"
  • "Downton Abbey"
  • "Game of Thrones"
  • "The Good Wife"
  • "House of Cards"
Best Actress in a TV Drama
Best Actor in a TV Drama
  • Clive Owen, "The Knick"
  • Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
  • Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
  • James Spader, "The Blacklist"
  • Dominic West, "The Affair"
Best Actress in a TV Comedy
  • Lena Dunham, "Girls"
  • Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
  • Gena Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"
  • Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black"
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Golden Globe nominations: 26 biggest snubs and surprises

Golden Globe nominations: 26 biggest snubs and surprises

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This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Joaquin Phoenix as Larry "Doc" Sportello in "Inherent Vice." Phoenix was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical for his role in the film on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. The 72nd annual Golden Globe awards will air on NBC on Sunday, Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Wilson Webb)
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves to nominate celebrities, but this year, they left a few off the list -- no Angelina Jolie for directing "Unbroken," no Ben Affleck for "Gone Girl," no Bradley Cooper for "American Sniper" and no Julia Roberts for HBO's "The Normal Heart." The Golden Globes voters, made up of less than 100 foreign journalists, don't overlap with the Academy, but because their nominations are announced just days before the Oscars nominating window, they are an influential group in terms of giving performances a boost. And the big winners after Thursday morning's announcement included Jake Gyllenhaal for "Nightcrawler," Jennifer Aniston in "Cake," David Oyelowo for "Selma" and "Birdman," which landed more nominations than any other film (seven). On the TV side, the Globes proved to once again be the hippest awards show, by including freshman series like "Jane the Virgin," "Silicon Valley" and "Transparent."
Here are the 26 biggest snubs and surprises.
SNUB: "Unbroken" gets shut out of everything.
The high-profile Universal project, directed by Angelina Jolie, about World War II hero Louis Zamperini was expected to appear in the best drama category. It not only got snubbed there, but didn't pick up a single nomination -- not for its lead actor (Jack O'Connell), supporting actor (Takamasa Ishihara), screenplay (by the Coen brothers) or director (Jolie).
SNUB: "Interstellar."
The Globes had previously singled out Christopher Nolan in the directing category for 2010's "Inception," but his new space epic -- the most emotional movie of his career -- didn't land any nominations. Its star Matthew McConaughey was instead recognized for his TV work in "True Detective."
 
SNUB: Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper."
It's a shame that Cooper (above) isn't getting more awards season attention for the most transformative performance of his career -- he packed on 40 pounds to play Navy Seal Chris Kyle. The Warner Bros. drama also got shut out of best picture, best director (Clint Eastwood) and best supporting actress (Sienna Miller).
SNUB: Channing Tatum, "Foxcatcher."
Steve Carell made it into the best actor race for his creepy turn as John du Pont, but there was a hope from Sony Pictures Classics that Channing Tatum would also make the cut for playing Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz.
SNUB: Ben Affleck, "Gone Girl."
The Globes recognized the film's director (David Fincher), female lead (Rosamund Pike) and screenplay (Gillian Flynn), but not its male star.
SNUB: Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night."
You would think that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would find room for the French actress' stellar turn in the Dardenne brothers' drama, especially after her performance got notices from the New York Film Critics Circle and Boston Society of Film Critics Awards last week.
SNUB: Laura Dern, "Wild."
Both the Hollywood Foreign Press and the Screen Actors Guild (which announced yesterday) overlooked Dern in the supporting actress category for playing Cheryl Strayed's mom in "Wild." She could still rebound for the Oscars.
SNUB: "Top Five."
The Golden Globes somehow neglected to nominate the funniest comedy of the year in the best comedy category. They also shut out its actors Chris Rock and Rosario Dawson.
SNUB: "Begin Again."
The John Carney indie seemed tailor-made for the Golden Globes' best musical/comedy category, but it didn't land a best picture nomination, a best actress notice for Keira Knightley (who picked up a best supporting actress in "The Imitation Game") or best actor for Mark Ruffalo (who got in for both "Foxcatcher" and "The Normal Heart"). And most outrageous of all, the Globes didn't even include the addictive ballad "Lost Stars" (performed by Adam Levine) as best song.
SNUB: Bill Hader, "The Skeleton Twins."
This is the kind of breakthrough performance -- Hader played a depressed gay man in the Sundance darling -- that the Globes are usually good at honoring in their comedy categories.
SNUB: Jenny Slate, "Obvious Child."
The same goes for this A24 Sundance comedy about a Brooklyn 30-something who gets dumped by her boyfriend.
SNUB: Julia Roberts, "The Normal Heart."
The Hollywood Foreign Press adores Roberts so much, they've nominated her for eight Golden Globes, including her performances in 2010's "Duplicity" and 2008's "Charlie Wilson's War." But they didn't go for her AIDS doctor with polio in Ryan Murphy's adaptation of "The Normal Heart" for HBO.
SNUB: "The Walking Dead."
AMC's "The Walking Dead" was only nominated once before for season one, which is more than most orgs have given it. Even though it's the biggest drama on TV -- and critics felt like season five experienced a creative surge -- it would probably take an actual zombie apocalypse for any recognition from a major awards body.
 
SNUB: "Homeland."
Wither "Homeland"? Showtime's creatively revived drama fell off the Globes list last year after a poorly received third season. But the show was back in top form for season four. Problem is, once you're out of the Globes' good graces, it's very difficult to get back in. And all the extra competition from Showtime's massive drama slate -- including nominee "The Affair" and un-nommed "Masters of Sex," "Penny Dreadful" and "Ray Donovan" -- couldn't have helped.
SNUB: Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock."
He was nominated for "The Imitation Game," but snubbed on the TV side for his Emmy-winning role in "Sherlock." The best actor in a TV miniseries category was packed with heavyweights like Martin Freeman ("Fargo"), Woody Harrelson ("True Detective"), Matthew McConaughey ("True Detective"), Mark Ruffalo ("The Normal Heart") and Billy Bob Thornton ("Fargo").
SNUB: Kerry Washington, "Scandal."
Like the Screen Actors Guild, the Hollywood Foreign Press forgot to nominate Kerry Washington for "Scandal" since apparently they could only find room for one actress from a Shonda Rhimes show (Viola Davis in "How to Get Away With Murder").
SNUB: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
The Andy Samberg Fox comedy was a darkhorse winner last year in this category, but it didn't get any love for season two. Instead, the Globes nominated three other freshman shows -- "Silicon Valley," "Transparent" and "Jane the Virgin" -- along with "Girls" and "Orange is the New Black." Unlike most awards shows, which nominate the same series every year, the Globes seem to forget established shows like "The Big Bang Theory," "Modern Family," "Louie," "Veep" and "Parks and Recreation," which were also snubbed.
SNUB: Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation."
The Globes dumped Poehler after she won the category last year.
SURPRISE: Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
This is the first time Anderson has been nominated for best director at the Globes. It's a surprise that he was included at the expense of more high-profile directors like Angelina Jolie ("Unbroken"), Clint Eastwood ("American Sniper"), Christopher Nolan ("Interstellar"), Bennett Miller ("Foxcatcher") and Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game"). His comedy, which also appeared in the best picture Globes category and landed a SAG ensemble nomination, is picking up awards season steam, even though the Fox Searchlight indie was released early in the year.
SURPRISE: "Pride."
The Hollywood Foreign Press shined the spotlight on the little-seen CBS Film indie about a group of gay-rights activists who joined the 1984 British coal-miners strike. They chose it over "Big Eyes," "Begin Again," "Inherent Vice" and "Annie."
SURPRISE: Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice."
P.T. Anderson's latest is his most alienating film yet, but the Globes still found room for Joaquin Phoenix's trippy performance.
 
SURPRISE: Quvenzhane Wallis, "Annie"
The Sony Pictures musical remake has been surrounded by bad buzz, but perhaps Wallis' inclusion isn't all that surprising given that the Globes love musicals (they once nominated "Burlesque" for best picture) and they owe her for not previously recognizing her Oscar-nominated performance as Hushpuppy in 2012's "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
SURPRISE: "Transparent" makes history for Amazon.
It was a huge morning for Amazon Studios as the critically acclaimed "Transparent" landed noms for comedy series and lead actor Jeffrey Tambor. That's the first recognition for the upstart digital player from a major awards show, and well deserved for Jill Soloway's semi-autobiographical dramedy.
SURPRISE: "Game of Thrones."
This is the first nomination for "Game of Thrones" in the Globes' drama series category since its first season. Globe voters snubbed seasons 2 and 3 (despite The Red Wedding!). It's incredibly rare for a show to pop back into contention after dropping out, so fanboys should be extra psyched that the Westeros gang is now back in the HFPA's good graces.
SURPRISE: "The Missing."
Imported from the BBC, Starz miniseries "The Missing" was a surprise inclusion in both the top TV movie/mini category and in lead actress for Frances O'Connor. The eight-part series follows the search for a missing boy in France and follows in the footsteps of last year's powerhouse Starz entries "The White Queen" and "Dancing on the Edge" (which earned that now infamous upset win for Jacqueline Bisset).
SURPRISE: "Jane the Virgin" gets some love.
The CW usually isn't the first network anyone thinks of when it comes to awards (or even the 21st network). But "Jane the Virgin" may change all of that. The whip-smart spin on telenovelas landed semi-surprising noms for both best comedy series and breakout lead actress Gina Rodriguez. This isn't entirely new territory for the Globes (they did give Keri Russell a trophy for The WB's "Felicity"), but there were audible gasps at the Beverly Hilton when Rodriguez was announced as a nominee. And more gasps of delighted surprise when the series was announced
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Golden Globes: Cumberbatch, Redmayne and Jones among Britons recognised

Golden Globes: Cumberbatch, Redmayne and Jones among Britons recognised

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game Redmayne (l) and Cumberbatch (r) are recognised for playing Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are among a host of British stars in contention for the 2015 Golden Globe awards.
Cumberbatch, Redmayne and fellow Briton David Oyelowo make up three of the nominees for best actor in a drama.
Felicity Jones, Redmayne's co-star in Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, is up for best actress in a drama, as is Gone Girl's Rosamund Pike.
The 72nd Golden Globes will be held in Beverly Hills on 11 January.
Cumberbatch's citation comes for his role as World War II code breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, for which Keira Knightley gets a best supporting actress nod.
Bookmakers William Hill make Redmayne their 10/11 favourite to win the best actor in a drama award, with Cumberbatch just behind at 6/4.
Both actors were nominated for Screen Actors Guild awards on Wednesday, as were Jones, Pike and Knightley.
Cumberbatch and Redmayne are expected to receive Oscar nominations next month, as is Michael Keaton for his work in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's darkly comic Birdman.
Because the Golden Globes divides its nominations between dramas and musicals and comedies, Keaton is shortlisted in a different category.
Redmayne said he was "beyond thrilled" and would "have a few mulled wines to celebrate", while Jones, who plays Hawking's first wife Jane in The Theory of Everything, said it was "a tremendous moment to get the news".
Knightley and Pike are among other nominees to have expressed pleasure and thanks at having been recognised.
The nominations for best actor, best actress and best film drama were read out by Kate Beckinsale
Former Spooks star Oyelowo is shortlisted for playing Martin Luther King in civil rights tale Selma, which is nominated for the coveted best film drama prize alongside Boyhood, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher.
Ralph Fiennes is recognised for his comic performance in The Grand Budapest Hotel, which joins Birdman, Stephen Sondheim adaptation Into the Woods, Bill Murray comedy St Vincent and British film Pride in the best film comedy or musical category.
Dame Helen Mirren is shortlisted for best actress in a musical or comedy for The Hundred-Foot Journey, as is Emily Blunt for Into the Woods.
The latter film earns Meryl Streep her 29th Golden Globe nomination. If she is named best supporting actress for her performance as a fairy-tale witch, it will be her ninth triumph at this event.

Films with most nominations

Birdman
 7
Boyhood
 5
The Imitation Game
 5
Gone Girl
 4
The Grand Budapest Hotel
 4
Selma
 4
The Theory of Everything
 4
Birdman, about a former superhero actor - played by Keaton - attempting a Broadway comeback, leads the flock this year with seven nominations. Richard Linklater's Boyhood - a coming of age story that took 12 years to make - and The Imitation Game both have five.
The Theory of Everything, like David Fincher thriller Gone Girl, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and Selma, has four nominations in all, to the delight of Eric Fellner, one of its producers.
"We're thrilled," said Fellner, co-chairman of Working Title Films, of Redmayne and Jones' nominations. "The emotional power of the film comes from the performances of all of the actors.
"We've got some of the greatest actors, technicians and artists in the world based here in the UK," he told BBC News. "Every year there is a number of them recognised - and I think it's only right."
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Golden Globes analysis By Tim Masters, Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
The Golden Globes, voted for by some 85 foreign entertainment reporters in LA, have the reputation of being an unpredictable cousin of the Oscars. Things are no different this year, with several surprises among the announcements.
Good news for Jennifer Aniston: her role as a woman battling chronic pain in Cake is shortlisted for best actress (in a drama) to match her SAG nod. Next stop: the Oscars?
Not good news for Angelina Jolie: normally a darling of the Globes, her World War Two epic Unbroken was snubbed.
Pride, a British indie hit about about gay activists supporting striking Welsh miners, made the cut for best comedy/musical. It faces stiff competition from showbiz satire Birdman which is predicted to swoop to victory on 11 January.
The drama film field is dominated by true-life stories: Foxcatcher (eccentric billionaire John du Pont), The Imitation Game (codebreaker Alan Turing), Selma (civil rights activist Martin Luther King), and The Theory of Everything (physicist Stephen Hawking).
They are joined by Richard Linklater's fictional coming-of-age drama Boyhood. Will it win an Oscar? The last two Globe winners in this category - 12 Years a Slave and Argo (both based on real events) - went on to scoop best picture at the Academy Awards.
If the pundits are right, Linklater should start working on his acceptance speeches.
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Pride's nomination represents a significant achievement for a modest British comedy about an alliance between striking miners and gay rights campaigners during the 1984 miners' strike.
Yet there were no nominations for Angelina Jolie's World War II biopic Unbroken or for Clint Eastwood's Iraq war drama American Sniper, while Christopher Nolan's Interstellar received just one nomination, for Hans Zimmer's score.
A selection of clips from some of the films in contention
Selma's Ava DuVernay becomes the first black female film-maker to be nominated for the best director award, an honour she shares with Anderson, Fincher, Linklater and Inarritu.
The Lego Movie, Disney's Big Hero 6 and DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon 2 are up for best animated feature, as are The Boxtrolls and The Book of Life.
Double nominees Former Friends actress Jennifer Aniston, recognised for her role as a woman addicted to painkillers in indie film Cake, joins Jones, Pike and Wild's Reese Witherspoon in the best actress in a drama category.
Moore is also nominated for playing a woman with early onset Alzheimer's in Still Alice, and earns a second nomination in the best actress in a musical or comedy category for her work in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars.
Nightcrawler's Jake Gyllenhaal and Foxcatcher's Steve Carell join the aforementioned British stars in the best actor in a drama category.
Gyllenhaal's sister, Maggie, receives her own nomination for her leading role in BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman, while Carell's co-star Mark Ruffalo is nominated for wrestling-based drama Foxcatcher and his work in HBO film The Normal Heart.
Bill Murray is another performer to receive two nominations - one for best actor in a comedy or musical in St Vincent, and another for his supporting role in TV mini-series Olive Kitteridge.
David Oyelowo (centre) in Selma Former Spooks star Oyelowo (centre) plays Martin Luther King in Selma
Organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the Golden Globes recognise both film and television and is the biggest awards event in Hollywood after the Oscars.
The 11 January ceremony will be hosted, for the third consecutive year, by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and comes six weeks ahead of the Oscars, which will be held on 22 February.
British nominees in the television categories include Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, The Good Wife's Alan Cumming and Ricky Gervais, nominated for his comedy Derek.
BBC One drama The Missing is up for the award for best television movie or mini-series, while Martin Freeman and Clive Owen are recognised for their roles in Fargo and The Knick respectively.
Downton Abbey is up for the best television drama award, as are Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, House of Cards and The Affair - a Showtime series that has also earned nominations for its British stars Ruth Wilson and Dominic West.
The best TV comedy award, meanwhile, sees established shows Girls and Orange is the New Black compete against new series Jane the Virgin, Silicon Valley and Transparent.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014

'Weather bomb' raises risk of severe gales for Scotland


9 December 2014 Last updated at 18:00 GMT

'Weather bomb' raises risk of severe gales for Scotland

Waves at Prestwick Waves at Prestwick in Ayrshire

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Ferry and rail services in Scotland have been cancelled as winds strengthen ahead of an Atlantic storm that is due to hit the UK later.
The Met Office has issued a yellow 'be aware' warning for most of the UK for later on Tuesday, Wednesday and early on Thursday.
For Scotland, it has been upgraded to an amber 'be prepared' warning.
Severe gales have been forecast and sea swells for parts of Scotland of up to 40ft (12m).
The amber warning has been issued for the Northern Isles, Western Isles - where all schools and nurseries will be closed on Wednesday - the north and west Highlands and Argyll.
It warns of "very high waves" and islanders have been warned to take extra care on causeways that link up parts of the isles.
Stornoway Coastguard has warned that the sea state could become "phenomenal", the term used to describe the worst conditions.
Flood warnings have been issued for the Western Isles and also Corpach, Caol, Fort William and Glen Lyon.
What is a weather bomb? BBC weather's Peter Gibbs explains
Richard Brown, of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, said areas at the greatest risk of coastal flooding were Caithness, Sutherland, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
Argyll and Bute, Firth of Clyde, Clyde estuary and Dumfries and Galloway could also be affected, he said.
Several train services on Wednesday have already been cancelled.
They are Inverness-Kyle/Thurso/Wick, Ayr-Stranraer, Kilwinning-Ardrossan/Largs and Dumbarton Central-Helensburgh Central.
Also, Glasgow Queen St-Oban/Fort William/Mallaig, including the Caledonian Sleeper.
Network Rail said the routes were the most likely to exposed to 70mph winds and high tides.
The company said replacement bus services would be considered, but these were dependent on road conditions.
The BBC's Laura Bicker said ferries had been cancelled and some schools closed
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Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has warned of severe disruption to its services.
The Oban-Coll-Tiree, Tayinloan-Gigha and Ardrossan-Brodick sailings have been cancelled.
A CalMac spokesman said: "The severe weather experienced across the west coast today has caused extensive disruption to our services across the whole network.
"Strong gales and gusts of up to 80mph have delayed or cancelled sailings.
"With the weather forecast to stay stormy for the next day or two we would urge passengers thinking of travelling to check the website or call the customer helpline on 0800 066 5000."
Scottish and Southern Energy said it had gone on yellow alert which means it was anticipating power cuts.
The company said it was monitoring the weather front and has put contingency plans in place to minimise any disruption to electricity supplies.
Magicseaweed.com swell charts A chart showing the movement of swells of up to 40ft from 06:00 to 15:00 on Wednesday
Waves at Ardrossan The waves have been battering the sea wall at Saltcoats in Ayrshire
Snowplough on Braemar to Glenshee road A snowplough at work on the road between Braemar and Glenshee
A total of 23 schools were closed by Highland Council on Tuesday due to the weather conditions with almost 1,300 pupils sent home.
The secondary and primary schools were mainly in Skye and Lochalsh but schools in Gairloch and Mallaig were also closed.
BBC Scotland weather presenter Christopher Blanchett said the storm had rapidly developed in strength in a process known as explosive cyclogenesis, or what some refer to as a "weather bomb".

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The coming storm has the potential to hit us with higher waves than the most severe event we have observed”
Arne Vogler University of the Highlands and Islands
He said: "This is where the pressure at the centre of the storm drops 24mb or more in the space of 24 hours.
"The storm went through this process as it passed by the south of Greenland thanks to a strong jet stream running in excess of 230mph.
"The powerful jet was caused by a stark temperature contrast - cold air to the north of it and warm sub-tropical air to the south. Where the two meet, you get the jet stream - a river of wind way up in the atmosphere, sitting at around 30,000ft.
"Not only does it help to spawn weather systems, it helps steer them in our direction too."
The presenter added said parts of the UK were due to experience the first powerful storm of this winter and will come with wind gusts of 60 to 70mph. The far north west of mainland Scotland, the Western Isles and Northern Isles could have winds of up to about 80mph.
He added: "These wind strengths will have an impact on travel, causing disruption to ferry services and on road bridges.
"The high winds could also lead to some small-scale structural damage, power supply interruptions and small branches being brought down.
"Aside from the wind, the large fetch, or area of open water that the winds will be racing along before reaching land, will help to create some very big waves."
Edinburgh's Royal Mile Wind speeds have been increasing and could gust to 80mph in some places
University of the Highlands and Islands scientists monitoring wave heights off the Isle of Lewis expect them to reach sizes they have not previously recorded.
Arne Vogler, of Lews Castle College UHI, said: "The coming storm has the potential to hit us with higher waves than the most severe event we have observed under the Hebridean Marine Energy Futures project.
"Wave buoys and acoustic sensors that were deployed on 4 February 2013 off the Isle of Lewis had recorded extreme waves with maximum wave heights in excess of 25m observed at a location 15km north-west of Lewis.
"I am anticipating similar or even slightly higher wave heights tomorrow, due to the combination of different atmospheric pressure systems and the long fetch across the Atlantic in which the waves can build up."
On Monday, there were snowfalls over upland areas of Scotland and northern England, including Cumbria.
Frequent wintry showers have also been forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, when the high winds are forecast to ease.
The RNLI said some of those involved in maritime activities have dubbed Wednesday "Black Wednesday" because of the severity of the conditions expected.
South Devon-based website Magicseaweed.com produces charts and swell models designed to help surfers pinpoint the best sites to enjoy their sport.
Its swell chart for Wednesday shows a large black area indicating swells of up to 40ft (12m).
The Atlantic storm has been moving towards the UK from the direction of Greenland and Iceland.
Surfers from around the world are headed for Portugal because the conditions further north should mean large waves, but without the damaging winds.

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