For all you movie buffs out there, you'll be happy to know that the 67th Golden Globe nominations were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association December 15 for the year ending December 31, 2009. They will be handed out in a live television broadcast on January 17, 2010. The Golden Globes is telecast in 150 countries worldwide and is the third most watched awards show of the year next to The Oscars and The Grammy's. The Golden Globes are the pre-cursor to the much anticipated Oscar nominations which will be announced on February 2, 2010. Typically, many major winners at the Globes, go on to win an Oscar. Last year's Slumdog Millionaire won the Globe for Best Drama and then went on to win Best Picture at the Oscar's.

I will have my picks for you before the year is out. What about you? Who do you think the winners will be?  

2009 Golden Globe Nominations:

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. AVATAR
b. THE HURT LOCKER
c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
e. UP IN THE AIR


2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. EMILY BLUNT, in THE YOUNG VICTORIA
b. SANDRA BULLOCK, in THE BLIND SIDE
c. HELEN MIRREN, in THE LAST STATION
d. CAREY MULLIGAN, in AN EDUCATION
e. GABOUREY SIDIBE, in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL
PUSH BY SAPPHIRE


3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. JEFF BRIDGES, in CRAZY HEART
b. GEORGE CLOONEY, in UP IN THE AIR
c. COLIN FIRTH, in A SINGLE MAN
d. MORGAN FREEMAN, in INVICTUS
e. TOBEY MAGUIRE, in BROTHERS


4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
b. THE HANGOVER
c. IT’S COMPLICATED
d. JULIE & JULIA
e. NINE


5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. SANDRA BULLOCK,  THE PROPOSAL
b. MARION COTILLARD,  NINE
c. JULIA ROBERTS,  DUPLICITY
d. MERYL STREEP,  IT’S COMPLICATED
e. MERYL STREEP,  JULIE & JULIA


6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY
OR MUSICAL
a. MATT DAMON,  THE INFORMANT!
b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS,  NINE
c. ROBERT DOWNEY JR.,  SHERLOCK HOLMES
d. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT,  (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
e. MICHAEL STUHLBARG,  A SERIOUS MAN


7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
b. CORALINE
c. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
d. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
e. UP


8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. BAARIA (ITALY)
b. BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN)
c. THE MAID (CHILE)
d. A PROPHET (FRANCE)
e. THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY)
(DAS WEISSE BAND – EINE DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE)


9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A
MOTION PICTURE
a. PENÉLOPE CRUZ,  NINE
b. VERA FARMIGA,  UP IN THE AIR
c. ANNA KENDRICK,  UP IN THE AIR
d. MO’NIQUE,  PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL
PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
e. JULIANNE MOORE A SINGLE MAN


10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A
MOTION PICTURE
a. MATT DAMON,  INVICTUS
b. WOODY HARRELSON,  THE MESSENGER
c. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER,  THE LAST STATION
d. STANLEY TUCCI,  THE LOVELY BONES
e. CHRISTOPH WALTZ,  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS


11.BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. KATHRYN BIGELOW,  THE HURT LOCKER
b. JAMES CAMERON,  AVATAR
c. CLINT EASTWOOD,  INVICTUS
d. JASON REITMAN,  UP IN THE AIR
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO,  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS


12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. NEILL BLOMKAMP, DISTRICT 9
TERRI TATCHELL
b. MARK BOAL,  THE HURT LOCKER
c. NANCY MEYERS,  IT'S COMPLICATED
d. JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR
SHELDON TURNER
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO,  INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS


13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. MICHAEL GIACCHINO,  UP
b. MARVIN HAMLISCH,  THE INFORMANT
c. JAMES HORNER,  AVATAR
d. ABEL KORZENIOWSKI,  A SINGLE MAN
e. KAREN O,
CARTER BURWELL,  WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE


14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
a. “CINEMA ITALIANO” — NINE
Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
b. “I WANT TO COME HOME” — EVERYBODY'S FINE
Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
c. “I WILL SEE YOU” — AVATAR
Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen
Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
d. “THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)” — CRAZY
HEART
Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
e. “WINTER” — BROTHERS
Music by: U2
Lyrics by: Bono