Golden Globe Nominees & Winners

This weekend I saw The Devil Inside and it wasn't what I thought it was going to be at all, and I mean that in a very good way! I also saw Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady and, let me tell you, it was a sold out showing on a Saturday afternoon (which I was not expecting) and I wasn't even the youngest person in the audience (which I was expecting); it was wonderful, and even though I am not a fan of Meryl Streep, she was fantastic! She received the Golden Globe for her performance and she truly deserves it! I have those two reviews done and will be getting them up today and tomorrow!

Well, these are just selections of the Best of the Best: when there is a lot of divergence amongst the various awarding groups (as there have been so far thus) it demonstrates, again, all the incredible films which have been released; the nominations for the Oscars will be announced January 24 and I will post them asap, but you can tell that the differences between the Golden Globes--even just in the body of nominations--differs radically from the Critics Choice awards so it will be very interesting to see what is nominated for Hollywood's top honors!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:

The Help (2011)

Hugo (2011/II)

The Ides of March (2011)

Moneyball (2011)

War Horse (2011)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees:

Bridesmaids (2011)

50/50 (2011)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:

Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011)

Michael Fassbender for Shame (2011)

Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March (2011)

Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Other Nominees:

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Viola Davis for The Help (2011)

Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER

Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Other Nominees:

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)

George Clooney for The Ides of March (2011)

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)

Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Other Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER A Separation (2011)(Iran)

Other Nominees:

The Flowers of War (2011)(China)

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)(USA)

The Kid with a Bike (2011)(Belgium)

The Skin I Live In (2011)(Spain)