The Golden Globes – the slightly drunk cousin of the Oscars that doesn't really mind if Jack Nicholson shows up at 3am and widdles on its carpet – has just announced its nominations for next year's awards.
And – out of nowhere considering the direction that awards season seems to be going in – Atonement has scored more Golden Globe nominations than anyone else. In all, Atonement has scored seven Golden Globe nominations – among them Best Actress for Keira Knightley, Best Actor for James McAvoy and Best Director for Joe Wright. Although the competition will be harder than ever at a big awards show like the Golden Globes, Atonement is expected to win at least one trophy – either the Best Annoyingly Twittish Film About People Who Speak With Accents Like Dentists Drills or the By Christ Love Put Them Away For Once award for excessive and repeated nudity, both of which we've just made up.
In an awards season packed with all kinds of minuscule organisations trying to hurl their tuppence worth to the top of the pile, the Golden Globes are one of the more reassuringly large awards to be handed out. And they don't just concentrate on serious movies, either – Golden Globes are also handed out to TV shows and comedies, too, which means that Hugh Laurie and Ricky Gervais can get all dressed up and temporarily feel slightly more important than they have any reason to be.
And you probably think you know all about awards season by now, don't you? You've seen how There Will Be Blood has won one award and how No Country For Old Men has won a couple of others, so you think they'll have the Oscars sewn up, don't you? Well, you're wrong because the Golden Globe nominations have been announced and they show that the British are coming, albeit the small section of the British with voices that sound like yappy little dogs discussing foie gras and fox hunting.
Atonement – the rah-rah British movie about atoning and stuff – is leading the pack when it comes to Golden Globe nominations, with seven nods, for Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Score.
Charlie Wilson's War, which we've been led to believe is a version of Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip but with Tom Hanks talking about war instead of Matthew Perry implausibly imagining friends that are really himself with the letters of his name all jumbled up, has come second with five nominations. And making up the rest of the pack are all the other films that you'd expect to be making up the rest of the pack if you've been paying attention.
The Golden Globes are highly important, because some bloke who works for a company that knows about this kind of thing told Bloomberg as much:
"The golden globes are a barometer for where the critical acclaim is going, the films that are ultimately going to be considered by the academy."
See? You want a full list of Golden Globe nominations now, don't you. Can't you just wait until January 13 when the bloody things are handed out? What are you, David Duchovny or something?
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andrew langham says
Heather Small is in the running for the next knew BBC Doctor Who series! she would be the most interesting girl for the part having her usual upbeat charm and wonderful funky humour and graceful sharp wit; hope the BBc get their act together and let Heather charm and entertain us all; looking forward to great things this year so go for it girl!