The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live Sunday night from 8 to 11 p.m. EST on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Comedian Ricky Gervais will host the fete where one can be certain the bubbly will flow, A-list stars will dazzle and some off-color jokes will be made. The stars arrived at 6 pm for the 2012 Golden Globes. Melena Ryzik (a k a The Carpetbagger), Stuart Emmrich, the Styles editor, the Hollywood reporters Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieply and the television critic Mike Hale are covering the red carpet and the ceremony.
Full Nominee List
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Descendants
Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn
ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney – The Descendants
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
ACTRESS, DRAMA
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Ryan Gosling – Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris
ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster – Carnage
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet – Carnage
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MOTION PICTURE
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michael Hazavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Rango
Puss ‘n Boots
The Adventures of Tintin
SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Cloney and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steve Zaillian, Moneyball
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse
ORIGINAL SONG
Hello Hello from Gnomeo and Juliet
The Keeper from Machine Gun Preacher
Lay Your Head Down from Albert Nobbs
The Living Proof from The Help
Masterpiece from W.E.
BEST DRAMA TV SERIES
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland
BEST COMEDY TV SERIES
New Girl
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
BEST TV ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland
BEST TV ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness
BEST TV ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
BEST TV ACTRESS, COMEDY
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Laura Linney, The Big C
BEST TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Mildred Pierce
Too Big Too Fail
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
BEST ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
William Hurt, Too Big Too Fail
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Idris Elba, Luther
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, Appropriate Adult
SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, To Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce