What’s The Gay Interest Amongst The Golden Globe Nominations?

2012 may not be finished yet, but with the Oscars moving earlier in the year, to February 24th, those ceremonies that want to keep ahead of the Academy have had to move their schedules forward.

That’s true of the Golden Globes, which are often seen as the most important awards in the run up to the Oscars. That’s in part because the noms arrive just as Oscar voters are deciding who they should nominate, while the awards are handed out around the time the Academy decides who the actual winners of their big prizes will be.

So while it might seem early, the Golden Globe nominations have now been released. Lincoln leads the way with seven nominations, while Argo and Django both scored five nominations apiece. However perhaps the big surprise is that there’s only three noms for Zero Dark Thirty, which in the past few days has emerged as the one to beat at the Oscars.

There’s not a huge amount of gay interest amongst the nominations, although Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which includes an LGBT side-story, is up for Best Film (Musical Or Comedy). Jack Black scored a Best Actor nom for his gay turn in Bernie. Nicole Kidman is nominated for The Paperboy, marking the only nod for gay director Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy. Gay writer Tony Kushner is in the Screenplay category for Lincoln

On the TV side, out actor Jim Parsons is nominated as best comedy/musical actor, while Archie Panajbi is included on the list for Best Supporting TV actress for her bisexual character in The Good Wife. There are also noms in the Best TV Series Musical Or Comedy for the very gay friendly Smash and Modern Family, while Eric Stonestreet gets another Modern Family nomination for play the gay Cam.

Meryl Streep scores her billionth (well, her 27th) Golden Globe nomination for Hope Springs (seriously, the woman can sneeze and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will nominate it).

British actresses have done well, scoring half the nominations in the Best Actress film categories (Drama and Comedy Or Musical) with Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz, Emily Blunt, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith (who’s also nominated in the TV section for Downton Abbey) all nominated. Technically we could include Naomi Watts too, as she was born in the UK.

Take a look at the full list of nominees below (the Golden Globes will be handed out at a ceremony on January 13th):

FILM
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS, DRAMA
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Chris Terrio, Argo

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas
John Williams, Lincoln

ORIGINAL SONG
For You, Act of Valor – Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Not Running Anymore, Stand Up Guys – Music by: Jon Bon Jovi Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi
Safe & Sound, The Hunger Games – Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett
Skyfall, Skyfall – Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth
Suddenly, Les Miserables – Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg

TV
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family