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If you haven’t heard already, the nominees for the Golden Globes were announced this morning, and of course everyone’s already spouting their opinions on who should have been nominated, etc. I’m going to try and steer clear of all that (though probably fail miserably) and instead just list the nominations for you, and you can judge for yourself who should win and who was unfairly omitted.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
There Will Be Blood
Michael Clayton
The Great Debaters
No Country For Old Men

Best Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical
Charlie Wilson’s War
Across the Universe
Sweeney Todd
Juno
Hairspray

Best Actor in Drama
James McAvoy, Atonement
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington, American Gangster

Best Actress in Drama
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley, Atonement
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Jodie Foster, The Brave One

Best Actor in Comedy/Musical
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson’s War
John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Actress in Comedy/Musical
Marion Cotillard, La Môme (or La Vie En Rose)
Ellen Page, Juno
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
John Travolta, Hairspray
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Director
Joe Wright, Atonement
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Julian Schnabel, Le Scaphandre et le papillon
Ethan & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men
Ridley Scott, American Gangster

Best Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, Le Scaphandre et le papillon
Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson’s War
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men

I’m just going to stick with the film nominations, at least for today. And now that I’ve at least listed all of those, I’m going to break my weak promise to remain neutral and say that I really, really hope Marion Cotillard gets some recognition for her astounding performance as Edith Piaf in La Môme. She did an absolutely amazing job of channeling the temperamental singer and it’s nearly impossible to tell she’s lip syncing to Piaf’s recordings. I don’t think the lip syncing should be held against her in any way, either, as it’s practically impossible to imitate or recreate Piaf’s extraordinarily unique voice.

I’ve also been avoiding seeing Atonement, mainly because I’m so wary of book adaptations, especially when the writing is so nuanced and delicate as Ian McEwan’s always is. Also, I really don’t like Keira Knightley and can’t stand her gaping mouth passing for acting, but that’s a different story.

To see the full list of nominations, go here, and you can read more opinion pieces on the politics of being nominated here and here.