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2013 Golden Globes Nominees - 'Lincoln', 'Argo', 'Django' Top Films

by Alex Billington
December 13, 2012

The list of nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (of 2013), the yearly precursor to the Academy Awards, have just been announced today - you can find all the film nominees below. The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees this morning from The Beverly Hilton. Their selections this year are quite something, to say the least, so take a closer look below. The top nominees are Lincoln, with a total of 7, plus Ben Affleck's Argo and, believe it or not, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (hell yea!) with 5 noms. Plus, they really loved Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Full list below!

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 13th, 2013 at The Beverly Hilton hosted by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler with a live telecast on NBC. Here's the full list of 2013's nominees.

BEST DRAMA
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

ACTOR (DRAMA)
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Richard Gere - Arbitrage
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

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 MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

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 Hudson

ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Emily Blunt - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench - Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith - Quartet
Meryl Streep - Hope Springs

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria) - Michael Haneke
A Royal Affair (Denmark) - Nikolaj Arcel
The Intouchables (France) - Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Kon Tiki (Norway/UK/Denmark) - Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Rust and Bone (France) - Jacques Audiard

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy

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

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

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

ORIGINAL SONG
"For You" from Act of Valor
"Not Running Anymore" from Stand Up Guys
"Safe and Sound" from The Hunger Games
"Skyfall" from Skyfall
"Suddenly" from Les Miserables

There are some interesting picks for nominees this year, which isn't unexpected for the HFPA, but I'm still surprised to see films like Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel nabbing so many nomination spots. A taste of things to come with the Oscars? Or just another wacky set of highly selective Globes films this year? What do you make of the 2013 Golden Globes nominations?

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