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Even by the typically wacky standards of Golden Globes voting, the nominations for the 68th annual awards were more than a little bit bonkers.We're not going to get on our high horses about the absence of, say, "Fringe," "Parks and Recreation" and "Community" from the nominees that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday morning (Dec. 14). Are they deserving? Absolutely. But they've never received much awards recognition, whether it's from their peers at ceremonies like the Emmys (where more huffing and puffing about what's not on the list is justified) or from a 90-member group of journalists.
That's not to say we weren't shaking our heads and crying "What?!" at several of the nominations, then furrowing our brow over those left off the list. Below are some of our thoughts on the surprise nominees and snubs for this year's Globes; share yours in the comments.
The surprises
- Piper Perabo: Maybe the most out-of-nowhere nomination in the TV field. Perabo is very engaging in her "Covert Affairs" role, but did anyone think this show was awards bait?
- Jennifer Love Hewitt: Running a close second to Perabo is Hewitt's nomination for the Lifetime movie "The Client List," in which she played a suburban mom-turned-prostitute. Once again: a Lifetime movie about a suburban mom-turned-prostitute.
- Scott Caan: Name recognition may have helped some, but Caan makes "Hawaii Five-0" way more watchable than it might otherwise be, so we're happy to see him in the mix.
- Katey Sagal: About time. You could argue that her performance in "Sons of Anarchy" was even better last season, but she continued to bring the goods this year.
- Emma Stone: The most pleasant surprise in the movie nominations was Stone's completely winning performance in "Easy A." She's a huge long shot in a category that includes Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Anne Hathaway and Angelina Jolie, but even if she's just filling the "new star on the rise" spot, we're thrilled to see her in the mix.
- Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison repeating: So, HFPA, have you watched "Glee" this season?
- Glenn Close not repeating: We just figured she was kind of an automatic nominee for "Damages."
- "Burlesque," "Red" and "The Tourist": Sixty percent of the nominees for best picture-comedy or musical. We'll stipulate that this was not a stellar year for movie comedy (and that the Globes don't tend to nominate animated films outside the animation category), but: "Date Night," "Please Give," "Easy A," "Get Him to the Greek," "Toy Story 3," "Tangled," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World." Just sayin'.
The snubs
- "True Grit": Possibly the biggest snub of all Tuesday was the complete shutout for the Coen brothers' adaptation of "True Grit" -- which is seen as a major Oscar contender. We'd have figured it would score at least a best actor nomination for Jeff Bridges.
- "Community"/"Fringe"/"Parks and Rec"/insert your favorite show here: As we said above, we're not going to get too worked up about the exclusion of these series from the Globes. We'll save that bile for the Emmys next summer.
- "United States of Tara": For our money, the second season of "Tara" was much better than either of the Showtime series ("Nurse Jackie" and "The Big C") nominated for best comedy.
- "Breaking Bad": We enjoyed "The Walking Dead" quite a bit, but its fellow AMC series is just better.
- "Lost": We were half-expecting a farewell nomination for the show. Guess the HFPA didn't like the ending either.
- Courteney Cox: She was nominated last year but displaced by Laura Linney of "The Big C" this time around. Which is a shame, because her "Cougar Town" character has only gotten funnier since last December.
- The stars of "The Pacific": Not a huge surprise, but the performances of James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello and Jon Seda have been overlooked a couple times now (including at the Emmys), and it sticks in our craw. They were all excellent.
What surprised you about who made (or didn't make) the Globes cut?
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You are crazy with your comments about The Big C. Its a brilliant show with some of the most amazing writing on television.
To vote for Courteney Cox over Laura Linney ruins the validity of any of your comments.
Us of Tara should certainly have been nominated. It is a wonderful show, very amusing. Toni Collette was nominated for Best Actress. Hopefully she will win.
While I do love Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison, this season the other cast members have been highlighted much more than the first season. I would have nominated Amber Riley & Chris Colfer.
Every episode of "The Big C" should have a ticker going across the bottom of the screen that says, "Isn't Laura Linney AMAZING? She should be nominated and win every award possible, don't you think?" It actually gets in the way of her performance.
The only thing that upsets me is the complete disregard for the performance put in by Michael Shannon in Boarwalk Empire. His portrayal of Nelson Van Alden is as infuriating yet heartbreaking as any i have ever seen. He created in this character a person that has so many layers, yet each layer is complex in and of itself. I have been thinking that he would be a shoe in for supporting actor since his first scene in the first episode. I guess I was wrong.
Why does nurse jackie keep getting nominated for comedy? It isnt funny...
Morrison and Michelle in the Lead Acting categories is ridiculous. The show is an ensemble where neither of them are the star. The musical numbers are the real star of Glee. Sadder, Morrison and Michelle are not even the most entertaining or best acting members of the cast. Ridiculous.
Courteney Cox was the biggest snub. It is just not fair that her talent isn't recognized the way it should.
"Boardwalk Empire" has such a strong cast and wonderful performances all around. It's a shame that everyone isn't acknowledged in some way. I have to agree with Truth, Michael Shannon gives one of THE finest performances in this series. To be overlooked and then see mediocrity in the form of Scott Caan ... SCOTT CAAN! ... nominated is a joke. A little collusion with Les Moonves you think?
I'm not surprised that "Treme" was overlooked. Don't want to break the David Simon snub factor; remember "The Wire"?
Piper Perabo?! What?!
Courtney Cox over Laura Linney? What exactly are you smoking Rick Porter?
I am pleased that Idris Elba was nominated for "Luther". Very, very strong performance in that series.
It is also nice to see "The Walking Dead" included. It would have been even nicer to see Andrew Lincoln get a nod for his performance in the series. Very well done.
Awful nominations! The only nice surprise was Katey Sagal... Not worth watching this year...No Lost? No True Blood? Seriously?
Haven't seen The Tourist, but both RED and Burlesque actually belong in that category. Burlesque is the only live-action musical of any note, and has some well done numbers (though the rest of the film is weak). RED truly is funny in the right places and well done.
There are other surprises to me too. Johnny Depp for Alice In Wonderland when it's the exact same role he's played before, over Malkovich in RED? Spacey for comedy in Casino Jack, a drama about a real person?
Television, while still being cable-heavy, was much better, but they missed out Memphis Beat's cast. I would have loved to see Jason Lee for lead, while a better supporting nod than Caan would be the actor playing Augie in Covert Affairs because you actually think he's blind when he's not.