The Award Season has officially begun with The Golden Globes airing on Sunday, January 15, 2012. The list of nominees is included below and come Sunday all of the winners updated as they are announced.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
**Winner** The Descendants
Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Help
DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures
Hugo
Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures
The Ides Of March
Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing
Moneyball
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International
War Horse
DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
**Winner** Meryl Streep – Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
**Winner** George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – The Ides Of March
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
50/50
Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment
**Winner** The Artist
a La Petite Reine – Studio 37 – La Classe Americaine – JD Prod- France3 Cinema – Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company
Bridesmaids
Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures
Midnight In Paris
A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema & Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics
My Week With Marilyn
The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jodie Foster – Carnage
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
**Winner** Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet – Carnage
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
**Winner** Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson – Midnight In Paris
Best Animated Feature Film
**Winner** The Adventures Of Tintin
Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures
Arthur Christmas
Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman; Sony Pictures Releasing International
Cars 2
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
Puss In Boots
DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures
Rango
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink / GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures
Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers Of War (China)
The Country of China
(Jing Ling Shi San Chai) New Pictures Film Company; Wrekin Hill Entertainment
In The Land Of Blood And Honey (United States)
The Country of United States
GK Films; FilmDistrict
**Winner** A Separation (Iran)
The Country of Iran
(Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) Asghar Farhadi; Sony Pictures Classics
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
The Country of Spain
(La piel que habito) El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.; Sony Pictures Classics
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
**Winner** Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
**Winner** Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
George Clooney – The Ides Of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
**Winner** Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash – The Descendants
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – The Ides Of March
**Winner** Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
**Winner** 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
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Hello Hello” – Gnomeo & Juliet
Music By: Elton John
Lyrics By: Bernie Taupin
“Keeper, The” – Machine Gun Preacher
Music & Lyrics By: Chris Cornell
“Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs
Music By: Brian Byrne
Lyrics By: Glenn Close
“Living Proof, The” – The Help
Music By: Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas
Lyrics By: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas
**Winner** “Masterpiece” – W.E.
Music & Lyrics By: Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry
Interested in the Television award winners as well? Check out the Globes official website here.