Golden Globe Nominations: Yes to '12 Years a Slave,' No to 'The Butler'
by EG
On Thursday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations for the 71st Golden Globe Awards, which will be delivered at the awards show in January. Many of the nominations were expected, but a notable snub was the biggest news of the announcement.
The most-nominated films were "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle," each of which received seven nominations, including a nod for Best Picture in each case. Also nominated for Best Picture (drama) were "Gravity," "Captain Phillips," "Philomena" and "Rush," and "Her," "Nebraska," "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" got nominations for Best Picture (musical or comedy).
Among the nominees for best actor awards were Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave"), Tom Hanks ("Captain Phillips"), Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Robert Redford ("All Is Lost"), Hugh Jackman ("Prisoners"), Christian Bale ("American Hustle") and Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall Street").
Best actress nominees included Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine"), Sandra Bullock ("Gravity") and Amy Adams ("American Hustle").
Most of the talk around the nominations concerned the fact that "Lee Daniels' The Butler" was entirely shut out. The film was not nominated for best picture, nor were Forest Whitaker or Oprah Winfrey nominated for their roles in the hit movie. Winfrey's exclusion was particularly surprising to observers, given the Golden Globes' historical tendency to nominate big-name stars regardless of the quality of their performances.