Golden Globe Nominations

On December 18,2003 actress Uma Thurman and Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) President Lorenzo Soria announced the nominations for the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Every year, HFPA produces the Golden Globe Awards, known as the precursor to the Academy Awards (Oscars).
The following are the nominations for the 61st Golden Globe awards in major categories:

1. Best Motion Picture - Drama
a. Cold Mountain, Miramax Films
b. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, New Line Cinema
c. Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World, 20th Century Fox
d. Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures
e. Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures

2. Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
a. Cate Blanchett -- Veronica Guerin
b. Nicole Kidman -- Cold Mountain
c. Scarlett Johansson -- Girl With A Pearl Earring
d. Charlize Theron -- Monster
e. Uma Thurman -- Kill Bill Vol. 1
f. Evan Rachel Wood -- Thirteen

3. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
a. Russell Crowe -- Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
b. Tom Cruise -- The Last Samurai
c. Ben Kingsley -- House Of Sand And Fog
d. Jude Law -- Cold Mountain
e. Sean Penn -- Mystic River

4. Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
a. Bend It Like Beckham, Fox Searchlight Pictures
b. Big Fish, Columbia Pictures
c. Finding Nemo, Walt Disney Pictures
d. Lost In Translation, Focus Features
e. Love Actually, Universal Pictures

5. Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
a. Jamie Lee Curtis -- Freaky Friday
b. Scarlett Johansson -- Lost In Translation
c. Diane Keaton -- Something's Gotta Give
d. Diane Lane --Under The Tuscan Sun
e. Helen Mirren -- Calendar Girls

6. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
a. Jack Black -- School Of Rock
b. Johnny Depp -- Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
c. Bill Murray -- Lost In Translation
d. Jack Nicholson -- Something's Gotta Give
e. Billy Bob Thornton -- Bad Santa

7. Best Foreign Language Film
a. The Barbarian Invasions (French Canada), Miramax Films
b. Good Bye, Lenin (Germany), Sony Pictures Classics
c. Monsieur Ibrahim (France), Sony Pictures Classics
d. Osama (Afghanistan), MGM Pictures
e. The Return (Russia)

8. Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
a. Maria Bello -- The Cooler
b. Patricia Clarkson -- Pieces Of April
c. Hope Davis -- American Splendor
d. Holly Hunter -- Thirteen
e. Renee Zellweger -- Cold Mountain

9. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
a. Alec Baldwin -- The Cooler
b. Albert Finney -- Big Fish
c. William H. Macy -- Seabiscuit
d. Tim Robbins -- Mystic River
e. Peter Sarsgaard -- Shattered Glass
f. Ken Watanabe -- The Last Samurai

10. Best Director Motion
Picture
a. Sofia Coppola -- Lost In Translation
b. Clint Eastwood -- Mystic River
c. Peter Jackson -- The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
d. Anthony Minghella -- Cold Mountain
e. Peter Weir -- Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

11. Best Screenplay
Motion Picture
a. Sofia Coppola -- Lost In Translation
b. Richard Curtis -- Love Actually
c. Brian Helgeland -- Mystic River
d. Anthony Minghella -- Cold Mountain
e. Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan -- In America

12. Best Original Song
Motion Picture
a. "The Heart Of Every Girl" -- Mona Lisa Smile
Music by: Elton John Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
b. "Into The West" -- The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Music & Lyrics by: Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox
c. "Man Of The Hour" -- Big Fish Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
d. "Time Enough For Tears" -- In America
Music & Lyrics by: Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer
e. "You Will Be My One True Love" Cold Mountain
Music & Lyrics by: Sting

Number of Nominations By Motion Picture
Cold Mountain -- 8
Lost in Translation -- 5
Mystic River -- 5
Big Fish -- 4
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King -- 4
The Last Samurai -- 3
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World -- 3

Watch out for the 61st Golden Globe Awards airing on January 25, 2004 and coming soon to Star TV.
Courtesy of Munawar Hossain Piyal of the HFPA.