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Sofia Vergara, Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Branagh also celebrating their nominations. By Jocelyn Vena Angelina Jolie Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images On Thursday (December 15), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for the Golden Globe Awards . Sofia Vergara, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones and Gerard Butler all woke up bright and early to present the list of names, and one of those announcers even found herself with a nod. “Modern Family” star Vergara is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, and she quickly took to Twitter to share her excitement. “Celebrating with cake at 5am my Golden Globe nomination,” she wrote . She is hardly the only person excited about the recognition. “Hugo” director Martin Scorsese, up for Best Director, quickly released a statement. “Making ‘Hugo’ was an extraordinary experience for me. It gave me a chance to work in 3D, which I’ve wanted to do since I was young; it allowed me to make a child’s adventure, the type of picture that I loved when I was young; and it provided an occasion to pay tribute to one of the cinema’s greatest pioneers, Georges M