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This morning, nominees for the 69th Annual Golden Globes were announced at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood.   Idris Elba landed a Best Actor/ Miniseries nomination for his role as DCI John Luther in the BBC procedural “LUTHER.”  This is Elba’s second Golden Globe nomination for  playing the complex and tortured police detective. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were recognized for their work in the period ensemble The Help .  Davis is up for Best Actress/Drama and Spencer for Best Supporting Actress/Drama.   The Help was also nominated for Best Picture: Drama and Best Original Song ( “The Living Proof” by Mary J. Blige ). The Golden Globes Awards ceremony will air Sunday January 15, 2012 FULL LISTING OF NOMINATIONS: FILM BEST PICTURE: DRAMA “The Descendants” “The Help” “Hugo” “The Ides of March” “Moneyball” “War Horse” BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL “50/50” “The Artist” “Bridesmaids” “Midnight in Paris” “My Week With Marilyn” BEST DIRECTOR Woody Allen (“Midnight in Paris”) George Clooney (“The Ides of March”) Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) Alexander Payne (“The Descendants”) Martin Scorsese (“Hugo”) BEST ACTOR: DRAMA George Clooney (“The Descendants”) Leonardo Dicaprio (“J. Edgar”) Michael Fassbender (“Shame”) Ryan Gosling (“The Ides of March”) Brad Pitt (“Moneyball”) BEST ACTRESS: DRAMA Glenn Close (“Albert Nobbs”) Viola Davis (“The Help”) Rooney Mara (“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady”) Tilda Swinton (“We Need to Talk About Kevin”) BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jodie Foster (“Carnage”) Charlize Theron (“Young Adult”) Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids”) Michelle Williams (“My Week With Marilyn”) Kate Winslet (“Carnage”) BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) Brendan Gleeson (“The Guard”) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“50/50”) Ryan Gosling (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”) Owen Wilson (“Midnight in Paris”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) Jessica Chastain (“The Help”) Janet McTeer (“Albert Nobbs”) Octavia Spencer (“The Help”) Shailene Woodley (“The Descendants”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh (“My Week With Marilyn”) Albert Brooks (“Drive”) Jonah Hill (“Moneyball”) Viggo Mortensen (“A Dangerous Method”) Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”) BEST ANIMATED FILM “The Adventures of Tintin” “Arthur Christmas” “Cars 2” “Puss in Boots” “Rango” BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM “The Flowers Of War” (China) “In The Land of Blood and Honey” (USA) “The Kid With a Bike” (Belgium) ”A Separation” (Iran) “The Skin I Live In” (Spain) BEST SCREENPLAY ”The Artist” “The Descendants” “The Ides of March” “Midnight in Paris” “Moneyball” TELEVISION BEST ACTRESS, TV COMEDY Laura Dern (“Enlightened”) Zooey Deschanel (“New Girl”) Tina Fey (“30 Rock”) Laura Linney (“The Big C”) Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”) BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA Claire Danes (“Homeland”) Mireille Enos (“The Killing”) Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”) Madeleine Stowe (“Revenge”) Callie Thorne (“Necessary Roughness”) Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Hugh Bonneville, “Downtown Abbey” (Masterpiece) Idris Elba, “Luther” William Hurt, “Too Big to Fail” Bill Nighy, “Page Eight” (Masterpiece) Dominic West, “The Hour” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV SERIES, MINI-SERIES or MOVIE Peter Dinklange (“Game of Thrones”) Paul Giamatti (“Too Big to Fail”) Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”) Tim Robbins (“Cinema Verite”) Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV SERIES, MINI-SERIES or MOVIE Jessica Lange (“American Horror Story”) Kelly Macdonald (“Boardwalk Empire”) Maggie Smith (“Downtown Abbey (Masterpiece)”) SofiaVegara (“Modern Family”) Evan Rachel Wood (“Mildred Pierce”) BEST ACTOR, TV COMEDY Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”) David Duchovny (“Californication”) Johnny Galecki (“The Big Bang Theory”) Thomas Jane (“Hung”) Matt LeBlanc (“Episodes”) BEST COMEDY SERIES, TV “Enlightened” “Episodes” “Glee” “Modern Family” “New Girl”

Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer Get Golden Globe Nods