Golden Globes 2013 nominations full list, surprises and snubs

One look at today's nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes tells you one thing: it's been a great year for cinema. Admittedly, the Best Picture list is somewhat predictable: Ben Affleck's Argo, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Ang Lee's Life Of Pi and Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty - but unlike most years, there's no one clear favourite. There's not even two; it's that close.

In other categories, there's a much deserved Best Comedy/Musical shortlist for Moonrise Kingdom, although personally we'd be amazed is Tom Hooper's Les Misérables doesn't take it. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen's multiple nominations came as a surprise but it's good to see Joaquin Phoenix recognised for The Master, GQ cover star Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty and Jennifer Lawrence for The Silver Linings Playbook. Perhaps the closest category is for supporting actor, with the likes of Leo DiCaprio, Tommy Lee Jones and Philip Seymour Hoffman fighting it out.

But the biggest shocks came in the TV categories: nothing for Mad Men's superb fifth season, nor a single appearance for Game Of Thrones, but Jeff Daniels is shortlisted for The Newsroom. Expect Best Actor to again be a play off between Homeland's Damian Lewis and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad. Personally, we're just hoping Ben Affleck's excellent Argo isn't orgotten in the inevitable post-Christmas Lincoln/Zero Dark Thirty face-off.

Best Picture, Drama
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kindgom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Best Actress, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marian Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David O'Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Chris Terrio, Argo

Foreign Language Film
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

Best Television Drama
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

Best Television Comedy or Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

Best Actress, Television Drama
Connie Briton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Juliana Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Actor, Television Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland

Best Actress, Television Comedy or Musical
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor, Television Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Supporting Actress, Television
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actor, Television
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Miniseries or TV Movie
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

Best Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Toby Jones, The Girl

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Actress, Miniseries or TV Movie
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller, The Girl
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Oliver Franklin

Oliver Franklin is GQ.com’s features assistant. He has also written for Wired, Men’s Health and the London Evening Standard.

via gq-magazine.co.uk