Golden Globes 2012: nominations announced

The 2012 Golden Globe nominations have been announced, with silent flick 'The Artist' cementing it's status as a frontrunner for 'The Oscars' after it's nod for 'Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical'.

The silent movie homage scooped six nominations, with George Clooney drama 'The Descendents' and 'The Help' nabbing five.

Clooney will actually be competing against himself, as his own directorial effort 'The Ides of March' has been nominated in the 'Best Director' along 'The Descendants'.

The big surprise might be the lack of nominations for 'War Horse'.  Steven Spielberg's adaption of the hit play was expected to be a big hitter this awards season, but it only picked up one nod.

The full list of movie nominations are:

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')

Altbert 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'

ORIGINAL SCORE

Ludovic Bource - ('The Artist')

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - ('The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo')

Howard Shore - ('Hugo')

John Williams - ('War Horse')

Abel Korzeniowski - ('W.E.')

ORIGINAL SONG

"Lay Your Head Down" - ('Albert Nobbs')

"Hello Hello" - ('Gnomeo And Juliet')

"The Living Proof" - ('The Help')

"The Keeper" - ('Machine Gun Preacher')

"Masterpiece" - ('W.E.')

The ceremony will take place on 15 January and will once again be presented by Ricky Gervais.

More to follow.