Golden gongs await the best in film and TV

It might not have the same cachet as the Oscars, and the organisation behind them, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is a private club of film journalists of dubious reputation, but the Golden Globes are still the main opening act for the Academy Awards. The Globes also have more categories, covering drama, comedies and musicals as well as the best in television.

It might give an early indication of just how Peter Jackson and his final Lord of the Rings chapter may fare next month, assuming of course he gets the nomination nod from the Academy on Wednesday morning.

And only at the Golden Globes do you get Ricky Gervais of BBC comedy The Office up against Matt LeBlanc of American sitcom Friends.

The 61st annual Golden Globes are awarded this afternoon New Zealand time and are screened tonight on TV2, 8pm. Here's a reminder of who's up for an award.

BEST FILM (DRAMA)

Cold Mountain

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Mystic River

Seabiscuit

BEST ACTRESS (FILM, DRAMA)

Cate Blanchett - Veronica Guerin

Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain

Scarlett Johansson - Girl with a Pearl Earring

Charlize Theron - Monster

Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 1

Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen

BEST ACTOR (FILM, DRAMA)

Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai

Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog

Jude Law - Cold Mountain

Sean Penn - Mystic River

BEST FILM (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Bend It Like Beckham

Big Fish

Finding Nemo

Lost in Translation

Love Actually

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday

Scarlett Johansson - Lost In Translation

Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give

Diane Lane - Under the Tuscan Sun

Helen Mirren - Calendar Girls

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Jack Black - School of Rock

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Jack Nicholson - Something's Gotta Give

Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)

Good Bye, Lenin (Germany)

Monsieur Ibrahim (France)

Osama (Afghanistan)

The Return (Russia)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (FILM)

Maria Bello - The Cooler

Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April

Hope Davis - American Splendor

Holly Hunter - Thirteen

Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FILM)

Alec Baldwin - The Cooler

Albert Finney - Big Fish

William H. Macy - Seabiscuit

Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass

Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

BEST DIRECTOR (FILM)

Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Clint Eastwood - Mystic River

Peter Jackson - The Return of the King

Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain

Peter Weir - Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World

BEST SCREENPLAY (FILM)

Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Richard Curtis - Love Actually

Brian Helgeland - Mystic River

Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain

Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan - In America

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (FILM)

Alexandre Desplat - Girl with a Pearl Earring

Danny Elfman - Big Fish

Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Gabriel Yared - Cold Mountain

Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai

BEST ORIGINAL SONG (FILM)

The Heart Of Every Girl (Mona Lisa Smile Music) - Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Into The West (The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, & Annie Lennox

Man Of The Hour (Big Fish) - Eddie Vedder

Time Enough For Tears (In America) - Bono, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer

You Will Be My Ain True Love (Cold Mountain) - Sting

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)

24

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Nip/Tuck

Six Feet Under

The West Wing

BEST ACTRESS (TELEVISION DRAMA)

Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under

Jennifer Garner - Alias

Allison Janney - The West Wing

Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck

Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia

BEST ACTOR (TELEVISION DRAMA)

Michael Chiklis - The Shield

Anthony Lapaglia - Without a Trace

William Petersen - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Martin Sheen - The West Wing

Kiefer Sutherland - 24

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Arrested Development

Monk

The Office

Sex and the City

Will & Grace

BEST ACTRESS (TELEVISION, MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Bonnie Hunt - Life with Bonnie

Reba McEntire - Reba

Debra Messing - Will & Grace

Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City

Bitty Schram - Monk

Alicia Silverstone - Miss Match

BEST ACTOR (TELEVISION, MUSICAL OR COMEDY)

Ricky Gervais - The Office

Matt LeBlanc - Friends

Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show

Eric McCormack - Will & Grace

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

BEST MINI-SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE

Angels in America

My House in Umbria

Normal

Soldiers Girl

Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone

BEST ACTRESS (MINI-SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE)

Judy Davis - The Reagans

Jessica Lange - Normal

Helen Mirren - Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone

Maggie Smith - My House in Umbria

Meryl Streep - Angels in America

BEST ACTOR (MINI-SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE)

Antonio Banderas - And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

James Brolin - The Reagans

Troy Garity - Soldier's Girl

Al Pacino - Angels in America

Tom Wilkinson - Normal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE)

Kim Cattrall - Sex and the City

Kristin Davis - Sex and the City -

Megan Mullally - Will & Grace

Cynthia Nixon - Sex and the City

Mary Louise Parker - Angels in America

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE)

Sean Hayes - Will & Grace

Lee Pace - Soldier's Girl

Ben Shenkman - Angels in America

Patrick Wilson - Angels in America

Jeffrey Wright - Angels in America


Herald Feature: Lord of the Rings