72nd Golden Globe Awards Nominations Announced

The Martin Luther King drama Selma and Showtime's new hit series The Affair top the list of nominees for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The 72nd Golden Globe Awards will be handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Beverly Hills Hotel on January 12, 2015.  Here is the list of film/TV nominees:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• Boyhood
• Foxcatcher
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Birdman
• Into the Woods
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Pride
• St. Vincent

Best TV Series – Drama

• The Affair, Showtime
• Downton Abbey, PBS
• Game of Thrones, HBO
• The Good Wife, CBS
• House of Cards, Netflix

Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy

• Girls (HBO)
• Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
• Transparent (Amazon)
• Silicon Valley (HBO)
• Jane the Virgin (CW)

Best Actor – Drama

• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
• David Oyelowo, Selma
• Eddie Redmayne, Theory of Everything

Best Actress – Drama

• Jennifer Aniston, Cake
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Ralph Fiennes, Grand Budapest Hotel
• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• Bill Murray, St. Vincent
• Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
• Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Amy Adams,
• Emily Blunt
• Helen Mirren
• Julianna Moore
• Quvenzhané Wallis

Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama

• Clive Owen, The Knick
• Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
• Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
• James Spader, The Black List
• Dominic West, The Affair

Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama

• Claire Danes, Homeland
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Ruth Wilson, The Affair
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Actor in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical

• Louis C.K., Louie
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies
• Ricky Gervais, Derek
• William H. Macy, Shameless
• Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical

• Lena Dunham – Girls
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
• Gina Rodriguez – Jane The Virgin
• Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep

Best Director – Motion Picture

• Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ava Duvernay, Selma
• David Fincher, Gone Girl
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Original Song (Motion Picture)

• Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)
• Glory – Selma (John Legend, Common)
• Mercy Is – Noah (Patty Smith, Lenny Kaye)
• Opportunity – Annie
• Yellow Flicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1 (Lorde)