Sofia Vergara, Rashida Jones, Gerard Butler and Woody Harrelson were all glamed up at 5am (local time), in the Beverly Hilton, to read out the list of the 2012 Golden Globe nominees.

The Artist led the Film category with 6 nominations, and Downtown Abbey and Mildred Pierce led the Television category with 5 nominations.

Ryan Gosling is the most nominated actor, receiving nominations for his roles in The Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid Love.

Irish audiences will have more than one reason to tune into the Golden Globes as Brendan Gleeson, Michael Fassbender, composer Brian Byrne and drama series Game of Thrones  all received nominations.

Guy Pearce is flying the Australian flag by being nominated for Best Supporting Actor in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made for TV Movie, for his role in Mildred Pierce.

The Golden Globes are voted for by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Below is the full list of nominees:

FILM
BEST PICTURE DRAMA
The Descendents
War Horse
The Ides of March
The Help
Moneyball
Hugo

BEST PICTURE COMEDY
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
My Week With Marilyn
Midnight in Paris

BEST ACTOR DRAMA
George Clooney, The Descendants
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Leonardo DiCaprio, J.Edgar
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender, Shame

BEST ACTRESS DRAMA
Viola Davis, ‘The Help’
Meryl Streep, ‘The Iron Lady’
Tilda Swinton, ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
Rooney Mara, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Glenn Close, ‘Albert Nobbs’

BEST ACTOR COMEDY
Jean Dujardin, ‘The Artist’
Brendan Gleeson, ‘The Guard’
Owen Wilson, ‘Midnight in Paris’
Joseph Gorden-Levitt, ’50/50′
Ryan Gosling, ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Michelle Williams, ‘My Week With Marilyn’
Jodie Foster, ‘Carnage’
Kristen Wiig, ‘Bridesmaids’
Charlize Theron, ‘Young Adult’
Kate Winslet, ‘Carnage’

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks, ‘Drive’
Christopher Plummer, ‘Beginners’
Kenneth Branagh, ‘My Week With Marilyn’
Jonah Hill, ‘Moneyball’
Viggo Mortensen, ‘A Dangerous Method’

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, ‘The Artist’
Octavia Spencer, ‘The Help’
Jessica Chastain, ‘The Help’
Janet McTeer, ‘Albert Nobbs’
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants’

BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, ‘Hugo’
George Clooney, ‘The Ides of March’
Michel Hazanavicius, ‘The Artist’
Alexander Payne, ‘The Descendants’
Woody Allen, ‘Midnight in Paris’

TELEVIOSION
BEST TV SERIES DRAMA
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland

BEST COMEDY SERIES
New Girl
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST ACTRESS DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

BEST ACTOR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

BEST ACTRESS COMEDY
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Laura Linney, The Big C

BEST TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Mildred Pierce
Too Big Too Fail
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour

BEST ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
William Hurt, Too Big Too Fail
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Idris Elba, Luther
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, Appropriate Adult

SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, To Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

BEST SCREENPLAY
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘The Ides of March’
‘The Artist’
‘The Descendants’
‘Moneyball’

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
‘Rango’
‘The Adventures of Tintin’
‘Puss in Boots’
‘Arthur Christmas’
‘Cars 2’

BEST FOREIGN FILM
‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’
‘Flowers of War’
‘The Skin I Live In’
‘The Kid With a Bike’
‘A Separation’

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
‘W.E.’
‘The Help’
‘Albert Nobbs’
‘Machine Gun Preacher’
‘Gnomeo and Juliet’

BEST SCORE
‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
‘War Horse’
‘The Artist’
‘W.E.’

Cecil B DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement
Morgan Freeman

Watch Sofia Vergara, Rashida Jones, Gerard Butler & Woody Harrelson read out the nominations

The 68th Annual Golden Globes Ceremony will take place on January 15, and will again be hosted by the “naughty, naughty school boy” Ricky Gervais. To paraphrase Davina McCall “Look out Hollywood, Ricky’s coming to get you!”

Here’s a look at what Gervais did last year:

That’s Entertainment!

Sarina 🙂