Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln dominate 2013 Golden Globe Awards Nominations

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln looks set to dominate the 2013 Golden Globe Awards after landing seven nominations.

The historical epic will go head-to-head for Best Motion Picture (Drama) with Argo, Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty and Life of Pi.

Meanwhile, Daniel Day-Lewis, who portrays former President Abraham Lincoln in the project, scored a mention for Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture (Drama), while Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones picked up nods for their supporting roles and Steven Spielberg landed a nod for Best Director.

Lincoln is also nominated in categories for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score, taking the tally to seven, while Ben Affleck’s thriller Argo and Quentin Tarantino’s drama Django Unchained trail with five nominations each.

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will take place on January 13th in Los Angeles.

The nominations were announced by actors Ed Helms, Megan Fox, and Jessica Alba in Beverly Hills, California on Thursday and the main movie award categories are as follows:

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

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama 
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust And Bone
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Naomi Watts – The Impossible
Rachel Weisz – The Deep Blue Sea

 Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama 
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Richard Gere – Arbitrage
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix -The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

 Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook

 Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical 
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 Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical 
Jack Black – Bernie
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson

 Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture 
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy
Amy Adams – The Master

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture 
Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

 Best Director – Motion Picture 
Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
Ang Lee – Life of Pi.
Best Television Series — Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Costner, Hatfields and McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway and Gellhorn

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway and Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louis
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfield & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

SOURCE: starpulse.com