Golden Globes Spread the Love to Titles on Disc

13 Dec, 2012 By: John Latchem

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s nominations for the 70th annual Golden Globes included a sizeable number of movies and TV shows already available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Among the contenders for Best Motion Picture — Drama, are Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty, all of which are still in theaters. However, among the nominees for Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical, three of the five are available on disc: Fox’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Universal’s Moonrise Kingdom and Sony Pictures’ Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The other two are Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook.

Best Exotic also earned a nomination for Best Actress for Judi Dench. Salmon earned additional noms for stars Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor in the top acting categories.

Sony Pictures’ Hope Springs earned a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Meryl Streep, while Millennium’s Bernie star Jack Black was nominated for Best Actor. Both films are available now on DVD and Blu-ray.

For Best Actress in a Drama, the only performance currently on disc is Rachel Weisz in The Deep Blue Sea, from Music Box Films. Among the actors, Richard Gere was nominated for Arbitrage, which Lionsgate releases on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 21.

Fox’s The Sessions, slated for release Feb. 12, was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama for John Hawkes and Best Supporting Actress for Helen Hunt.

Best Animated Feature Film nominees include Disney’s Brave (already on disc) and Frankenweenie (on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 8), Sony Pictures’ Hotel Transylvania (on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 29) and the not-yet-announced-for-disc Wreck-It Ralph and Rise of the Guardians.

Best Original Song nominees include “For You” from Act of Valor (on disc from Fox) and “Safe & Sound” from The Hunger Games (on disc from Lionsgate).

In the television categories, Best Drama Series nominees are “Breaking Bad,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Downton Abbey,” “Homeland” and “The Newsroom,” the latter of which is the only show without a season yet on disc.

“Homeland,” the Showtime series on DVD and Blu-ray from Fox, also earned noms for Best Actor for Damian Lewis, Best Actress for Claire Danes, and Best Supporting Actor for Mandy Patinkin.

In addition to Lewis, Best Actor in a Drama Series nominations went to Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad,” Steve Buscemi for “Boardwalk Empire,” Jon Hamm for “Mad Men” (Lionsgate) and Jeff Daniels for “The Newsroom.”

Best Comedy or Musical Series noms went to “The Big Bang Theory,” “Episodes,” “Girls,” “Modern Family” and “Smash.” Jan. 8 sees DVD releases of season one of “Smash” from Universal and season two of “Episodes” (packed with the first season) from Paramount. The other shows already have seasons on disc, including the recently released Girls: The Complete First Season from HBO.

Jim Parsons of “Big Bang Theory” and Matt LeBlanc of “Episodes” also earned noms in the Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series category, in addition to Alec Baldwin for “30 Rock” (Universal), Don Cheadle for “House of Lies” (season one on DVD Dec. 18 from Paramount) and Louis C.K. for “Louie” (Fox).

“Girls” star Lena Dunham also earned a Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series nomination, along with Zooey Deschanel for “New Girl” (Fox), Julie Louis-Dreyfus for “Veep” (on DVD and Blu-ray March 26 from HBO), Tina Fey for “30 Rock” and Amy Poehler for “Parks and Recreation” (Universal).

Best TV Movie or Miniseries nominees already on disc include Hatfields & McCoys (Sony Pictures) and The Hour (BBC), while Game Change makes its way to DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 8 from HBO.

The winners will be announced Jan. 13 in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a ceremony televised by NBC. A complete list of nominees is available at www.GoldenGlobes.org.

Golden Globe Nominees on Disc
FILM
Title	Nominations	Categories	Studio	Home Video
Act of Valor	1	Best Original Song: "For You"	Fox	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
Arbitrage	1	Best Actor — Drama: Richard Gere	Lionsgate	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 21
Bernie	1	Best Actor — Comedy: Jack Black	Millennium	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2	Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical; Best Actress: Judi Dench	Fox	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
Brave	1	Best Animated Feature Film	Disney	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Deep Blue Sea	1	Best Actress — Drama: Rachel Weisz	Music Box	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
Frankenweenie	1	Best Animated Feature Film	Disney	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 8
Hope Springs	1	Best Actress — Comedy: Meryl Streep	Sony Pictures	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
Hotel Transylvania	1	Best Animated Feature Film	Sony Pictures	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 29
The Hunger Games	1	Best Original Song: "Safe & Sound"	Lionsgate	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
Moonrise Kingdom	1	Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical	Universal	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Paperboy	1	Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Kidman	Millennium	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 22
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	3	Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical; Actor: Ewan McGregor; Actress: Emily Blunt	Sony Pictures	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Sessions	2	Best Actor — Drama: John Hawkes; Supporting Actress: Helen Hunt	Fox	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Feb. 12
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The Big Bang Theory	2	Best Comedy/Musical Series; Actor: Jim Parsons	Warner	Season 5 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Boardwalk Empire	2	Best Drama Series; Actor: Steve Buscemi	HBO	Season 2 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Breaking Bad	2	Best Drama Series; Actor: Bryan Cranston	Sony Pictures	Season 4 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Damages	1	Best Drama Series Actress: Glenn Close	Sony Pictures	Season 4 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Downton Abbey	3	Best Drama Series; Actress: Michelle Dockery; Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith	PBS	Season 2 available on DVD
Episodes	2	Best Comedy/Musical Series; Actor: Matt LeBlanc	Paramount/Showtime	Season 2 on DVD Jan. 8
Game Change	3	Best TV Movie/Miniseries; Actor: Woody Harrelson; Actress: Julianne Moore; Supporting Actress: Sarah Paulson; Supporting Actor: Ed Harris	HBO	Available on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 8
Girls	2	Best Comedy/Musical Series; Actress: Lena Dunham	HBO	Season 1 available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Good Wife	2	Best Drama Series Actress: Julianna Margulies; Supporting Actress: Archie Panjabi	Paramount/CBS	Season 3 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Hatfields & McCoys	2	Best TV Movie/Miniseries; Actor: Kevin Costner	Sony Pictures	Available on DVD
Hemingway & Gellhorn	3	Best TV Movie/Miniseries Actor: Clive Owen; Actress: Nicole Kidman	HBO	Available on DVD and Blu-ray March 19
Homeland	4	Best Drama Series; Actor: Damian Lewis; Actress: Claire Danes; Supporting Actor: Mandy Patinkin	Fox	Season 1 available on DVD and Blu-ray
The Hour	1	Best TV Movie/Miniseries	BBC	Available on DVD and Blu-ray
House of Lies	1	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actor: Don Cheadle	Paramount/Showtime	Available on DVD Dec. 18
Louie	1	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actor: Louis C.K.	Fox	Season 2 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Mad Men	1	Best Drama Series Actor: Jon Hamm	Lionsgate	Season 5 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Magic City	1	Supporting Actor: Danny Huston	Anchor Bay	Season 1 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Modern Family	3	Best Comedy/Musical Series; Supporting Actress: Sofia Vergara; Supporting Actor: Eric Stonestreet	Fox	Season 3 available on DVD and Blu-ray
New Girl	2	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actress: Zooey Deschanel; Supporting Actor: Max Greenfield	Fox	Season 1 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Parks and Recreation	1	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actress: Amy Poehler	Universal	Season 4 available on DVD
Sherlock	1	Best TV Movie/Miniseries Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch	BBC	Season 2 available on DVD and Blu-ray
Smash	1	Best Comedy/Musical Series	Universal	Season 1 available on DVD Jan. 8
30 Rock	2	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actor: Alec Baldwin; Actress: Tina Fey	Universal	Season 6 available on DVD
Veep	1	Best Comedy/Musical Series Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus	HBO	Season 1 available on DVD and Blu-ray March 26

 

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