With the awards season just a month away, the 2012 Golden Globes nominations were announced earlier today.
After British comedian Ricky Gervais's bumpy ride hosting two Golden Globe awards back-to-back, the reins have now been turned over to America's funniest women, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
While the show itself seems to hold more promise, entertainment-wise, the nominations reveal this year's deserving front-runners and a surprise entry for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained that is set to release on December 25.
There's some good news for India as well, as films starring Indians have been nominated like the Tena Desae-starrer The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and the Anupam Kher-starrer Silver Linings Playbook.
Take a look at the nominees in the top categories:
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 ACTOR, 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
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ACTOR, 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 ACTRESS, 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio -- Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- The Master
Tommy Lee Jones -- Lincoln
Christoph Waltz -- Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams -- The Master
Sally Field -- Lincoln
Anne Hathaway -- Les Miserables
Helen Hunt -- The Sessions
Nicole Kidman -- The Paperboy
BEST SCREENPLAY
Zero Dark Thirty -- Mark Boal
Lincoln -- Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook -- David O Russell
Django Unchained -- Quentin Tarantino
Argo -- Chris Terrio
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transvylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon Tiki
Rust And Bone
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey: Season 2
Homeland
The Newsroom
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Connie Britton -- Nashville
Glenn Close -- Damages
Claire Danes -- Homeland
Michelle Dockery -- Downton Abbey: Season 2
Julianna Margulies -- The Good Wife
BEST ACTOR TV DRAMA
Steve Buscemi -- Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston -- Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels -- The Newsroom
Jon Hamm -- Mad Men
Damian Lewis -- Homeland
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash
BEST ACTRESS, TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Zooey Deschanel -- New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus -- Veep
Lena Dunham -- Girls
Tina Fey -- 30 Rock
Amy Poehler -- Parks And Recreation
BEST ACTOR, TV -- COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin -- 30 Rock
Don Cheadle -- House Of Lies
Louis C.K. -- Louie
Matt Leblanc -- Episodes
Jim Parsons -- The Big Bang Theory
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals
BEST ACTRESS, TV - MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Nicole Kidman -- Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange -- American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller -- The Girl
Julianne Moore -- Game Change
Sigourney Weaver -- Political Animals
BEST ACTOR, TV -- MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE
Kevin Costner -- Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch -- Sherlock
Woody Harrelson -- Game Change
Toby jones -- The Girl
Clive Owen -- Hemingway & Gellhorn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hayden Panettiere -- Nashville
Archie Panjabi -- The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson -- Game Change
Maggie Smith -- Downton Abbey: Season 2
Sofia Vergara -- Modern Family
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Max Greenfield -- New Girl
Ed Harris -- Game Change
Danny Huston -- Magic City
Mandy Patinkin -- Homeland
Eric Stonestreet -- Modern Family
