'The King's Speech' Leads Golden Globe Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press has spoken, and it's a golden year for Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Geoffrey Rush, each of whom garnered a Golden Globe nod when the 2010 nominations were announced early Tuesday morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The Kings Speech dominated with seven nominations, followed closely by the boxing flick, The Fighter, and the ever-popular Mark Zuckerberg tale, The Social Network, each of which earned six nominations. All three movies are competing in the Best Motion Picture, Drama category, alongside Black Swan and Inception. The leading men in these forerunning pictures — Firth, Mark Wahlberg, and Jesse Eisenberg will also square off for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, with James Franco and Ryan Gosling rounding out the category.

The Best Actress, Drama nominees came from more scattered sources, with favorite Natalie Portman in Black Swan leading the pack, which also includes Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Williams, and Nicole Kidman for her performance as a grieving mother in Rabbit Hole.

On the lighter side, the Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical category honors Kevin Spacey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Giamatti, and Johnny Depp twice, for his roles in Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist, for which his costar Angelina Jolie also received a nod for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical.

The television nominees didn't hold too many surprises, with favorites Glee, Mad Men, and Dexter coming out on top.

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, January 16th. —KIMBERLY STEELE

Read on for more nominees:

FILM CATEGORIES

Best Picture, Drama
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The King's Speech'
'The Social Network'

Best Picture, Comedy
'Alice in Wonderland'
'Burlesque'
'The Kids Are All Right'
'Red'
'The Tourist'

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, 'Black Swan'
David Fincher, 'The Social Network'
Tom Hooper, 'The King's Speech'
Christopher Nolan, 'Inception'
David O. Russell, 'The Fighter'

Best Actress, Comedy
Annette Bening, 'The Kids Are All Right'
Anne Hathaway, 'Love and Other Drugs'
Angelina Jolie, 'The Tourist'
Julianne Moore, 'The Kids Are All Right'
Emma Stone, 'Easy A'

Best Actress, Drama
Halle Berry, 'Frankie and Alice'
Nicole Kidman, 'Rabbit Hole'
Jennifer Lawrence, 'Winter's Bone'
Michelle Williams, 'Blue Valentine'
Natalie Portman, 'Black Swan'

Best Actor, Drama
Jesse Eisenberg, 'The Social Network'
Colin Firth, 'The King's Speech'
James Franco, '127 Hours'
Ryan Gosling, 'Blue Valentine'
Mark Wahlberg, 'The Fighter'

Best Actor, Comedy
Johnny Depp, 'Alice in Wonderland'
Johnny Depp, 'The Tourist'
Paul Giamatti, 'Barney's Version'
Jake Gyllenhaal, 'Love and Other Drugs'
Kevin Spacey, 'Casino Jack'

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, 'The Fighter'
Michael Douglas, 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'
Andrew Garfield, 'The Social Network'
Jeremy Renner, 'The Town'
Geoffrey Rush, 'The King's Speech'

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, 'The Fighter'
Helena Bonham Carter, 'The King's Speech'
Mila Kunis, 'Black Swan'
Melissa Leo, 'The Fighter'
Jackie Weaver, 'Animal Kingdom'

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best Drama Series
'Mad Men,' AMC
'The Good Wife,' CBS
'Boardwalk Empire,' HBO
'The Walking Dead,' AMC
'Dexter,' Showtime

Best Comedy Series
'Glee,' Fox
'30 Rock,' NBC
'The Big Bang Theory,' CBS
'Modern Family,' ABC
'The Big C,' Showtime

Best Actor, Drama
Steve Buscemi, 'Boardwalk Empire'
Michael C. Hall, 'Dexter'
Jon Hamm, 'Mad Men',
Hugh Laurie, 'House'
Bryan Cranston, 'Breaking Bad'

Best Actress, Drama
Julianna Margulies, 'The Good Wife'
Piper Perabo, 'Covert Affairs'
Elisabeth Moss, 'Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, 'The Closer'
Katey Sagal, 'Sons of Anarchy'

Best Actor, Comedy
Alec Baldwin, '30 Rock'
Steve Carell, 'The Office'
Thomas Jane, 'Hung'
Matthew Morrison, 'Glee'
Jim Parsons, 'The Big Bang Theory'

Best Actress, Comedy
Toni Collette, 'United States of Tara'
Edie Falco, 'Nurse Jackie'
Tina Fey, '30 Rock'
Laura Linney, 'The Big C'
Lea Michele, 'Glee'