“Birdman” leads Golden Globe Film Award nominations

The surreal show business satire “Birdman,” a darling of critics for its innovative storytelling, led the Golden Globe Awards film nominations announced on Thursday, with its seven nods making it a frontrunner early in the Hollywood awards season.

The story of a washed-up actor played by Michael Keaton attempting a comeback on the Broadway stage, “Birdman” will compete in the best comedy or musical category with “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Into the Woods,” “Pride” and “St. Vincent.”

Coming-of-age drama “Boyhood” and World War Two biopic “The Imitation Game” landed five nominations each and will square off in the coveted best drama category against “Foxcatcher,” “Selma” and “The Theory of Everything.”

The Golden Globes, organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be handed out on Jan. 11 in Beverly Hills. They are one of the biggest ceremonies in the Hollywood awards season leading to the Oscars in February.

Keaton, who like his character is a former superhero star, will compete for best comedy or musical actor with Ralph Fiennes for “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Bill Murray for “St. Vincent,” Joaquin Phoenix for “Inherent Vice” and Christoph Waltz for “Big Eyes.”

BESTMOTIONPICTURE – DRAMA
BOYHOOD
FOXCATCHER
THEIMITATIONGAME
SELMA
THETHEORY OF EVERYTHING

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTIONPICTURE – DRAMA
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTIONPICTURE – DRAMA

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

BESTMOTIONPICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BIRDMAN
THEGRANDBUDAPESTHOTEL
INTOTHEWOODS
PRIDE
ST. VINCENT

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTIONPICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Emily Blunt – Into The Woods
Helen Mirren – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTIONPICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – ST. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

BESTANIMATEDFEATUREFILM
BIGHERO 6
THEBOOK OF LIFE
THEBOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAINYOURDRAGON 2
THELEGOMOVIE

BESTFOREIGNLANGUAGEFILM

FORCEMAJEURETURIST (SWEDEN)
GETT: THETRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL)
IDA (POLAND/DENMARK)
LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA)
TANGERINESMANDARIINID (ESTONIA)

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTINGROLE IN A MOTIONPICTURE
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A most violent year
Keira Knightley – The imitation game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the woods

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTINGROLE IN A MOTIONPICTURE

Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffallo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BESTDIRECTOR – MOTIONPICTURE

Wes Andrerson – THEGRANDBUDAPESTHOTEL
Ava Duvernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez – Birdman
Richard Lniklater – Boyhood

BESTTELEVISIONSERIES – DRAMA
THEAFFAIRSHOWTIME
DOWNTONABBEY
GAME OF THRONES
THEGOODWIFE
HOUSE OF CARDS

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISIONSERIES – DRAMA

Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to get away with murder
Julianna Margulies – The good wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of cards

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISIONSERIES – DRAMA

Clive Owen – The Knick
Live Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist
Dominic West – The Affair

BESTTELEVISIONSERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
GIRLS
JANETHEVIRGIN
ORANGE IS THENEWBLACK
SILICONVALLEY
TRANSPARENT

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISIONSERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the virgin
Taylor Schilling – Orange is the new black

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISIONSERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Louis C.K. – Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
William H. Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

*BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTIONPICTUREMADEFORTELEVISION

FARGO
THEMISSING
THENORMALHEART
OLIVEKITTERIDGE
TRUEDETECTIVE

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTIONPICTUREMADEFORTELEVISION

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitterridge
Frances O’Connor – The Missing
Allison Tolman – Fargo

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTIONPICTUREMADEFORTELEVISION

Martin Freeman – Fargo
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Mark Ruffalo – The normal heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTINGROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTIONPICTUREMADEFORTELEVISION

Uzo Aduba – Orange is the new black
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Allison Janney – Mom
Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

BESTPERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTINGROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTIONPICTUREMADEFORTELEVISION

Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming – The good wife
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan