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Countdown to the Golden Globes: How to prepare for the big night!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Duke chapter.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on January 15th. The glitz and glamour of Hollywood combined with television and film always results in an exciting evening. This year produced some great new shows like New Girl, as well as bringing back some old favorites like Glee and The Big Bang Theory. New movies such as Bridesmaids and Crazy, Stupid, Love made 2011 one of the most hilarious years yet. So, here is a list of a few of the nominations to look forward to on the big night. Don’t forget to grab some popcorn and head to the common room to see who will be the big winners!

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Descendants ?
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Glenn Close- Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis- The Help
Rooney Mara- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep- The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton- We Need to Talk about Kevin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
George Clooney- The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio- J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender- Shame
Ryan Gosling- The Ides of March
Brad Pitt-Moneyball

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
 
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
 
Here are some more names to look out for: Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids, Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love, Shailene Woodly (from The Secret Life of the American Teenager) for her role in The Descendants, Zooey Deschanel, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Johnny Galecki for the Big Bang Theory, and Sofia Vergara and Eric Stonestreet for supporting roles in Modern Family.

Every year brings surprises. Be sure to view the nominated films and shows before the big night so you can make your own predictions. There’s no telling who will win! Not interested in film/television? Tune in to check out the fashion instead, another exciting part of the night!

Photo source: http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/files/2011/01/golden-globes2009.jpg

   
Betty Liu is a senior at Duke University where she is majoring in Biomedical Engineering.  Although her main interests lie in bioengineering, she loves keeping up with the latest trends on Duke's campus. Also, she enjoys learning about new music, reading and travelling around the world. One of her life dreams is to go to all seven continents! So far, she has been to four.