The Artist leads Golden Globe nominations with six

Nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globes were announced this morning at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

The Artist continues to pick up steam this awards season, leading the Globes nominees with six nods. The Help and The Descendants follow closely with five. The Ides of March, Moneyball and Midnight in Paris earned 4 nominations each; Hugo, Carnage, My Week With Marilyn and Albert Nobbs garner three nominations each.

The film category nominees are:

MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn

BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
The Ides of March by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Midnight In Paris by Woody Allen
Moneyball by Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian

ACTOR, DRAMA
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March

ACTRESS, 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

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet, Carnage

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid With a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Hugo, Howard Shore
War Horse, John Williams
W.E., Abel Korzeniowski

ORIGINAL SONG
Albert Nobbs, “Lay Your Head Down”
Gnomeo and Juliet, “Hello Hello”
The Help, “The Living Proof”
Machine Gun Preacher, “The Keeper”
W.E., “Masterpiece”

Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Aida Takla-O’ Reilly was on hand this morning with nominations presenters Sofia Vergara, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones and Gerard Butler.

The Jan 15 ceremony will again be hosted by Ricky Gervais.