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The nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning, with announcements by Blair Underwood, Josh Duhamel, and Katie Holmes. The Social Network, The King’s Speech and The Fighter scored a handful of nods each. If nothing else, walk away from this nomination list with the knowledge that The Fighter is a far stronger awards contender than anyone credited it with being just a couple weeks ago. The full list is after the break.

Despite a general sense that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is a mostly useless, self-serving organization, the HFPA’s Golden Globes awards remain an important event. They’re considered a semi-useful bellwether for the Oscar nominations and, in fact, last year’s Golden Globes predicted 18 out of 20 acting Oscar nominees. That’s in part due to the fact that the Globes nominate more actors, as dramatic and comedy/musical categories are honored.

Speaking of useless: there are three major award nominations in comedy/musical categories for The Tourist. That’s comedy. The Fighter has a stronger presence than Inception which is a slight surprise; no shock, however, that The King’s Speech and The Social Network each scored major nominations.

The Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 16, in a ceremony hosted by Ricky Gervais.

Here are the major award nominations for film-related categories.

BEST PICTURE: DRAMA Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network

BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL Alice in Wonderland Burlesque The Kids Are Alright Red The Tourist

BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronosfsky, Black Swan David Fincher, The Social Network Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech Christopher Nolan, Inception David O. Russell, The Fighter

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 ACTRESS: DRAMA Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTRESS: COMEDY OR MUSICAL Anette Benning, The Kids Are Alright Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs Angelina Jolie, The Tourist Julianne Moore, The Kids Are Alright Emma Stone, Easy A

BEST ACTOR: COMEDY OR MUSICAL 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 ACTRESS Amy Adams, The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech Mila Kunis, Black Swan Melissa Leo, The Fighter Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale, The Fighter Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Andrew Garfield, The Social Network Jeremy Renner, The Town Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Biutiful The Concert The Edge I Am Love In a Better World

BEST SCREENPLAY Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right Christopher Nolan, Inception David Seidler, The King’s Speech Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network Hans Zimmer, Inception

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Despicable Me How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Toy Story 3

BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Bound To You” (Burlesque) “Coming Home” (Country Strong) “I See The Light” (Tangled) “There’s a Place For Us” (The Chronicles of Narnia) “You Haven’t Seen The Last of Me” (Burlesque)

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