Two of the five best-picture nominees are "Rachel Getting Married" and "The Wrestler"; "Synecdoche, New York" is a nominee for best first feature and best screenplay; "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "Milk," and "Rachel" were nominated for their screenplays, too; and among the nominated actors and actresses are Anne Hathaway, Javier Bardem, and Sean Penn.
"Grey's Anatomy," "Everybody Hates Chris" and "The Bernie Mac Show" are among the nominated television series.
Among productions nominated for best British film—"Atonement", for instance, and "This is England"—is "The Bourne Ultimatum".
Among the nominated shows that received no awards were "Mamma Mia!," "Morning's at Seven" and "Topdog/Underdog".
Among the nominated comedies "Modern Family" is very funny, but so is NBC's "Parks and Recreation," even with municipal government as its setting.
Musical What many people said first: among the nominated shows — "Xanadu," "In the Heights," "Passing Strange" and "Cry-Baby" — there is no juggernaut like "Jersey Boys," nor is there a rousing history-maker like "Spring Awakening".
For the first time two of the artists, Martin Creed and Mike Nelson, were among 180 nominated by members of the public, either directly to the Tate, or to the London Evening Standard.
Leonardo DiCaprio's response to Lady Gaga's Golden Globe win, for example: As for the awards themselves, there was little indication that critics of the perceived lack of diversity among the nominated actors had their complaints heard.
When asked how they felt about their film being among the nominated, they all backed up as if on cue and shouted, "Jai ho," which translates roughly as "Victory".
Among those nominated -- and yet to be approved by the Board of Legislators -- are Chevon Fuller, a former civil rights prosecutor for the state Attorney General's Office; Paul Redd, president and chief operating officer of the Westchester-Putnam AffirMaria Gagliardorogran; associate Gagliardo, an associate professor of Spanish language and culture at Purchase College.
