Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" tops Golden Globes Awards noms

PanARMENIAN.Net - Before the Academy Awards reveals its nominees on January 10, many people are eager to find out the 2013 Golden Globes Awards nominations to predict which titles will likely make it to the Oscars noms. Adding the hype to the busy awards season, the Globes officially announced its nominees on Thursday, December 13, revealing the dominations of Steven Spielberg's history drama "Lincoln", AceShowbiz said.

The Abraham Lincoln drama bags a total of seven nods, including the coveted Best Drama, where it will face a stiff competition against "Argo", "Django Unchained", "Life of Pi" and "Zero Dark Thirty (2012)". This is the second time in less than a week "Lincoln" dominates an awards nominations after recently breaking record with 13 nods at 2013 Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Trailing behind the Daniel Day-Lewis-starring presidential film is Ben Affleck's true story political drama "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slavery era action comedy "Django" with five noms each. Meanwhile, "Zero Dark Thirty", "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook" collect four nods apiece.

The big surprise comes from British dramedy "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" which snatches three nominations for Best Comedy-Musical, Best Actress (Emily Blunt) and Best Actor (Ewan McGregor) despite the fact that it has been out of awards season obscurity. Another small dramedy that makes it to the list is "Hope Springs (2012)" which brings Meryl Streep to compete in Best Actress in Comedy-Musical category.

For years, the Golden Globes nominations have been considered as the most important influencers to predict the Oscars contenders.