The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced its nominees for their annual Oscar precursor called the Golden Globes. There were no hugely embarrassing selections this year (a la The Tourist), though many notable names were missing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is HFPA bait if anything is, but it wasn’t included. Was it screened too late? We probably won’t know for awhile (at least until the Producers Guild of America weigh in). The Ides of March made a surprising reemergence into the race with several nominations including triple nominee George Clooney (director and screenplay for this film, plus actor for The Descendants) and double nominee Ryan Gosling (in Best Actor for both Drama and Comedy/Musical for this and Crazy Stupid Love.

Young Adult‘s Oscar chances have evaporated with the film and supporting actor Patton Oswalt missing out in the obviously friendly HFPA, Elizabeth Olsen also took a hit for Martha Marcy May Marlene. Nominations co-announcer Woody Harrelson was another surprising omission for his work on Rampart. No Nick Nolte (Warrior) or Armie Hammer (J. Edgar). No Max von Sydow (probably part of the Extremely Close failure). No Carey Mulligan (Shame) or Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus may not have screened for them). All in all, the only dread I have now is that Jonah Hill, one of the most annoying actors currently working, will get an Oscar nomination after this love.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Nomination Tallies

(6) The Artist
(5) The Descendants / The Help
(4) The Ides of March / Midnight in Paris / Moneyball
(3) Albert Nobbs / Hugo / My Week with Marilyn

The Nominations

Best Picture, Drama

The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Picture, Comedy/Musical

50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Picture, Animated

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

Best Director

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Actor, Drama

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

Best 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

Best Actor, Comedy/Musical

Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Joseph Gordon Levitt – 50/50
Ryan Gosling – Crazy Stupid Love
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris

Best Actress, Comedy/Musical

Jodie Foster – Carnage
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Kate Winslet – Carnage

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Screenplay

The Artist
The Descedants
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball

Best Original Score

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
W.E.
War Horse

Best Song

Hello Hello – Gnomeo & Juliet
The Keeper – Machine Gun Preacher
Lay Your Head Down – Albert Nobbs
The Living Proof – The Help
Masterpiece – W.E.

Best Foreign Language Film

The Flowers of War – China
In the Land of Blood and Honey – USA
The Kid with a Bike – Belgium
A Separation – Iran
The Skin I Live In – Spain

Golden Globe Data

Year Founded: 1943
First Awards: 1943 (69)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 24 (6-5-4-5-4) N / 29 (4-5-6-8-6) I
Picture (Drama Only): 21 (5-5-4-4-3) N / 7 (0-0-1-4-2) I
Picture (Comedy Only): 3 (1-0-0-1-1) N / 22 (4-5-5-4-4) I
Animated Feature: 14 (3-4-3-1-3) N / 5 (2-1-0-2-0) I
Director: 18 (4-4-4-2-4) N / 7 (1-1-1-3-1) I
Actor: 20 (3-4-4-4-5) N / 30 (7-6-6-6-5) I
Actor (Drama Only): 18 (3-4-4-3-4) N / 7 (2-1-1-2-1) I
Actor (Comedy Only): 2 (0-0-0-1-1) N / 23 (5-5-5-4-4) I
Actress: 22 (5-5-3-4-5) N / 28 (5-5-7-6-5) I
Actress (Drama Only): 17 (4-4-3-2-4) N / 8 (1-1-2-3-1) I
Actress (Comedy Only): 5 (1-1-0-2-1) N / 20 (4-4-5-3-4) I
Supporting Actor: 17 (3-5-3-4-2) N / 8 (2-0-2-1-3) I
Supporting Actress: 20 (4-4-4-4-4) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 23 (5-4-5-4-5) N / 2 (0-1-0-1-0) I
Original Score: 12 (4-2-3-2-1) N / 13 (1-3-2-3-4) I
Original Song: 6 (2-1-1-1-1) N / 19 (3-4-4-4-4) I
Foreign Language Film: 8 (2-2-2-0-2) N / 17 (3-3-3-5-3) I