Character Study - Colin Firth

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

2009 seems to be the break-out year for Colin Firth. A veteran film and tv actor Firth has many credits to his name and a fan base that borders on stalking.

Nonetheless, for this award season Firth has for his leading role in A Single Man:

Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Won
Detroit Film Critics Society
Austin Film Critics
BAFTA

If you haven't heard of Colin Firth or haven't seen one of his films, then

Source: MovieFone

Golden Globe Noms 2010

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

Award season has begun. The first nominations to grace the media are from the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture, Drama

'Avatar'

'The Hurt Locker'

'Inglourious Basterds'

'Precious'

'Up in the Air'

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

'500 Days of Summer'

'The Hangover'

'It's Complicated'

'Julie & Julia'

'Nine'

Best Director in a Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow

'The Hurt Locker'

James Cameron

'Avatar'

Clint Eastwood

'Invictus'

Jason Reitman

'Up in the Air'

Quentin Tarantino

'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jeff Bridges

'Crazy Heart'

George Clooney

'Up in the Air'

Colin Firth

'A Single Man'

Morgan Freeman

'Invictus'

Tobey Maguire

'Brothers'

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Emily Blunt

'The Young Victoria'

Sandra Bullock

'The Blind Side'

Helen Mirren

'The Last Station'

Carey Mulligan

'An Education'

Gabourey Sidibe

'Precious'

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Matt Damon

'Invictus'

Woody Harrelson

'The Messenger'

Christopher Plummer

'The Last Station'

Stanley Tucci

'The Lovely Bones'

Christoph Waltz

'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Penelope Cruz

'Nine'

Vera Farmiga

'Up in the Air'

Anna Kendrick

'Up in the Air'

Mo'Nique

'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire'

Julianne Moore

'A Single Man'

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Matt Damon

'The Informant!'

Daniel Day-Lewis

'Nine'

Robert Downey, Jr.

'Sherlock Holmes'

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

'(500) Days of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg

'A Serious Man'

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Sandra Bullock

'The Proposal'

Marion Cotillard

'Nine'

Julia Roberts

'Duplicity'

Meryl Streep

'It's Complicated'

Meryl Streep

'Julie and Julia'

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

'The Hurt Locker'

Mark Boal

'District 9'

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

'Inglourious Basterds'

Quentin Tarantino

'It's Complicated'

Nancy Meyers

'Up in the Air'

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Animated Feature Film

'Coraline'

'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'

'The Princess and the Frog'

'Up'

Best Foreign Language Film

'A Prophet'

'The White Ribbon'

'The Maid'

'Baaria'

Best Television Series, Drama

'Big Love'

'Dexter'

'House'

'Mad Men'

'True Blood'

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

'30 Rock'

'Entourage'

'Glee'

'Modern Family'

'The Office'

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Simon Baker

'The Mentalist'

Michael C. Hall

'Dexter'

Jon Hamm

'Mad Men'

Hugh Laurie

'House'

Bill Paxtion

'Big Love'

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Julianna Margulies

'The Good Wife'

Glenn Close

'Damages'

January Jones

'Mad Men'

Anna Paquin

'True Blood'

Kyra Sedgwick

'The Closer'

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Alec Baldwin

'30 Rock'

Steve Carell

'The Office'

Thomas Jane

'Hung'

David Duchovny

'Californication'

Matthew Morrison

'Glee'

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Toni Collette

'United States of Tara'

Courteney Cox

'Cougar Town'

Tina Fey

'30 Rock'

Edie Falco

'Nurse Jackie'

Lea Michele

'Glee'

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

'Grey Gardens'

'Into the Storm'

'Little Dorrit'

'Taking Chance'

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Kevin Bacon

'Taking Chance'

Kenneth Branagh

'Wallander: One Step Behind'

Chiwetel Ejiofor

'Endgame'

Brendan Gleeson

'Into the Storm'

Jeremy Irons

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Joan Allen

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Drew Barrymore

'Grey Gardens'

Jessica Lange

'Grey Gardens'

Anna Paquin

'The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler'

Sigourney Weaver

'Prayers for Bobby'

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Neil Patrick Harris

'How I Met Your Mother'

Michael Emerson

'Lost'

Jeremy Piven

'Entourage'

William Hurt

'Damages'

John Lithgow

'Dexter'

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jane Adams

'Hung'

Rose Byrne

'Damages'

Jane Lynch

'Glee'

Janet McTeer

'Into the Storm'

Chloe Sevigny

'Big Love'

Source: MovieFone