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Golden Globes Snubs And...Guess Who's Back?

Yes, folks, I'm back -- but I won't be posting reviews from screenings.  Long story short, I didn't have time to go to screenings, and now I'm moving from Boston to Stonington, CT.  But that doesn't mean I'll stop going to the movies!  

Anyway, the Golden Globe nominees were announced yesterday morning, and there were many expected nominees with a few surprises throw in there.  Of course, there are a number of people who I think deserved to be nominated this year, and I'm clumping all snubbees [a word I just invented] into one category.  

-Jennifer Aniston -- Horrible Bosses  [Best Actress, Comedy]
-Steve Carell -- Crazy, Stupid, Love  [Best Actor, Comedy]
-Jesper Christensen -- The Debt  [Best Supporting Actor]
-Marion Cotillard -- Midnight in Paris  [Best Supporting Actress]
-Armie Hammer -- J. Edgar  [Best Supporting Actor]
-John Hawkes -- Martha Marcy May Marlene  [Best Supporting Actor]
-Bryce Dallas Howard -- The Help  [Best Supporting Actress]
-Melissa McCarthy -- Bridesmaids  [Best Supporting Actress]
-Nick Nolte -- Warrior  [Best Supporting Actor]
-Elizabeth Olsen -- Martha Marcy May Marlene  [Best Actress, Drama]
-Patton Oswalt -- Young Adult [Best Supporting Actor)
-Alan Rickman -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II  [Best Supporting Actor]
-Emma Stone -- The Help  [Best Actress, Drama]
-Justin Timberlake -- Friends with Benefits  [Best Actor, Comedy]
-Christoph Waltz -- Carnage  [Best Actor, Comedy]
-Mia Wasikowska -- Albert Nobbs  [Best Supporting Actress]
-Evan Rachel Wood -- The Ides of March  [Best Supporting Actress]

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