Success for Clooney in Golden Globe nominations

George Clooney's 'Up In The Air' leads the nominations for the Golden Globes which was announced today.

George Clooney's 'Up In The Air' leads the nominations for the Golden Globes, which were announced this afternoon.

It has six nods on the shortlist for next month's awards show, including Best Picture.

Musical 'Nine' has also done well, receiving five nominations.

Other drama picks include 'Avatar', the Iraq War tale 'The Hurt Locker", and Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'.

A list of nominations for the major prizes at the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture -- Drama

- "Avatar"

- "The Hurt Locker"

- "Inglourious Basterds"

- "Up In The Air"

- "Precious"

Best Director -- Motion Picture

- Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"

- James Cameron "Avatar"

- Clint Eastwood "Invictus"

- Jason Reitman "Up In the Air"

- Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Performance by an 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 Performance by an 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 'Gabby' Sidibe "Precious"

Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy

- "500 Days of Summer"

- "The Hangover"

- "It's Complicated"

- "Julie & Julia"

- "Nine"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy

- Sandra Bullock "The Proposal"

- Marion Cotillard "Nine"

- Julia Roberts "Duplicity"

- Meryl Streep "It's Complicated"

- Meryl Streep "Julie & Julia"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or 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"