Nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today, with ‘50/50’, ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Midnight In Paris’ up for ‘Best Picture – Comedy or Musical’ while ‘Modern Family’ faces off against ‘New Girl’ and ‘Episodes’ in the ‘Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical’ category.

‘Bridesmaids’ star Kristin Wiig is nominated alongside Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Charlize Theron and Michelle Williams for ‘Best Actress – Comedy or Musical’, while for the boys Jean Dujardin, Brendan Gleeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling and Owen Wilson all get a nod.

In television, best comedy actress is led by Tina Fey of ‘30 Rock’ followed by Laura Dern of ‘Enlightened’, Zooey Deschanel of ‘New Girl’, Laura Linney of The Big C and Amy Poehler of ‘Parks and Recreation’.

Best comedy actor sees ‘30 Rock's Alec Baldwin also at the front of the pack followed by David Duchovny of ‘Californication’, Johnny Galecki of ‘The Big Bang Theory’, Thomas Jane from ‘Hung’ and Matt LeBlanc from new series ‘Episodes’.

The Golden Globes will be handed out on 15th January, 2012 with Ricky Gervais returning as host.

Check out the full list of ‘2012 Golden Globe’ nominations right here!

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