Golden Globe Nominations: Two for Meryl, one for Neil Patrick Harris and plenty for Jane Lynch and “Glee”

The 67th annual Golden Globe Award nominations were announced in Beverly Hills early this morning and all kinds of big stars like George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. and Julia Roberts are up for acting awards.

If you want to see the complete list of nominees, here is a LINK. I’ve written below about nominees that are either gay-related or gay faves.

Meryl Streep will be competing against herself at the Golden Globe Awards. The six-time Globe winner was nominated twice in the best actress in a motion picture (musical/comedy) category foir her performances in Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated.

It is Julie & Julia that has gotten her the most buzz fir the Oscar where a performer cannot be nominated for more than one film in the same category.

Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated were also nominated for best picture (musical or comedy) and will compete against the musical Nine, and the comedies (500) Days of Summer,  and The Hangover.

The Best Picture (drama) nominees are: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious and Up in the Air.

Colin Firth got a best actor nod for A Single Man and appears to be on his way to an Oscar nomination. Julianne Moore was nominated for supporting actress in the same film which was directed by Tom Ford.

GLEEFUL: In the television categories, the comedy musical sensation Glee picked up four well-deserved nominations. In addition to outstanding comedy series, Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele were nominated for lead actor and actress, respectively, and the brilliant Jane Lynch will compete in the strange supporting actress category that mixes comedy and drama as well as series and miniseries. Lynch competes again a quartet of dramatic performances: Jane Adams (Hung), Rose Byrne (Damages), Janet McTeer (Into the Storm) and Chloe Sevigny (Big Love).

In the male version of the bizarre supporting category, Neil Patrick Harris received a nod for How I Met Your Mother. He will compete against John Lithgow who played a serial killer in Dexter and dramatic turns by William Hurt (Damages) and Michael Emerson (Lost). But NPH is not the only funny guy at least: Jeremy Piven was also nominated for Entourage.

The new ABC hit Modern Family, which prominently features a gay couple played by Jesse Tyler Fergeson and Eric Stonestreet, was nominated for outstanding comedy along with Glee, 30 Rock, Entourage and The Office.

And finally, I’m thrilled to see Sigourney Weaver nominated in the lead actress in a miniseries or movie category for her powerhouse performance in Prayers for Bobby. She starred in the true story of the Christian mother of a gay son who could not accept her son for who he was. After he killed himself, she became a gay rights activist.

Miss Weaver’s competition will be Joan Allen (Georgia O’Keeffe), Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens), Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens) and Anna Paquin (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler).