UP IN THE AIR Leads Golden Globe Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today recognized Paramount Pictures’ Up In The Air with six nominations, for Best Motion Picture-Drama, Best Director (Jason Reitman), Best Screenplay (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama (George Clooney) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick).

Up In The Air was also awarded the National Board of Review’s Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor and best Supporting Actress. The Broadcast Film Critics Association gave Up In The Air eight nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, two for Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble and Best Editing (Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E.). The New York Film Critics Circle awarded George Clooney in the Best Actor category. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner were recognized for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Other nominees for Best Picture-Drama include Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds and Precious: Based On The Novel Push by Sapphire. The full list of HFPA Golden Globes nominees can be read at the official site.

The winners for the 2009 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association awards will be announced by Todd Jorgenson of the Denton Record-Chronicle tomorrow.