Go Africa!!! Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o and Chiwetel Ejiofor nominated for Golden Globe Awards

A few hours after  Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o and British-Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor were nominated for the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards for their roles in 12 Years a Slave, our African stars are back in the news, getting nods for the Golden Globe Awards next year. This time they are joined by Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The nominations were announced today Thursday 12th December 2013. Full list of nominees Film Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Chiwetel Ejiofor – “12 years a Slave” Idris Elba – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” Tom Hanks – “Captain Phillips” Matthew McConaughey – “Dallas Buyers Club” Robert Redford – “All is Lost” Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Sally Hawkins – “Blue Jasmine” Jennifer Lawrence – “American Hustle” Lupita Nyong’o – “12 Years A Slave” Julia Roberts – “August: Osage County” June Squibb – “Nebraska” Best Motion Picture – Drama “12 Years A Slave” “Captain Phillips” “Gravity” “Philomena” “Rush” Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical “American Hustle” “Her” “Inside Llewyn Davis” “Nebraska” “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Cate Blanchett – “Blue Jasmine” Sandra Bullock – “Gravity” Judi Dench – “Philomena” Emma Thompson – “Saving Mr. Banks” Kate Winslet – “Labor Day” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical Amy Adams – “American Hustle” Julie Delpy – “Before Midnight” Greta Gerwig – “Frances Ha” Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Enough Said” Meryl Streep – “August: Osage County” Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical Christian Bale – “American Hustle” Bruce Dern – “Nebraska” Leonardo DiCaprio – “The Wolf of Wall Street” Oscar Isaac – “Inside Llewyn Davis” Joaquin Phoenix – “Her” Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Barkhad Abdi – “Captain Phillips” Daniel Bruhl – “Rush” Bradley Cooper – “American Hustle” Michael Fassbender – “12 Years A Slave” Jared Leto – “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Director – Motion Picture Alfonso Cuaron – “Gravity” Paul Greengrass – “Captain Phillips” Steve McQueen – “12 Years A Slave” Alexander Payne – “Nebraska” David O. Russell – “American Hustle” Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Spike Jonze – “Her” Bob Nelson – “Nebraska” Jeff Pope Steve – “Philomena” John Ridley – “12 Years a Slave” David O. Russell – “American Hustle” Best Original Score – Motion Picture “All Is Lost” “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” “Gravity” “The Book Thief” “12 Years a Slave” Best Original Song – Motion Picture “Atlas” – “The Hunger Games” – Chris Martin “Let it Go” – “Frozen” “Ordinary Love” – “Mandella” – U2 “Please Mr Kennedy” – “Inside” – Ed Rush, T-Bone, Justin Timberlake, Coen “Sweeter Than Fiction” – “One Chance” – Taylor Swift Best Animated Feature Film “The Croods” “Despicable Me 2″ “Frozen” Best Foreign Language Film “Blue Is The Warmest Color” (France) “The Great Beauty” (Italy) “The Hunt” (Denmark) “The Past” (Iran) “The Wind Rises” (Japan) Television Best Television Series – Drama “Breaking Bad” “Downton Abbey” “The Good Wife” “House of Cards” “Masters of Sex” Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical “The Big Bang Theory” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” “Girls” “Modern Family” “Parks and Recreation” Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife” Tatiana Maslany – “Orphan Black” Taylor Schilling – “Orange Is The New Black” Kerry Washington – “Scandal” Robin Wright – “House of Cards” Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad” Liev Schreiber – “Ray Donovan” Michael Sheen – “Masters of Sex” Kevin Spacey – “House of Cards” James Spader – “The Black List” Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Zooey Deschanel – “New Girl” Lena Dunham – “Girls” Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie” Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Veep” Amy Poehler – “Parks and Recreation” Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Jason Bateman – “Arrested Development” Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” Michael J. Fox – “The Michael J. Fox Show” Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory” Andy Samberg – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television “American Horror Story: Coven” “Behind the Candelabra” “Dancing on the Edge “Top of the Lake” “White Queen” Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Helena Bonham Carter – “Burton and Taylor” Rebecca Ferguson – “The White Queen” Jessica Lange – “American Horror Story: Coven” Helen Mirren – “Phil Spector” Elisabeth Moss – “Top of the Lake” Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Matt Damon – “Behind The Candelabra” Michael Douglas – “Behind The Candelabra” Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Dancing On The Edge” Idris Elba – “Luther” Al Pacino – “Phil Spector” Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Jacqueline Bisset – “Dancing on the Edge” Janet McTeer – “The White Queen” Hayden Panettiere – “Nashville” Monica Potter – “Parenthood” Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Josh Charles – The Good Wife” Rob Lowe – “Behind the Candelabra” Aaron Paul – “Breaking Bad” Corey Stoll – “House of Cards” Jon Voight – “Ray Donovan”