NEW: Golden Globe Nominations: the RI Connection
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Golden Globe nominees were released today, and GoLocal's researchers have the Rhode Island connections. Who do you know on this list?
The Help (Best Motion Picture-Drama)
Nominee: Viola Davis (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: Raised in Central Falls since she was 2 months old; received her undergraduate theater degree (’88) and Doctorate in Fine Arts (’02) from Rhode Island College; recently donated $1,000 dollars to the Adams Memorial Library in Central Falls.
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Nominee: Brad Pitt (Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: Starred in Meet Joe Black (1998) at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick
Albert Knobbs
Nominee: Glenn Close (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: raised more than $1 million for Women and Infants Hospital at 2006 Celebrity Luncheon; Starred in Evening (2007) which took place in Newport; starred in Reversal of Fortune (1990) shot at various estates in RI
Homeland
Nominee: Claire Danes (Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Drama)
RI Connection: Parents met at RISD; Starred in Evening (2007) which took place in Newport where she met husband Hugh Dancy on set
The Iron Lady
Nominee: Meryl Streep (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: Her eighth great-grandfather, Lawrence Wilkinson, was one of the first Europeans to settle Rhode Island; shot January Vogue cover on the beach in Rhode Island; starred in Evening (2007) which took place in Newport
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Nominee: Rooney Mara (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: starred in Tanner Hall (2009), filmed in RI
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nominee: Tilda Swinton (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama)
RI Connection: starring in upcoming Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom filmed in Rhode Island
Young Adult
Nominee: Charlize Theron (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical)
RI Connection: shot December 2011 Vogue cover in Newport
Midnight in Paris
Nominee: Owen Wilson (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical)
RI Connection: starred in Farrely brothers’ Hall Pass (2011) set in Providence
The Good Wife
Nominee: Julianna Margulies (Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Drama)
RI Connection: Star of Canterbury's Law (2008) an American legal drama television series set in Providence
New Girl
Nominee: Zooey Deschanel (Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Comedy or Musical)
RI Connection: Six generations back in the Deschanel family tree is New York farmer Caleb Manchester, descendant of an early Rhode Island family
The Big C
Nominee: Laura Linney (Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Comedy or Musical)
RI Connection: received her undergraduate degree (’86) from Brown University
30 Rock
Nominee: Alec Baldwin (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series- Comedy or Musical)
RI Connection: recently pledged $10,000 to RI Adams Memorial library to ease budget cuts; Starred in Outside Providence (1999)
Mildred Pearce
Nominee: Guy Pearce (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture made for Television)
RI Connection: Stars in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011) set in a fictional 19th century RI mansion
Game of Thrones
Nominee: Peter Dinklage (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture made for Television)
RI Connection: voices Roger Williams in The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell audiobook
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