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The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Announce Nominations for 2014 Film and TV Awards

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Dubbed the Dorian Awards, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), which comprises of over 100 stateside critics and entertainment journalists, has revealed its first round of picks for the best in 2014 film and TV.

‘Birdman’ starring Michael Keaton, which won screenplay and actor honors at the Golden Globes last night, leads the way with four nominations. ‘Pride’ is also nominated for Best Film, alongside ‘The Imitation Game’, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and, ‘Boyhood’, which all won big at the Globes.

On the TV side, Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany has been nominated for best TV actress alongside Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) and  Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback). Lisa Cholodenko’s HBO miniseries’Olive Kitteridge’, starring Francis McDormand, is up for two awards. And fellow filmmaker Jill Soloway’s celebrated ‘Transparent’ leads the way with five nominations.

Orange Is The New Black is up for 2 awards LGBTQ TV Show and TV Comedy of the Year, but suprisingly know of the key actress who star in the show are nominated.

One winner is known already: George Takei, Star Trek icon and LGBTQ-rights activist, has been named Timeless Star. GALECA has previously awarded such luminaries as Lily Tomlin and Sir Ian McKellen their version of a career achievement honor.

This season’s winners will be announced next Tuesday, January 20.


The complete list of Dorian Award nominees is below.

Film of the Year

Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Pride – CBS Films


Film Performance of the Year – Actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher – Sony Pictures Classics
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler – Open Road
Michael Keaton, Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – Universal


Film Performance of the Year – Actress

Essie Davis, The Babadook – Sundance Selects/IFC
Anne Dorval, Mommy – Lionsgate
Julianne Moore, Still Alice – Sony Pictures Classics
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Reese Witherspoon, Wild – Fox Searchlight


Film Director of the Year

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Ava DuVernay, Selma – Paramount
David Fincher, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman – Fox Searchight
Richard Linklater, Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC


LGBTQ Film of the Year

The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
The Way He Looks – Strand Releasing


Foreign Language Film of the Year

Force Majeure – Magnolia Pictures
Ida – Music Box Films
Mommy – Lionsgate
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
Two Days, One Night – Sundance Selects/IFC


Unsung Film of the Year

Obvious Child  – A24
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
The Skeleton Twins – Roadside Attractions
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC


Documentary of the Year 

The Case Against 8 – HBO
CitizenFour – Radius/TWC
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me – Sundance Selects
Life Itself – Magnolia Pictures
Regarding Susan Sontag – HBO


Visually Striking Film of the Year

Birdman – Fox Searchlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Interstellar – Paramount
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC
Under the Skin – A24


Campy Flick of the Year

Annie
Gone Girl
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Tammy


TV Drama of the Year

Fargo – FX
The Good Wife – CBS
How To Get Away with Murder – ABC
Mad Men – AMC
The Normal Heart – HBO


TV Comedy of the Year

The Comeback – HBO
Modern Family – ABC
Orange is the New Black – Netflix
Transparent – Amazon
Veep – HBO


TV Director of the Year

Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge – HBO
Jodie Foster, Orange is the New Black -Netflix
Andrew Haigh, Looking – HBO
Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart – HBO
Jill Soloway, Transparent – Amazon


TV Performance of the Year – Actor

Matthew Bomer, The Normal Heart – HBO
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective – HBO
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart – HBO
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards – Netflix
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent – Amazon


TV Performance of the Year – Actress

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder – ABC
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback – HBO
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife – CBS
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black – BBC America
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge – HBO


TV Musical Performance of the Year

Beyonce, MTV Video Music Awards – MTV
Neil Patrick Harris, “Sugar Daddy,” The Tony Awards – CBS
Jessica Lange, “Life on Mars,” American Horror Story: Freak Show – FX
Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Madonna, et al., “Same Love,” The Grammys – CBS
Prince, Saturday Night Live – NBC


LGBTQ TV Show of the Year

Looking – HBO
Modern Family – ABC
Orange is the New Black – Netflix
Please Like Me – Pivot
Transparent – Amazon


Unsung TV Show of the Year 

Getting On – HBO
Looking – HBO
Orphan Black – BBC America
Please Like Me – Pivot
Transparent – Amazon


TV Current Affairs Show of the Year

Anderson Cooper 360 – CNN
The Colbert Report – Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO
The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC


Campy TV Show of the Year

American Horror Story: Freak Show
How to Get Away with Murder
Jane the Virgin
Peter Pan Live!
Penny Dreadful


Music Video of the Year

Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Perfume Genius, “Queen”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”


The “We’re Wilde About You!” Rising Star Award

Ansel Elgort
Jack Falahee
Ellar Coltrane
Jack O’Connell
Gina Rodriguez
Finn Wittrock


Wilde Wit of the Year 

Stephen Colbert
Rachel Maddow
Bill Maher
John Oliver
Jon Stewart


Wilde Artist of the Year 

Xavier Dolan
Neil Patrick Harris
Richard Linklater
Jill Solloway
Tilda Swinton


Timeless Award 

George Takei

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