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Published 14 Dec, 2010 05:10pm

Rushes from the Golden Globe nominees

The British monarchy tale ''The King's Speech'' led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, including best drama and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. Other best-drama nominees were the psychosexual dance thriller ''Black Swan,'' the boxing saga ''The Fighter,'' the sci-fi blockbuster ''Inception'' and the Facebook chronicle ''The Social Network.'' Nominees in the Globes' other best-picture category, for musical or comedy, are the Lewis Carroll fantasy ''Alice in Wonderland,'' the song-and-dance extravaganza ''Burlesque,'' the lesbian-family tale ''The Kids Are All Right,'' the action romp ''Red'' and the romantic thriller ''The Tourist.'' ''Glee'' leads TV contenders with five nominations, including comedy series and acting honors for Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer and Matthew Morrison. Other TV comedy series picks were ''30 Rock,'' ''The Big Bang Theory,'' ''The Big C,'' ''Modern Family'' and ''Nurse Jackie.'' Drama series nominees were ''Boardwalk Empire,'' ''Dexter,'' ''The Good Wife,'' ''Mad Men'' and ''The Walking Dead.'' The Golden Globe awards will air live Jan. 16 on NBC.

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