The only thing that sticks out about this morning's Golden Globe nominations is that "The Great Debaters" finally got a leg up, a "surprise" that a number of forecasters saw coming in the days leading up to the announcement.  But seriously, a monkey could have seen this stuff coming.

Focus' "Atonement" led the field by a wide margin with seven nominations, including the first tip of the hat this year for lead actor James McAvoy.  "Charlie Wilson's War" grabbed five nods while "No Country for Old Men" and "Sweeney Todd" each managed four.

Paramount Vantage's "Into the Wild," meanwhile, got a significant ding -- two nominations, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song -- while "There Will Be Blood" showed up as one of SEVEN Best Drama nominees and in the Best Actor category for Daniel Day-Lewis' maniacal portrayal.

On the whole, it really does read like business as usual.  Nothing to talk about that tickles MY fancy, in any case.  Here's the Variety story.

(The HFPA website is slow to update the list, but it's coming.)