Golden Globes nominations announced

Cumberbatch, Redmayne and fellow Briton David Oyelowo make up three of the nominees for best actor in a drama. Felicity Jones, Redmayne's co-star in Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, is up for best actress in a drama, as is Gone Girl's Rosamund Pike, BBC News reports. The 72nd Golden Globes will be held in Beverly Hills on 11 January. Cumberbatch's citation comes for his role as World War II code breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, for which Keira Knightley gets a best supporting actress nod. Bookmakers William Hill make Redmayne their 10/11 favourite to win the best actor in a drama award, with Cumberbatch just behind at 6/4. Both actors were nominated for Screen Actors Guild awards on Wednesday, as were Jones, Pike and Knightley. Cumberbatch and Redmayne are expected to receive Oscar nominations next month, as is Michael Keaton for his work in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's darkly comic Birdman. Because the Golden Globes divides its nominations between dramas and musicals and comedies, Keaton is shortlisted in a different category. Redmayne said he was "beyond thrilled" and would "have a few mulled wines to celebrate", while Jones, who plays Hawking's first wife Jane in The Theory of Everything, said it was "a tremendous moment to get the news". Knightley and Pike are among other nominees to have expressed pleasure and thanks at having been recognised. Former Spooks star Oyelowo is shortlisted for playing Martin Luther King in civil rights tale Selma, which is nominated for the coveted best film drama prize alongside Boyhood, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher. Ralph Fiennes is recognised for his comic performance in The Grand Budapest Hotel, which joins Birdman, Stephen Sondheim adaptation Into the Woods, Bill Murray comedy St Vincent and British film Pride in the best film comedy or musical category. Dame Helen Mirren is shortlisted for best actress in a musical or comedy for The Hundred-Foot Journey, as is Emily Blunt for Into the Woods. The latter film earns Meryl Streep her 29th Golden Globe nomination. If she is named best supporting actress for her performance as a fairy-tale witch, it will be her ninth triumph at this event.