Slavery drama and con-artist caper lead Golden Globe nominations

Beverly Hills - Historical drama 12 Years a Slave and crime film American Hustle won most nominations for the Golden Globes announced on Thursday with seven nods each.

Black and white road movie Nebraska came next with five nominations for the Globes, which will be handed out in Beverly Hills on 12 January.

Somali piracy movie Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks and Gravity, with Sandra Bullock as an astronaut abandoned in space with George Clooney, won four nods apiece.

Nominees for best motion picture drama, revealed in a pre-dawn announcement in Beverly Hills, were 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena and Rush.

Best drama actor nods went to Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave, Idris Elba for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips, Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club and Robert Redford for All Is Lost.

Elba's nomination, for a film which had its London premiere on the day the South African anti-apartheid hero died, drew applause from the Beverly Hills hotel media and Hollywood watcher audience.

The best actress in a drama shortlist included three Britons: Judi Dench for Philomena, Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks and Kate Winslet for Labor Day.

They are up against Australian actress Cate Blanchett in Woody Allen's latest film Blue Jasmine, and Bullock for Gravity.

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