Inception bags 11 nominations of Satellite Awards

Inception bags 11 nominations of Satellite Awards

MUMBAI: The International Press Academy (IPA) has announced nominees for its 15th annual Satellite Awards.

While on the film front, Warner Brothers‘ thriller Inception led the list with 11 nominations, top TV contenders were Glee and The Good Wife with five nominations each. In all, the group put forward film nominees from 67 films in 22 different categories, while in its 12 television categories, it rolled out 38 different programmes.

The IPA, a group of entertainment journalists, nominated 10 movies like 127 Hours, Animal Kingdom, Blue Valentine, Get Low, The Ghost Writer, Inception, The King‘s Speech, The Social Network, The Town and Winter‘s Bone in the best motion picture category.

It also singled out another seven films as best comedy or musical nominees: Cyrus, The Kids Are All Right, Made in Dagenham, The Other Guys, Please Give, RED and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland were nominated in the category of best motion picture, animated or mixed media, along with four other films. As far a s documentaries go, Inside Job and Waiting for Superman earned best documentary nominations along with eight other films.

The winners will be announced on 19 December.