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‘Lincoln’ leads Golden Globes with 7 nominations

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photo This film image released by Universal Pictures shows actress Anne Hathaway portraying Fantine, a struggling, sickly mother forced into prostitution in 1800s Paris, in a scene from the screen adaptation of “Les Miserables.” Hathaway was nominated Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 for a Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her role in “Les Miserables.” The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham)

DAVID GERMAIN,

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Steven Spielberg’s Civil War epic “Lincoln” led the Golden Globes Wednesday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.

Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama are the Iran hostage-crisis thriller “Argo” and the slave-turned-bounty-hunter tale “Django Unchained.”

Other best-drama nominees are the shipwreck story “Life of Pi” and the Osama bin Laden manhunt thriller “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Nominated for best musical or comedy were: the British retiree adventure “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”; the Victor Hugo musical “Les Miserables”; the first-love tale “Moonrise Kingdom”; the fishing romance “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”; and the lost-soul romance “Silver Linings Playbook.