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Film News: Broadcast shows nab 17 Globe noms, cable grabs 35 — Once again, cable dominated the broadcast competition on the TV side of the Golden Globe. With an impressive 35 noms (though five less than last year), cable outdistanced the 17 nods notched by the broadcast nets.

Film News: Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and Matt Damon honored twice — The biggest news with the thesp noms is the triple double: three actors score two nominations each. Not willing to settle for just one film a year can make a performer twice-blessed, which is what happened to Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep in 2009.

Film News: Unusual for them, foreign journalists like gross-out comedy — Tennessee Williams more or less got it right: Sometimes there’s God — or Paramount — so quickly.

Film News: Race draws on a more animated world at the box office — When the HFPA voted last month to expand this year’s number of nominations for animated feature from three to five slots, it constituted a long-overdue recognition of animation’s increasingly high profile and box office heft. In addition to recognizing the sheer number of animated projects that deserve inclusion, the expansion also allows other contenders to join the club that has been dominated by Disney-Pixar, which has produced the previous three Globes winners: “Wall-E,” “Ratatouille” and “Cars.”

Film News: Their Globe nominations reflect big themes they tackled — If the HFPA can be faulted for its occasional popcorn choices, the org has historically maintained a highbrow sensibility in the directors race, with this year being no exception.

Film News: Won Oscar for ‘Song of Bernadette’ — A publicist says Jennifer Jones, who was nominated for Academy Awards five times and won for her portrayal of a saintly nun in “The Song of Bernadette,” has died at age 90.

Film News: ‘Metropolitan,’ ‘Harold and Maude’ to be screened — Sundance Institute has tapped “Metropolitan,” “Poison” and “Harold and Maude” as its selections for its From the Collection screenings at the upcoming festival.

Film News: ‘Metropolitan,’ ‘Harold and Maude’ to be screened — Sundance Institute has tapped “Metropolitan,” “Poison” and “Harold and Maude” as its selections for its From the Collection screenings at the upcoming festival.

Film News: Co-production mart will select 10 projects — The Locarno Film Festival will focus on cinema from Central Asia in its Open Doors co-production mart dedicated to emerging cinematographies.

Film News: Nineteen features to unspool in festival sidebar — Coming-of-age dramas from Latin America and indigenous cinema from New Zealand and Australia are some of this year’s highlights at the Berlinale’s children-and-youth sidebar Generation.