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"Ben Affleck has said that he is &amp;quot;grateful&amp;quot; to get a Golden Globe nomination for directing Argo. Affleck was nominated in the &amp;#039;Best Director&amp;#039; category on Thursday (December 14) for his critically acclaimed film about a real-life rescue attempt of American hostages from Iran.  Speaking to USA Today, the filmmaker said that the honor came as vindication after the career slump he experienced in the mid-2000s. &amp;quot;There were an awful lot of mornings where I woke up and nobody nominated me for anything. And, there were also times when I woke up and not only was I not getting any good news, but I was getting bad news,&amp;quot; he joked.  Affleck added: &amp;quot;So, if you&amp;#039;re going to deal with the downside, I think it&amp;#039;s okay to enjoy the upside. It&amp;#039;s definitely been a while for me, in this sense, so it really is exciting.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s exciting. When you&amp;#039;ve been kicked around a little bit, you have greater appreciation for a good thing.&amp;quot;  [Ben Affleck in a scene from &amp;#039;Argo&amp;#039;] Argo is up for five Golden Globe Awards in all, including &amp;#039;Best Motion Picture - Drama&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best Supporting Actor&amp;#039; for Alan Arkin. The 70th annual Golden Globes - hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler - will air on January 13, 2013 on NBC. Watch a trailer for Argo below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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