Nominations for the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just announced the nominees for their annual Golden Globe Awards, and as usual, there are plenty of surprises to be found among them. For starters, I don't think anyone could have predicted that Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic, "Vice," would be leading the way with six nods, including Best Picture (Comedy/Musical), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and three acting nominations. Several films followed right behind with five, including "The Favourite," "Green Book," and "A Star is Born."
Perhaps most shocking of all, however, is the disappointing omission of Yorgos Lanthimos from Best Director for his stunning work on "The Favourite." The HFPA clearly loved the film, nominating it in Best Picture (Comedy/Musical), Best Screenplay, and giving it three acting nods, so a Best Director snub is quite perplexing, especially considering the odd alternatives chosen (Cooper, McKay, and Farrelly).
It's also a bit surprising to find "Black Panther" in the Best Picture (Drama) category, though not altogether unexpected. However, it turns out to be a rather empty nod given that the film's only other nominations are in Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Something similar could be said about "Bohemian Rhapsody," which scored a Best Picture (Drama) nod, but only managed to get one additional nod in Best Actor (Drama) for Rami Malek.
Other than that, the expected nominees are all here. Now we just have to wait until January 6th to see who the big winners are.
Meanwhile, please see below for a list of today's Golden Globe nominations for film:
Best Picture (Drama)
Black Panther
Blackkklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born
Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice
Best Director
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, Blackkklansman
Adam McKay, Vice
Best Actor (Drama)
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, Blackkklansman
Best Actress (Drama)
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War
Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin Manual-Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical)
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, Blackkklansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Screenplay
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Best Original Score
A Quiet Place
Isle of Dogs
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Best Original Song
All the Stars, Black Panther
Girl in the Movies, Dumplin'
Requiem for a Private War, A Private War
Revelation, Boy Erased
Shallow, A Star is Born
Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters
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