“Marriage Story” led a stellar afternoon for Netflix as this condensed awards season continues to gather pace.
This afternoon Hollywood’s (self-labeled) most raucous party of the year announced its nominees. The Golden Globes, which every year gets blasted due to what some believe is not only its continuing lack of progression and dated nature, but also, and rightly so, down to its unapologetic nominating of A-list stars in a hope they can cram as many of Hollywood’s most famous faces into one room at once.
That being said, the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) seems to have embraced this tag, not only leaning more towards outlandish nominations and winners (last year’s drama winner “Bohemian Rhapsody”) in a hope to cause a stir during awards season, but also this year by bringing back maverick host Ricky Gervais for a record fifth time, as they also bid to stop the downward trend of viewership following this year’s ceremony being the least-watched since 2015.
As far as this year’s batch of contenders goes, Noah Baumbach and Netflix’s “Marriage Story” led the way with six nominations, including screenplay, picture, score (Randy Newman), actor (Adam Driver), actress (Scarlett Johansson) and supporting actress (Laura Dern). Following close behind is many peoples Oscar favorite “The Irishman” which although racking up nominations for best picture, director Martin Scorsese, the screenplay from Steven Zaillian and screen legends Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro found themselves left out in the cold, something that would be very surprising come Oscar nomination day.
On an overall note, the big winners of the day were Netflix, who saw all four of their contenders, “Marriage Story”, “Dolemite is my Name’, ‘The Two Popes”, and “The Irishman” nominated in their various best picture categories.
The big story and one that rears its ugly head almost every globe nomination day is the lack of female directing nominees. To be honest this is to be expected from the awards body that has only nominated five women in its 77-year history, with only one winner (Barbara Streisand). That said, many thought this would be the year the male domination would end following a stellar 2019 for female directors, from Olivia Wilde, to Marielle Heller, and Celine Sciamma to Alma Har’el.
On the TV side of things, although scoring nods (and probable wins) for hit shows “Chernobyl” and “Succession”, HBO’s juggernaut “Game of Thrones” has limped to the end of its awards run with only one nomination, lead actor Kit Harington. Although the globes never gave “Thrones” the title of Best drama they did nominate it for five of its eight seasons, but its blunt final season looks to have cost it any love this time around.
Elsewhere, and following on from her Emmy win, “Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer found herself on the inside of the party this time around after being controversially left out a year ago.
Although the biggest battle on the television side looks set to go down in the Comedy categories. With last year’s winner “The Kominsky Method” and star Michael Douglas, facing huge competition from the incredible “Barry” and global phenomenon “Fleabag” and its final season. Whilst “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge will hope to stop Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel”) from making it a hat-trick of wins when the two face off on January 5th.
See the full list below and let us know what you think of this year’s nominees!
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
“1917”
“Irishman”
“Joker”
“Marriage Story”
“The Two Popes”
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Dolemite is my Name”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Knives Out”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Rocketman”
BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Christian Bale, “Ford v. Ferrari”
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Cynthio Erivo, “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Soarise Ronana, “Little Women”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
Renee Zellweger, “Judy”
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Daniel Craig (“Knives Out”)
Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”)
Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”)
Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”)
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Awkwafina, “The Farewell”
Ana de Armas, “Knives Out”
Beanie Feldstein, “Booksmart”
Emma Thompson, “Late Night”
Cate Blanchett, “Where’d You Go Bernadette”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Annette Benning, “The Report”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
BEST SCREENPLAY
“Marriage Story”
“Parasite”
“The Two Popes”
“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”
“The Irishman”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Motherless Brooklyn”
“Little Women”
“Joker”
“1917”
“Marriage Story”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Beautiful Ghosts” – CATS
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” – Rocketman
“Into the Unknown” – Frozen 2
“Spirit” – The Lion King
“Stand Up” – Harriet
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Frozen 2”
“The Lion King”
“Missing Link”
“Toy Story 4”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Farewell”
“Les Misérables”
“Pain and Glory”
“Parasite”
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
“Big Little Lies”
“The Crown”
“Killing Eve”
“The Morning Show”
“Succession”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY
“Barry”
“Fleabag”
“The Kominsky Method”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“The Politician”
MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
“Catch-22”
“Chernobyl”
“Fosse/Verdon”
“The Loudest Voice”
“Unbelievable”
BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – DRAMA
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Kit Harington, “Game of Thrones”
Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”
Tobias Menzies, “The Crown”
Billy Porter, “Pose”
BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – DRAMA
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
Jodi Comer, “Killing Eve”
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
BEST ACTOR TV SERIES – COMEDY
Ben Platt, “The Politician”
Paul Rudd, “Living With Yourself”
Rami Yousef, “Rami”
Bill Hader, “Barry”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
BEST ACTRESS TV SERIES – COMEDY
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag”
Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll”
Kirsten Dunst, “On Becoming a God in Central Florida”
Rachel Brosnahan, “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
BEST ACTOR – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Chris Abbott, “Catch 22”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Spy”
Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice”
Jared Harris, “Chernobyl”
Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon”
BEST ACTRESS – MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon”
Helen Mirren, “Catherine the Great”
Merritt Wever, “Unbelievable”
Kaitlyn Dever, “Unbelievable”
Joey King, “The Act”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Alan Arkin, “Kominsky Method”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Andrew Scott, “Fleabag”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Chernobyl”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEVISION FILM
Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
Emily Watson, “Chernobyl”
Patricia Arquette, “The Act”
Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”
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