Wow awards season really just came up and slapped us upside our heads, didn’t it? The Golden Globes announced their nominations today and dear reader, I would not have known if not for everyone tweeting about it. No matter, I still have some thoughts on the Golden Globes nominations.
The Good
Spreading the love. Unlike other groups, it seems the HFPA actually watched a ton of movies! The nominations slate is pretty spreadout and for once I don’t have much to complain about. They picked movies I love (Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther), movies people seem to hate (Green Book), and movies that seemed to be fading (like First Man).
I am so glad to see Billy Porter, Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Bruhl, and Richard Madden get nominated on the TV side. And Constance Wu in Musical/Comedy actress!
The Bad
I know that the Golden Globes go their own way (which I am grateful for during awards season) but it is truly silly that the TV categories only have one returning series apiece, albeit a great one in The Americans and the beloved The Good Place. Did every other returning show suck?
Vice getting 6 nominations to lead the field. This is gonna be The Big Short all over again and you all will realize how foolish Adam McKay movies are in due time.
The Ugly
Justin Hurwitz’ score for First Man is dreadful and that it was nominated here is foolish.
Category fraud is always an issue, but this year is turning out to be especially egregious with The Favourite and Beautiful Boy the biggest offenders. If you are the titular character you are probably the lead. If you are billed over the title, you are probably the lead. If you are a lead character with narrative weight and integral to how the story is told, you are the lead.
PRESS RELEASE
The 76th Golden Globes will take place at International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on January 6th, 2019.
The full list of nominations:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BLACK PANTHER
Marvel Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
BLACKKKLANSMAN
QC Entertainment / Blumhouse / Monkeypaw / 40 Acres and a Mule; Focus Features
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Twentieth Century Fox / Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Annapurna Pictures / Plan B Entertainment / We Pastel; Annapurna Pictures
A STAR IS BORN
Warner Bros. Pictures / Live Nation Productions / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures / Jon Peters Production / Bill Gerber Production / Joint Effort Production; Warner Bros. Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – 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 MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Warner Bros. Pictures / SK Global / Starlight Culture / Color Force / Ivanhoe Pictures / Electric Somewhere; Warner Bros. Pictures
THE FAVOURITE
Element Pictures / Scarlet Films / Film4 / Waypoint Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures
GREEN BOOK
Participant Media / DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
VICE
Annapurna Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions / Plan B Entertainment; Annapurna Picture
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
EMILY BLUNT MARY POPPINS RETURNS
OLIVIA COLMAN THE FAVOURITE
ELSIE FISHER EIGHTH GRADE
CHARLIZE THERON TULLY
CONSTANCE WU CRAZY RICH ASIANS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
CHRISTIAN BALE VICE
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA MARY POPPINS RETURNS
VIGGO MORTENSEN GREEN BOOK
ROBERT REDFORD THE OLD MAN & THE GUN
JOHN C. REILLY STAN & OLLIE
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
INCREDIBLES 2
Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
ISLE OF DOGS
Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures
MIRAI
Studio Chizu; GKIDS
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPERNAUM (LEBANON)
Mooz Films; Sony Pictures Classics
GIRL (BELGIUM)
Menuet / Topkapi Films / Frakas Productions; Netflix
NEVER LOOK AWAY (GERMANY)
Pergamon Film / Wiedemann & Berg Film / in coproduction with Beta Cinema / ARD Degeto / Bayrischer Rundfunk; Sony Pictures Classics
ROMA (MEXICO)
Netflix / Participant Media / Esperanto-Filmoj; Netflix
SHOPLIFTERS (JAPAN)
Gaga / AOI Promotion / Fuji Television Network; Magnolia Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
AMY ADAMS VICE
CLAIRE FOY FIRST MAN
REGINA KING IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
EMMA STONE THE FAVOURITE
RACHEL WEISZ THE FAVOURITE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
MAHERSHALA ALI GREEN BOOK
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET BEAUTIFUL BOY
ADAM DRIVER BLACKKKLANSMAN
RICHARD E. GRANT CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
SAM ROCKWELL VICE
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
BRADLEY COOPER A STAR IS BORN
ALFONSO CUARÓN ROMA
PETER FARRELLY GREEN BOOK
SPIKE LEE BLACKKKLANSMAN
ADAM MCKAY VICE
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
ALFONSO CUARÓN ROMA
DEBORAH DAVIS, TONY MCNAMARA THE FAVOURITE
BARRY JENKINS IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
ADAM MCKAY VICE
NICK VALLELONGA, BRIAN CURRIE, PETER FARRELLY GREEN BOOK
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
MARCO BELTRAMI A QUIET PLACE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT ISLE OF DOGS
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON BLACK PANTHER
JUSTIN HURWITZ FIRST MAN
MARC SHAIMAN MARY POPPINS RETURNS
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“ALL THE STARS” — BLACK PANTHER
Music by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh
Lyrics by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh
“GIRL IN THE MOVIES” — DUMPLIN’
Music by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry
Lyrics by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry
“REQUIEM FOR A PRIVATE WAR” — A PRIVATE WAR
Music by: Annie Lennox
Lyrics by: Annie Lennox
“REVELATION” — BOY ERASED
Music by: Troye Sivan, Jónsi
Lyrics by: Jon Thor Birgisson, Troye Sivan, Brett McLaughlin
“SHALLOW” — A STAR IS BORN
Music by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
Lyrics by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE AMERICANS FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
BODYGUARD NETFLIX
World Productions / an ITV Studios company
HOMECOMING PRIME VIDEO
Universal Cable Productions LLA / Amazon Studios
KILLING EVE BBC AMERICA
BBC AMERICA / Sid Gentle Films Ltd
POSE FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
CAITRIONA BALFE OUTLANDER
ELISABETH MOSS THE HANDMAID’S TALE
SANDRA OH KILLING EVE
JULIA ROBERTS HOMECOMING
KERI RUSSELL THE AMERICANS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JASON BATEMAN OZARK
STEPHAN JAMES HOMECOMING
RICHARD MADDEN BODYGUARD
BILLY PORTER POSE
MATTHEW RHYS THE AMERICANS
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BARRY HBO
HBO Entertainment / Alec Berg / Hanarply
THE GOOD PLACE NBC
Universal Television / Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment
KIDDING SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME / SOME KIND OF GARDEN / Aggregate Films / Broadlawn Films
THE KOMINSKY METHOD NETFLIX
Warner Bros. Television
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL PRIME VIDEO
Amazon Studios
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
KRISTEN BELL THE GOOD PLACE
CANDICE BERGEN MURPHY BROWN
ALISON BRIE GLOW
RACHEL BROSNAHAN THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
DEBRA MESSING WILL & GRACE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
SACHA BARON COHEN WHO IS AMERICA
JIM CARREY KIDDING
MICHAEL DOUGLAS THE KOMINSKY METHOD
DONALD GLOVER ATLANTA
BILL HADER BARRY
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
THE ALIENIST TNT
The Alienist / Paramount Television / Turner’s Studio T
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME / Red Hour Productions / Michael De Luca Productions / The White Mountain Company / BZ Entertainment / Busyhands
SHARP OBJECTS HBO
HBO Entertainment / eOne / Tiny Pyro Productions / Blumhouse Television / Fourth Born / crazyrose Productions
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL PRIME VIDEO
Blueprint / Amazon Studios
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
AMY ADAMS SHARP OBJECTS
PATRICIA ARQUETTE ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA
CONNIE BRITTON DIRTY JOHN
LAURA DERN THE TALE
REGINA KING SEVEN SECONDS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ANTONIO BANDERAS GENIUS: PICASSO
DANIEL BRÜHL ALIENIST, THE
DARREN CRISS THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH PATRICK MELROSE
HUGH GRANT A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ALEX BORSTEIN THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
PATRICIA CLARKSON SHARP OBJECTS
PENÉLOPE CRUZ THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
THANDIE NEWTON WESTWORLD
YVONNE STRAHOVSKI THE HANDMAID’S TALE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ALAN ARKIN THE KOMINSKY METHOD
KIERAN CULKIN SUCCESSION
EDGAR RAMÍREZ THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
BEN WHISHAW A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
HENRY WINKLER BARRY
NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR
Annapurna Pictures 10
Fox Searchlight Pictures 10
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 9
Focus Features 7
Universal Pictures 7
Warner Bros. Pictures 7
Netflix 5
Sony Pictures Classics 4
Aviron Pictures 2
Twentieth Century Fox 2
A24 1
Amazon Studios 1
CBS Films 1
GKIDS 1
Magnolia Pictures 1
Paramount Pictures 1
Sony Pictures Releasing 1
NOMINATIONS BY TELEVISION NETWORK
FX Networks 10
HBO 9
Prime Video 9
Netflix 8
Showtime 6
NBC 3
BBC America 2
hulu 2
TNT 2
Bravo 1
CBS 1
National Geographic 1
Starz 1
NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE
Vice 6
The Favourite 5
Green Book 5
A Star Is Born 5
BlacKkKlansman 4
Mary Poppins Returns 4
Black Panther 3
If Beale Street Could Talk 3
Roma 3
Bohemian Rhapsody 2
Boy Erased 2
Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2
Crazy Rich Asians 2
First Man 2
Isle of Dogs 2
A Private War 2
At Eternity’s Gate 1
Beautiful Boy 1
Capernaum 1
Destroyer 1
Dumplin’ 1
Eighth Grade 1
Girl 1
Incredibles 2 1
Mirai 1
Never Look Away 1
The Old Man & the Gun 1
A Quiet Place 1
Ralph Breaks the Internet 1
Shoplifters 1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 1
Stan & Ollie 1
Tully 1
The Wife 1
NOMINATIONS BY TELEVISION SERIES OR PROGRAM
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 4
The Americans 3
Barry 3
Homecoming 3
The Kominsky Method 3
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 3
Sharp Objects 3
A Very English Scandal 3
The Alienist 2
Bodyguard 2
Escape at Dannemora 2
The Good Place 2
The Handmaid’s Tale 2
Kidding 2
Killing Eve 2
Pose 2
Atlanta 1
Dirty John 1
Genius: Picasso 1
Glow 1
Murphy Brown 1
Outlander 1
Ozark 1
Patrick Melrose 1
Seven Seconds 1
Succession 1
The Tale 1
Westworld 1
Who is America 1
Will & Grace 1