Awards Season 2024: Golden Globes Nominations

Today (Monday 11th December 2023) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Actors Cedric The Entertainer (Barbershop, Madagascar, The Soul Man) and Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show, NCIS, Party Monster) made the nominations announcement.  

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a selection of the film nominees: 

Best Picture - Drama

Anatomy Of A Fall

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

The Zone Of Interest

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Air

American Fiction

Barbie

The Holdovers

May December

Poor Things

Best Director

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Greta Gerwig (Barbie)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Martin Scorsese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Actor - Drama

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Barry Keoghan (Saltburn)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)

Timothée Chalamet (Wonka)

Matt Damon (Air)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Is Afraid)

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress - Drama

Annette Bening (Nyad)

Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Greta Lee (Past Lives)

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple)

Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings)

Natalie Portman (May December)

Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves)

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)

Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Charles Melton (May December)

Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

Jodie Foster (Nyad)

Julianne Moore (May December)

Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Barbie gets a whopping nine nominations (with three nods in the Best Original Song category) with Oppenheimer in second place with eight. Killers Of The Flower Moon and Poor Things have seven apiece.  

The HFPA have announced a couple of changes to the awards; whilst they aren't going down the route of gender-neutral categories, each acting category now has six nominees (instead of five, as has been in the past). They have also introduced two new awards- Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement (which has such diverse nominees as Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and John Wick: Chapter 4)

The Golden Globes will be handed out in a ceremony on Sunday 7th January 2024, to be broadcast live on CBS (who have taken over from NBC as the Globes' network home). No host has been announced as yet.

Congratulations to all nominees!

So, next up on the awards season trail, and our last stop before the Christmas holidays, will be the Critics' Choice Awards who will announce their nominees this coming Wednesday (13th December 2024)

Awards Season 2023: Golden Globes Winners

 

Last night (Tuesday 10th January 2023), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film.

Last year's ceremony was not broadcast, due to NBC declining to air the show in support of the various boycotts of the HFPA (which came from the lack of diversity of the membership, and its financial malfeasance). However, a one-year contract was struck to bring the ceremony back on air, with Jerrod Carmichael (Bad Neighbours, The Carmichael Show, Rothaniel) acting as MC for the first time. 

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): The Fabelmans

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Director: Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Best Actor (Drama): Austin Butler (Elvis)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Best Actress (Drama): Cate Blanchett (Tár)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Best Original Score: Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)

Best Original Song: "Naatu Naatu" (RRR)

Best Foreign Language Film: Argentina, 1985

Best Animated Feature Film: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Eddie Murphy

The Banshees Of Inisherin takes away the most awards, with three. The Fabelmans and Everything Everywhere All At Once have two. 

The Golden Globes have always been a more rough-and-ready affair, so it's no surprise that the ceremony was a bit less slick than one may expect. That said, there was an annoying habit of starting to play acceptance speeches off far too early, which led to several winners mentioning it (with Michelle Yeoh's "Shut up, please. I can beat you up" being the funniest quip). 

Carmichael was OK as host, addressing the HFPA's woes in his opening monologue (Carmichael was the first solo Black host of the Golden Globes, and that point was made) but he often struggled to keep control of events, and some of his jokes really failed to land (such as the jab about using Tom Cruise's three Globes- which he returned- to free the notoriously absent wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige). There was also far too many jokes about Will Smith which started to grate a little.  

Onto the awards. A couple of surprises, namely: Austin Butler's win (over the highly-favoured Brendan Fraser who [like several nominees and winners] was absent from the event); Argentina, 1985 taking the Best Foreign Language Film over Decision To Leave and All Quiet On The Western Front; and "Naatu Naatu" from Bollywood action drama RRR taking Best Original Song over "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick (which went home empty-handed) or "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (although the MCU sequel did take home one award, for Angela Bassett's stoic supporting turn as the grieving Queen Ramonda). 

Personally, I'm happy to see the love for The Banshees Of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once. 

Congratulations to all winners!

As if all of this awards excitement wasn't enough for you, today (Wednesday 11th January) sees the announcement of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards AND the Directors Guild (DGA) Awards nominations. I'd very much expect to see a lot of the names featured here in those as well.  

Awards Season 2023: Golden Globes Nominations

Today (Monday 12th December 2022) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 80th Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Actresses Mayan Lopez (Lopez Vs. Lopez) and Selenis Leyva (Orange Is The New Black, Spider-Man: Homecoming) made the announcement.  

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a selection of the film nominees: 

Best Picture - Drama

Avatar: The Way Of Water

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun Maverick

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Babylon

The Banshees Of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Triangle Of Sadness

Best Director

James Cameron (Avatar: The Way Of Water)

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)

Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Best Actor - Drama

Austin Butler (Elvis)

Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Hugh Jackman (The Son)

Bill Nighy (Living)

Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Diego Calva (Babylon)

Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Adam Driver (White Noise)

Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)

Best Actress - Drama

Cate Blanchett (Tár)

Olivia Colman (Empire Of Light)

Viola Davis (The Woman King)

Ana de Armas (Blonde)

Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris)

Margot Robbie (Babylon)

Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)

Emma Thompson (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)

Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Barry Keoghan (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Brad Pitt (Babylon)

Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Dolly de Leon (Triangle Of Sadness)

Carey Mulligan (She Said)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

The Banshees Of Inisherin gets the most film nominations, with eight total. Everything Everywhere All At Once comes in second with six, and Babylon has five. 

I'm pleased to see The Banshees Of Inisherin doing so well, as it was a thoroughly enjoyable dark comedy. I'm also glad to see Angela Bassett's nod for her stoic and dignified performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

The Golden Globes will be handed out in a ceremony on Tuesday 10th January 2023. After a year away from being broadcast (due to the myriad issues the HFPA were going through), it'll be back on screens (shown on NBC), with stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael hosting. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

On Wednesday (14th December), the Critics' Choice Award nominees will be announced. 

Awards Season 2022: Golden Globes Winners

Last night (Sunday 9th January 2022), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film.

There was no traditional ceremony, no red carpet, no telecast, and no media. The winners were released via Twitter and a press release afterwards. The show itself focused on the HPFA's philanthropy. As one unnamed commentator said, "This was essentially the most expensive Instagram production ever."

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): The Power Of The Dog

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): West Side Story

Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Actor (Drama): Will Smith (King Richard)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)

Best Actress (Drama): Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Best Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer (Dune)

Best Original Song: "No Time To Die" (No Time To Die)

Best Foreign Language Film: Drive My Car

Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto

The Power Of The Dog and West Side Story were the big winners of the evening, with three Globes apiece. 

Yesterday should also have been the 27th Critics Choice Awards ceremony, but - in a statement released just before Christmas- a decision was made to postpone the ceremony, given the current public health crisis (something that has also seen the Grammys and the Sundance Film Festival cancel in-person events). A new date is still to be announced. 

Congratulations to all winners!

Next up with awards season is the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards nominations, which will be revealed on Wednesday (12th January)

Awards Season 2022: Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards, and Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

 

Well, this was a surprise. Awards season 2022 has properly snuck up on me. I didn't even have a chance to do my usual "For Your Consideration" post. Ah well, no matter. What's important is that we're here. 

Over the last two days, we've had three sets of awards nominations. So here we go!

GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS

Yesterday (Monday 13th December 2021) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 79th Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). HFPA president Helen Hoehne and Snoop Dogg announced the nominees. 

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a selection of the film nominees: 

Best Picture - Drama

Belfast

CODA

Dune

King Richard

The Power Of The Dog

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Cyrano

Don't Look Up

Licorice Pizza

tick, tick… Boom!

West Side Story

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Best Actor - Drama

Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)

Javier Bardem (Being The Ricardos)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power Of The Dog)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy Of Macbeth)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Leonardo DiCaprio (Don't Look Up)

Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)

Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)

Anthony Ramos (In The Heights)

Best Actress - Drama

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)

Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Marion Cotillard (Annette)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up)

Emma Stone (Cruella)

Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

The Power Of The Dog leads the pack with seven nods, whilst Belfast is one behind on six. King Richard, Don't Look Up, Licorice Pizza, and West Side Story have four apiece. 

It has been something of a torrid year for the HFPA, with reports of its lack of membership diversity and issues over transparency (amongst others) leading to various boycotts and NBC announcing they would not broadcast the 2021 Golden Globes. It was telling that many TV stations didn't send a camera crew to the announcement, although it was available to be streamed online (and there's still the matter of COVID to deal with). Nonetheless, the HFPA will still hand the Golden Globes out on Sunday 9th January 2022. But they won't be the only awards body to do so...

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CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS

As if the Golden Globes weren't excitement enough, yesterday also saw the announcement of the movie nominations for the 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.

Here are a selection of their nominees:

Best Picture

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

tick, tick… Boom!

West Side Story

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

Guillermo del Toro (Nightmare Alley)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage (Pig)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power Of The Dog)

Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)

Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy Of Macbeth)

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)

Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Jared Leto (House Of Gucci)

J.K. Simmons (Being The Ricardos)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Ann Dowd (Mass)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Rita Moreno (West Side Story)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Belfast and West Side Story both have 11 nominations, whilst The Power Of The Dog and Dune have 10 apiece.

On a personal note, I'm over the moon to see Rita Moreno get a nod for her role in the new version of West Side Story (she plays Valentina, the owner of the drugstore that Tony works at). Here's hoping she gets an Oscar nod as well. 

The 27th Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday 9th January 2022, in a ceremony co-hosted by Taye Diggs (returning to hosting duties for the fourth time) and Nicole Byer. The Critics' Choice Awards will be broadcast on The CW and TBS. 

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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS

If yesterday's double whammy wasn't enough awards news, today (Tuesday 14th December) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced by Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts. Truly our cup runneth over. 

As you're probably aware by now, these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. The budget for eligible films is $22.5 million (meaning films like The Power Of The Dog, Don't Look Up, tick, tick... Boom!, Belfast, and The Harder They Fall would be ineligible for Independent Spirit consideration). 

Below is a selection of nominations:

Best Feature

A Chiara

C'mon C'mon

The Lost Daughter

The Novice

Zola

Best Director

Janicza Bravo (Zola)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Lauren Hadaway (The Novice)

Mike Mills (C'mon C'mon)

Ninja Thyberg (Pleasure)

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins, Jr. (Jockey)

Frankie Faison (The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain)

Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)

Udo Kier (Swan Song)

Simon Rex (Red Rocket)

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice)

Brittany S. Hall (Test Pattern)

Patti Harrison (Together Together)

Taylour Paige (Zola)

Taylor Reece (Catch The Fair One)

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo (Zola)

Meeko Gattuso (Queen Of Glory)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Will Patton (Sweet Thing)

Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian)

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Amy Forsyth (The Novice)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

Revika Anne Reustle (Pleasure)

Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Zola leads the nominations with seven, The Novice has five, whilst The Lost Daughter and Wild Indian each have four. 

Also, for anyone who cares, the Swan Song that Udo Kier has received a Best Actor nod for is not the same as the Swan Song that Mahershala Ali got a Golden Globe Best Actor nom for- Kier plays an ageing hairdresser who escapes his nursing home to do a former client's hair one last time, whilst Ali plays a terminally ill man who clones himself in order to save his wife and son from grief (he also plays the clone). 

Changing things up a little, the Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out in a ceremony on the Santa Monica beachfront on Saturday 6th March 2022.  

Congratulations to all nominees!

So, we are off again on the awards trail. Luckily the next stop isn't until January (when the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards will be handed out). 

Awards Season 2021: Golden Globes Winners

Last night (Sunday 28th February 2021), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film, in a ceremony co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the fourth time.

For the first time, the ceremony took place on both US coasts with Fey at the Rainbow Room in New York and Amy Poehler at the usual Globes venue: the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Frontline and essential workers were invited to be the socially-distanced live audiences in both New York and LA, whilst many of the winners accepted their awards at home.

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Nomadland

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Director: Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Best Actor (Drama): Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Best Actress (Drama): Andra Day (The United States Vs. Billie Holiday)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Rosamund Pike (I Care A Lot)

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)

Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)

Best Original Score: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (Soul)

Best Original Song: "Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)

Best Foreign Language Film: Minari

Best Animated Feature Film: Soul

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane Fonda


Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Nomadland, and Soul all took home two Globes each. 

Fey and Poehler's opening monologue was a bit hit-and-miss, but there were a couple of nice little moments, such as "if the British actors are playing British people, it's TV; if they're playing Americans, it's a movie" and "The Queen's Gambit was... whatever James Corden was up to in The Prom, I guess?". They also addressed the recent furore that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has no Black members, with a plea to getting it changed. 

As you can imagine, there were one or two technical glitches - Daniel Kaluuya was on mute for a large part of his acceptance speech which, given it was the first award of the evening, was a little embarrassing. But it more or less evened out throughout the event. There were some cute family photobombing moments (Mark Ruffalo's kids jumped on screen to help celebrate his win, and Lee Isaac Chung's adorable young daughter was overjoyed with his win for Best Foreign Language Film). Also, lots of dogs. 

Chadwick Boseman's wife Taylor Simone Ledward gave an emotional speech accepting her late husband's Best Actor award. Along with Jane Fonda's acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, it was the most impactful part of the evening. 

Couple of things of note: Chloé Zhao is only the second woman to win the Best Director Golden Globe (after Barbra Streisand for Yentl in 1984) and Andra Day is only the second Black actress to win the Best Actress (Drama). Wins for Rosamund Pike, Jodie Foster, and Day seem to put the cat amongst the pigeons in terms of wider awards stuff (whereas Day's chance at an Oscar nod were potentially a bit slim before, it's a big boost to her with two weeks before the Oscars are announced). 

On the television side, The Crown swept the board with four wins (including three for its cast, with Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, and Gillian Anderson honoured for their work) and I was particularly pleased to see Schitt's Creek win Best Musical or Comedy, and Catherine O'Hara winning Best Actress for playing the fabulously flamboyant Moira Rose. O'Hara's acceptance speech was quite something, with her husband sat next to her increasing the volume of the play-off music on his phone as she spoke. 

Congratulations to all winners!

Next up with awards season is the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday 7th March. 

Awards Season 2021: Golden Globe Nominations

Today (Tuesday 3rd February) sees the announcement of the nominees for the 78th Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson announced the nominees at an early(ish) morning ceremony (8:35 EST/13:35 GMT)

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is the full list of film nominees:

Best Picture - Drama

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best Director

Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)

David Fincher (Mank)

Regina King (One Night In Miami…)

Aaron Sorkin (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Best Actor - Drama

Riz Ahmed (Sound Of Metal)

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Anthony Hopkins (The Father)

Gary Oldman (Mank)

Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

James Corden (The Prom)

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton)

Dev Patel (The Personal History Of David Copperfield)

Andy Samberg (Palm Springs)

Best Actress - Drama

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Andra Day (The United States Vs. Billie Holiday)

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces Of A Woman)

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Kate Hudson (Music)

Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit)

Rosamund Pike (I Care A Lot)

Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma.)

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)

Jared Leto (The Little Things)

Bill Murray (On The Rocks)

Leslie Odom Jr (One Night In Miami…)

Best Supporting Actress

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)

Olivia Colman (The Father)

Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

Helena Zengel (News Of The World)

Best Original Score

The Midnight Sky

Tenet

News Of The World

Mank

Soul

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

Another Round

La Llorona

The Life Ahead

Minari

Two Of Us

Best Screenplay

Promising Young Woman

Mank

The Trial Of The Chicago 7

The Father

Nomadland

Best Original Song

"Fight For You" (Judas And The Black Messiah)

"Hear My Voice" (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)

"Io Sì [Seen]" (The Life Ahead)

"Speak Now" (One Night In Miami...)

"Tigress & Tweed" (The United States Vs. Billie Holiday)

Best Motion Picture - Animated

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Over The Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

With six nominations, Mank leads the field, closely followed by The Trial Of The Chicago 7 with five. The Father, Nomadland, and Promising Young Woman all get four. 

Minari has been tipped as a major awards player, but there was some controversy that the HFPA placed it in the Best Foreign Language category (as the primary language of the film is Korean, despite being filmed in the USA). Other awards bodies may be slightly more lenient. And after several years of not nominating a female director for the Best Director category, HFPA have nominated three this year: Emerald Fennell, Regina King, and Chloé Zhao. See, wasn't so hard, was it? 

It's also been announced that Jane Fonda will be recipient of this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award.

The winners will be announced on Sunday 28th February 2021, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returning to host duties, but with a little twist: Poehler will host from Los Angeles, whilst Fey will host in New York .

Congratulations to all nominees!

There's more awards shenanigans coming tomorrow (4th February) when the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announce the nominations for this year's awards.

Awards Season 2020: Golden Globes Winners

Last night (Sunday 5th January 2020), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film, in a ceremony hosted by Ricky Gervais for the fifth (and possibly final) time.

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): 1917

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood

Best Director: Sam Mendes (1917)

Best Actor (Drama): Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Taron Egerton (Rocketman)

Best Actress (Drama): Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Awkwafina (The Farewell)

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)

Best Original Score: Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)

Best Original Song: 'I'm Gonna Love Me Again' (Rocketman)

Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite

Best Animated Feature Film: Missing Link

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Hanks


Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood was the big winner of the night with three Globes, with 1917, Rocketman and Joker with two apiece. Absolutely nothing for The Irishman, which is interesting. 

A couple of nice surprises- Missing Link winning Animated Feature over Frozen II and Toy Story 4, and Taron Egerton getting the Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) for Rocketman, particularly. Acting awards for Zellweger, Pitt, and Dern shore them up nicely for a potential Oscar win, although it's never actually a guarantee. 

It was an evening of firsts: Parasite became the first Korean movie to win the Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe, whilst Hildur Guðnadóttir becomes the first solo female winner of Best Score, and Awkwafina is the first actress of Asian descent to win the Best Actress (Musical/Comedy).

Congratulations to all winners!

There'll be more awards news a little later today with the announcement of this year's Writers Guild Awards. 

Awards Season 2020: Golden Globe Nominations

Today sees the announcement of the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a list of some of the nominees:

Best Picture - Drama

1917

The Irishman

Joker

Marriage Story

The Two Popes

Best 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)

Todd Phillips (Joker)

Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)

Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood)

Best Actor - Drama

Christian Bale (Le Mans '66 [a.k.a. Ford V Ferrari])

Antonio Banderas (Pain And Glory)

Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

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 - Drama

Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)

Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)

Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)

Charlize Theron (Bombshell)

Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Ana de Armas (Knives Out)

Awkwafina (The Farewell)

Cate Blanchett (Where'd You Go, Bernadette?)

Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart)

Emma Thompson (Late Night)

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood)

Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)

Al Pacino (The Irishman)

Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood)

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)

Annette Bening (The Report)

Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)

Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Marriage Story leads the field with six nominations, whilst The Irishman and Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood have five apiece (although a lot of people will raise eyebrows that Robert De Niro is not among The Irishman's nominations)

The winners will be announced on Sunday 5th January 2020, with Ricky Gervais returning to host the ceremony for the fifth time.

Congratulations to all nominees!


There's more awards stuff on Wednesday (11th December) with the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards nominations announced.

Awards Season 2019: Golden Globes Winners

Last night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the winners of the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film, in a ceremony hosted by Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) and Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine).

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Green Book

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Best Actor (Drama): Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Christian Bale (Vice)

Best Actress (Drama): Glenn Close (The Wife)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Best Screenplay: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (Green Book)

Best Original Score: Justin Hurwitz (First Man)

Best Original Song: 'Shallow' (A Star Is Born)

Best Foreign Language Film: Roma

Best Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeff Bridges


Green Book was the main winner of the evening, with three awards, whilst Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma won two each. 

The Golden Globes can be a good barometer for the way awards season is going, as it is generallly one of the first major awards to be handed out. Last year, all four acting Oscar winners won at the Golden Globes (although it should be pointed out that it was the Best Actor and Actress- Drama that took home the Academy Award). So that puts Rami Malek and Glenn Close in a good position, although going into the event, I think few people would have tagged them as winners. 

In fact, many outlets are calling Close's win the biggest surprise of the night (with many assuming that it would be Lady Gaga's night). But how much of a surprise is it really that an actress of the calibre of Glenn Close giving what many critics have called the performance of her career (and with a career like hers, that's no mean feat) should win an award that she's been nominated for? If she hadn't been nominated at all and Gary Oldman had just decided to give the award to her... now that would be a surprise!

[On a connected but separate note, can we stop using the term 'snub' for when people don't win? It's frankly a bit of an insult to those that do. You may think that your person did a better job, but to use the word 'snub' is to undermine and undervalue the work of those that did win.]

Whilst Oh's and Samberg's opening might have lacked the bite of previous years, they made for an affable and pleasant pairing. Other standout moments include Regina King committing to make sure that everything she produces in the next two years will be 50% women; Jeff Bridges' humble (if not a bit bizarre) acceptance speech where he 'tagged' the audience and suggested that people be 'rudders' for society to change, and  Christian Bale thanking Satan for giving him 'inspiration' for playing Dick Cheney in Vice, which makes a change from people thanking God, I guess. 

In addition to Bale and Colman's film wins, Richard Madden and Ben Whishaw won Golden Globes for their performances in Bodyguard and A Very English Scandal respectively, so A Good Night For The Brits(TM).

Finally, the legend that is Carol Burnett was the inaugural recipient of a new Golden Globe Award which has been named after her. It's the television equivalent to the Cecil B. DeMille Award and will honour a lifetime achievement in television work. Her acceptance speech was touching and wonderful, and she deserves this plaudit. And if they're looking for nominees for next year, might I humbly suggest either Bob Newhart or Lily Tomlin?



There'll be more awards stuff tomorrow (Tuesday 8th) as the Directors' Guild Award announce their nominees, whilst the Writers' Guild Awards were announced today. I'll recap both tomorrow then share the BAFTA nominations on Wednesday.