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FOR many of us the New Year means resolutions to get fit, eat better or get our finances back on track.
But for Hollywood, January is the start of awards season – when the best films and TV shows of the past year are honoured in a series of ceremonies starting with the Golden Globes on Monday.
The Globes are considered the first major precursor of next month’s Academy Awards, and who leads the nominations – or gets snubbed – has a huge effect on Oscars predictions, which are then refined as the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice awards follow.
Adam McKay’s political comedy Vice, focusing on former US Vice President Dick Cheney, leads this year’s movies field with six nominations, followed closely by The Favourite, Green Book and A Star Is Born all on five nods.
Ryan Murphy’s acclaimed crime anthology series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story leads the small screen categories with four nominations.
Murphy’s other popular mini-series Pose, about the ball culture of 1980s New York City, is also nominated for Best TV Drama and Best Actor in a TV Drama.
Amy Adams is no stranger to the Golden Globes, with five previous nominations and two wins, but this year she earned her first nomination for a TV series for her starring role in the crime thriller Sharp Objects. She’s earned a rare hat trick with three nominations in total this year – two for Sharp Objects and one for her supporting role as Dick Cheney’s wife Lynne in Vice.
There are also a few Aussies in the running for gongs at the 76th annual event. Nicole Kidman is up for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her transformative performance in Destroyer while Yvonne Strahovski is nominated for her first Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for season two of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Kidman took home a Golden Globe last year for her role as a housewife in an abusive relationship in the TV drama Big Little Lies, based on Australian author Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name.
She’s also previously won Globes for the films To Die For, Moulin Rouge! And The Hours.
Some critics believe another Aussie, Toni Collette, was snubbed for her nerve-racking performance in Hereditary.
Queensland export Margot Robbie and her co-star Saoirse Ronan also missed out on nominations for their historical drama Mary Queen of Scots.