SHAPE OF WATER, BIG LITTLE LIES LEAD THE PACK
Guill ermo del Toro’s highly acclaimed The Shape of Water led the Golden Globe nominations with the most for a film, picking up nods for Best Director and Best Screenplay, along with acting nominations for the under- rated trifecta of Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer.
Following closely behind is Steven Spielberg’s The Post, tying with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with six nominations each, with Frances McDormand the likely frontrunner for Best Actress in a Drama.
Both Call Me By Your Name and Lady Bird came out with expected nods for their cast, and although Greta Gerwig was nominated for Best Screenplay for the latter, she’s conspicuously missing from the Best Director list, which is unabashedly all-male, shutting out Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins and Detroit’s Kathryn Bigelow.
The Greatest Showman, this year’s campy circus biopic, starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum, managed to score as many nods as Call Me By Your Name and Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, and more than Jordan Peele’s Get Out, which only picked up two nominations despite being hailed as one of the biggest box office and critical successes of the year.
The biggest shock of all, though, is the inclusion of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, which went through last-minute reshoot sin November inane ffort to replace the disgraced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer. Despite still being in the editing process in order to make its late December release date, the film picked up three nominations, for Scott, Plummer and co- star Michelle Williams — just in case you’ve ever wondered if awards are based on talent or, I guess, marketing.
As for television, it’s the usual suspects, with HBO’s Big Little Lies leading the pack with six nominations, for stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgard.
And managing to sneak in under the wire, deservedly, is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Musical or Com- edy Series, along with David Harbour repping the Stranger Things cast.
USA Network’s The Sinner, which flew relatively (and wisely) under the radar, picked up nominations for Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited Series for Jessica Biel. What a time to be alive. The complete list of nominees for the 75 th annual Golden Globe Awards, which will air Jan. 7, hosted by Seth Meyers:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
❚ Call Me by Your Name
❚ Dunkirk
❚ The Post
❚ The Shape of Water
❚ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
❚ The Disaster Artist
❚ Get Out
❚ The Greatest Showman
❚ I, Tonya
❚ Lady Bird
Best Motion Picture – Animated
❚ The Boss Baby
❚ The Breadwinner
❚ Coco
❚ Ferdinand
❚ Loving Vincent
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
❚ A Fantastic Woman
❚ First They Killed My Father
❚ In the Fade
❚ Loveless
❚ The Square
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
❚ Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
❚ Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
❚ Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
❚ Meryl Streep, The Post
❚ Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
❚ Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
❚ Daniel Day- Lewis, Phantom Thread
❚ Tom Hanks, The Post
❚ Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
❚ Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
❚ Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
❚ Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
❚ Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
❚ Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
❚ Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
❚ Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
❚ Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
❚ James Franco, The Disaster Artist
❚ Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
❚ Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
❚ Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
❚ Hong Chau, Downsizing
❚ Allison Janney, I, Tonya
❚ Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
❚ Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
❚ Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
❚ Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
❚ Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
❚ Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
❚ Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director – Motion Picture
❚ Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
❚ Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
❚ Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
❚ Ridley Scott, All t he Money in the World
❚ Steven Spielberg, The Post
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
❚ The Shape of Water
❚ Lady Bird
❚ The Post
❚ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
❚ Molly’s Game
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
❚ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
❚ The Shape of Water
❚ Phantom Thread
❚ The Post
❚ Dunkirk
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
❚ Home, Ferdinand
❚ Mighty River, Mudbound
❚ Remember Me, Coco
❚ The Star, The Star
❚ This Is Me, The Greatest Showman
Best Television Series – Drama
❚ The Crown
❚ Game of Thrones
❚ The Handmaid’s Tale
❚ Stranger Things
❚ This Is Us
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
❚ Blackish
❚ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
❚ Master of None
❚ SMILF
❚ Will & Grace
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
❚ Big Little Lies
❚ Fargo
❚ Feud: Bette and Joan
❚ The Sinner
❚ Top of the Lake: China Girl
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
❚ Jessica Biel, The Sinner
❚ Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
❚ Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
❚ Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
❚ Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
❚ Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
❚ Jude Law, The Young Pope
❚ Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks
❚ Ewan McGregor, Fargo
❚ Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
❚ Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
❚ Claire Foy, The Crown
❚ Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
❚ Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
❚ Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
❚ Jason Bateman, Ozark
❚ Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
❚ Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
❚ Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
❚ Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
❚ Pamela Adlon, Better Things
❚ Alison Brie, GLOW
❚ Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
❚ Issa Rae, Insecure
❚ Frankie Shaw, SMILF
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
❚ Anthony Anderson, Blackish
❚ Aziz Ansari, Master of None
❚ Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick
❚ William H. Macy, Shameless
❚ Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
❚ Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
❚ Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
❚ Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
❚ Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
❚ Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
❚ David Harbour, Stranger Things
❚ Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
❚ Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
❚ Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
❚ David Thewlis, Fargo