Carol leads Globes list

Others vying for honours inclue The Big Short, Room, Spy and Empire

Todd Haynes 1950s romance lands five nominations, including best dramatic picture

Romance drama Carol led the Golden Globe nominations yesterday with five nods, including the top category for best drama, while Wall Street misdeeds movie The Big Short led the comedy film categories with four nominations.

Carol, the story of a married older woman who falls in love with a young shopgirl in the 1950s, will contend for best drama opposite Pioneer-era movie The Revenant, psychological thriller Room, Catholic Church abuse probe Spotlight and action thriller Mad Max: Fury Road.

Carol lead stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara both landed best actress nominations, and the movie also picked up nods for director Todd Haynes and for best original score.

The Big Short which takes a quirky look at the housing bubble crash that led to the 2008 recession, will contend for best comedy/musical film alongside

space adventure The Martian, Melissa McCarthy caper Spy, coming-of-age comedy Trainwreck and Joy, inspired by the story of the Miracle Mop creator.

The Big Short also landed two best actor nods for Christian Bale and Steve Carell, and best screenplay for Charles Randolph and Adam McKay. The Revenant and biopic Steve Jobs also landed four nominations each.

The Golden Globes differ from most US awards in that they also recognise television work.

That’s important in what’s being called a golden age of TV, one where online providers are increasingly popular. Netflix’s original programming had the most nominations with eight, followed by cable network HBO — home of nominees Game Of Thrones — with seven. Traditional networks also saw success, with Fox’s Empire nabbing two nominations and ABC’s American Crime topping the TV nominees with three.

TV actors who got nods included Viola Davis for How To Get Away With Murder, for which she won an Emmy earlier this year, giving a triumphant speech on diversity in TV.