‘Vice’ leads Golden Globes noms

‘A Star is Born’, ‘The Favourite’ win 5 noms each

LOS ANGELES, Dec 6, (RTRS): Golden Globes voters were in a political frame of mind on Thursday morning, as the awards organization handed “Vice”, a scathing look at former vice-president Dick Cheney’s career in government, a leading six nominations.

On the TV front, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group behind the Globes, embraced “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”, doling out four nominations to the FX limited series about the fashion designer’s brutal murder.

The awards group also swooned for “A Star is Born”, the backstage romance that’s been a box office and critical smash, as well as “The Favourite”, a comedy about royal intrigue, and “Green Book”, a Civil Rights drama. These three films all nabbed five nominations apiece.

Other television shows that had big mornings include newcomers “Barry”, “The Kominsky Method” and “Homecoming”, programs that are in their inaugural seasons. The three shows picked up three nominations apiece, as did

“Roma”, a family drama by Alfonso Cuaron that is being released by Netflix and is an Oscar front-runner, was deemed ineligible for the Globes’ best drama award because it is a foreign language production. It did pick up a nod for best foreign film along with nominations for its direction and screenplay.

There were some notable snubs. The Globes nominated “Black Panther”, the Marvel blockbuster that’s been hailed as a barrier-breaking comic book film, but ignored its director Ryan Coogler. Likewise, Sam Elliott, considered to be a leading supporting actor contender for his work as a wounded road manager in “A Star is Born”, was overlooked.

Awards

Unlike its other awards season counterpart the Oscars, the Globes hands out hardware to both movies and TV shows. It also focuses primarily on the actors, showrunners, and directors behind hit projects and essentially ignores cinematographers, editors, and other below-the-line categories.

On the eve of nominations, the Globes announced that “Killing Eve” star Sandra Oh and “Brooklyn NineNine” star Andy Samberg will co-host the ceremony, which is set to air Jan 6 on NBC.

The Globes are an essential stop on the awards season tour, but they are a spotty predictor of future Oscar success. Last year, the HFPA handed out the best drama prize to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and the best comedy statue to “Lady Bird”. Neither film won best picture at the Academy Awards. Instead, Oscar voters awarded their top prize to “The Shape of Water”.

See the full list of 2019 Golden Globe Nominations below:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or 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 Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

“Barry” (HBO); “The Good Place” (NBC); “Kidding” (Showtime); “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix); “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” (Amazon)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:

“Capernaum”; “Girl”; “Never Look Away”; “Roma”; “Shoplifters”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Antonio Banderas; Daniel Bruhl; Darren Criss; Benedict Cumberbatch; Hugh Grant

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Alex Bornstein (“The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”); Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp Objects”); Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”); Thandie Newton (“Westworld”); Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

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 Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

“The Alienist” (TNT); “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX); “Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime); “Sharp Objects” (HBO); “A Very English Scandal” (Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Alan Arkin; Kieran Culkin; Edgar Ramirez; Ben Whishaw; Henry Winkler

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture:

Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”); Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (“The Favourite”); Barry Jenkins (“If Beale Street Could Talk”); Adam McKay (“Vice”); Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (“Green Book”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

Kristen Bell; Candice Bergen; Alison Brie; Rachel Brosnahan; Debra Messing

Best Performance by an Actor

Rajinikanth

Spike Lee in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

Sasha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?); Jim Carrey (Kidding); Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method); Donald Glover (Atlanta); Bill Hader (#Barry);

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

“Incredibles 2”; “Isle of Dogs”; “Mirai”; “Ralph Breaks the Internet”; “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”;

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama:

Caitriona Balfe (“Outlander”); Elisabeth Moss (“Handmaid’s Tale”); Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”); Julia Roberts (“Homecoming”); Keri Russell (“The Americans”)

Best 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 Director – Motion Picture:

Bradley Cooper; Alfonso Cuaron; Peter Farrelly; Spike Lee; Adam McKay

Best Television Series – Drama:

“The Americans”; “Bodyguard”; “Homecoming”; “Killing Eve”; “Pose”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:

Amy Adams; Claire Foy; Regina King; Emma Stone; Rachel Weisz

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

“All the Stars” (“Black Panther”); “Girl in the Movies” (“Dumplin’”); “Requiem For A Private War” (“A Private War”); “Revelation” (“Boy Erased”); “Shallow” (“A Star Is Born”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:

Jason Bateman; Stephan James; Richard Madden; Billy Porter; Matthew Rhys

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:

Mahershala Ali; Timothee Chalamet; Adam Driver; Richard E. Grant; Sam Rockwell

Best 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 Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Emily Blunt; Olivia Colman; Elsie Fisher; Charlize Theron; Constance Wu

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Bradley Cooper; Willem Dafoe; Lucas Hedges; Rami Malek; John David Washington

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Crazy Rich Asians; The Favourite; Green Book; Mary Poppins Returns; Vice

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

“Black Panther”; “BlacKkKlansman”; “Bohemian Rhapsody”; “If Beale Streat Could Talk”; “A Star Is Born”