Politics, race, music dominate diverse Golden Globe film nominations /
LOS ANGELES— Movies about race, politics and music dominated nominations for the Golden Globe awards on Thursday, setting the stage for a lively Hollywood awards season leading up to the Oscars in February.
The dark comedy “Vice,” a scathing look at the rise to power of former US Vice President Dick Cheney, led all comers with six nods. It was followed by the Lady Gaga musical remake of “A Star Is Born,” the British historical comedy “The Favourite” and the road trip movie through 1960s segregated America “Green Book” with five nods apiece.
Several expected contenders, including the femaleled heist thriller “Widows,” were left out in the cold, while the moon-landing movie “First Man” was snubbed in the best drama race and had to settle for just two nominations.
“Vice” director Adam McKay described his film, which will be released on Dec. 25, as “an amazing portrayal of power.”
“Vice” also won nods for actors Christian Bale, as Dick Cheney, Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney, and Sam Rockwell as former US President George W. Bush. The film is distributed by Annapurna Pictures, which led studios with 10 nominations.
The Golden Globes, chosen by the small Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), will be handed out in Beverly Hills on Jan. 6 in the season’s first major show business awards ceremony.
The movie lineup includes two films about racial injustice —“If Beale Street Could Talk,” director Barry Jenkins’ followup to his 2017 Oscar best picture “Moonlight,” and director Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” Disney’s black-empowerment superhero movie “Black Panther” also got a best drama nomination.
Wildest dreams
“Green Book” star Viggo Mortensen, whowas nominated along with Mahershala Ali, said in a statement that the Universal Pictures film asks audiences to “think profoundly about our society’s past and present.”
“Crazy Rich Asians,” the first big Hollywood movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast, further diversified the Globes contenders with nods for best comedy and best actress for Constance Wu.
“Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think our movie would be embraced to this magnitude by the audience and now the HFPA,” “Crazy Rich Asians” director John Chu said in a statement.
Music featured strongly with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” starring Rami Malek as late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
Malek gave a “heartfelt and humbled thank you to the man this is for and because of, Freddie.”
“A Star Is Born,” the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remake of the show business romance, solidified its status as a major contender for