They’re Golden
‘Birdman’ nabs 7 nods But no love for Jolie, ‘interstellar’
GOLDENG GLOBE Award voters soared with “Birdman”“— this year’s movie nomination leadere with seven — and continued to keep broadcast TVT shows at arm’s length.
The nominations from the Hollywood F Foreign Press Association’s 72nd annual Golden G Globes announced Thursday revealed few surp prises — except for a complete snub of Golden G Globe darling Angelina Jolie and her POW d drama, “Unbroken.”
That paved the way for “Birdman,” the quirky b backstage comedy featuring Michael Keaton as a an aging actor, to emerge as a leading candidate w when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 15.
“The Imitation Game,” about British c codebreaker Alan Turing, and “Boyhood,” R Richard Linklater’s one-of-a-kind film capturing over 12 years of a child’s life, each snagged five nominations, including the top prize, best motion picture drama.
“It’s a personal film,” Linklater, who was also nominated as director, told the Daily News. “But at the end of the road, over 450 people worked on this over 10 years. It’s kind of cool for all of them.”
The other best drama nominees are “Selma,” “Foxcatcher” and “The Theory of Everything.”
“Birdman” is a front-runner in the other top category, best musical or comedy film. It will compete with “Into the Woods,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “St. Vincent” and “Pride” when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the awards show on Jan. 11.
Among the best actor nominees were the two Brits playing scientific geniuses — Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) and Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”) —
along with David Oyelowo (“Selma”), Steve Carell (“Foxcatcher”) and Jake Gyllenhaal in “Nightcrawler.”
Oyelowo, who plays Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oprah Winfrey-produced civil rights epic, was surprised to get a nomination in such a strong field.
“I didn’t take anything for granted,” he said, adding he was pleased that Ava Du Vernay got a nomination, making her the first black female director to be nominated.
“I was just so excited to hear Ava’s name that I have a pretty bad dent in my knee from jumping so high and bashing my knee on the coffee table,” said Oyelowo. “She is a realization of Dr. King’s dream.”
The drama acting award for women will go to either Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”), Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”), Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl”), Jennifer Aniston (“Cake”) or Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”).
Keaton is a favorite in the best musical or comedy actor, though he faces competition from Joaquin Phoenix (“Inherent Vice”), Bill Murray (“St. Vincent”), Ralph Fiennes (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”) and Christoph Waltz (“Big Eyes”).
Amy Adams is a favorite to win the women’s division of the musical or comedy acting award, thanks to her performance as artist Margaret Keane in “Big Eyes.” On the TV side, Globe voters con- tinued to ride the momentum of cable and online productions. Only two broadcast shows — “Jane the Virgin” from the CW and “The Good Wife” on CBS — were nominated in the two best series categories.
Newcomer Gina Rodriguez’s show “Jane” will seek the comedy series award against “Silicon Valley,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Transparent” and “Girls.”
Acting nominations also reflected the strength of cable and online programming.
Lena Dunham learned of her nomination only when her dog walker woke her up Thursday morning, prompting her to check her phone.
“Embarrassingly enough, that’s what woke me up to check my messages,” the HBO star told The News. “So I just peeked at my phone, and there were some really nice congratulations messages.”