BEVERLY HILLS─Well start making your predictions as to who will be the big victory as awards season comes into full play. The nominees for the 2020 Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday, December 9 and leading all contenders is the drama “Marriage Story” with a total of 6 nominations including Best Motion Picture – Drama. Other films followed close behind were “The Irishman” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with five nominations apiece.
I would say I’m surprised by some of these nominations, but I’m not, this is the Hollywood Foreign Press and their nominations don’t always line up with the Screen Actors Guild or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The one omission that stunned me the most was Robert De Niro not earning a Best Actor nomination.
I’m sure he’ll earn a SAG nomination and an Oscar nominee for his amazing performance in “The Irishman.” I also expected more love for “Bombshell,” but perhaps we’ll have to wait and see how audiences react to the movie once it hits theaters on December 20. Also worth pointing out, there was very little love for the upcoming musical “Cats” so that is not a good sign people.
When the SAG nominees are announced on Wednesday, we’ll have a clearer picture of exactly who frontrunners and contenders are this year. On the TV side of things “Chernobyl” and “The Crown” were big contenders with four nominations apiece. “Barry,” “Succession” and “Big Little Lies” also earned multiple nominations Monday morning.
A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
-“Marriage Story”
-“The Irishman”
-“Joker”
-“The Two Popes”
-“1917”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-“Knives Out”
-“Rocketman”
-“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
-“Jojo Rabbit”
-“Dolemite is My Name”
Best Director
-Martin Scorsese “The Irishman”
-Todd Phillips “Joker”
-Sam Mendes “1917”
-Quentin Tarantino “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
-Bong Joon Ho “Parasite”
Best Screenplay
-Noah Baumbach “Marriage Story”
-Steven Zaillian “The Irishman”
-Quentin Tarantino “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
-Bong Joon Ho “Parasite”
-Anthony McCarten “The Two Popes”
Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
-Christian Bale “Ford v. Ferrari”
-Jonathan Pyrce “The Two Popes”
-Antonio Banderas “Pain and Glory”
-Adam Driver “Marriage Story”
-Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
–Cynthia Erivo “Harriet”
-Scarlett Johansson “Marriage Story”
-Renee Zellweger “Judy”
-Saoirse Ronan “Little Women”
-Charlize Theron “Bombshell”
Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-Eddie Murphy “Dolemite is my Name”
-Taron Eagerton “Rocketman”
-Roman Griffin “Jojo Rabbit”
-Daniel Craig “Knives Out”
-Leonardo DiCaprio “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
-Emma Thompson “Late Night”
-Cate Blanchett “Where’d You Go Bernadette”
-Awkwafina “The Farewell”
-Beanie Feldstein “Booksmart”
-Ana de Armas “Knives Out”
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
-Tom Hanks “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
-Joe Pesci “The Irishman”
-Al Pacino “The Irishman”
-Brad Pitt “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
-Anthony Hopkins “The Two Popes”
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
-Jennifer Lopez “Hustlers”
-Laura Dern “Marriage Story”
-Kathy Bates “Richard Jewell”
-Margot Robbie “Bombshell”
-Annette Bening “The Report”
Best Motion Picture – Animated
-“Frozen II”
-“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
-“Missing Link”
-“Toy Story 4”
-“The Lion King”
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
-“The Farewell”
-“Pain and Glory”
-“Les Miserables”
-“Parasite”
-“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
-Alexandre Desplat “Little Women”
-Thomas Newman “1917”
-Randy Newman “Marriage Story”
-Hildur Guonadottir “Joker”
-Daniel Pemberton “Motherless Brooklyn”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
-“Stand Up” from “Harriet” – Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo
-“Spirit from “The Lion King” – Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh
-“I’m Gonna Love Me Again” from “Rocketman” – Elton John * Bernie Taupin
-“Beautiful Ghosts” from “Cats” – Taylor Swift & Andrew Lloyd Webber
Best Television Series – Drama
-“Big Little Lies”
-“The Crown”
-“The Morning Show”
-“Succession”
-“Killing Eve”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
-“Barry”
-“Fleabag”
-“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
-“The Kominsky Method”
-“The Politician
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
-Rami Malek “Mr. Robot”
-Brian Cox “Succession”
-Billy Porter “Pose”
-Tobias Menzies “The Crown”
-Kit Harrington “Game of Thrones”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
-Jennifer Aniston “The Morning Show”
-Reese Witherspoon “The Morning Show”
-Olivia Colman “The Crown”
-Jodie Cromer “Killing Eve”
-Nicole Kidman “Big Little Lies”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
-Bill Hader “Barry”
-Paul Rudd “Living With Yourself”
-Rami Youssef “Ramy”
-Ben Platt “The Politician”
-Michael Douglas “The Kominsky Method”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
-Christina Applegate “Dead to Me”
-Kirsten Dunst “On Becoming a God in Central Florida”
-Phoebe Waller-Bridge “Fleabag”
-Natasha Lyonne “Russian Doll”
-Rachel Brosnahan “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2020. The ceremony will be televised on NBC at 8 p.m. EST. Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais is slated to host the festivities.
