With everything that’s gone on in the past year, there’s one plea that gets uttered over and over again. Most people just want “a semblance of normalcy”. It sounds easy, yet has been kind of hard to come by. Holiday plans altered. Weekend rituals put on hiatus. Even the act of going to see a movie has been almost irrevocably changed. So, as the statue-filled portion of award season is upon us now, there’s a nice familiarity that comes with the Golden Globes annual unveiling of its nominations. It might not be something big, but at least it’s something.
Given the abrupt changes and loops that 2020 threw at the entertainment industry, there was always a good chance this year’s nominations would appear different. The rise of streaming has already made an impact in the past, yet is definitely at the forefront here. Movies and television categories do benefit from that shift, overall. Either by the content of programing put out there or general expanding of diversity, getting the attention it deserves. That doesn’t meant that further progress doesn’t need to be taken. It’s just citing that this year is a little bit better than the past. It just needs to keep happening.
The majority of heavy hitters and expected names are all here in force, with Netflix nabbing a whopping 42 nominations. There is also a stellar showing by female voices too, with many women walking home with directorial nominations. Hopefully one of them will go home with the gold. Going by lots of critic circle awards already given out, that’s likely to be the case. At the same time, there’s still a few surprises to be had in the list. If anything it serves well as a primer to movies you need to check out. The sooner, the better.
Here’s the full list of nominees for each category:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman “Ozark”
Josh O’Connor “The Crown”
Bob Odenkirk “Better Call Saul”
Al Pacino “Hunters”
Matthew Rhys “Perry Mason”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett “Mrs. America”
Daisy Edgar-Jones “Normal People”
Shira Haas “Unorthodox”
Nicole Kidman “The Undoing”
Anya Taylor-Joy “The Queen’s Gambit”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Olivia Colman “The Crown”
Jodie Comer “Killing Eve”
Emma Corrin “The Crown”
Laura Linney “Ozark”
Sarah Paulson “Ratched”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Bryan Cranston “Your Honor”
Jeff Daniels “The Comey Rule”
Hugh Grant “The Undoing”
Ethan Hawke “The Good Lord Bird”
Mark Ruffalo “I Know This Much Is True”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Emily in Paris”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”
Best Television Series – Drama
“The Crown”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Ozark”
“Ratched”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Lily Collins “Emily in Paris”
Kaley Cuoco “The Flight Attendant”
Elle Fanning “The Great”
Jane Levy “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”
Catherine O’Hara “Schitt’s Creek”
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Normal People”
“The Queen’s Gambit”
“Small Axe”
“The Undoing”
“Unorthodox”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Boyega “Small Axe”
Brendan Gleeson “The Comey Rule”
Dan Levy “Schitt’s Creek”
Jim Parsons “Hollywood”
Donald Sutherland “The Undoing”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle “Black Monday”
Nicholas Hoult “The Great”
Eugene Levy “Schitt’s Creek”
Jason Sudeikis “Ted Lasso”
Ramy Youssef “Ramy”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Gillian Anderson “The Crown”
Helena Bonham Carter “The Crown”
Julia Garner “Ozark”
Annie Murphy “Schitt’s Creek”
Cynthia Nixon “Ratched”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Emerald Fennell “Promising Young Woman”
David Fincher “Mank”
Regina King “One Night in Miami”
Aaron Sorkin “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Chloé Zhao “Nomadland”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Maria Bakalova “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Kate Hudson “Music”
Michelle Pfeiffer “French Exit”
Rosamund Pike “I Care a Lot”
Anya Taylor-Joy “Emma”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins “The Father”
Gary Oldman “Mank”
Tahar Rahim “The Mauritanian”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
James Corden “The Prom”
Lin-Manuel Miranda “Hamilton”
Dev Patel “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Andy Samberg “Palm Springs”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Andra Day “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Vanessa Kirby “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan “Promising Young Woman”
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“The Father”
“Mank”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Daniel Kaluuya “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Jared Leto “The Little Things”
Bill Murray “On the Rocks”
Leslie Odom, Jr. “One Night in Miami”
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
“The Midnight Sky” – Alexandre Desplat
“Tenet” – Ludwig Göransson
“News of the World” – James Newton Howard
“Mank” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
“Hamilton”
“Palm Springs”
“Music”
“The Prom”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Glenn Close “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman “The Father”
Jodie Foster “The Mauritanian”
Amanda Seyfried “Mank”
Helena Zengel “News of the World”
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“Another Round”
“La Llorona”
“The Life Ahead”
“Minari”
“Two of Us”
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
“Promising Young Woman”
“Mank”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“The Father”
“Nomadland”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7″
“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead”
“Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami”
“Tigress & Tweed” from “The United States vs. Billie Holliday”
Best Motion Picture – Animated
“The Croods: A New Age”
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“Soul”
“Wolfwalkers”
The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on February 28th, at 8PM EST, on NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are set to host, with one presenting on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. It’ll be an interesting evening to be sure. Heck, it may even be the best Golden Globes, by including a little chaos into the proceedings.
