Greta Gerwig91Ƶs 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ dominated the nominations with nine nods for the blockbuster film, including best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its original songs.
It was closely followed by its 91ƵOppenheimer,91Ƶ which scored eight nominations, including best picture drama and for actors Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
The , now a for-profit endeavor with a larger and more diverse voting body, announced nominations Monday for its January awards show, after scandal and several troubled years, including one without a broadcast. Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama presided over the announcements from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the show will also take place on Jan. 7.
Films nominated for best motion picture drama included 91ƵOppenheimer,91Ƶ Martin Scorsese91Ƶs 91ƵKillers of the Flower Moon,91Ƶ Bradley Cooper91Ƶs 91ƵMaestro,91Ƶ Celine Song91Ƶs 91ƵPast Lives,91Ƶ Justine Triet91Ƶs 91ƵAnatomy of a Fall91Ƶ and Jonathan Glazer91Ƶs 91ƵThe Zone of Interest.91Ƶ
In the best motion picture musical or comedy category, 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ was joined by 91ƵAir,91Ƶ 91ƵAmerican Fiction91Ƶ 91ƵThe Holdovers,91Ƶ 91ƵMay December91Ƶ and 91ƵPoor Things.91Ƶ
Yorgos Lanthimos91Ƶ 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ and Scorsese91Ƶs 91ƵKillers of the Flower Moon91Ƶ both received seven nominations each. 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ saw nominations for Lanthimos, its actors Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Tony McNamara for screenplay and Jerskin Fendrix for score. 91ƵKillers of the Flower Moon91Ƶ got nods for Scorsese, for direction and co-writing the screenplay with Eric Roth, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro.
91ƵBarbie91Ƶ tied for second-most nominations in Globes history with 91ƵCabaret,91Ƶ from 1972. Robert Altman91Ƶs 91ƵNashville91Ƶ remains the record-holder with 11 nominations. It went into the morning as a favorite top, and got a big boost from its three original song nominations, including 91ƵI91Ƶm Just Ken,91Ƶ and one of the year91Ƶs new categories, recognizing cinematic and box office achievement. One person who was not nominated was America Ferrera, who delivered the movie91Ƶs most memorable monologue.
91ƵSuccession91Ƶ was the top-nominated television program, with nine nods including for series stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin.
The box office achievement category nominated eight films, including 91ƵTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour,91Ƶ 91ƵThe Super Mario Bros. Movie,91Ƶ 91ƵOppenheimer,91Ƶ 91ƵSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,91Ƶ 91ƵMission: Impossible -Dead Reckoning,91Ƶ 91ƵJohn Wick: Chapter 491Ƶ and 91ƵGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.91Ƶ Several years ago the Oscars attempted to add a similar 91Ƶpopular film91Ƶ category, but it proved to be an immensely unpopular decision and was scuttled amid backlash.
As always there were some big surprises, like Jennifer Lawrence getting nominated for her bawdy R-rated comedy 91ƵNo Hard Feelings91Ƶ for best performance by a female actor in a musical or comedy. She was nominated alongside Robbie, Stone and Fantasia Barrino (91ƵThe Color Purple91Ƶ), Natalie Portman (91ƵMay December91Ƶ) and Alma Pöysti (91ƵFallen Leaves91Ƶ).
91ƵThe Color Purple91Ƶ was expected to do better with the Golden Globes. The adaption of the stage musical got only two nominations total for Barrino and Danielle Brooks for her supporting performance.
Cord Jefferson91Ƶs comedy 91ƵAmerican Fiction91Ƶ also came up with only two nods, best musical or comedy and for lead actor Jeffrey Wright.
Sofia Coppola91Ƶs widely acclaimed 91ƵPriscilla91Ƶ got only one nomination, for actor Cailee Spaeny91Ƶs portrayal of Priscilla Presley. Her category mates in best female performance in a drama include Gladstone, Annette Bening for 91ƵNyad,91Ƶ Sandra Hüller for 91ƵAnatomy of a Fall,91Ƶ Greta Lee for 91ƵPast Lives91Ƶ and Carey Mulligan for 91ƵMaestro.91Ƶ
The Globes won91Ƶt have to worry about anyone criticizing its 91Ƶall male91Ƶ directors this year, however. Gerwig was nominated as was Celine Song, for her romantic debut 91ƵPast Lives,91Ƶ alongside Nolan, Scorsese, Cooper and Lanthimos.
Netflix got the most nominations overall, with 13 total for a slate which included 91ƵMaestro,91Ƶ 91ƵMay December91Ƶ and 91ƵRustin,91Ƶ followed by Warner Bros., which made 91ƵBarbie,91Ƶ 91ƵThe Super Mario Bros. Movie91Ƶ and 91ƵThe Color Purple91Ƶ with 12.
Ridley Scott91Ƶs 91ƵNapoleon91Ƶ was not nominated at all. Instead, its star Joaquin Phoenix was recognized for 91ƵBeau is Afraid91Ƶ in the lead actor comedy/musical category, with Wright, Matt Damon (91ƵAir91Ƶ), Nicolas Cage 91ƵDream Scenario,91Ƶ Timothée Chalamet (91ƵWonka91Ƶ) and Paul Giamatti (91ƵThe Holdovers91Ƶ). Michael Mann91Ƶs 91ƵFerrari,91Ƶ with Adam Driver, also got zero nominations.
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Here are a selection of other nominees:
Animated film: 91ƵThe Boy and the Heron91Ƶ; 91ƵElemental91Ƶ; 91ƵSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse91Ƶ; 91ƵThe Super Mario Bros. Movie91Ƶ; 91ƵSuzume91Ƶ; 91ƵWish.91Ƶ
Non-English language film: 91ƵAnatomy of a Fall91Ƶ; 91ƵFallen Leaves91Ƶ; 91ƵIo Capitano91Ƶ; 91ƵPast Lives91Ƶ; 91ƵSociety of the Snow91Ƶ; 91ƵThe Zone of Interest.91Ƶ
Best actor in a television drama: Brian Cox, 91ƵSuccession91Ƶ; Kieran Culkin, 91ƵSuccession91Ƶ; Gary Oldman, 91ƵSlow Horses91Ƶ; Pedro Pascal, 91ƵThe Last of Us91Ƶ; Jeremy Strong, 91ƵSuccession91Ƶ; Dominic West, 91ƵThe Crown.91Ƶ
Female actor in a television comedy: Rachel Brosnahan, 91ƵThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel91Ƶ; Quinta Brunson, 91ƵAbbott Elementary91Ƶ; Ayo Edebiri, 91ƵThe Bear91Ƶ; Elle Fanning, 91ƵThe Great91Ƶ; Selena Gomez, 91ƵOnly Murders in the Building91Ƶ; Natasha Lyonne, 91ƵPoker Face.91Ƶ
Male actor in a television comedy: Bill Hader, 91ƵBarry91Ƶ; Steve Martin, 91ƵOnly Murders in the Building91Ƶ; Jason Segel, 91ƵShrinking91Ƶ; Martin Short, 91ƵOnly Murders in the Building91Ƶ; Jason Sudeikis, 91ƵTed Lasso91Ƶ; Jeremy Allen White, 91ƵThe Bear.91Ƶ
Screenplay: 91ƵAnatomy of a Fall91Ƶ; 91ƵBarbie91Ƶ; 91ƵPoor Things91Ƶ; 91ƵKillers of the Flower Moon91Ƶ; 91ƵOppenheimer91Ƶ; 91ƵPast Lives.91Ƶ
Best stand-up comedy television special: Ricky Gervais, 91ƵArmageddon91Ƶ; Trevor Noah, 91ƵWhere Was I91Ƶ; Chris Rock, 91ƵSelective Outrage91Ƶ; Amy Schumer, 91ƵEmergency Contact91Ƶ; Sarah Silverman, 91ƵSomeone You Love91Ƶ; Wanda Sykes, 91ƵI91Ƶm an Entertainer.91Ƶ
WHAT91ƵS NEW WITH THE GOLDEN GLOBES?
The 81st Golden Globe Awards will be the first major broadcast of awards season, with a . And while to audiences it might look similar on the surface, it91Ƶs been tumultuous few years behind the scenes following a bombshell report in the Los Angeles Times. The 2021 report found that there were in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which votes on the awards.
Stars and studios boycotted the Globes and NBC refused to air it in 2022 as a result. After the group added journalists of color to its ranks and instituted other reforms to address ethical concerns, the in January 2023 in a one-year probationary agreement with NBC. The network did not opt to renew.
In June, billionaire Todd Boehly was granted approval to dissolve the HFPA and reinvent the Golden Globes as a for-profit organization. Its assets were acquired by Boehly91Ƶs Eldridge Industries, along with Dick Clark Productions, a group that is owned by Penske Media whose assets also include Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone and Billboard. In mid-November, CBS announced that it would air the ceremony on the network on Jan. 7. It will also stream on Paramount+.
WHAT ARE THE GLOBES KNOWN FOR?
The Golden Globe Awards had long been one of the highest-profile awards season broadcasts, second only to the Oscars.
The show was touted as a boozy, A-list party, whose hosts often took a more irreverent tone than their academy counterparts. It also only honored the flashiest filmmaking categories 91Ƶ picture, director, actors among them 91Ƶ meaning no long speeches from visual effects supervisors or directors of shorts no one has heard of.
But the voting body was a small group of around 87 members who wielded incredible influence in the industry and often accepted lavish gifts and travel from studios and awards publicists eager to court favor and win votes.
Some years, the HFPA were pilloried for nominating poorly reviewed films with big name talent with hopes of getting them to the show, the most infamous being 91ƵThe Tourist,91Ƶ with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. In the past decade, they91Ƶve more often overlapped with the Oscars. The show also recognizes television.
Before the expose and public relations crisis though, no one in the industry took much umbrage with who was voting on the awards. The show had become an important part of the Hollywood awards ecosystem, a platform for Oscar hopefuls and was, until recently, a reliable ratings draw. As of 2019, it was still pulling in nearly 19 million viewers to the broadcast. This year, NBC91Ƶs Tuesday night broadcast got its smallest audience ever for a traditional broadcast, with 6.3 million viewers.
WHO VOTES ON THE GLOBES?
The group nominating and voting for the awards is now made up of a more diverse group of over 300 people from around the world.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press