The Nominations For The 2020 Golden Globes Are Out, And A Whole Lot Went To “Marriage Story” And “The Irishman”
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association kicked off awards season this morning at the crack of dawn with their nominations for the 2020 Golden Globe awards. The Golden Globes hold firm in their reputation as the Oscars’ boozy, messy, easily-confused cousin, and some of the nominations really reflect that.
For example, there are five nomination spots each for Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Motion Picture Comedy, and not one of those spots was reserved for Hustlers. And yes I believe it could technically qualify for either category. Watching JLo execute a near-flawless scheme to drug and rob strip club patrons is a drama for the ages (luckily she did get recognized for her performance, as you’ll see later on in this post). And Constance Wu’s bangs were very funny. But instead, we’ve got lots of nominations for Marriage Story and The Irishman.
Marriage Story got six nominations: Best Picture Drama, Best Actress Drama (for Scarlett Johansson), Best Actor Drama (for Adam Driver), Best Supporting Actress (for Laura Dern), Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score. JenniferLopez received her second Golden Globe nomination in 22 years. The last time she was nominated was in 1998, with a Best Actress for Selena. Unsurprisingly, she got herself a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Hustlers. In other “not shocking” news, Joaquin Phoenix got a Best Actor Drama nomination for Joker. Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie got nominated for Bombshell, which means Nicole Kidman did not. But really, anyone with working ears who heard Nicole’s Minnisotaustralia accent knows that’s not exactly a snub.
We’ve also got another The Martian situation. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood– a movie set against the Manson Family murders – was nominated in the Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category. “Well, yeah – the way they portrayed my dad was a huge joke” probably thought Bruce Lee’s daughter.
In television, there weren’t too many surprises. Shows like The Crown, The Kominsky Method, Chernobyl, Fosse/Verdon, Barry, Succession, and Big Little Lies all got recognized. But so did The Morning Show, which got a Best Television Series Drama, and Best Performance in a Television Drama for Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
And Paul Rudd got his first big acting nomination ever with a Best Performance in a Television Musical or Comedy for Living with Yourself. I bet the HFPA was like, “We would have nominated him for New Star of the Year, but we don’t have that category anymore. But it would have been perfect for a fresh young 21 year old actor like himself. Wait…what do you mean HE’S FIFTY?”
Here’s the entire list of the 2020 Golden Globe nominations:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Irishman
Marriage Story
1917
Joker
The Two Popes
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Rocketman
Dolemite Is My Name
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Ana de Armas, Knives Out
Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
Emma Thompson, Late Night
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Daniel Craig, Knives Out
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Annette Bening, The Report
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Parasite
Les Misérables
Best Director, Motion Picture
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Daniel Pemberton, Motherless Brooklyn
Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Thomas Newman, 1917
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Beautiful Ghosts”, Cats
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”, Rocketman
“Into the Unknown”, Frozen II
“Spirit”, The Lion King
“Stand Up”, Harriet
Best Television Series, Drama
Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
Succession
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Catch-22
Chernobyl
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Jennifer Aniston , The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Brian Cox, Succession
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Billy Porter, Pose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series , Musical or Comedy
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Ben Platt, The Politician
Paul Rudd, Living with Yourself
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable
Joey King,The Act
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Christopher Abbott, Catch-22
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl
Henry Winkler, Barry
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Tom Hanks
Carol Burnett Award
Ellen DeGeneres
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