The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just announced the nominees for TV and film for the upcoming editions of the Golden Globes. The annual gala will take place on January 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will air live on NBC, with the amazing Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returning as hosts.
The nominees were announced by Jeremy Piven, the always flawless Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, and Paula Patton. In film, “Birdman” made the biggest splash, while in television, it was “Fargo.”
Perhaps the most unpleasant surprise in film was seeing Angelina Jolie get shut out altogether, despite her honest efforts to make “Unbroken,” her most recent directorial effort, gain awards attention.
Surprises in film
So Angelina Jolie got shut out completely: “Unbroken” was considered her shot at Best Director, but she would have probably settled for something smaller as well. Although critics have been divided in their reviews of the war epic, it’s been weeks that we’ve been hearing only positive awards buzz about it, so she probably counted on at least a nomination.
The Golden Globes, even though they honor accomplishments in both film and television, are hailed as the best clue to guess the Oscar winners, as the Academy Awards take place a few weeks later. If that’s the case, Angelina can kiss her dreams of getting one goodbye.
But Jennifer Aniston stands a good chance of winning one, all gossip about their rivalry aside. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises for nominations in film is seeing Aniston get a nod for Best Actress for “Cake,” a movie that reportedly failed to get a distributor after screenings at TIFF, so Aniston covertly set up a distribution company so she could have it in theaters.
The same rumors claimed that all awards buzz the film was getting was coming straight from Aniston’s camp and was, as such, completely unfounded. It turns out that at least this part wasn’t true.
Because everyone loves a good comeback story, “Birdman” with Michael Keaton scored 7 nominations, while “The Imitation Game” with Benedict Cumberbatch and “Boyhood” with Ethan Hawke got five each.
The complete list of nominees is included at the bottom of this article.
Surprises in television
Perhaps the biggest surprise here is seeing “Modern Family” as snubbed as Angelina Jolie was in film. While critics are saying that the once-hit comedy is stuck in a comedy rut that it can’t or won’t get out of, and ratings are not as impressive as they were once, nominations in TV for the Golden Globes confirm that this once-hit sitcom is one foot out the door. Or perhaps not yet, but in need of some improvement.
“Fargo” caused a major splash and ended up leading nominations in TV with five, while HBO’s “True Detective” came hot on its heels, with four.
The complete list of nominees in television is also included below.
Nominations in film:
Best Picture, Drama
“Boyhood” “Foxcatcher” “The Imitation Game” “Selma” “The Theory of Everything”
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy
“Birdman” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “Into the Woods” “Pride” “St. Vincent”
Best Actor, Drama
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher” Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game” Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler” David Oyelowo, “Selma” Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Actress, Drama
Jennifer Aniston, “Cake” Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything” Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl” Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy
Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Bill Murray, “St. Vincent” Joaquin Phoenix, “Inherent Vice” Christoph Waltz, “Big Eyes”
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, “Big Eyes” Emily Blunt, “Into the Woods” Helen Mirren, “The Hundred-Foot Journey” Julianne Moore, “Maps to the Stars” Quvenzhane Wallis, “Annie”
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Robert Duvall, “The Judge” Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood” Edward Norton, “Birdman” Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher” J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year” Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game” Emma Stone, “Birdman” Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Best Director
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Ava DuVernay, “Selma” David Fincher, “Gone Girl” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman” Richard LInklater, “Boyhood”
Best Screenplay
“The Grand Budapest” “Gone Girl” “Birdman” “Boyhood” “The Imitation Game”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Force Majeure Turist” (Sweden) “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” (Israel) “Ida” (Poland/Denmark) “Leviathan” (France) “Tangerines Mandariinid” (Estonia)
Best Animated Feature Film
“Big Hero Six” “The Book of Life” “Box Trolls” “How to Train Your Dragon 2” “The Lego Movie”
Best Original Score
“The Imitation Game” “The Theory of Everything” “Gone Girl” “Birdman” “Interstellar”
Best Original Song
“Big Eyes,” “Big Eyes,” Lana Del Rey “Glory,” “Selma,” John Legend and Common “Mercy Is,” “Noah,” Patty Smith and Lenny K “Opportunity,” “Annie” “Yellow Flicker Beat,” “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I,” Lorde
Nominations in television
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
“Girls” “Jane the Virgin” “Orange Is the New Black” “Silicon Valley” “Transparent”
Best Television Series, Drama
“The Affair” “Downton Abbey” “Game of Thrones” “The Good Wife” “House of Cards”
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Clive Owen, “The Knick” Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan” Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” James Spader, “The Blacklist” Dominic West, “The Affair”
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Claire Danes, “Homeland” Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder” Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” Ruth Wilson, “The Affair” Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Best Actor in a TV series, Comedy or Musical
Louis CK, “Louie” Don Cheadle, “House of Lies” Ricky Gervais, “Derek” William H. Macy, “Shameless” Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Lena Dunham, “Girls” Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin” Taylor Schilling, “Orange Is the New Black”
Best Miniseries or TV Movie
“Fargo” “The Missing” “The Normal Heart” “Olive Kitteridge” “True Detective”
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Honorable Woman” Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Freak Show” Frances McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge” Frances O'Connor, “The Missing” Allison Tolman, “Fargo”
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Martin Freeman, “Fargo” Woody Harrelson, “True Detective” Matthew McConaughey, “True Detective” Mark Ruffalo, “The Normal Heart” Billy Bob Thornton, “Fargo”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role on TV
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is the New Black” Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story: Freak Show” Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey” Allison Janney, “Mom” Michelle Moynahan, “True Detective”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role on TV
Matt Bomer, “The Normal Heart” Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife” Colin Hanks, “Fargo” Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge” Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan”