The Golden Globes will be handed out January 10th on NBC, with Ricky Gervais serving as host. First the movie failed to garner much individual support at the SAG Awards (only Rachel McAdams in a supporting role). Not only did programming from cable/premium/streaming services dominate this year, they also shoved old-school networks aside in the comedy category.
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Michael Fassbender, best actor nominee for “Steve Jobs”: “This film, and working with Danny Boyle and our fantastic cast, has been one of the most creative and awesome experiences of my professional life”.
Even pay-cable network HBO, which traditionally ruled at awards time, has been humbled by this year’s digital invasion. You’re not alone. The movie, about a dad with psychiatric issues, debuted at Sundance almost two years ago and barely made a dent at the box office.
Premium rival Showtime suffered a falloff, too, with last year’s nine nominations shrinking to three. Another noticeable snub came in the lack of nominations for any of the actors in the Best Picture-nominated Spotlight, which was (and perhaps still is) expected to be a pretty heavy hitter come Oscar season.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves Depp so much, he’s landed 10 Golden Globe nominations over his career (in 2010, he was a double nominee for “The Tourist” and “Alice in Wonderland”).
Jon Hamm’s portrayal of Don Draper is the only nod to the “Mad Men” finale in the Golden Globes nominations.
Among the movies, “Carol”, about a relationship between two women of different age groups, also finds a mention in the Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture (Todd Haynes) and Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Carter Burwell) categories.
Other notable absentees on the nomination rolls were HBO’s fading “Girls” as well as “True Detective” (which, after landing four nominations in its premiere season, was critically lambasted for its second cycle).
Others also landed multiple nods. Along with “Carol” and “The Revenant”, they are: “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “Room” and “Spotlight”.
“Girls” season four didn’t connect with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Alicia Vikander will compete for both best actress, drama, for “The Danish Girl”, as well as her supporting role as an artificial intelligence in “Ex Machina”. The third nom for that film, by the way, was for Ridley Scott as Best Director – Motion Picture.
“The Big Short”, which takes a unusual take a look at the housing bubble collapse that led to the 2008 D.R. recession, led the comedy nominees with 4 nods; greatest comedy, screenplay and actor for Christian Bale and Steve Carell.
– Foreign Language: “The Brand New Testament”, “The Club”, “The Fencer”, “Mustang”, “Son of Saul”. Close behind are four-time nominees “The Big Short” and “The Revenant” (not yet released) and “Steve Jobs” (flopped). Vying for best drama are: ABC’s “Empire”, USA’s “Mr. Robot”, Netflix’s “Narcos”, Starz’s “Outlander” and HBO’s “Games of Thrones” (the only returning nominee).
Earlier this year, Inside Amy Schumer won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Schumer was nominated for three additional honors in the writing, directing, and acting categories.
Two of Amazon.com’s original video series, transgender comedy “Transparent” and behind-the-scenes classical music series “Mozart in the Jungle”, earned five nods.
– Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”; Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”; Rob Lowe, “The Grinder”; Patrick Stewart, “Blunt Talk”; Gael Garcia Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle”.
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– Actor, Movie or Limited Series: Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero”; Patrick Wilson, “Fargo”; Idris Elba, “Luther”; David Oyelowo, “Nightingale”; Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall”.
