The Best Actor, Drama category is set to be a tough one as Redmayne is nominated alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Bryan Cranston and Will Smith for their work in The Revenant, Steve Jobs, Trumbo, and Concussion.
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“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.
Meanwhile, the biggest snubs in the Golden Globes nominations list were reserved for Johnny Depp for Black Mass and the cast and crew of Straight Outta Compton, which was completely shut out. Ironically, NBC which will air the awards show live on January 10, 2016 has zero nomination this year, AceShowbiz reports. Carol, the romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes is leading the board.
“The big made-for-Oscars studio contenders are falling out”, I’Neil stated, citing Focus Features’ “The Danish Girl”, Universal Pictures’ “Steve Jobs” and Disney’s Tom Hanks film “Bridge of Spies”.
The nominees in the best original score are Carter Burwell for “Carol”, Alexandre Desplat for “The Danish Girl”, Ennio Morricone for “The Hateful Eight”, Daniel Pemberton for “Steve Jobs”, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto for “The Revenant”.
-Original Song: “Love Me Like You Do” (music and lyrics by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh), “Fifty Shades of Grey”; “One Kind of Love” (music and lyrics by Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett), “Love & Mercy”; “See You Again” (music and lyrics by Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz), “Furious 7”; “Simple Song (hash)3” (music and lyrics by David Lang), “Youth”; “Writing’s on the Wall” (music and lyrics by Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes), “Spectre”.
-Foreign Language: “The Brand New Testament”, “The Club”, “The Fencer”, “Mustang”, “Son of Saul”.
“Brooklyn” star Ronan is nominated in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture category for her role in the best-selling film based on the book by Wexford author Colm Toibin. In the Golden Globes, it received top nominations for Best Director and Best Film – Drama. Instead, non-traditional and emerging networks dominated both awards’ lists.
-Series, Drama: “Empire”, “Mr. Robot”, “Game of Thrones”, “Outlander”, “Narcos”.
Thankfully, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Lily Tomlin, age 76, for best actress, musical or comedy, for her ferociously amusing and poignant turn in “Grandma”, released earlier this year.
Best actor in a TV series- comedy nods are Indian-American Aziz Ansari (‘Master of None’), Gael Garcia Bernal (‘Mozart in the Jungle’), Rob Lowe (‘The Grinder’), Patrick Stewart (‘Blunt Talk’) and Jeffrey Tambor (‘Transparent’).
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Six streaming series from online venues Netflix, Amazon and Hulu were the heavy nominees for TV awards. CW’s “Jane the Virgin” leading lady Gina Rodriguez – last year’s victor – and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star Rachel Bloom are pitted against each other in the musical or comedy actress category.
