Nominations for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning and, yes, every one of the movies and TV shows you wanted to be nominated were in fact nominated and you’re going to get exactly what you want this year.
Of the movies I’ve seen with my eyes, Carol was visually breathtaking and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara deserve that best actress nomination. Steve Jobs rightfully earned Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet their respective noms for best actor and actress in a motion picture drama, and it’s not surprising to see Trainwreck recognized for best comedy given Amy Schumer’s banner year.
Did you know Joy is a comedy, too? The trailer looks like it’s a movie about nothing that wants us to know it’s good only because Jennifer Lawrence is in it, but congrats. Also, Fifty Shades of Grey is up for best motion picture.
Not! It’s nominated for best original song for Ellie Goulding’s ubiquitous “Love Me Like You Do” from the soundtrack. Heart attack averted.
As for TV shows, like last year, Orange Is The New Black is battling Silicon Valley, Transparent, plus Veep (which will probably win, but I know nothing) in the best TV comedy category. Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez and Aziz Ansari (Master of None is definitely worth watching) got proper dues for best actress and actor in a TV comedy, respectively. And I need either Viola Davis or Taraji P. Henson to win for best actress in a drama.
Bobby Finger’s reax:
“I’m glad Rooney and Cate are competing head to head, and hope The Big Short wins everything it’s nominated for just to fuck with people.”
The Golden Globes will air on January 10, 2016, with its crass and loathsome host Ricky Gervais, who’s back for the fourth time.
Here’s the full list of nominees.
Motion picture, drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Motion picture, comedy
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Actress in a motion picture, drama
Cate Blanchett
Brie Larson
Rooney Mara
Saoirse Ronan
Alicia Vikander
Actress in a motion picture, comedy
Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Amy Schumer
Maggie Smith
Lily Tomlin
Actor in a motion picture, drama
Bryan Cranston
Leonardo DiCaprio
Michael Fassbender
Eddie Redmayne
Will Smith
Actor in a motion picture, comedy
Christian Bale
Steve Carell
Matt Damon
Al Pacino
Mark Ruffalo
TV series, drama
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander
TV series, comedy
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
Actress in a supporting role in a motion picture
Jane Fonda
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Helen Mirren
Alicia Vikander
Kate Winslet
Actor in a supporting role in a motion picture
Paul Dano
Idris Elba
Mark Rylance
Michael Shannon
Sylvester Stallone
TV movie or miniseries
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall
Actress in a TV series, comedy
Rachel Bloom
Jamie Lee Curtis
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Gina Rodriguez
Lily Tomlin
Actress in a TV series, drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Actor in a TV series, drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Actor in a TV series, comedy
Aziz Ansari, Master Of None
Gael García Bernal, Mozart In The Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Animated feature film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun The Sheep
Supporting actor in a TV series, limited series or TV movie
Alan Cumming
Damian Lewis
Ben Mendelsohn
Tobias Menzies
Christian Slater
Supporting actress in a TV series, limited series or TV movie
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Actor in a TV movie or limited series
Oscar Isaac
Patrick Wilson
Idris Elba
David Oyelowo
Mark Rylance
Director
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom Mccarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
Emma Donoghue, Room
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Actress in a TV movie or limited series
Kirsten Dunst
Queen Latifah
Felicity Huffman
Sarah Hay
Lady Gaga
Original song
“Love Me Like You Do” (50 Shades of Grey)
“One Kind of Love” (Love and Mercy)
“See You Again” (Furious 7)
“Simple Song #3” (Youth)
“Writing’s on the Wall” (Spectre)
Foreign language film
The Brand New Testament (Belgium / France / Luxembourg)
The Club (Chile)
The Fencer (Finland / Germany / Estonia)
Mustang (France)
Son Of Saul (Hungary)
Score
Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, The Revenant
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