ReutersWicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are among the stars who have scored nominations for the Golden Globes, as the Hollywood award season kicks off in earnest.
British actress Erivo is shortlisted for best actress in a comedy or musical for her role as Elphaba in the hit film, while co-star Grande is in the running for best supporting actress.
Angelina Jolie, Hugh Grant, Timothee Chalamet, Sebastian Stan, Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson, Kate Winslet and Selena Gomez are among the other big names in contention.
The Golden Globes have been through controversy in recent years but remain the first major awards in the film calendar, and provide pointers for who could do well at next year’s Oscars.
Netflix musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord who changes gender, leads the nominations overall with 10, including one for Gomez.
Other prominent films include heavyweight dramas The Brutalist, about a Hungarian architect who tries to build a new life in the US after World War Two, and Conclave, about a group of scheming cardinals who gather to select the new Pope.
The top film nominees:
- Emilia Perez – 10
- The Brutalist – 7
- Conclave – 6
- Anora – 5
- The Substance – 5
Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes also have awards for TV shows, with The Bear, Only Murders in the Building, Shogun and Baby Reindeer the main contenders in those categories.
Oscar contenders
Jolie is the frontrunner to win best drama actress (film) for playing legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Maria.
She will face competition from Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, as well as Anderson for playing a veteran Las a Vegas showgirl in The Last Showgirl.
British stars Winslet and Tilda Swinton are also in that category, as is Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres.
Winslet has two nominations in total – one on the film side for playing war photographer Lee Miller, and one for her TV show The Regime.
In the best film drama actor race, The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes are seen as the main contenders.
Meanwhile, Stan is nominated for playing Donald Trump in The Apprentice, about the incoming US president’s early years, and Chalamet is recognised for playing singer Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
They are joined on the shortlist by former James Bond star Daniel Craig for playing a US expat in 1950s South America in Queer, and Colman Domingo for his role in Sing Sing, about a prison theatre group.
All will also have a shot of receiving Oscar nominations when they are announced in January.
Musicals and comedies
Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globe split most of their categories in two, with one award for dramas and a separate prize for musicals/comedies.
Newcomer Mikey Madison is hotly tipped for the award for best musical/comedy film actress for playing a New York stripper who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch in Anora.
She will take on others including Demi Moore, who has won praise for playing a veteran Hollywood star who goes to extreme lengths to recapture her youth in body horror The Substance.
Erivo is in the same category, one of four nominations in total for Wicked.
The film, based on the Broadway musical about the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, will hope to combine awards acclaim with commercial success after making $455m (£356m) so far at the box office.
The Golden Globe winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 5 January, followed by the Oscars on 2 March. The host, Nikki Glaser, has been nominated herself for best TV stand-up for Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die.
The body that used to be behind the Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was criticised in 2021 for corruption and a lack of diversity in its voting body, and was accused of accepting “freebies” in exchange for nominations and other ethical lapses.
As a result, the body expanded and diversified its membership, implemented a new code of conduct, and changed its name.
