74th Golden Globe Nominations (Motion Picture): La La Land Rules, Silence Snubbed

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The nominations for the 74th Golden Globes were announced this morning by Golden Globe winners Don Cheadle and Laura Dern, Anna Kendrick, this year’s Miss Golden Globe trio of Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet Stallone, along with Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria, and Barry Adelman, Executive VP of Television at Dick Clark productions.

La La Land landed a field-best seven nominations this morning from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, including Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Director and for its leads, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. The film scored eight wins last night from the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Critical favorites Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea earned six and five nominations, respectively. Nominees Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) won their categories at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards.

Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge did well with the Golden Globes, earning three top mentions including Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director. Hell or High Water also got three nominations: Motion Picture – Drama, Supporting Actor for Jeff Bridges and Screenplay.

Florence Foster Jenkins grabbed four nominations, the expected ones – Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, Actress (Streep), Actor (Grant) but also a big surprise with the mention of Simon Helberg in Supporting Actor.

Ryan Reynolds’ personal campaign to the Golden Globes paid off; he was nominated in Actor – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical as was his film, Deadpool, in the top category. This is a first for a Marvel superhero film with the Globes. There were more surprises in the Comedy or Musical categories with Jonah Hill (War Dogs) showing up, besting the likes of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty (Rules Don’t Apply) and Globe favorite Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys). Not to be outdone, the actress section found room for Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply) and Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen) over Globe favorite Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Sally Field in Hello, My Name is Doris.

Not to be without at least one controversy per season, Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals received three nominations this morning, all of them quite surprising. One for supporting actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson (most had Michael Shannon as a possible here) but also two for Ford himself – in Screenplay and Directing. Ford was criticized for breaking the gift rules with the HFPA (I know, I know) by sending each member his personal fragrance. The members were all asked to return the gift. But not before nominating Ford, apparently.

A big snub today was Martin Scorsese and his passion project Silence. It wound up with zero mentions. I had heard the group was a bit cold on the film but the HFPA has been very kind to Scorsese in the past so the complete snub is still a bit of a surprise.

The winners of the 74th Golden Globes will be announced live on NBC Sunday, January 8th, 2017 with Jimmy Fallon hosting.

Here is the full list of nominees in Motion Pictures categories:

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Best Motion Picture – Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Sing Street

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Divines (France)
Elle (France)
Neruda (Chile)
The Salesman (Iran)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Director – Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Arrival
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Gold,” Gold
“City of Stars,” La La Land
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana
“Faith,” Sing
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls

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