Golden Globes go gaga for 'La La Land'
Posted Monday, December 12, 2016 at 1:47 PM Central
Last updated Monday, December 12, 2016 at 1:55 PM Central
by John Couture
It's no secret that the Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone film La La Land is poised to sizzle the silver screen as it continues its rollout thanks to heavy awards buzz, but today, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association lit a match under the musical. La La Land led a very diverse field of Golden Globe nominees with seven nominations, while fellow awards front-runner Moonlight followed closely with six nominations.
Last year's awards season was punctuated as much by the films and talent that didn't get nominated as by those that did, so it's a bit refreshing to see a wide open race as we enter the peak of the awards season. While it's no surprise to La La Land and Moonlight get much-deserved recognition, it is perhaps a little surprising to see perennial stalwarts Tom Hanks and Martin Scorsese on the outside looking in.
Scorsese's Silence is starting to pick up considerable buzz to be a favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture, not to mention a Best Directing nomination. Instead, newcomers such as Tom Ford, Barry Jenkins and Damien Chazelle were honored with Golden Globe nominations for their directing work. Of course, the Golden Globes do tend to get a reputation for being a bit on the radical side at times.
As usual, there were plenty of radicalness when it came to the Comedy/Musical nominations. Deadpool enjoyed not one, but two nominations while actor Jonah Hill got singled out for his performance in the box office dud War Dogs.
On the TV side, HBO had a great morning with several of their new shows including Westworld, Divorce and Insecure all getting nods, while Netflix and Amazon continued to eat away at traditional network TV dominance with their strong showings.
Jimmy Fallon will host the 74th Annual Golden Globes on Sunday, January 8. The show will air live on NBC between 8 and 11 p.m. ET from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The complete list of nominations are below.
2016 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS
MOVIES
Best Picture, Drama
Best Picture, Comedy or Musical
Best Director
- Damien Chazelle – La La Land
- Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
- Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
- Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea
Best Actor, Drama
- Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea
- Joel Edgerton – Loving
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
- Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress, Drama
- Amy Adams – Arrival
- Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
- Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- Ruth Negga – Loving
- Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Actor, Comedy
- Colin Farrell – The Lobster
- Ryan Gosling – La La Land
- Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Jonah Hill – War Dogs
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
Best Actress, 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 Supporting Actor
- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water
- Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Dev Patel – Lion
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
- Viola Davis – Fences
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Nicole Kidman – Lion
- Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
- Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea
Best Screenplay
Best Original Score
- Nicholas Britell– Moonlight
- Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
- Johann Johannsson – Arrival
- Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
- Hans Zimmer, Pharrel Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures
Best Original Song
- “Can't Stop The Feeling” – Trolls
- “City Of Stars” – La La Land
- “Faith” – Sing
- “Gold” – Gold
- “How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Foreign Language Film
- Divines – France
- Elle – France
- Neruda – Chile
- The Salesman – Iran/France
- Toni Erdmann – Germany
TELEVISION
Best TV Series, Drama
Best TV Series, Comedy/Musical
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
- American Crime
- The Dresser
- The Night Manager
- The Night Of
- American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Actor, Drama
- Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
- Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
- Matthew Rhys – The Americans
- Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
- Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath
Best Actress, Drama
- Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
- Claire Foy – The Crown
- Keri Russell – The Americans
- Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
- Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld
Best Actor, Comedy
- Anthony Anderson – Black•ish
- Gael García Bernal – Mozart In The Jungle
- Donald Glover – Atlanta
- Nick Nolte – Graves
- Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Best Actress, Comedy
- Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
- Issa Rae – Insecure
- Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
- Tracee Ellis-Ross – Black•ish
Best Supporting Actor
- Sterling K. Brown – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
- Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager
- John Lithgow – The Crown
- Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
- John Travolta – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Best Supporting Actress
- Felicity Huffman – American Crime
- Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
- Sarah Paulson – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
- Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
- Thandie Newton – Westworld
Best Actor, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
- Bryan Cranston – All The Way
- Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager
- John Turturro – The Night Of
- Courtney B. Vance – American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson