Blanchett, Redmayne nab Globe film acting noms

Mara and Blanchett were also each nominated for best actress in a drama film. The absence of recent awards-show standards like Homeland (zero nominations) or Downton Abbey (one, for actress Joanne Froggatt) is refreshing. So far, the festival has announced seven honorees.

New Orleans-shot productions are also among the Golden Globes nominations. A day after receiving supporting actress nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, for example, Rooney Mara (“Carol”) and Alicia Vikander (“The Danish Girl”) will be considered for a best actress Globes nod. Bryan Cranston received a best actor nomination for his performance in “Trumbo”, a biopic about the blacklisted, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Streaming series from Netflix, Amazon and Hulu dominated the TV side of the Globes, which scattered nominations across the dial. Six shows tied for the most nominations at three: “Fargo”, “Mr. Robot”, “Outlander”, “Transparent”, “American Crime” and “Wolf Hall”. This year was a huge breakout for Swedish newcomer Alicia Vikander, who also picked up a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a robot in “Ex Machina”. In a year that saw Lady Gaga actually earn a Golden Globes nod, there were a ton of shows, actors and actresses who were totally snubbed.

Charlie Kaufman’s stop-motion animated adult drama Anomalisa only nabbed a Best Animated Feature nomination. There was some debate as to whether some films would be categorized in the drama or comedy categories, such as Joy and The Martian, though the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ruled them both as comedies.

Of course, the big difference between the Globes and the Oscars is that they divide awards up by genre and have a weird way of determining what is a comedy and what’s a drama. Landing four nominations were Adam McKay’s finance farce “The Big Short”, the Apple co-founder drama “Steve Jobs” and Alejandro Inarritu’s frontier epic “The Revenant“. But it failed to join the dramatic best picture nominees, which, along with “Carol” and “The Revenant”, are: “Mad Max: Fury Road“, “Room” and “Spotlight“. Eddie Redmayne swept the board throughout last yr’s awards season, still it’s looking like 2016 could possibly be Leonardo DiCaprio’s yr. Nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Leonardo can be pitted against last yr’s victor Eddie, in addition to Michael Fassbender & Will Smith.

The Golden Globe ceremony, often a raucous affair, will be held January 10 with Ricky Gervais as host.

Miller’s film will also compete against Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and the critically praised Carol, directed by Todd Haynes.

-Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”; Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”; Robin Wright, “House of Cards”; Caitriona Balfe, “Outlander”; Eva Green, “Penny Dreadful”. The nominees for best TV comedy series are: “Casual”, “Mozart in the Jungle”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Silicon Valley”, “Transparent”, “Veep“. – “Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez on her nod for best actress in a TV comedy.

Blanchett received her best actress in a drama nod for Carol, Miller for directing Mad Max: Fury Road and Mendelsohn for supporting actor in a TV series, movie or mini-series for Bloodline.

Actors Angela Bassett, America Ferrera, Chloe Grace Moretz and Dennis Quaid will announce the nominations for honors for tops television and film awards bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.