Netflix tops Golden Globe nominations for first time

Diverse, idiosyncratic, forward-thinking, all over the map: with today’s nominations, it’s the Golden Globes that have finally caught up with where TV is going, instead of clinging to where it’s been.

But compared to Wednesday’s resolutely old-fashioned Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, not to mention the staid TV Academy’s annual Emmys, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association seems nearly radical. Hulu also only received a single nomination, though it has not invested as heavily in original content as its competitors Netflix, HBO and Amazon, relying more on gaining streaming rights to networks’ current shows, as well as their archives.

The 29-year-old American singer is up for Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series for American Horror Story: Hotel, while Vikander, the 27-year-old Swedish actress, is nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for The Danish Girl and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ex Machina.

The Golden Globe winners will be announced at a televised ceremony in Los Angeles on January 10 (local time), hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais.

With four nods is Alejandro Inarritu’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Birdman”, the frontier epic “The Revenant”, which was nominated for best picture, drama, and best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio.

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”.

Cate Blanchett and George Miller have continued their successful charge through Hollywood awards season by picking up Golden Globe nominations. There was little in the way of genuine surprise outside of Mark Ruffalo landing a somewhat inspired comedy/musical nomination for “Infinitely Polar Bear”.

Smith, whose upcoming “Concussion” has drawn headlines for its depiction of head trauma in football, apparently displaced Johnny Depp (“Black Mass”) from the best actor, drama, nominees. While it took three top Globe nominations Thursday, including best director for McCarthy and best screenplay, its ensemble cast is failing to stand out from the pack.

In the race for best comedy or musical film are The Big Short, David O. Russell dramedy Joy, space blockbuster The Martian, zany caper Spy and Amy Schumer’s breakout film Trainwreck.

-Original Score: Cartner Burwell, “Carol”; Alexandre Desplat, “The Danish Girl”; Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”; Daniel Pemberton, “Steve Jobs”; Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, “The Revenant”. “It’s a really hard category”, Tierney told E! Al Pacino (“Danny Collins”), Maggie Smith (“The Lady in the Van”), Lily Tomlin (“Grandma”), Jane Fonda (“Youth”) and Helen Mirren (“Trumbo”) all earned nods.

The change was already beginning to be seen in the 2011 drama category, though, where only one show (CBS’s “The Good Wife”) was from broadcast TV.