Fox Received The Most Golden Globe Nominations

The Golden Globe nominations, which will be announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday morning, are at the center of the drama surrounding the categorization of this year’s movies and actors.

It’s great to see Mad Max: Fury Road up for Best Picture (Drama) alongside expected choices like Carol, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight.

The nominees for best actress in a drama are Cate Blanchett (Carol), Brie Larson (Room), Rooney Mara (Carol), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), and Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).

Alejandro Inarritu’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Birdman”, the frontier epic “The Revenant”, took four nominations, including best picture, drama, and best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio.

In the race for best comedy or musical film are The Big Short, Joy, The Martian, Spy and Trainwreck.

The nominees for best actress in a comedy or musical are Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Melissa McCarthy (Spy), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck), Lily Tomlin (Grandma), and Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van).

The 73 Golden Globe Awards, hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais, will air on NBC on January 10 at 8:00 PM EST.

Netflix before had never lead a Golden Globes or Emmy nomination tally, EW noted, referencing this significant upset, adding that the service’s rise was signaled earlier this week when it also topped HBO among SAG nominations.

In the feature film category, Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation received a nod for best lead actor in a drama (Idris Elba). Both The Revenant and Steve Jobs tied The Big Short, with each receiving 4 nominations. But its ensemble cast is struggling to stand out from the pack.

“Love Me Like You Do” (50 Shades of Grey), “One Kind of Love” (Love and Mercy), “See You Again” (Furious 7), “Simple Song #3” (Youth) and “Writing’s on the Wall” (Spectre) are part of the best original song list.

There were several other shocks in the small screen nods for the Best Drama accolade as “Mad Men” wasn’t recognised, although leading man Jon Hamm is up for Best Actor in a TV Drama series for his portrayal of Don Draper in the AMC show.

Netflix also made a breakthrough at the SAG nominations Wednesday earning 10 nods and overtaking HBO for the first time in a top awards context.

Monaghan actress Caitriona Balfe also garnered a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama) for her role in “Outlander”, as did Eva Green for “Penny Dreadful”, which is filmed in Ireland. “Six shows that got the most nominations included “Fargo”, as well as “Mr. Robot”, Starz time travel romance “Outlander”, along with ‘Transparent”, and “American Crime”, as well as “Wolf Hall”.

On Thursday, the streaming TV website picked up a best TV comedy nomination for its original series Casual. Transparent, an Amazon original, and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black were both nominated for best series (musical or comedy) alongside traditional TV offerings, with additional acting nominations for Judith Light (Transparent) and Uzo Abuda (Orange is the New Black).

This photo provided by Open Road Films shows, Michael Keaton, from left, as Walter “Robby” Robinson, Liev Schreiber as Marty Baron, Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes, Rachel McAdams, as Sacha Pfeiffer, John Slattery as Ben Bradlee Jr., and Brian d’Arcy James as Matt Carroll, in a scene from the film, “Spotlight”.

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