The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 73rd annual Golden Globesnominations were revealed this morning with The Weinstein Company’sCarol leading the film side with five nominations including for Best Picture Drama and a head to head showdown between stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, who both landed Best Actress Drama noms. The Big Short, The Revenant and Steve Jobs followed with four noms apiece, with the latter two also landing acting noms for stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Fassbender. The Best Picture Drama race offers a wide swath with Carol, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Room andSpotlight, which was shut out of the actor races. On the TV side, a broadcast-free Best TV Series Comedy race includes reps from Hulu (Casual), Amazon Video (Mozart In The Jungle, Transparent) and Netflix (Orange Is The New Black) in addition to HBO with Silicon Valley and Veep. On the drama side: Empire, Game Of Thrones, Narcos, Mr Robot and Outlander. Fox’s Empire also landed a nom for Taraji P. Henson in Best Actress Drama. The awards show is January 10 on NBC hosted by Ricky Gervais. Here is the list of nominees: BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA CAROL Number 9 Films; The Weinstein Company MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Kennedy Miller Mitchell; Warner Bros. Pictures THE REVENANT Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox ROOM Element Pictures / No Trace Camping; A24 SPOTLIGHT Anonymous Content / Participant Media / First Look; Open Road Films BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA CATE BLANCHETT, CAROL BRIE LARSON, ROOM ROONEY MARA, CAROL SAOIRSE RONAN, BROOKLYN ALICIA VIKANDER, THE DANISH GIRL BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA BRYAN CRANSTON, TRUMBO LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT MICHAEL FASSBENDER, STEVE JOBS EDDIE REDMAYNE, THE DANISH GIRL WILL SMITH, CONCUSSION BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY THE BIG SHORT Paramount Pictures / Regency Enterprises; Paramount Pictures JOY Fox 2000 Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox THE MARTIAN Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox SPY Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox TRAINWRECK Universal Pictures / Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOY MELISSA MCCARTHY, SPY AMY SCHUMER, TRAINWRECK MAGGIE SMITH, THE LADY IN THE VAN LILY TOMLIN, GRANDMA BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY CHRISTIAN BALE, THE BIG SHORT STEVE CARELL, THE BIG SHORT MATT DAMON, THE MARTIAN AL PACINO, DANNY COLLINS MARK RUFFALO, INFINITELY POLAR BEAR BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED ANOMALISA Starburns Industries; Paramount Pictures THE GOOD DINOSAUR Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures INSIDE OUT Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures THE PEANUTS MOVIE Blue Sky Studios; Twentieth Century Fox SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE Aardman; Lionsgate / Studiocanal BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (BELGIUM/FRANCE /LUXEMBOURG) Terra Incognita/Climax Films/Après le Déluge/Juliette Films/ Caviar; Belga Films/Le Pacte THE CLUB (CHILE) Fabula; Music Box Films THE FENCER (FINLAND/GERMANY/ESTONIA) Making Movies/Kick Film GmbH/Allfilm; Oy Nordisk Film Ab MUSTANG (FRANCE) CG Cinéma/Vistamar Flimproduktion; Cohen Media Group SON OF SAUL (HUNGARY) Laokoon Filmgroup; Sony Pictures Classics BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE JANE FONDA, YOUTH JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, THE HATEFUL EIGHT HELEN MIRREN, TRUMBO ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA KATE WINSLET, STEVE JOBS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE PAUL DANO, LOVE & MERCY IDRIS ELBA, BEASTS OF NO NATION MARK RYLANCE, BRIDGE OF SPIES MICHAEL SHANNON, 99 HOMES SYLVESTER STALLONE, CREED BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE TODD HAYNES, CAROL ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑÁRRITU, THE REVENANT TOM MCCARTHY, SPOTLIGHT GEORGE MILLER, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD RIDLEY SCOTT, THE MARTIAN BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE EMMA DONOGHUE, ROOM TOM MCCARTHY/JOSH SINGER, SPOTLIGHT CHARLES RANDOLPH/ADAM MCKAY, THE BIG SHORT AARON SORKIN, STEVE JOBS QUENTIN TARANTINO, THE HATEFUL EIGHT BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE CARTER BURWELL, CAROL ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE DANISH GIRL ENNIO MORRICONE, THE HATEFUL EIGHT DANIEL PEMBERTON, STEVE JOBS RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, ALVA NOTO BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO” — FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Music by: Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh Lyrics by: Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh “ONE KIND OF LOVE” — LOVE & MERCY Music by: Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett Lyrics by: Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett “SEE YOU AGAIN” — FURIOUS 7 Music by: Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz Lyrics by: Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz “SIMPLE SONG #3” — YOUTH Music by: David Lang Lyrics by: David Lang “WRITING’S ON THE WALL” — SPECTRE Musicby: Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes Lyrics by: Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA EMPIRE (FOX) 20th Century Fox Television / Imagine Television GAME OF THRONES (HBO) HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360 and Startling Television MR. ROBOT (USA NETWORK) Universal Cable Productions NARCOS (NETFLIX) Gaumont International Television for Netflix OUTLANDER (STARZ) Sony Pictures Television BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA CAITRIONA BALFE, OUTLANDER VIOLA DAVIS, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER EVA GREEN, PENNY DREADFUL TARAJI P. HENSON, EMPIRE ROBIN WRIGHT, HOUSE OF CARDS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA JON HAMM, MAD MEN RAMI MALEK, MR. ROBOT WAGNER MOURA, NARCOS BOB ODENKIRK, BETTER CALL SAUL LIEV SCHREIBER, RAY DONOVAN BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY CASUAL (HULU) Lionsgate TV/Right of Way MOZART IN THE JUNGLE (AMAZON VIDEO) Amazon Studios ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (NETFLIX) Lionsgate Television for Netflix SILICON VALLEY (HBO) HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec Berg, Altschuler Krinsky Works, and 3 Arts Entertainment TRANSPARENT (AMAZON VIDEO) Amazon Studios VEEP (HBO) HBO Entertainment in association with Dundee Productions BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY RACHEL BLOOM, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND JAMIE LEE CURTIS, SCREAM QUEENS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, VEEP GINA RODRIGUEZ, JANE THE VIRGIN LILY TOMLIN , GRACE AND FRANKIE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY AZIZ ANSARI, MASTER OF NONE GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE ROB LOWE, THE GRINDER PATRICK STEWART, BLUNT TALK JEFFREY TAMBOR, TRANSPARENT BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION AMERICAN CRIME (ABC) ABC Studios AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (FX) 20th Century Fox Television FARGO (FX) MGM Television Studios/FX Productions FLESH & BONE (Starz) Starz WOLF HALL PBS A Playground Entertainment and Company Pictures production for BBC and MASTERPIECE in association with BBC Worldwide, Atlus Media and Prescience BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION KIRSTEN DUNST, FARGO LADY GAGA, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL SARAH HAY, FLESH & BONE FELICITY HUFFMAN, AMERICAN CRIME QUEEN LATIFAH, BESSIE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION IDRIS ELBA, LUTHER OSCAR ISAAC, SHOW ME A HERO DAVID OYELOWO, NIGHTINGALE MARK RYLANCE, WOLF HALL PATRICK WILSON, FARGO BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION UZO ADUBA, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK JOANNE FROGGATT, DOWNTON ABBEY REGINA KING, AMERICAN CRIME JUDITH LIGHT, TRANSPARENT MAURA TIERNEY, THE AFFAIR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION ALAN CUMMING, THE GOOD WIFE DAMIAN LEWIS, WOLF HALL BEN MENDELSOHN, BLOODLINE TOBIAS MENZIES, OUTLANDER CHRISTIAN SLATER, MR. 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Of all the movies that haven't been released yet and no one has seen, The Force Awakens is the most snubbed.
Sorry, but those of us of a certain age still remember the Pia Zadora incident. The Golden Globes have yet to recover any credibility.