Although recordkeeping on the Golden Globes has been somewhat spotty over the course of their 82 years, it appears Netflix’s Emilia Pérez just set one with a whopping 10 nominations making it the most nominated ever for a film in the Musical or Comedy category, beating last year’s Barbie and 1972’s Cabaret by one. Both of those films received 9 nominations overall, and like Emilia Pérez ,were helped by having multiple song nominees. 1975’s Best Motion Picture -Drama nominee Nashville had 11 nominations overall by my count, but 7 of those came with various acting categories including 5 for supporting and 2 for Best Debut (which no longer exists).
Impressive showing indeed for French director Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language production which also had multiple acting nominations including a history making Lead Actress -Drama for trans performer Karla Sofia Gascon. The film is also up for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language among other categories. Pérez had not gotten a whole lot of recognition in last week’s critics awards (getting completely blanked by the LA Critics yesterday), but has come on strong now with the Globes, and earlier this weekend sweeping the European Film Awards giving it much-needed momentum and awards mojo as we get closer to Oscar nominations.
The international flavor of the voting body which has been increased to about 300 overall in recent years after scandals nearly killed the Globes, is clearly evident in today’s film nominations which also sees India’s All We Imagine As Light land a directing nomination for Payal Kapadia, as well as one for France’s Coralie Fargeat in both directing, screenplay and Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical categories for the horror comedy The Substance. That significanty, and somewhat surprisingly for this year, puts two women in the directors race by the way. In fact the Cannes Film Festival came out as one of the big winners at the Globes today with its top three film winners, Anora (including a well-deserved nomination for Russian-born Supporting Actor Yura Borisov), All We Imagine As Light, and Emilia Pérez plus its Screenplay winner The Substance all landing major nominations and a total of 22 nominations between them. Wow. Thierry Fremaux is smiling today.
The showing of MUBI’s The Substance, with acting nominations as well for both Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, was probably not expected on this level and is one of the day’s bigger surprises in terms of the heft it showed here, even landing one more nomination than Wicked, which though nominated for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and for stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, was overlooked for Jon M. Chu’s sensational Direction, which puts it on the low end in major categories for any Picture nominee in that category. That is certainly a surprise, but you can expect it to pick up steam at Thursday’s Critics Choice nominations and of course the Oscars .
As for those films that weren’t first seen at Cannes, The Brutalist with 7 and Conclave with 6 all got key Motion Picture – Drama and Screenplay and Directing nominations joining Musical or Comedy juggernauts Emilia Pérez, Anora, and The Substance with the same distinctions making for a hugely competitive race for the wins when the Globes take place on Sunday, January 5 on CBS.
Searchlight also did well scoring Best Picture – Drama nominations for Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and A Complete Unknown, which also put star Timothee Chalamet in the race for Best Actor -Drama for his incredible turn as Bob Dylan. Paramount landed a sole nomination for the riveting September 5 for Best Motion Picture – Drama, a bit surprising in light of their much bigger Gladiator II only landing Supporting Actor recognition for Denzel Washington in the major categories (his 11th Globe nom btw), and a snub for director Ridley Scott. On the other hand, the Denzel Washington-produced The Piano Lesson directed by son Malcolm and starring son John David Washington, was completely overlooked. Another critics favorite, Nickel Boys did land in Motion Picture – Drama but was AWOL everywhere else. Also disappointing was Warner Bros. Dune: Part Two which received just 2 mentions including Best Motion Picture – Drama but failed to get mention for director Denis Villeneuve. A24’s highly praised Sing Sing only is represented by star Colman Domingo with a Best Actor – Drama nomination after showing much awards momentum among last week’s critics groups.
A nice surprise was to see Sebastian Stan receive a very rare pair of leading acting nominations for A Different Man in Male Actor in a Comedy or Musical and his role as the young Donald Trump in The Apprentice for Male Actor in a Drama. Big year for this long overdue actor. Incidentally Kate Winslet won two film Globes in the same year for 2008’s The Reader in Supporting Actress and Revolutionary Road in Lead Drama Actress. Ironically she is once again up twice this year, for Female Actor Motion Picture Drama for her brilliant turn in Lee, and as Female Actor in Limited Series for The Regime.
With high wattage stars like The Last Showgirl’s Pamela Anderson, Challenger’s Zendaya, Babygirl’s Nicole Kidman, Maria’s Angelina Jolie, Moore, and Queer’s Daniel Craig, plus music icons like Grande and Selena Gomez (nominated twice for Emilia Pérez and Only Murders In The Building) all in the mix, it should also be the kind of starry night for which the Globes has long been known, and no doubt that will make broadcast partner CBS very happy.
The fact that the organization spread the wealth in big ways also feeds into this year’s scenario that the race is still wide open, if not blockbuster-driven like last year’s Barbenheimer contest that fueled the season.
On the TV side of things the Globes, as usual, likes to anoint new shows, and this year is no different with significant recognition for Netflix’s Nobody Wants This and stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell; Matlock’s Kathy Bates; Landman’s Billy Bob Thornton; The Day Of The Jackal and its star Eddie Redmayne; Agatha All Along’s Kathryn Hahn; and A Man On The Inside’s Ted Danson who also will be receiving the Carol Burnett Award this year at the Globes. Limited Series Disclaimer, Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story , and The Penguin all earned significant nominations which will bode well when the Emmys come around.
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Still TV-wise the Globes is looking heavily influenced by the Emmys earlier this year with the leading nomination-getters going to the likes of The Bear, Only Murders In The Building, Shōgun, Baby Reindeer, Hacks, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Slow Horses, Ripley, True Detective: Night Country, Abbott Elementary which all received multiple nominations and wins following similar showings at the Emmys.
On both sides of the scale, Netflix came out on top with a leading 13 nominations overall in movies (A24 was close behind with 12) and a commanding 23 nominations in TV (HBO Max had 14 and FX/Hulu had 10).
Critics Choice movie nominations are next up on Thursday. SAG will hold their choices until after the New Year, as this year’s race heats up.
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