Film Nominations for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just finished announcing their nominees for 2021, with "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog" leading the way with seven nods each. Both films received nominations for Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and in several acting categories.
As far as surprises go, I can't say that there's anything here that really blew my mind. Just about everything here was pretty much expected, and it was even highly expected that "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog" would be vying for the top spot. I suppose you could say that "CODA" popping up in the Best Motion Picture (Drama) category was a nice surprise, as well as snagging a spot in Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur. I guess you could also say the love for "Don't Look Up" is just a little surprising given the negative reviews.
As far as snubs go, it's kind of shocking to find Paul Thomas Anderson left out of Best Director for "Licorice Pizza" (seemingly replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal for "The Lost Daughter," which only received one additional nomination for Best Actress in a Drama (Olivia Colman)). Likewise, it's interesting to see that "In the Heights" merely received one nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, whereas it was expected to do much better.
Looking at Best Screenplay, what we already pretty knew seems to have been confirmed. The Best Picture race appears to be between "Belfast," "Licorice Pizza," and "The Power of the Dog," given that for the last 16 years in a row, the eventual big winner at the Oscars has turned up in this category. As to what's going to win here, if I had to guess, I would think that "Licorice Pizza" would win Best Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy), while Motion Picture (Drama) is going to be a battle between "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog," both of which are very popular and were obviously loved by the HFPA.
We'll just have to wait until January 9th to see who the big winners are, but in the meantime, please see below for a complete list of nominees for the film categories:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Cyrano
Don't Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Tick, Tick... Boom!
West Side Story
Best Director – Motion Picture Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villleneuve, Dune
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom! Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza Anthony Ramos, In the Heights
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard, Annette
Alan Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Lawrence, Don't Look Up
Emma Stone, Cruella
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Ciarin Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Caitriona Balfe, Belfst
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Licorice Pizza
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
Don't Look Up
Being the Ricardos
Best Original Score – Motion Picture The French Dispatch
Encanto
The Power of the Dog
Parallel Mothers
Dune
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
A Hero
Parallel Mothers
Best Motion Picture – Animated Encanto
Flee
Luca
My Sunny Maad
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Song
"Be Alive," King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas," Encanto
"Down to Joy," Belfast
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)," Respect
"No Time to Die." No Time to Die
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