La La Land' Leads Golden Globe Nominations
December 12 2016 - 1:40PM
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Damien Chazelle's Los Angeles musical "La La Land" sang and
danced its way to a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, with
Barry Jenkins' celebrated coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" close on
its heels with six nods.
"La La Land" earned nominations for its lead actors, Emma Stone
and Ryan Gosling, as well best picture, comedy or musical. The film
also scored nominations for directing, screenplay, score and
original song in the nominations announced Monday in Los Angeles by
the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
"Moonlight" led the field in the dramatic categories, including
best picture. It earned nods for Mr. Jenkins' directing and script,
supporting actor favorite Mahershala Ali and supporting actress
Naomie Harris.
The other nominees for best picture, drama, were "Manchester by
the Sea," "Lion," "Hell or High Water" and Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw
Ridge."
On the television side, "The People v. O.J. Simpson" continued
its awards success with five nominations, including best limited
series. Other regulars ("Veep," "Transparent") were also
recognized, though a number of more recent acclaimed shows not
eligible for September's Emmy Awards elbowed their way in,
including "The Night Of," "Westworld," "Atlanta," "This Is Us" and
"Insecure."
The film nominations also verified that this year's awards
season isn't nearly so white as last year's. Along with
"Moonlight," nominations were heaped on Denzel Washington's August
Wilson adaptation "Fences" (including acting nods for Mr.
Washington and Viola Davis), the interracial marriage drama
"Loving" (leads Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton were each nominated)
and the inspirational NASA drama about African-American
mathematicians "Hidden Figures" (including Octavia Spencer). Those
nominations confirmed what has already solidified as a notably more
diverse Oscar field.
Kenneth Lonergan's tender portrait of grief, "Manchester by the
Sea," landed five nominations, including best actor in a drama for
Casey Affleck. Producer Matt Damon, in a statement, thanked the
Hollywood Foreign Press "for championing a little movie like
ours."
The Weinstein Co.'s "Lion," the story of an Indian boy separated
from his family, had an especially good morning. The film also
earned nods for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
The best actress race is one of the year's most competitive,
though it has so far been dominated by "Elle" star Isabelle
Huppert. She was nominated for best actress in a drama, along with
Amy Adams ("Arrival"), Natalie Portman ("Jackie"), Jessica Chastain
("Miss Sloane") and Ms. Negga.
The Hollywood Foreign Press, a collection of mostly freelance
journalists, has a history of sometimes playing favorites, packing
its lively banquet with stars and some eyebrow-raising selections.
This year's picks featured some unlikely outliers like the
unheralded Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Tom Ford's "Nocturnal Animals"
for best supporting actor.
The best actor in a comedy or musical included, surprisingly,
Jonah Hill for "War Dogs" and Ryan Reynolds for "Deadpool." Mr.
Reynolds said on Twitter that "the entire 'Deadpool' team is
engaged in a grotesque, early morning tickle-fight."
Other choices were anything but surprising. Meryl Streep landed
her 30th nomination for best actress in a musical or comedy for
"Florence Foster Jenkins." Ms. Streep, an eight-time winner, will
also be the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career
achievement.
In a sign of Hollywood's increasing dichotomy between mega
blockbusters and smaller independent films, the lead nominee
getters were overwhelmingly independent. Lionsgate led the way with
10 nods thanks largely to "La La Land." The indie outfit A24,
producer of "Moonlight," followed with nine. Amazon Studios, which
is distributing "Manchester by the Sea," outranked goliaths like
the Walt Disney Co. (three nominations) and Warner Bros. (just
one). Plus, it earned five TV nods for "Transparent" and "Mozart in
the Jungle."
The Jan. 8 Golden Globes will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon and
broadcast by NBC from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly
Hills.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 12, 2016 13:25 ET (18:25 GMT)
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