Golden Globe Awards – Nominations 2017!

Yes, award seasons is well and truly here for us to tear and take apart, rallying behind our

Perhaps one of the most controversial is the Golden Globes, due to the separation of Comedy and Drama. And now we have the nominations, we can finally dig into the intricacies of the awards.

For a start, Get Out is considered a Comedy. Whilst we know it’s mainly because they can actually give it an away against the likes of The Shape of Water or Call Me By Your Name, it is contentious at best. It’s especially bitter because Jordan Peele is bereft of a Director nod/

Speaking of which. Some of the best received films of the year have been helmed by women and BAME filmmakers. Where the fuck are the nods for Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird? Patty Jenkins’ for Wonder Woman? The list of Blease, no, thank you.

As someone pointed out on Twitter, The Greatest Showman has more nominations than Get Out which is disappointing seeing as Get Out is most people’s film of the year!

Regardless, there are some great nods here including Sally Hawkins, Frances McDormmand, Daniel Kaluuya, and Sam Rockwell. Seeing Shape of Water lead the nominations, this could be the year for Del Toro. Also, Loving Vincent is nominated for Best Animation which is great news!

Here are the list of nominations:

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

Best Director, Motion Picture

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Ridley Scott, “All the Money in the World”
Steven Spielberg, The Post

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks, The Post
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel Esq.

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“Home” — Ferdinand
“Mighty “River” — Mudbound
“Remember Me” — Coco
“The Star” — The Star
“This is Me” — The Greatest Showman

Best Motion Picture, Animated

The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Golden Globes airs 7th January!