La La Land tops Golden Globes nominations as Edgerton, Kidman and Hacksaw Ridge lead Australian presence

Earlier this morning, Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick announced the nominees of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, with the musical La La Land – fresh from winning Best Film at the Critics Choice Awards – leading the pack with seven nominations, including Best Picture, Director and acting nods for Stone and Gosling.

Barry Jenkins’s acclaimed drama Moonlight – which has been a darling of the film festival circuit in recent months – sits right behind it with six nominations, and Kenneth Lonergan’s  Manchester By The Sea, starring Casey Affleck, has five. Florence Foster Jenkins was something of a surprise for many, garnering four nominations, as did Lion.

Of the Australians on the list, Mel Gibson‘s Hacksaw Ridge has received three nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director (Gibson) and Best Actor (Andrew Garfield). Nicole Kidman enjoyed a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Lion, and Joel Edgerton for Best Actor in Loving.

Meanwhile, the box office surprise smash Deadpool saw two nominations – rather remarkably – for Best Actor (Ryan Reynolds) and Picture (Comedy or Musical). Among the other pleasant surprises in the film categories was the inclusion of Colin Farrell for Best Actor in the much loved film The Lobster and Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic. It may have also been easy to write off War Dogs as enjoying a fighting chance in this year’s award season, but Jonah Hill also enjoyed a nomination for his role in a film the warmly received film.

In the Television categories, Stranger Things and The Crown led a strong presence for Netflix, though HBO did as well as expected with the likes of The Night Of, Game of Thrones and Westworld all being strong contenders. Fans of the surprise hit Atlanta will be excited to see the Donald Glover led series was nominated for Best Drama Series and Best Actor for Glover, while The Night Manager also did well.

Of the surprising snubs, Pixar’s Finding Dory missed out on a nomination for Best Animated Feature, making it one of the first years without a Pixar film in the category in recent memory – though Disney was more than well represented by Zootopia and Moana. Others may be more surprised, however, to see a film like Trolls in the category, however, in place of other, better reviewed animated films this year – including Sausage Party, which many were hoping to see recognised here.

Martin Scorsese’s Silence was snubbed completely (though don’t rule it out for the Oscars) as was Tom Hanks’ performance in Sully, which many expected to enjoy a Best Actor nomination.

It was also revealed that Jimmy Fallon will host the ceremony on January 8th in Los Angeles; the first time that Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey or Amy Poehler have not hosted the event. The full list of nominations are below:

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Sing Street

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Divines (France)
Elle (France)
Neruda (Chile)
The Salesman (Iran/France)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Trolls
Zootopia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, Musical or Comedy
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, Musical or Comedy
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Director, Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Longergan, Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Best Original Score
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Johan Johannsson, Arrival
Dustin O’halloran and Hauschka, Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch, Hidden Figures

Best Original Song
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
“City of Stars,” La La Land
“Faith,” Sing
“Gold,” Gold
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Best Television Series, Drama
The Crown
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Atlanta
Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Keri Russell, The Americans
Winona Ryder, Stanger Things
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Nick Nolte, Graves
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
John Turturro, The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experiment
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Charlotte Rampling, London Spy
Kerry Washington, Confirmation

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager
John Lithgow, The Crown
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Best Miniseries or Television Film
American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

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