David Fincher's vision of a bygone Hollywood "Mank" topped nominations to the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday with six nods, leading Netflix's overall domination in a pandemic-marred movie year.
The film about "Citizen Kane" co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, landed nominations for best film, drama; best actor for Gary Oldman; best director for Fincher, best supporting actress for Amanda Seyfried; best score; and best screenplay for Jack Fincher, the director's father who penned the script before dying in 2003.
Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7" — which, like "Mank," is a Netflix release — came closest with five nominations, including nods for best film, drama; best director and best screenplay for Sorkin; supporting actor for Sacha Baron Cohen; and best song.
The other nominees for best film in the drama category were Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland," Emerald Fennell's "Promising Young Woman" and Florian Zeller's "The Father."
A year after fielding no female nominees for best director — or best feature film nomination for any movie directed by a woman — the Hollywood Foreign Press nominated more female filmmakers than it had before.
Regina King ("One Night in Miami"), Zhao and Fennell were nominated for best director, alongside Sorkin and Fincher.
Netflix, which topped all studios at the Globes last year, too, led with a commanding 42 nominations, with 22 coming in film categories and 20 in television.
The nominees for best musical or comedy film are: "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"; "Hamilton,"; "Music"; "Palm Springs"; "The Prom."
The nominees for best television series, drama, are: "The Crown"; "Lovecraft Country"; "The Mandalorian"; "Ozark"; "Ratched."
The nominees for best television series, musical or comedy, are: "Schitt's Creek"; "Ted Lasso"; "The Great"; "The Flight Attendant"; "Emily in Paris."
The nominees for best motion picture, foreign language, are: "Another Round"; "La Llorona"; "The Life Ahead"; "Minari"; "Two of Us."
The nominees for lead actor in a drama film are: Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"; Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; Anthony Hopkins, "The Father"; Gary Oldman, "Mank"; Tahar Rahim, "The Mauritanian."
The nominees for actress in a drama film are: Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"; Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman"; Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman"; Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday."
The nominees for lead actor in a comedy or musical film are: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"; James Corden, "The Prom"; Andy Samberg, "Palm Springs"; "Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Hamilton"; Dev Patel, "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
The nominees for lead actress in a comedy or musical film are: Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"; Michelle Pfeiffer, "French Exit"; Anya Taylor-Joy, "Emma"; Kate Hudson, "Music"; Rosamund Pike, "I Care A Lot."
Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson hosted the nominations announcement Wednesday morning.
The Globes are typically the first major show of Hollywood's awards season, which ends with the crowning of the best picture winner at the Oscars. They'll retain that distinction, despite being delayed nearly two months, after a surge in virus cases in recent months pushed the Grammy Awards to March.
Hollywood's strange and largely virtual awards season lacks the usual kind of buzz and red-carpet glamour that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association annually feasts on. More than perhaps any other award show, the Globes depend on a cavalcade of stars — something that won't materialize when the awards are handed out Feb. 28 in a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday that the Globes — typically a bubbly dinner gathering with flowing drinks — will be held bi-coastally for the first time. Fey will host live from New York's Rainbow Room and Poehler will host from the awards' normal home, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. It's expected that nominees will be appear from locations around the world.
This year's Globes were postponed nearly two months because of the pandemic and to adjust to the delayed Oscars. Those are set for April 25. Last year's Golden Globes culminated in awards for "1917" and "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood." The telecast, hosted by Ricky Gervais, couldn't buck the overall ratings trend for awards shows, drawing an average of 18.3 million viewers, down 2% from the previous year.
The nominees of the 78th Golden Globes are:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- THE FATHER (Trademark Films; Sony Pictures Classics)
- MANK (Netflix; Netflix)
- NOMADLAND (Highwayman / Hear/Say / Cor Cordium; Searchlight Pictures)
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (LuckyChap Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment; Focus Features)
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Marc Platt Productions / Dreamworks Pictures; Netflix)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- VIOLA DAVIS MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
- ANDRA DAY THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
- VANESSA KIRBY PIECES OF A WOMAN
- FRANCES MCDORMAND NOMADLAND
- CAREY MULLIGAN PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
- RIZ AHMED SOUND OF METAL
- CHADWICK BOSEMAN MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
- ANTHONY HOPKINS THE FATHER
- GARY OLDMAN MANK
- TAHAR RAHIM THE MAURITANIAN
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (Four By Two Films; Amazon Studios)
- HAMILTON (Walt Disney Pictures / RadicalMedia / 5000 Broadway Productions / NEVIS Productions / Old 320 Sycamore Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- MUSIC (Pineapple Lasagne Productions / Landay Entertainment; Vertical Entertainment / IMAX)
- PALM SPRINGS (Party Over Here / Limelight Productions; NEON / Hulu)
- THE PROM (Netflix / Dramatic Forces / Storykey Entertainment; Netflix)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- MARIA BAKALOVA BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
- KATE HUDSON MUSIC
- MICHELLE PFEIFFER FRENCH EXIT
- ROSAMUND PIKE I CARE A LOT
- ANYA TAYLOR-JOY EMMA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- SACHA BARON COHEN BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
- JAMES CORDEN THE PROM
- LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA HAMILTON
- DEV PATEL THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
- ANDY SAMBERG PALM SPRINGS
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
- THE CROODS: A NEW AGE (DreamWorks Animation; Universal Pictures)
- ONWARD (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- OVER THE MOON (Netflix / Pearl Studio / Glen Keane Productions; Netflix)
- SOUL (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- WOLFWALKERS (Cartoon Saloon / Melusine; Apple / GKIDS)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- ANOTHER ROUND (DENMARK) (Zentropa Entertainments; Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- LA LLORONA (GUATEMALA / FRANCE) (La Casa de Producción / Les Films du Volcan; Shudder)
- THE LIFE AHEAD (ITALY) (Palomar; Netflix)
- MINARI (USA) (Plan B; A24)
- TWO OF US (FRANCE / USA) (Paprika Films; Magnolia Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
- GLENN CLOSE HILLBILLY ELEGY
- OLIVIA COLMAN THE FATHER
- JODIE FOSTER THE MAURITANIAN
- AMANDA SEYFRIED MANK
- HELENA ZENGEL NEWS OF THE WORLD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
- SACHA BARON COHEN THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
- DANIEL KALUUYA JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
- JARED LETO THE LITTLE THINGS
- BILL MURRAY ON THE ROCKS
- LESLIE ODOM JR. ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
- EMERALD FENNELL PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
- DAVID FINCHER MANK
- REGINA KING ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
- AARON SORKIN THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
- CHLOÉ ZHAO NOMADLAND
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
- EMERALD FENNELL PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
- JACK FINCHER MANK
- AARON SORKIN THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
- FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON THE FATHER
- CHLOÉ ZHAO NOMADLAND
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
- ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE MIDNIGHT SKY
- LUDWIG GÖRANSSON TENET
- JAMES NEWTON HOWARD NEWS OF THE WORLD
- TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS MANK
- TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, JON BATISTE SOUL
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“FIGHT FOR YOU” — JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Music by: H.E.R., Dernst Emile II
Lyrics by: H.E.R., Tiara Thomas
“HEAR MY VOICE” — THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Music by: Daniel Pemberton
Lyrics by: Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Waite
“IO SÌ (SEEN)” — THE LIFE AHEAD
Music by: Diane Warren
Lyrics by: Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi
“SPEAK NOW” — ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
Music by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth
Lyrics by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth
“TIGRESS & TWEED” — THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Music by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq
Lyrics by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq
TELEVISION
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- THE CROWN – NETFLIX (Left Bank Pictures / Sony Pictures Television)
- LOVECRAFT COUNTRY – HBO (HBO / Afemme / Monkeypaw / Bad Robot / Warner Bros. Television)
- THE MANDALORIAN – DISNEY+ (Lucasfilm Ltd.)
- OZARK – NETFLIX (MRC Television)
- RATCHED – NETFLIX (Fox21 Television Studios)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- OLIVIA COLMAN THE CROWN
- JODIE COMER KILLING EVE
- EMMA CORRIN THE CROWN
- LAURA LINNEY OZARK
- SARAH PAULSON RATCHED
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
- JASON BATEMAN OZARK
- JOSH O’CONNOR THE CROWN
- BOB ODENKIRK BETTER CALL SAUL
- AL PACINO HUNTERS
- MATTHEW RHYS PERRY MASON
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- EMILY IN PARIS – NETFLIX (Darren Star Productions / Jax Media / MTV Studios)
- THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT – HBO MAX (HBO Max / Berlanti Productions / Yes, Norman Productions / Warner Bros. Television)
- THE GREAT – HULU (Hulu / Civic Center Media / MRC)
- SCHITT’S CREEK – POP TV (Not A Real Company Productions / Canadian Broadcast Company / Pop TV)
- TED LASSO – APPLE TV+ (Apple / Doozer Productions / Warner Bros. Television / Universal Television)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- LILY COLLINS EMILY IN PARIS
- KALEY CUOCO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
- ELLE FANNING THE GREAT
- JANE LEVY ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST
- CATHERINE O’HARA SCHITT’S CREEK
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- DON CHEADLE BLACK MONDAY
- NICHOLAS HOULT THE GREAT
- EUGENE LEVY SCHITT’S CREEK
- JASON SUDEIKIS TED LASSO
- RAMY YOUSSEF RAMY
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- NORMAL PEOPLE – HULU (Hulu / BBC / Element Pictures)
- THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT – NETFLIX (Netflix)
- SMALL AXE – AMAZON STUDIOS (BBC Studios Americas, Inc / Amazon Studios)
- THE UNDOING – HBO (HBO / Made Up Stories / Blossom Films/David E. Kelley Productions)
- UNORTHODOX – NETFLIX (Studio Airlift / RealFilm)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- CATE BLANCHETT MRS. AMERICA
- DAISY EDGAR-JONES NORMAL PEOPLE
- SHIRA HAAS UNORTHODOX
- NICOLE KIDMAN THE UNDOING
- ANYA TAYLOR-JOY THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- BRYAN CRANSTON YOUR HONOR
- JEFF DANIELS THE COMEY RULE
- HUGH GRANT THE UNDOING
- ETHAN HAWKE THE GOOD LORD BIRD
- MARK RUFFALO I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE
- GILLIAN ANDERSON THE CROWN
- HELENA BONHAM CARTER THE CROWN
- JULIA GARNER OZARK
- ANNIE MURPHY SCHITT’S CREEK
- CYNTHIA NIXON RATCHED
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE
- JOHN BOYEGA SMALL AXE
- BRENDAN GLEESON THE COMEY RULE
- DANIEL LEVY SCHITT’S CREEK
- JIM PARSONS HOLLYWOOD
- DONALD SUTHERLAND THE UNDOING
