The Press Release:
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominees for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Sarah Jessica Parker, six-time Golden Globe winner, and Taraji P. Henson, Golden Globe winner, disclosed the nominees.

For the first time in the history of the Golden Globes, the nominations were announced virtually, following the current safety measures during the Covid pandemic.

The 78th Golden Globes will take place on February 28, coast to coast from 5 pm to 8 pm PT/8-11 ET on NBC. The event will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, returning for the fourth time, after hosting in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Fey and Poehler will share duties from their respective cities, with Fey on the East Coast and Poehler on the West Coast. Fey will be live from New York’s Rainbow Room, Poehler will be live from the Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, and nominees, from various locations around the world.

In addition to the categories announced today, the 2021 Golden Globes will honor Jane Fonda with the Cecil B. deMille Award, and Norman Lear with the Carol Burnett Award. Lear will be the third recipient of the recently created Carol Burnett Award, which honors contributions to television.

As previously announced, Satchel and Jackson Lee, children of filmmaker and three-time Golden Globe nominee Spike Lee and producer and philanthropist Tonya Lewis Lee, will serve as the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.

Produced by dick clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globe Awards are viewed in more than 210 territories worldwide. The full list of nominees of the 78th Golden Globes:

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

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

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Piercing Ken Thoughts: In looking at this year’s nomination rundown I am afraid that I am at a loss as I haven’t seemed to watch any of the shows and films that got the nod this time around. Sure there were a few that I had some interest in checking out but during the last few months of the pandemic, I was on a mission to get the DVR in our Media Command HQ down to 0% filled from it’s one time 98%. I got pretty close before a few new programs began but that’s where I am. I’ll close up now and ask you readers to weigh in on this and let me know if you felt that there was some oversight. You can place those notions down in the comments section below. The winners will be announced on February 28th as noted in their official press copy. My guess is that this will be another virtual affair. See you next time and remember to stay safe as possible out there.

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