Happy Tuesday folks!! Well, I didn’t even realize Golden Globes nominations were coming out yesterday so I saw it after my press screening of WONKA. So the partnership between the Globes and NBC is no more, per THR, the Golden Globes organization has announced that the 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live on CBS, stream on Paramount+, and be available on the CBS app as part of a new deal.

Unsurprisingly, the worldwide blockbuster that is Barbie is the reigning champion of the Globes this year with 10 nominations! Per Variety, the 10 nods make the movie the second most-nominated in the 81-year history of the show, tying it with 1972’s Cabaret. The Barbenheimer phenomenon continues as Oppenheimer takes 2nd place in the most-nominated category with 8 nods, again not a surprise.

As the Globes nominated both film and television, I’m only focusing on the FILM nominees in this post. I just haven’t watched many of the TV frontrunners this year to comment properly. As far as the production companies go, Netflix, the streamer behind films like Maestro and the series The Crown and The Diplomat, scored the most nominations of any media company with 28.

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The 5 Glaring Snubs:

1 – Where is Wonka?? Given I just saw Wonka last night and absolutely LOVED it, I was aghast to find out that the delightful Paul King musical is completely snubbed!! Not a single musical was nominated at all in the Best Musical/Comedy category, but puzzlingly they included May December which I thought was more of a drama. They made a similar head-scratching pick with The Martian in 2016 which should’ve been under Drama. Ok so perhaps it could be a dark comedy, but I’d think it’d make more sense to include at least ONE musical in this category?? I have yet to see The Color Purple but Wonka is such a delight that should’ve made the cut.

Wonka also missed out on the Best Original Song and Best Score categories, which is a travesty as the songs are all super catchy, I wish they’d limit just two nominations for the songs in Barbie and gave one to Wonka instead.

2 – No love for Viola Davis? I’m thrilled the Globes didn’t forget about movies that were released back in Spring and AIR deserved to be singled out! But the omission of Davis in the Best Supporting Category makes me feel deflated!!

3 – Cord Jefferson snubbed in Best Screenplay – One of my top 10 favorite films of the year is undoubtedly American Fiction and the sharp script is the best part about it! Jefferson did a phenomenal job adapting Percival Everett’s novel called Erasure… which for his first feature is quite a feat.

4 – Sterling K. Brown is robbed!! Piggybacking on American Fiction, I really thought Brown would’ve been a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actor. Playing a queer surgeon, he’s such a polar opposite to his brother Monk (Jeffrey Wright) and it’s such a hoot to see him portray that role with aplomb. He’s clearly a versatile actor, so I was hoping he’d be recognized for that performance.

5 – Nada for Nimona?

Gaaah!! I wonder if the Globes are afraid to incur Disney’s wrath for not recognizing the animated feature Disney made for its 100th celebration! I mean why else would they nominate the mediocre Wish over SO MANY better animated features. One of them is Nimona, truly one of the best animation movies this year with its fresh, cutting-edge visual style telling a unique tale that’s rich in timely allegory. The main character is so adorable and fun to watch. Yes, the story might not be suitable for very young kids, but it should’ve been singled out for doing something inventive and visceral.

5 Great Surprises:

Glad that the Globes righted their wrongs from last year when they failed to nominate a single female director! This year there are two female filmmakers nominated: Greta Gerwig for Barbie (natch!) AND a first-time feature director… which brings me to…

1 – Assa! for Past Lives!!

So thrilled to see this beautiful movie get recognized – Celine Song gets a double nomination for Best Director and Best Screenplay, woo hoo!! And Greta Lee deservedly made the cut in the Best Actress category. Out of ALL the noms, the Globes’ love for Past Lives makes me the happiest!!

2 – Feeling joyful for Da’Vine Joy Randolph!

I had a feeling Paul Giamatti would get nominated this year, so I wasn’t surprised about that. But I’m thrilled to see Joy Randolph made the cut, she’s so memorable and heartfelt in The Holdovers. I’ve been enjoying her performance in Only Murders in the Building, too!

3 – Affleck and Damon dancing on AIR! 

Besties Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are likely popping the champagne this week that they get nominated for the Air Jordan origin story. Released back in April, glad that AIR didn’t get overlooked by newer releases. I had a great time watching the truly rousing movie, I walked away feeling inspired and entertained in equal measure.

4 – Yatta!! The Globes finally recognized Joe Hisaishi!

I’m thrilled to see non-English composers getting recognized this year! I actually haven’t seen Hayao Miyazaki’s latest, The Boy and the Heron, but I LOVE so many of Hisaishi’s incredible scoring work in Studio Ghibli movies! This nomination marks his first ever major Western awards nomination, which is good but also a pity as he should’ve been nominated so many times before. Oh well, hopefully more people will be checking out his work and be astounded at how amazing they are!!

5 – Andrew Scott feelin’ the love

One of the most personal and heart-wrenching performances of the year has got to be Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers. Scott is such a versatile actor but this role seems to be one of his most personal yet. He played a screenwriter who’s drawn into a relationship with a mysterious neighbor while he’s plagued by memories of his childhood past. It’s nothing short of an acting masterclass in a story about love, grief, and loneliness.

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Most Puzzling Golden Globes Category goes to…

The Globes added two new categories this year, one is for Best Performance in TV Stand-up Comedy, and the other is the rather puzzling Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award. I didn’t know about these new additions so I was scratching my head when I saw this category in all the online trade articles. Apparently, to be eligible for that category, the movie has to earn $150 million globally, with at least $100 million of it being generated in the U.S. I don’t know if there’s a category for the quality of the film or not, and whether there’s another criteria used for the selection process.

In any case, here are the eight nominees:

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

1. “Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
2. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney)
3. “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate Films)
4. “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
5. “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
6. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
7. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
8. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (AMC Theatres)

This Pajiba article sums up a lot of my confusion with this category…

“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is a tough one because it’s the 10th highest-grossing film of the year, but probably the most profitable because Swift didn’t work with a studio middleman… That is a box-office achievement, though not a cinematic one… but if they’re going to award Swift for her unconventional box office, they have to award Sound of Freedom, too, which was the ninth highest-grossing film of the year…”

I haven’t seen Sound of Freedom but if you’re going to award a movie based on Box Office Achievement, that movie made nearly $250 mil worldwide against a mere $14.6 million budget (that’s 17 times its budget, folks!) Contrast that with Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One which grossed $567.5 million against a whopping $291 million budget. By most standards, I’m guessing that’s a flop as it barely breaks even?? Maybe the Globes are desperately trying to get back in Tom Cruise’s good graces again because come on, how is THAT a box office achievement?? 

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Here is the full list of 2024 nominees:

MOVIES

Best Motion Picture, Drama

“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
“Maestro” (Netflix)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
“American Fiction” (MGM)
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
“May December” (Netflix)
“Air” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Director, Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig — “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Martin Scorsese — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Celine Song — “Past Lives”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” — Tony McNamara
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
“Past Lives” — Celine Song
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer”
Leonardo DiCaprio — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo — “Rustin”
Andrew Scott — “All of Us Strangers”
Barry Keoghan — “Saltburn”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Annette Bening — “Nyad”
Greta Lee — “Past Lives”
Cailee Spaeny — “Priscilla”

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

Fantasia Barrino – “The Color Purple”
Jennifer Lawrence – “No Hard Feelings”
Natalie Portman – “May December”
Alma Pöysti – “Fallen Leaves”
Margot Robbie – “Barbie”
Emma Stone – “Poor Things”

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

Nicolas Cage — “Dream Scenario”
Timothée Chalamet — “Wonka”
Matt Damon — “Air”
Paul Giamatti — “The Holdovers”
Joaquin Phoenix — “Beau Is Afraid”
Jeffrey Wright — “American Fiction”

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe — “Poor Things”
Robert DeNiro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
Charles Melton — “May December”
Mark Ruffalo — “Poor Things”

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Emily Blunt — “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks — “The Color Purple”
Jodie Foster — “Nyad”
Julianne Moore — “May December”
Rosamund Pike — “Saltburn”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — “The Holdovers”

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“Barbie” — “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas
“Barbie” — “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“She Came to Me” — “Addicted to Romance” by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” — “Peaches” by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker
“Barbie” — “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“Rustin” — “Road to Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz

Best Motion Picture, Animated

“The Boy and the Heron” (GKids)
“Elemental” (Disney)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
“Suzume” (Toho Co.)
“Wish” (Disney)

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Ludwig Göransson — “Oppenheimer”
Jerskin Fendrix — “Poor Things”
Robbie Robertson — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Mica Levi — “The Zone of Interest”
Daniel Pemberton — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Joe Hisaishi — “The Boy and the Heron”

Best Picture, Non-English Language

“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) — France
“Fallen Leaves” (Mubi) — Finland
“Io Capitano” (01 Distribution) — Italy
“Past Lives” (A24) — United States
“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) — Spain
“The Zone of Interest” (A24) — United Kingdom

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television

Ricky Gervais — “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”
Trevor Noah — “Trevor Noah: Where Was I”
Chris Rock — “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”
Amy Schumer — “Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact”
Sarah Silverman — “Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love”
Wanda Sykes — “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney)
“John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate Films)
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal Pictures)
“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (AMC Theatres)

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TELEVISION

Best Television Series, Drama

“1923” (Paramount+)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
“Succession” (HBO)

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

“The Bear” (FX)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Jury Duty” (Amazon Freevee)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Barry” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Pedro Pascal — “The Last of Us”
Kieran Culkin — “Succession”
Jeremy Strong — “Succession”
Brian Cox — “Succession”
Gary Oldman — “Slow Horses”
Dominic West — “The Crown”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Helen Mirren — “1923”
Bella Ramsey — “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell — “The Diplomat”
Sarah Snook — “Succession”
Imelda Staunton — “The Crown”
Emma Stone — “The Curse”

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Ayo Edebiri — “The Bear”
Natasha Lyonne — “Poker Face”
Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary”
Rachel Brosnahan — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Selena Gomez — “Only Murders in the Building”
Elle Fanning – “The Great”

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Bill Hader — “Barry”
Steve Martin — “Only Murders in the Building”
Martin Short — “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Segel — “Shrinking”
Jason Sudeikis — “Ted Lasso”
Jeremy Allen White — “The Bear”

Best Supporting Actor, Television

Billy Crudup — “The Morning Show”
Matthew Macfadyen — “Succession”
James Marsden — “Jury Duty”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach — “The Bear”
Alan Ruck — “Succession”
Alexander Skarsgård — “Succession”

Best Supporting Actress, Television

Elizabeth Debicki — “The Crown”
Abby Elliott — “The Bear”
Christina Ricci — “Yellowjackets”
J. Smith-Cameron — “Succession”
Meryl Streep — “Only Murders in the Building”
Hannah Waddingham — “Ted Lasso”

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

“Beef”
“Lessons in Chemistry”
“Daisy Jones & the Six”
“All the Light We Cannot See”
“Fellow Travelers”
“Fargo”

Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Matt Bomer — “Fellow Travelers”
Sam Claflin — “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Jon Hamm — “Fargo”
Woody Harrelson — “White House Plumbers”
David Oyelowo — “Lawmen: Bass Reeves”
Steven Yeun — “Beef”

Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Riley Keough — “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Brie Larson — “Lessons in Chemistry”
Elizabeth Olsen — “Love and Death”
Juno Temple — “Fargo”
Rachel Weisz — “Dead Ringers”
Ali Wong — “Beef”

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So what did you think of the 2024 Globes’ film nominees?