2021 Golden Globes

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To no surprise, it's Netflix leading the pack with "...a jaw-dropping 42 nominations..."

Golden Globe nominators pulled David Fincher’s sleepy “Mank” and the revenge-driven “Promising Young Woman” deeper into the Oscar race on Wednesday, while embracing female directors, reacting somewhat coolly to Black ensemble films and, as ever, sprinkling honors on a wide range of stars, from first-timers to living legends.

The Golden Globes have always been a peculiar ritual. The statues are awarded by a clandestine group of foreign journalists, only 89 of whom vote. Top prizes are split into dramatic and comedic categories, often in confounding ways. Rather bizarrely, foreign-language films are not allowed to compete for the most prestigious awards.

This year, however, the surreal nature of the affair has been heightened by a pandemic-era question: The Globes are actually happening?

Almost every film in contention has been released online or is still awaiting release. Many cinemas have now been closed for 11 months.

The black-and-white “Mank,” a tale of Old Hollywood, led the nominations with six, including one for best drama. It will compete against “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Nomadland,” “The Father” and, in a surprise, “Promising Young Woman.”

Shut out of the best drama race was the Netflix critical favorite “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” although Globes voters recognized the lead performances by Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis. In general, films with primarily Black casts did not receive as many nominations as awards handicappers had expected, and Spike Lee’s war drama “Da 5 Bloods” was completely snubbed. (His children, Satchel and Jackson, will serve as Golden Globe Ambassadors, a job that traditionally involves politely shooing winners off the stage.)

Competing for best comedy or musical of the year will be “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “Hamilton,” “Palm Springs,” “The Prom” and — out of nowhere — “Music,” a coming video-on-demand film by Sia about a young woman on the autism spectrum. Sia’s film, which has been contentious among advocates for those with autism, focuses on a low-functioning teenager being cared for by her newly sober, drug-dealing sister (played by Kate Hudson, who was nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical).

Notable acting nominees included the fast-rising Anya Taylor-Joy, who was honored in the film categories for “Emma” and on the TV side for “The Queen’s Gambit.” Sacha Baron Cohen was also a double acting nominee, recognized for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” two polar-opposite roles. He picked up a third mention as a “Borat” producer.

The full list of the 2021 Golden Globes nominees:

Best Motion Picture, Drama

• “The Father”
• “Mank”
• “Nomadland”
• “Promising Young Woman”
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

• “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
• “Hamilton”
• “Music”
• “Palm Springs”
• “The Prom”

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Screenplay, Motion Picture

• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
• Jack Fincher, “Mank”
• Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
• Florian Zeller and 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 and Atticus Ross, “Mank”
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, “Soul”

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

• “Fight for You,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• “Hear My Voice,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
• “Io Sì (Seen),” “The Life Ahead”
• “Speak Now,” “One Night in Miami”
• “Tigress & Tweed,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”

Best Motion Picture, Animated

• “The Croods: A New Age”
• “Onward”
• “Over the Moon”
• “Soul”
• “Wolfwalkers”

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

• “Another Round”
• “La Llorona”
• “The Life Ahead”
• “Minari”
• “Two of Us”

Best Television Series, Drama

• “The Crown”
• “Lovecraft Country”
• “The Mandalorian”
• “Ozark”
• “Ratched”

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

• “Emily in Paris”
• “The Flight Attendant”
• “The Great”
• “Schitt’s Creek”
• “Ted Lasso”

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

• “Normal People”
• “The Queen’s Gambit”
• “Small Axe”
• “The Undoing”
• “Unorthodox”

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 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 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 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 Series, Drama

• Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
• Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
• Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
• Al Pacino, “Hunters”
• Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

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 Performance by an Actor in a Limited 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 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”