The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, Dec. 9th.
Once the underdog of the motion picture industry, Netflix is the leader in nominations with a total of 17 nods. Sony Pictures Releasing comes in second with eight nominations. Disney and Warner Bros. tie at six nominations, Universal snabs five, and Amazon Studios obtains three.
In the TV category, HBO has a whopping 15 nominations, while Hulu and Prime receive five nods each.
Marriage Story leads with six nominations in the film category. Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman tie with five nominations. Todd Phillips’ Joker is recognized in four categories.
In the category of Best Motion Picture, Drama, Netflix’s The Irishman, Marriage Story, and The Two Popes compete with Warner Bros.’ Joker and DreamWorks’ 1917.
One of the exciting nominations is for actress Cynthia Erivo who snabbed a nod for Best Performance By An Actress, Drama for her riveting performance in Harriet. Other nominees in that category include Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women), Charlize Theron (Bombshell), and Renée Zellweger (Judy).
Eddie Murphy received a nomination for his refreshing role in Dolemite Is My Name. He’s been nominated for Best Performance By An Actor in a musical or comedy, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood), Daniel Craig (Knives Out), Taron Egerton (Rocketman), and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit). Dolemite Is My Name is also nominated for Best Motion Picture.
Awkwafina is one of the contenders for Best Performance By An Actress in a musical or comedy for her role in The Farewell. She competes with Ana De Armas (Knives Out), Cate Blanchett (Where’d You Go, Bernadette), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), and Emma Thompson (Late Night). The Farewell is also nominated for Best Motion Picture in a Foreign Language.
Billy Porter is nominated in the Best Performance By An Actor In A TV Series for Pose.
For Best Original Song in a motion picture, Beyoncé‘s “Spirit” from The Lion King and Cynthia Erivo’s “Stand Up” from Harriet go head to head.
Jennifer Lopez is nominated for her performance in Hustlers in the Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role in a motion picture.
Tom Hanks will be the recipient of the 2020 Cecil B. deMille Award. Ellen DeGeneres will be honored with the 2020 Carol Burnett Award.
Ricky Gervais will return as host on the Golden Globes, which airs live on NBC on Jan. 5, 2020.
For the full list of nominations, click HERE.
