Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" dominated the Golden Globe Awards nominations with nine nods for the blockbuster film, including best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its original songs.
It was closely followed by its release date and meme companion Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," which scored eight nominations, including best picture drama and for actors Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
The revamped group, now a for-profit endeavor with a larger and more diverse voting body, announced nominations Monday for its January awards show, after scandal and several troubled years, including one without a broadcast. Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama presided over the announcements from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the show will also take place on Jan. 7.
Films nominated for best motion picture drama included "Oppenheimer," Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," Bradley Cooper's "Maestro," Celine Song's "Past Lives," Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall" and Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest."
In the best motion picture musical or comedy category, "Barbie" was joined by "Air," "American Fiction" "The Holdovers," "May December" and "Poor Things."
Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things" and Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" both received seven nominations each. "Poor Things" saw nominations for Lanthimos, its actors Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, and Tony McNamara for screenplay. "Killers of the Flower Moon" got nods for Scorsese, for direction and co-writing the screenplay with Eric Roth, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro.
Stone, who was also nominated for the Showtime series "The Curse," said in a statement that she was "Feeling extremely bewildered and thankful for it all." She also said her "Poor Things" character Bella Baxter is her favorite and that she was "so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this magical film experience."
DiCaprio also used his statement to praise Gladstone: "She is the soul of our film and helped to bring this sinister and painful part of our nation's history to life," he wrote. The film is about the murders of wealthy Osage individuals in Oklahoma in the early 20th century.
"Barbie" tied for second-most nominations in Globes history with "Cabaret," from 1972. Robert Altman's "Nashville" remains the record-holder with 11 nominations. It went into the morning as a favorite top, and got a big boost from its three original song nominations, including "I'm Just Ken," and one of the year's new categories, recognizing cinematic and box office achievement. One person who was not nominated was America Ferrera, who delivered the movie's most memorable monologue.
"Succession" was the top-nominated television program, with nine nods including for series stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin. Next in the TV nominations tally were “The Bear” and “Only Murders in the Building,” with five apiece.
As always there were some big surprises, like Jennifer Lawrence getting nominated for her bawdy R-rated comedy "No Hard Feelings" for best performance by a female actor in a musical or comedy. She was nominated alongside Robbie, Stone and Fantasia Barrino ("The Color Purple"), Natalie Portman ("May December") and Alma Pöysti ("Fallen Leaves").
Lawrence, in a statement said she had so much fun making the movie that "it almost feels wrong to accept such an honor – but I will!!!… I cannot wait for some lukewarm Chardonnay. Let's go!!!"
"The Color Purple" was expected to do better. The adaption of the stage musical got only two nominations total, both for actors, for Barrino and Danielle Brooks for her supporting performance. Left out was Colman Domingo, who was nominated for best drama actor for "Rustin."
Cord Jefferson's comedy "American Fiction" also came up with only two nods, best musical or comedy and for lead actor Jeffrey Wright.
Sofia Coppola's widely acclaimed "Priscilla" got only one nomination, for actor Cailee Spaeny's portrayal of Priscilla Presley. Her category mates in best female performance in a drama include Gladstone, Annette Bening for "Nyad," Sandra Hüller for "Anatomy of a Fall," Greta Lee for "Past Lives" and Carey Mulligan for "Maestro."
The Globes won't have to worry about anyone criticizing its "all male" directors this year, however. Gerwig was nominated as was Celine Song, for her romantic debut "Past Lives," alongside Nolan, Scorsese, Cooper and Lanthimos.
Netflix got the most nominations overall, with 13 total for a slate which included "Maestro," "May December" and "Rustin," followed by Warner Bros., which made "Barbie" and "The Color Purple" with 12.
Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" was not nominated at all. Instead, its star Joaquin Phoenix was recognized for "Beau is Afraid" in the lead actor comedy/musical category, with Wright, Matt Damon ("Air"), Nicolas Cage "Dream Scenario," Timothée Chalamet ("Wonka") and Paul Giamatti ("The Holdovers"). Michael Mann's "Ferrari," with Adam Driver, and Wes Anderson's starry "Asteroid City" also got zero nominations.
The voting body has now grown to 300 members, following backlash to a 2021 report in the Los Angeles Times that found that there were zero Black members in the group that was then composed of only 87 foreign journalists.
Perhaps as a result, there were more international films and actors nominated in prominent categories including the Finnish comedy "Fallen Leaves," the courtroom thriller "Anatomy of a Fall" and the harrowing Auschwitz drama "The Zone of Interest."
The 81st Golden Globes will be the first major broadcast of awards season, with a new home on CBS, but no word on a host. And while to audiences it might look similar on the surface, it's been tumultuous few years behind the scenes in the aftermath of the L.A. Times report, which also exposed ethical lapses like its members accepting lavish gifts and travel from awards publicists and studios.
The Globes had long been one of the highest-profile awards season broadcasts, second only to the Oscars. Before the pandemic, it was still pulling in around 19 million viewers. The show was touted as a boozy, A-list party, whose hosts often took a more irreverent tone than their academy counterparts. It also only honored the flashiest filmmaking categories — picture, director, actors among them — meaning no long speeches from visual effects supervisors or directors of shorts no one has heard of.
Some years, the HFPA were pilloried for nominating poorly reviewed films with big name talent with hopes of getting them to the show, the most infamous being "The Tourist," with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. In the past decade, they've more often overlapped with the Oscars.
This year, NBC's Tuesday night broadcast got its smallest audience ever for a traditional broadcast, with 6.3 million viewers.
Here’s a category-by-category rundown of the nominations:
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 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 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 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 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 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
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
- “Barbie”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
- “John Wick: Chapter 4”
- “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One”
- “Oppenheimer”
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
- “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
- “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour”
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 Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- “Beef” (Netflix)
- “Lessons in Chemistry” (Apple TV+)
- “Daisy Jones & the Six” (Prime Video)
- “All the Light We Cannot See” (Netflix)
- “Fellow Travelers” (Showtime)
- “Fargo” (FX)
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 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”
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”
