Globe Nomination Announcement
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:20AM The Globe Nominations were announced bright and early... I followed on CNN the only live stream that seemed to be working. They began with the credits for their 70th anniversary and a weird applause break (without initial applause) for Cecil B DeMille Tribute winner Jodie Foster. After that the first Mr Golden Globe was revealed (Sam Fox, son of the Michael J Foxes) along with our usual Miss Golden Globe (this time that's Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint & Francesca)
Megan Fox started us the announcements but Jessica Alba also joined in.
BEST SONG
For You -Act of Valor (Keith Urban)
Not Running Anymore - Stand Up Guys (Jon Bon Jovi)
Safe and Sound - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift) *not eligible for Oscar consideration*
Skyfall - Skyfall (Adele)
Suddenly -Les Misérables (performed by Hugh Jackman)
Best Song is a tough category to predict for Oscar but Globes always go for the stars so they obviously want Adele, Taylor Swift and the rest to attend. They're tripling down to make sure Nicole Kidman and her man are there with 2 nominations for Nicki and one for Keith.
BEST SCORE
Life of Pi
Argo
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Lincoln
Mychael Danna has never had any luck with Oscar but will Life of Pi change that? The music is pretty noticeable and that usually helps. I've noticed a lot of online fandom for the Cloud Atlas score. Is that merely a case of the score being such a central part of the plot and the main theme being repeated like crazy? And is it just me or is Alexandre Desplat's score for Argo actually the weakest of his 18 scores this year? I'd much prefer to have seen him nominated for Moonrise Kingdom , Zero Dark Thirty or Rust & Bone or one of the 13 others. Of this batch of nominees, I think it's safe to say that I'm all about Anna Karenina.
SCREENPLAY
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained
Argo
The Globes don't differentiate between adapted and original and so their nominee list usually swings prestige which means adapted (for reasons I've never quite fathomed because original screenplays are where it's at baby, year in and year out... well maybe not this year but whatever). Only DJANGO from their nominee pool here is the usual type of original, while Zero Dark Thirty (which feels like an adapted because of the true story and research factor) can also qualify.
FOREIGN FILM
Amour - Austria
A Royal Affair - Denmark
Intouchables - France
Kon Tiki - Norway
Rust & Bone - France *not eligible for Oscar consideration in their correlative category*
Three French language films and two Scandinavian films for the Globes this year. They kept it regional.
ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Utter rubbish, since snubbee ParaNorman is easily superior to 60% of this list. The smaller films just aren't catching for awards groups this year which is a shame since GKids has been working their asses off to diversify the animated medium for audiences.
Do you think the Hotel Transylvania nomination is just an excuse to get Adam Sandler to their show?
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
Cooper & Jackman may well be competing for the fifth Oscar slot since the Academy usually takes 4 from drama and 1 from here. It shouldn't surprise me but the nominee that does is actually not McGregor but Murray who I keep forgetting about since Hyde Park on Hudson has been lambasted by critics and isn't passing the test with audiences either.
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Dame Maggie is ready for your applause
I am quite unhappy to report that there isn't anything remotely award worthy to Quartet, including our dear Maggie Smith who is wasted in a bland film which can't ever muster much in the way of drama or comedy or suspense or tears or anything really... just a lot of sitting around waiting for backstory to emerge.
It's a shame that the Globes annually ignore actual comedies in this category. This might have been a nice place to throw a bone to Leslie Mann (This is 40) or especially Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect... which also fits the musical bill) if they wanted a younger star present. I wonder if Streep will show? She's generally a good sport about these things and shows to everything but she's definitely lying low post Oscar win -- no campaign for Hope Springs -- so maybe she'll skip?
Joe warned us on the podcast that Emily Blunt was beloved by the Globes like few stars have ever been beloved. So this shouldn't surprise us as much as it does.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DicCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Once again we see Matthew McConaughey snubbed despite giving one of the year's best and most talked about performances. Weirder still he's definitely a Globe-friendly type star. I didn't want to be right, movie gods, I didn't want to be right! Awards bodies just have such problems with eroticized men (see also Michael Fassbender last year getting the big Oscar snub for Shame)
I'm not entirely sure that these high profile nods for Django Unchained will help it since it doesn't narrow the focus much by including both Leo & Christoph.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Identical to the SAG list but for Adams in place of Maggie Smith in "Best Exotic" which is a bit strange when you realize that Best Exotic made their Best Picture list. Still... the Globes were far more responsive to The Master than SAG was and it is a Weinstein effort and Weinstein & Globes are generally happy bedfellows.
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz , The Deep Blue Sea
will she or won't she?
Another nod for Rachel Weisz in what is an increasingly competitive Best Actress year. And yet year after year no one will listen to me when I say "BUT IT'S NOT A WEAK YEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS. YOU SAY THIS EVERY YEAR!"
The two high profile snubs here are Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts) and Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) both are which had a disadvantage with the Globe preference for household name stars. A lot of people are thrown by the Riva snub but the Globes are probably the last place they should have ever expected to see her nominated.
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
The Globes extend another mash note to Richard Gere who has come up short despite a few solitary voices crying for traction. Lewis, Washington & Hawkes are all locked up now in Best Actor.
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Tarantino is the only "new" name in terms of awards traction. But can he make it to Oscar. Django seems like it might be more Globe friendly than Oscar friendly. I've been predicting Michael Haneke for a Best Director nomination for months and months now. Should I start losing confidence in my somewhat ballsy prediction?
Les Miz won 4 key nominations but response from the Musical Friendly Globes couldn't been much stronger. What's going on?
Here we see the age old "musicals direct themselves!" thing though affecting Les Miz. And don't say it was a judgment call (even if you think it was a good judgment) since Globes are hardly the most discerning precursor in this category.
MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Nothing too unexpected here though this is frankly terrible news for The Master considering how much they did like it overall. I'd say it's hopes for a Best Picture nomination are done. The passion for #1 placements on Oscar ballots probably just isn't there in a year with this many well received dramas from major auteurs.
MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY or MUSICAL
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook
Salmon Fishing is the sole surprise here and probably came at the expense of Bernie, which has been doing pretty well this season. But newsflash: The Globes REALLY didn't like This is 40. I also believed Ted might have a shot here given its blockbuster status. But I guess there were enough Oscar friendly choices to fill this one up.
What's your takeaway this morning?
Reader Comments (120)
Is Cotillard really a lock ? Swinton got all the major nominations and picked up a few critics awards last year and she still missed. I'm wondering if Riva can gain steam in the next few weeks. Amour will certainly be talked about. Rust and Bones, not so much. Mirren could still be the filler nom and are we ruling out Wallis too soon ?
Chastain, Cotillard, Lawrence, Watts, Weisz. Wallis waiting to pounce.
Ahhhh. The Golden Globes...gotta love em. Such a free-wheeling fun ride. Favorite memories--1974, Jennifer Jones nommed for Best Supporting Actress for The Towering Inferno. 1976, Barbara Harris nommed for both Family Plot and Freaky Friday in the Comedy Actress cat. 1979, Marsha Mason nommed for Drama for Promises In the Dark, and Comedy for Chapter Two. Good times.
I can't believe these Cotilard nominations. I watched the movie and it was ok. Her performance was ok too - not award worthy for sure.
In a better world...
Best Actor Drama
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS-Lincoln
JOAQUIN PHOENIX-The Master
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN-The Master
DENZEL WASHINGTON-Flight
LIAM NEESON-The Grey
Best Actor Comedy or Musical
JACK BLACK-Bernie
BRADLEY COOPER-Silver Linings Playbook
JOHN HAWKES-The Sessions
hUGH JACKMAN-Les Misérables
LOGAN LERMAN-The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Actress Drama
JESSICA CHASTAIN-Zero Dark Thirty
MARION COTILLARD-Rust and Bone
ANNE DOWD-Compliance
EMMANUELLE RIVA-Amour
QUVENZHANE WALLIS-Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actress Comedy or Musical
HELEN HUNT-The Sessions
ANNA KENDRICK-Pitch Perfect
JENNIFER LAWRENCE-Silver Linings Playbook
LESLIE MANN-This is 40
MERYL STREEP-Hope Springs
Best Supporting Actor
JAVIER BARDEM-Skyfall
LEONARDO DICAPRIO-Django Unchained
GARRET HEDLUND-On the Road
TOMMY LEE JONES-Lincoln
MATTHEW MCCOUNAGHEY-Magic Mike
Best Supporting Actress
EMILY BLUNT-Looper
JUDI DENCH-Skyfall
SALLY FIELD-Lincoln
ANNE HATHAWAY- The Dark Knight Rises & Les Misérables
NICOLE KIDMAN-The Paperboy
I wouldn't jump the ship so fast on The Master's Best Picture chances.
It did make the BFCA top ten (and with 7 nominations), like The Tree of Life, and it won best director at LA film critics. That is huge, considering every director that won that prize has gone on to be nominated for best director at the academy awards since 1990. If the academy selects 8-10 nominees this year, I bet The Master will be on there. If it's 5-7, more likely not.
Current analysis of the acting categories:
BEST ACTOR
Day-Lewis, Washington, and Hawkes are in. Cooper, Jackman, and Phoenix are playing musical chairs for the last two slots. I feel like Cooper is probably getting the fourth slot, but I don't know whether it will be Jackman or Phoenix for the fifth. I suppose it depends on how much they like Les Miz.
BEST ACTRESS
Chastain and Lawrence are the only two true locks. After that, I can still see anyone else being snubbed. Cotillard appears to be in the third position right now, but l wouldn't call her a sure thing. Then we have Watts, Weisz, Mirren, Wallis, and Riva all competing for two slots, and it's tough to see which of them get in. I'm still cautiously optimistic about Riva's chances. As the movie is seen by more people, I feel like she'll gain momentum just in time for the ballots to be mailed. The BAFTA's will be telling, since they're the last major precursor before the Oscar nominations are announced. If she makes it in there, I'd say she's in for the Oscar nod. The same thing happened with Javier Bardem in Biutiful. So I'm still saying she gets in, and I think Watts will probably get the fifth slot, but it could just as easily be any of the others I mentioned. It'll be close up to the end.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
There's definitely a wild card slot here. Jones and Hoffman are definitely in, and Arkin and De Niro are *probably* in too (I don't think De Niro's snub at the Globes says much about his overall chances, since the actors seem to love Silver Linings Playbook and certainly revere him as an acting legend). That fifth slot though? Sheesh. DiCaprio and Waltz were both snubbed by BFCA and SAG and then BOTH got in at the Golden Globes? That was pretty surprising to me. However, that still means there's no consensus as to which of them is ahead, which could definitely hurt both of them. How many voters will have both of them on their ballots? It's tough to say. And if they choose one, which of them will it be? Even tougher to call. I personally think Waltz is slightly more likely, but I think it's definitely possible that neither of them get nominated. And are we forgetting about Javier Bardem? He got nominated at both SAG and BFCA, so really, he should still be considered ahead of both DiCaprio and Waltz at this point, and I suspect the BAFTA's will go ga-ga over Skyfall, possibly resulting in another nomination for him. So he's still in the game for sure. Then again, this fifth slot could go to a surprise nominee. McConaughey is still a threat, I think. Then there's Bryan Cranston if they really like Argo. Nothing would be too surprising in this category.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Is it safe to say that Hathaway is the only one from Les Miz getting nominated in this category? Samantha Barks's chances have pretty much died this week after missing out on all three key awards bodies, so I guess that early buzz went nowhere. So after Hathaway (who will surely win), Fields is the other absolute lock, and Hunt is pretty much guaranteed too. Adams missed out on SAG, but the combination of BFCA and Golden Globe is more than enough to keep her alive. I think she'll probably make it after all. Kidman has to be considered a real threat now with two major nominations, although I personally just don't think she'll go all the way. Still, you can't just write her off anymore; she's in the race. I think Maggie Smith will get the fifth slot, especially since her movie will probably play well with a lot of Academy members. I don't entirely rule out Judi Dench yet either (BAFTA's may give her a last-minute boost), and Ann Dowd is still a lurking spoiler.
Right now, I'm guessing a 17/20 match-up with SAG, which is consistent with recent history:
-Emmanuelle Riva replaces Helen Mirren in Best Actress
-Christoph Waltz replaces Javier Bardem in Best Supporting Actor (and either way, as long as it's not DiCaprio, this category will be ALL previous winners)
-Amy Adams replaces Nicole Kidman in Best Supporting Actress
Edwin -- that last sentence depressed me beyond all measure since Kidman is like 1000x more brilliant than Adams. Ah well.
@edwin
Great analysis. Even though I think Bardem will make it. I think he showed w Biutiful (and w this SAG nom) that he's a popular guy in the acting community.
Does anyone realize if Helen Hunt is nominated again -- it means that Gwyneth Paltrow will be the only 90's Best Actress winner without a pre-win or subsequent win nomination?
The globes always messed somehow or the other. They always came with funny lists.
I applaud them for recognizing rachel weiz but omitted kiera knightley.
oh just sent ms. Lawrence her statue.
Don't worry, Nathan. Adams was miscast in The Master, something she couldn't quite overcome, and it shows. I think the Academy will realize this.
So bummed about Wallis and Knightley not getting nominated (no matter how unlikely they were in the first place) but I'm happy for Rachel Weisz and FUCKYEAHNICOLEKIDMAN!
If we're talking about life in a better world, Jennifer Lawrence would be nominated for The Hunger Games, not Silver Linings Playbook. It's the difference between a bold leading performance that commands your attention and cliched crazy person histrionics. Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine would be racking up Leading and Supporting nominations for Bernie at every juncture and Seven Psychopaths would be seeing Best Picture action.
It's not a better world. It's Oscar season. Flashy roles and serious films with real world issues trump experimentation and innovation at every juncture.
My doubts about Cotillard are related to the subject matter. I know the source story and it is not easy material to take in. It's awkward and kind of horrifying. There will be people turned off by the film no matter how good she is. I very much see the parallel to Tilda Swinton in any of her recent films. You can't deny the strength of her performances; the performances are in very upsetting films. Can enough Academy members even sit through Rust & Bone to see what Cotillard is doing?
Guess I have to see Samon Fishing in the Yemen now. Wait...probably not.
alexis - Anne Thompson made an statement that "Amour" isn't exactly liked by AMPAS members and most of the predictors are rejected because, even it's his most accesible film, is still Haneke. Also, SPC made the mistake of sending the screeners until December. On the other hand, Rust and Bone is having a great response by Academy voters, especially the older ones and Cotillard -With the support of her best deffender Cate Blanchett- is having a helluva campaign on her favor. Yes, Cotillard is not by means a Lock at Chastain-Lawrence statement, but she's an Oscar winner in a most accesible film -Didn't we saw the same film? It's more accesible and likeable than We Need to Talk About Kevin-... Yes, Amour is the better film, but maybe it's more a favorite for the critics than the pundits. Also, there's always the same feeling of undrstimate a contender before the film came out, especially in Actress.
OTT, If you check the nominees, most of them are returning nominees/winners... And only we have three closest possibilities in newbies -Two in actor and one in actress-. I don't know why, but it seems to me this is another 2003 where we have WTF nominees... Especially in Supporting Actor -God, we have 15 potential nominees and BAFTA is voting right now-, and only Tommy Lee Jones and Alan Arkin have an spot -I tend to considerate Hoffman, but "The Master" is fading-. I make a wild statement -If Jennifer Ehle made it in BAFTA, she'll be the fifth spot.
I really want to discuss TV. Can we take a minute and mourn the absence of Mad Men in the Drama category? In my world that's crossing a red line. It means war.
Happy they still love Glenn Close and "Episodes", which is brilliant. I would love to see Tamsin Greig getting a nod some day. Same goes for Adam Driver who's electrifying in Girls.
Hemingway & Gellhorn: It was supposed to be great, but it turned out to be awful. Stop with the nominations by default!
And finally, yes, Smash is a comedy not a drama, despite all the soapy elements regarding Messing's marriage.
I love Marion and I loved her in Rust and Bone, my performance of the year after Emmanuelle Riva, but the reason she's getting nominated (disregarding the incredible performance, which I hope is the actual reason, though it is uncomfortable, character unlikable) is because she's a Hollywood star, working the awards campaign trail, more so than any of her competition so far and this is Hollywood and this is the academy, they all want to fuck her, a prerequisite for Best Actress.
Marion Cotillard may be nominated because people begin to feel that she's overdue for a second nomination. This may seem too soon to say such a thing, but she has been in the conversation quite often since her win, though mostly for supporting roles (and this felt more right to me), and mostly only in the beginning of the races before anyone had seen any film: Public Enemies, Nine, Inception, Midnight in Paris maybe.