Mank leads Golden Globe nominees with 6; Netflix dominates Follow Us
Question of the Day Event signage appears above the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes will be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jordan . more > By Jake Coyle - Associated Press - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) David Fincher’s vision of a bygone Hollywood “Mank” topped nominations to the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday with six nods, leading Netflix’s overall domination in a pandemic-marred movie year.
The film about “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, landed nominations for best film, drama; best actor for Gary Oldman; best director for Fincher, best supporting actress for Amanda Seyfried; best score; and best screenplay for Jack Finche
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With the 2021 Golden Globes just around the corner, nominations will be announced this Wednesday at 5:35 a.m. PT/8:35 a.m. ET. The announcement will livestream on the Golden Globes’ official website.
Former Golden Globe winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson will reveal the nominees live on “Today.” The first 12 categories will be simulcast by “E! News,” which will also announce the remaining categories on E! Online and E! News digital platforms, including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
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The ceremony typically takes place the first Sunday of the calendar year, but the COVID-19 pandemic required the Golden Globes push to a later date. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the change last June following the Academy Awards’ postponement to April 25. It also extended its eligibility period for motion pictures to Feb. 28, though the e
Chicago 7, Promising Young Woman, among Golden Globe nominees
Event signage appears above the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes have just been announced. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Published February 03. 2021 8:58AM | Updated February 03. 2021 9:34AM
By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press Get the weekly rundown Email
The reading of nominations for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards has begun.
The nominees for best motion picture drama are: “The Father”; “Mank”; “Nomadland”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7”; “Promising Young Woman.”
The nominees for best television series, drama, are: “The Crown”; “Lovecraft Country”; “The Mandalorian”; “Ozark”; “Ratched.”
Fey will broadcast from atop New York City s Rockefeller Center, in the Rainbow Room, while Poehler will fulfill her co-hosting duties from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
A year after fielding no female nominees for best director or a best feature film nomination for any movie directed by a woman the HFPA nominated more female filmmakers than it ever has before. King, Zhao and Fennell were nominated for best director, alongside Sorkin and Fincher.
By splitting up films between drama and comedy or musical, the Globes gave a boost to an awards season wildcard, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Baron Cohen s film one of the few nominees partially shot during the pandemic was nominated for best picture, comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy for Baron Cohen and best supporting actress for Maria Bakalova.