2019 Golden Globe Awards Nominations

Award season is in full swing!  Let's get a look at some of the frontrunners for this year's Oscar race.

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

It's interesting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association chose to lump A Star is Born under Drama instead of Musical or Comedy.  Otherwise, I have heard excellent things about all the other nominees.

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Again, it seems odd that Green Book is under this category instead of Drama, but maybe the trailers are misrepresenting it.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate
Lucas Hedges - Boy Erased
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington - BlacKkKlansman

All five of these actors are being lauded for their performances.  I think it might come down to Malek or Cooper, however.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Glenn Close - The Wife
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
Nicole Kidman - Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike - A Private War

This is going to be a very tough race.  Lady Gaga is getting a lot of buzz for her breakout film, but Kidman and Pike drastically transformed themselves for their roles, Close is always a contender, and McCarthy is making her big jump to drama from comedy, which critics love to see.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale - Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen - Green Book
Robert Redford - The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly - Stan and Ollie

I would normally say Bale has this in the bag, given that he's made another herculean physical transformation and is playing a mega-famous, almost universally reviled political figure, but Redford is a goddamn legend and Miranda is still a fast-rising star.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron - Tully
Constance Wu - Crazy Rich Asians

Honestly, I think this is wide open.

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Timothee Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell - Vice

I would love to see Grant take this because he has been doing fantastic character work for years but I just don't see him having a chance in this lineup.

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams - Vice
Claire Foy - First Man
Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

I haven't heard much about King's or Foy's performances in their respective films and I think this is going to come down to Stone and Weisz with Adams as a dark horse.

Best Screenplay

Roma
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Vice
Green Book

Best Original Song

"All the Stars" - Black Panther
"Girl in the Movies" - Dumplin'
"Requiem for a Private War" - A Private War
"Revelation" - Boy Erased
"Shallow" - A Star is Born

Probably A Star is Born.

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man:  Into the Spider-Verse

I'm not going to lie.  I'm super excited for Spider-Verse.

Best Original Score

A Quiet Place
Isle of Dogs
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Director

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma
Peter Farrelly - Green Book
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay - Vice

Best TV Series, Drama

The Americans
Bodyguard
Homecoming
Killing Eve
Pose

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical

Barry
The Good Place
Kidding
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best Limited Series, TV Movie, or Miniseries

The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Escape at Dannemora
Sharp Objects
A Very English Scandal

Best TV Actor, Drama

Jason Bateman - Ozark
Stephen James - Homecoming
Richard Madden - Bodyguard
Billy Porter - Pose
Matthew Rhys - The Americans

Best TV Actress, Drama

Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
Elizabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
Julia Roberts - Homecoming
Keri Russell - The Americans

Best TV Actor, Comedy or Musical

Sacha Baron Cohen - Who is America?
Jim Carrey - Kidding
Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover - Atlanta
Bill Hader - Barry

Best TV Actress, Comedy or Musical

Kristen Bell - The Good Place
Candace Bergen - Murphy Brown
Alison Brie - GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing - Will & Grace

Best Actor in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Miniseries

Antonio Banderas - Genius:  Picasso
Daniel Bruhl - The Alienist
Darren Criss - The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch - Patrick Melrose
Hugh Grant - A Very English Scandal

Best Actress in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Miniseries

Amy Adams - Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette - Escape at Dannemora
Laura Dern - The Tale
Regina King - Seven Seconds
Connie Britton - Dirty John

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Miniseries

Alan Arkin - The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin - Succession
Edgar Ramirez - The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw - A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler - Barry

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Miniseries

Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson - Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz - The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Thandie Newton - Westworld
Yvonne Strahovki - The Handmaid's Tale