The Golden Globes nomination list brings back diversity. Denzel Washington, Mel Gibson and Dev Patel among nominees
Mel Gibson is back in the awards season mix after the Golden Globe Awards nominated him for best director for Hacksaw Ridge. The actor has largely been a pariah in Hollywood since his 2006 drunken driving arrest in which he launched into an anti-Semitic tirade.
Hacksaw Ridge is the first film Gibson has directed in a decade, although he starred in 2011’s The Beaver and other films since his arrest. Gibson’s conduct, including a separate rant against an ex-girlfriend, was mocked by Globes host Ricky Gervais in 2010 and the men exchanged barbs onstage at last year’s ceremony. Gibson won a Golden Globe for best director in 1996 for Braveheart. He then went on to win a pair of Academy Awards for the film.
Damien Chazelle’s los Angeles musical la la land sang and danced its way to a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, with Barry Jenkins’ celebrated coming-of-age tale Moonlight close on its heels with six nods. la la land earned nominations for its lead actors, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, as well as best picture, comedy or musical. The film also scored nominations for directing, screenplay, score and original song in the nominations announced Monday in los Angeles by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Moonlight led the field in the dramatic categories, including best picture. It earned nods for Jenkins’ directing and script, supporting actor favourite Mahershala Ali and supporting actress Naomie Harris.
Ryan Reynolds isn’t taking his Golden Globe nomination for the comic book film Deadpool too seriously. The actor wrote on Twitter that “the entire Deadpool team is engaged in a grotesque, early morning tickle-fight.” He plays a wise-cracking assassin inDeadpool and its upcoming sequel. He was nominated for best actor in a film comedy or musical, a rare awards show nomination for a super
On the television side, The Peoplev. O.J. Simpson continued its awards success with five nominations, including best limited series. Other regulars (Veep, Transparent) were also recognised, though a number of more recent acclaimed shows not eligible for September’s Emmy Awards elbowed their way in, including The Night Of, Westworld, Atlanta, This Is Us andInsecure.
The film nominations also verified that this year’s awards season isn’t nearly so white as last year’s. Along with Moonlight, nominations were heaped on Denzel Washington’s August Wilson adaptation Fences (including acting nods for Washington and Viola Davis), the interracial marriage drama loving (leads Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton were each nominated) and the inspirational NASA drama about African-American mathematicians Hidden Figures (including Octavia Spencer). Those nominations confirmed what has already solidified as a notably more diverse Oscar field.
Kenneth lonergan’s tender portrait of grief, Manchester by the Sea, landed five nominations, including best actor in a drama for Casey Affleck. Producer Matt Damon, in a statement, thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press “for championing a little movie like ours.” The Weinstein Co’s lion, the story of an Indian boy separated from his family, earned nods for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
The best actress race is one of the year’s most competitive, though it’s so far been dominated byElle star Isabelle Huppert. She was nominated for best actress in a drama.