Precursor: 78th Golden Globe Nominations (2020)

Taraji P. Henson & Sarah Jessica Parker announced the nominees this morning in two batches. The first batch, carried live on national television, covered all of the lead acting category along with Best Director and Best Motion Picture Drama. The rest were announced several minutes later, all streamed. Promising Young Woman did tremendously well with nominations for Picture, Actress, and most amazingly, Director. That’s a tremendous feat for a film that seems to have been very divisively received. Even more prominent is the three women nominated in Director, which is a huge achievement, one that the similar Satellite Awards ignored. When Parker came back, she announced the Comedy/Musical Picture, Original Score, and Supporting Actor categories. Henson came back to announce the rest several minutes later, extending the morning’s coverage excessively.

Other prominent issues, Leslie Odom Jr. and Regina King were the only nominees this morning for One Night in Miami, which is rather strange. Then again, Regina King is a multi-Golden Globe nominee and having an actor nominated in Director makes quite a bit of sense considering Globes history. Mank managed to hold on and secure several nominations in spite of a rocky launch and divide responses from critics. Other items of note: late breaking The Mauritanian and Judas and the Black Messiah both earned recognition, but were suspiciously absent from non-acting/song categories. Oscar frontrunner Nomadland earned nominations in all the categories one would expect as di Promising Young Woman, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and Mank. The Father and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm also did pretty well. Chadwick Boseman did not pick up that double-nomination many expected, so he may just be the front runner in the Drama Actor category.

Nominations Tallies

(6) Mank
(5) The Trial of the Chicago 7
(4) The Father, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman
(3) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, One Night in Miami

The Nominations

Best Picture, Drama

The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Picture, Comedy/Musical

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom

Best Picture, Animated

The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Director

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor, Drama

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

Best Actress, Drama

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor, Comedy/Musical

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden – The Prom
Lin Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

Best Actress, Comedy/Musical

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson – Music
Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit
Rosamund Pike – I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor Joy – Emma.

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

Best Supporting Actress

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Helena Zengel – News of the World

Best Screenplay

The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Original Score

Mank
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Soul
Tenet

Best Song

“Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Io Si (Seen)” – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
“Tigress & Tweed” – United States vs. Billie Holiday