John Lennon was murdered 38 years ago tonight. We never got over it, did we? Lennon was only 40. He’d be 78 now. Imagine what we would have accomplished in nearly four decades.
Natalie Merchant performed “Nowhere Man” at a tribute to John in 2001. Writer David Wild mentioned it on his Twitter feed. I was there at the Beacon Theater, but had forgotten this moving performance. So here it is. And below, John himself.
Congratulations to all the smart guys who thought banning “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from the radio would kill it off.
No, the PC-Police (political correctness) have made a new hit out of Frank Loesser’s classic song, written in 1944.
The version sung by Dean Martin is now number 9 on iTunes. The sudden success is not because it’s actually cold outside. It’s because the idiots who boycott things turned “Baby It’s Cold Outside” in a cause celebre.
Members of the #MeToo mishegos decided that “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was really an attack by a predator who wouldn’t let a woman leave his apartment until he’d ravaged, or ravished (or radished) her. Whatever.
Loesser wrote the song so he and his wife could sing it parties in 1944 to get people to go home. A few years later it was used in the film “Neptune’s Daughter,” sung by Ricardo Montalban and Esther Williams, then comically by Red Skelton and Betty Garrett.
The Dean Martin version is from 1959. Loesser’s daughter Susan, now 74, told Inside Edition, the song was certainly not about date rape.
But the PR backfired, and now smooth old Dean has his first chart hit since the 1960s. The ex-Rat Packer and partner of Jerry Lewis had two number 1 hits in his career– “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” and the immortal “Memories Are Made of This” in the 1950s.
Yes, we know Taylor Swift won’t be there.
But the Grammys already have a surefire ratings grabber for themselves.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper will likely perform “Shallow” on the telecast, set for February 10th. It would be the first time they perform the hit song from “A Star is Born” on live TV.
By then, “Shallow”– nominated for Song and Record of the Year– will also be nominated for Best Song at the Academy Awards.
Nothing is set in stone. An insider insists there have been no discussions. But it seems an obvious move.
The timing is eerily too good to be true. Two days after the Grammys, Oscar voting begins for one week. “Shallow” will be fresh in everyone’s minds. The rest will be history.
Are there really coincidences in life? Of course, the magic won’t work if the song loses at the Grammys. But something tells me it will win one of those two statues. And maybe the Grammys will tease out one more song from Lady Gaga on the show.
The only question is how will they top that at the Oscars two weeks later? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
SATURDAY NIGHT UPDATE: “Good Years” is stuck at number 34 on iTunes. Where are all the Zayn fans?
FRIDAY: Zayn Malik, ex One Direction, is making one more stab at a hit with the melancholy “Good Years.” He’s released six singles since his hit first solo album. All of them sank like stones. “Good Years” is written by Herbie Crichlow, who penned the Backstreet Boys hits “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” and “Quit Playing Games with My Heart.”
The new Zayn album is called “Icarus Falls,” so I guess it’s all about flying too close to the sun and melting his wings. No tracklist yet, but the album hits in one week, next Friday, December 14th. Initial reaction to “Good Years” sends it to number 25 on iTunes tonight, but it’s a tricky time with Christmas singles clogging the charts.
We root for Zayn, who suffers from anxiety, has trouble touring and performing live, and dated Gigi Hadid, a model who is in the Kardashian galaxy (don’t ask). He’s covered in tattoos, too, like Guy Pearce in “Memento.” But he has an earnest interest in R&B, so we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. For now.
Grammy nominations are out. And Taylor Swift, previously a Grammy favorite, has been snubbed.
I predicted this when Swift appeared on the American Music Awards and performed from her “Reputation” album.
Once you do that, you’re out of the Grammys. So somehow Swift’s people knew she wouldn’t make the Grammy cut, or she opted to ditch them and go for the AMAs.
Either way, Taylor won’t be performing on the Grammys and has no noms in the major categories except for pop album. Nothing for Song or Record or Album of the Year. That’s not typical Taylor, a usual Grammy favorite.
She’s joined in the snub by her arch rival, Kanye West. Also not nommed for Album of the Year, Beyonce and Jay Z as The Carters. Last year, Jay Z got a bunch of nominations in exchange for not having the Grammys at his Barclays Center. He lost in every category.
Kanye meanwhile got nada for his “Ye” album. His one nomination is for Producer of the Year because he produced five albums in one day. But I’m more excited about Larry Klein, a great jazz and pop producer, who’s up for that same award. He’s a real musician, whose work with Joni Mitchell and Julia Fordham, shines.
Grammy nominations this morning did a lot for Lady Gaga and “A Star is Born.” Her hit single “Shallow” sung with Bradley Cooper was nominated for Best Song and Best Record. The Grammys air February 10th before Oscar voting is over. “Shallow” could win both awards and set up a win at the Oscars for Best Song, as well as help the movie garner votes.
Other nominees this morning include Cardi B, who somehow got Album of the Year nomination along with Drake, Brandi Carlisle, Janelle Monae, the Black Panther soundtrack, HER Music, and Post Malone.
A major contender in Best Song and Best Record is also “Meet Me in the Middle” by Maren Morris et al.
None of the Best Song contenders has just one or two writers, but committees of writers, producers, and miscellaneous people. The criteria for Best Song has obviously changed a lot since the days of real compositions.
Best New Artist: Chloe X Halle, Luke Combs, Greta Van Fleet, H.E.R., Dua Lipa, Margo Price, Bebe Rexha, and Jorja Smith are the nominees.
Full list to come.
Kevin Hart has just Tweeted: “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year’s Oscar’s….this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.”
So Kevin Hart has backed down, just 24 hours after he was announced as host of the Oscars. The reason? Uncovered homophobic tweets from 2011 and other years that put into question his appropriateness for hosting the Academy Awards.
The scandal threatened to overshadow the Oscars broadcast in February 2019, and turn the next three months into a long slog of diatribe. Hart is a funny man, and often speaks without thinking.
In 2011 Hart Tweeted: Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my daughters doll house I’m going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay.'” In another from 2010, Hart says someone’s profile pic looks “like a gay bill board for AIDS.” And in another written in 2009, he calls someone a “fat faced fag.”
The Tweet remained on his timeline until and just after he was announced as host. That’s when it was deleted. But by then word had spread. There was no way he could continue as Oscar host. On top of that, he wouldn’t apologize.
UPDATE NEW TWEET
I'm sorry that I hurt people.. I am evolving and want to continue to do so. My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart. Much love & appreciation to the Academy. I hope we can meet again.
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) December 7, 2018
Ironically, Hart’s scandal has exploded on the same night his “The Upside” co-star Bryan Cranston is having a huge success on Broadway. The two actors co-star in this movie that was held because of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. But now “The Upside” is coming out in January. Neil Burger’s movie is really great. I hope this episode doesn’t taint it again.
What I would do now about the Oscars is ask Cher and Meryl Streep, maybe with Christine Baranski and Tiffany Haddish, to host the Oscars. Haddish would be a hoot, and the other three would be just the right melange to pull it off.
I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's….this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) December 7, 2018
Sidney Aaron “Paddy” Chayefsky’s greatest work was “Network,” a screenplay for a movie that predicted Fox News twenty years before it happened. Chayefsky– who died in 1981 at age 58– wrote “Network” in 1974. It shot in 1975 was released in 1976. It won four Oscars, including Best Actor ({Peter Finch), Best Actress (Faye Dunaway), Best Supporting Actress (Beatrice Straight), and Best Screenplay (Chayefsky). Director Sidney Lumet was nominated for Best Director.
Two decades later, Fox News launched as opinion news run by celebrity newscasters who ranted and raved. Chayefsky foreshadowed Hannity, O’Reilly and the rest of the jackals at Fox News with Howard Beale, a middle aged nut who had a nervous breakdown on live on the air and promised to commit suicide. Beale’s mental illness was exploited by network executives, and led to his murder, also live on the air.
Now Bryan Cranston, of “Breaking Bad” fame, who’s already got a Tony award for playing LBJ in “All the Way,” gives the performance of a lifetime as Beale, elaborating and enriching Finch’s screen take. Cranston won the Olivier Award in London last March for playing Beale. Now, if he stays a bit, he’ll win another Tony Award. He is simply astounding, drawing out Beale’s anger and pathos, his role as a visionary who sees the whole thing in front of him. Howard Beale essentially leaves the blueprints for Roger Ailes of what is to come.
Ivo van Hove stages “Network” busily. On stage left (our right), theatergoers are actually eating dinner, real food, served by waiters, as an audience-in-an-audience. You pay extra for this with your ticket. Some of the play then takes place in this faux functioning restaurant. (I asked everyone, no one knows why van Hove has done this.)
Some of “Network” goes outside onto West 44th St. in front of the Belasco Theater, where co-stars Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany– who are terrific– take a stroll mid show. I mean this is really happening, they go on the sidewalk at every performance with a cameraman and we see it on a video screen. Pedestrians– true New Yorkers– are walking by in both directions. They are unfazed. It is really weird and wonderful.
Back on stage, there is a huge video screen, more screens, commercials from 1976 running on screens in the background. I found them distracting, although you do learn that a year before Roy Scheider starred in “Jaws” he made a Folgers commercial. Cameraman are broadcasting Beale’s show. Chayefsky’s UBS Network presaged CNN and Fox and all-news networks. Chayefsky could not have been more prescient about the carnival our lives would become.
There is so much going on onstage that it can be dizzying. But Cranston, as Beale, who’s supposedly unwinding into madness, is the sane center. At one point he also breaks the fourth wall, comes down and sits on the lip of the stage. Then he sits down between two theatergoers in the first row and improvises his own dialogue. I asked Bryan about this on Wednesday night. He told me it’s all ad-libbed. “I look forward to that bit every night.” On Wednesday– as Beale– he asked two ladies if their stash of candy indicated onset diabetes. The whole theater roared with laughter.
The producers and publicists didn’t want press on their opening night, which is why I can’t tell you anything about what happened Thursday. Some kind of paranoia. But they had nothing to fear. “Network” is already sold out for its limited run. They will have to try and extend. Everyone in the show is top notch. Maslany is earthier than Faye Dunaway. She’s more like a horny, aggressive version of Holly Hunter’s character in “Broadcast News.” Goldwyn has the suave mien of William Holden from the movie. His “Scandal” fans will be more than pleased when he and Maslany go for it big time in the faux restaurant.
So kudos to “Network.” If only Chayefsky had lived longer, maybe he could have also stopped Fox News, Morton Downey Jr. and all the terrors he saw in his crystal ball.
The Hollywood Foreign Press made a lot of people unhappy this morning with various snubs.
But the most disappointed must be NBC, the home of the Golden Globes. NBC just paid a lot of money for a new 8 year contract with the HFPA and Dick Clark Productions.
But NBC received just three nominations. Two were for acting and one was for Best Comedy. They were Kristen Bell for “The Good Place,” Debra Messing for “Will & Grace,” and “The Good Place” for Best Comedy.
Totally snubbed was “This Is Us” and its entire cast including the best actor on TV, Sterling K. Brown. How did that happen?
Also snubbed was “Saturday Night Live” and all its players including Kate McKinnon, who should get an award just for Being.
And while Debra Messing is wonderful, what happened to Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes?
On the other hand, NBC did manage to get one of its stars, Andy Samberg, as co-host of the show with Sandra Oh.
UPDATE: “First Man,” from Universal Pictures, was snubbed by the HFPA for Best Picture nominations. So was Ryan Gosling. No songs from the new “Mary Poppins” made the grade either.
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a.
BLACK PANTHER
Marvel Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
b.
BLACKKKLANSMAN
QC Entertainment / Blumhouse / Monkeypaw / 40 Acres and a Mule; Focus Features
c.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Twentieth Century Fox / Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox
d.
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Annapurna Pictures / Plan B Entertainment / We Pastel; Annapurna Pictures
e.
A STAR IS BORN
Warner Bros. Pictures / Live Nation Productions / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures / Jon Peters Production / Bill Gerber Production / Joint Effort Production; Warner Bros. Pictures
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a.
GLENN CLOSE
THE WIFE
b.
LADY GAGA
A STAR IS BORN
c.
NICOLE KIDMAN
DESTROYER
d.
MELISSA MCCARTHY
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
e.
ROSAMUND PIKE
A PRIVATE WAR
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a.
BRADLEY COOPER
A STAR IS BORN
b.
WILLEM DAFOE
AT ETERNITY’S GATE
c.
LUCAS HEDGES
BOY ERASED
d.
RAMI MALEK
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
e.
JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON
BLACKKKLANSMAN
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Warner Bros. Pictures / SK Global / Starlight Culture / Color Force / Ivanhoe Pictures / Electric Somewhere; Warner Bros. Pictures
b.
THE FAVOURITE
Element Pictures / Scarlet Films / Film4 / Waypoint Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures
c.
GREEN BOOK
Participant Media / DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures
d.
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
e.
VICE
Annapurna Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions / Plan B Entertainment; Annapurna Pictures
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
EMILY BLUNT
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
b.
OLIVIA COLMAN
THE FAVOURITE
c.
ELSIE FISHER
EIGHTH GRADE
d.
CHARLIZE THERON
TULLY
e.
CONSTANCE WU
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
CHRISTIAN BALE
VICE
b.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
c.
VIGGO MORTENSEN
GREEN BOOK
d.
ROBERT REDFORD
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN
e.
JOHN C. REILLY
STAN & OLLIE
7. BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
a.
INCREDIBLES 2
Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
b.
ISLE OF DOGS
Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures
c.
MIRAI
Studio Chizu; GKIDS
d.
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
e.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
8. BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
a.
CAPERNAUM
(LEBANON)
Mooz Films; Sony Pictures Classics
b.
GIRL
(BELGIUM)
Menuet / Topkapi Films / Frakas Productions; Netflix
c.
NEVER LOOK AWAY
(GERMANY)
Pergamon Film / Wiedemann & Berg Film / in coproduction with Beta Cinema / ARD Degeto / Bayrischer Rundfunk; Sony Pictures Classics
d.
ROMA
(MEXICO)
Netflix / Participant Media / Esperanto-Filmoj; Netflix
e.
SHOPLIFTERS
(JAPAN)
Gaga / AOI Promotion / Fuji Television Network; Magnolia Pictures
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
a.
AMY ADAMS
VICE
b.
CLAIRE FOY
FIRST MAN
c.
REGINA KING
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
d.
EMMA STONE
THE FAVOURITE
e.
RACHEL WEISZ
THE FAVOURITE
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
a.
MAHERSHALA ALI
GREEN BOOK
b.
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
BEAUTIFUL BOY
c.
ADAM DRIVER
BLACKKKLANSMAN
d.
RICHARD E. GRANT
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
e.
SAM ROCKWELL
VICE
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a.
BRADLEY COOPER
A STAR IS BORN
b.
ALFONSO CUARÓN
ROMA
c.
PETER FARRELLY
GREEN BOOK
d.
SPIKE LEE
BLACKKKLANSMAN
e.
ADAM MCKAY
VICE
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a.
ALFONSO CUARÓN
ROMA
b.
DEBORAH DAVIS, TONY MCNAMARA
THE FAVOURITE
c.
BARRY JENKINS
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
d.
ADAM MCKAY
VICE
e.
NICK VALLELONGA, BRIAN CURRIE, PETER FARRELLY
GREEN BOOK
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a.
MARCO BELTRAMI
A QUIET PLACE
b.
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
ISLE OF DOGS
c.
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON
BLACK PANTHER
d.
JUSTIN HURWITZ
FIRST MAN
e.
MARC SHAIMAN
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
a.
“ALL THE STARS” — BLACK PANTHER
Music by:
Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh
Lyrics by:
Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh
b.
“GIRL IN THE MOVIES” — DUMPLIN’
Music by:
Dolly Parton, Linda Perry
Lyrics by:
Dolly Parton, Linda Perry
c.
“REQUIEM FOR A PRIVATE WAR” — A PRIVATE WAR
Music by:
Annie Lennox
Lyrics by:
Annie Lennox
d.
“REVELATION” — BOY ERASED
Music by:
Troye Sivan, Jónsi
Lyrics by:
Jon Thor Birgisson, Troye Sivan, Brett McLaughlin
e.
“SHALLOW” — A STAR IS BORN
Music by:
Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
Lyrics by:
Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt
15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a.
THE AMERICANS
FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
b.
BODYGUARD
NETFLIX
World Productions / an ITV Studios company
c.
HOMECOMING
PRIME VIDEO
Universal Cable Productions LLA / Amazon Studios
d.
KILLING EVE
BBC AMERICA
BBC AMERICA / Sid Gentle Films Ltd
e.
POSE
FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a.
CAITRIONA BALFE
OUTLANDER
b.
ELISABETH MOSS
THE HANDMAID’S TALE
c.
SANDRA OH
KILLING EVE
d.
JULIA ROBERTS
HOMECOMING
e.
KERI RUSSELL
THE AMERICANS
17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
a.
JASON BATEMAN
OZARK
b.
STEPHAN JAMES
HOMECOMING
c.
RICHARD MADDEN
BODYGUARD
d.
BILLY PORTER
POSE
e.
MATTHEW RHYS
THE AMERICANS
18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
BARRY
HBO
HBO Entertainment / Alec Berg / Hanarply
b.
THE GOOD PLACE
NBC
Universal Television / Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment
c.
KIDDING
SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME / SOME KIND OF GARDEN / Aggregate Films / Broadlawn Films
d.
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
NETFLIX
Warner Bros. Television
e.
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
PRIME VIDEO
Amazon Studios
19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
KRISTEN BELL
THE GOOD PLACE
b.
CANDICE BERGEN
MURPHY BROWN
c.
ALISON BRIE
GLOW
d.
RACHEL BROSNAHAN
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
e.
DEBRA MESSING
WILL & GRACE
20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a.
SACHA BARON COHEN
WHO IS AMERICA
b.
JIM CARREY
KIDDING
c.
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
d.
DONALD GLOVER
ATLANTA
e.
BILL HADER
BARRY
21. BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a.
THE ALIENIST
TNT
The Alienist / Paramount Television / Turner’s Studio T
b.
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
FX NETWORKS
Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions
c.
ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA
SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME / Red Hour Productions / Michael De Luca Productions / The White Mountain Company / BZ Entertainment / Busyhands
d.
SHARP OBJECTS
HBO
HBO Entertainment / eOne / Tiny Pyro Productions / Blumhouse Television / Fourth Born / crazyrose Productions
e.
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
PRIME VIDEO
Blueprint / Amazon Studios
22. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a.
AMY ADAMS
SHARP OBJECTS
b.
PATRICIA ARQUETTE
ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA
c.
CONNIE BRITTON
DIRTY JOHN
d.
LAURA DERN
THE TALE
e.
REGINA KING
SEVEN SECONDS
23. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a.
ANTONIO BANDERAS
GENIUS: PICASSO
b.
DANIEL BRÜHL
ALIENIST, THE
c.
DARREN CRISS
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
d.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
PATRICK MELROSE
e.
HUGH GRANT
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a.
ALEX BORSTEIN
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
b.
PATRICIA CLARKSON
SHARP OBJECTS
c.
PENÉLOPE CRUZ
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
d.
THANDIE NEWTON
WESTWORLD
e.
YVONNE STRAHOVSKI
THE HANDMAID’S TALE
25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
a.
ALAN ARKIN
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
b.
KIERAN CULKIN
SUCCESSION
c.
EDGAR RAMÍREZ
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
d.
BEN WHISHAW
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL
e.
HENRY WINKLER
BARRY
NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR
MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTOR
NOMINATIONS Annapurna Pictures
10 Fox Searchlight Pictures
10 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
9 Focus Features
7 Universal Pictures
7 Warner Bros. Pictures
7 Netflix
5 Sony Pictures Classics
4 Aviron Pictures
2 Twentieth Century Fox
2 A24
1 Amazon Studios
1 CBS Films
1 GKIDS
1 Magnolia Pictures
1 Paramount Pictures
1 Sony Pictures Releasing
1
NOMINATIONS BY TELEVISION NETWORK
TELEVISION NETWORK
NOMINATIONS
FX Networks
10
HBO
9
Prime Video
9
Netflix
8
Showtime
6
NBC
3
BBC America
2
hulu
2
TNT
2
Bravo
1
CBS
1
National Geographic
1
Starz
1
NOMINATIONS BY MOTION PICTURE
MOTION PICTURE
Nominations
Vice
6
The Favourite
5
Green Book
5
A Star Is Born
5
BlacKkKlansman
4
Mary Poppins Returns
4
Black Panther
3
If Beale Street Could Talk
3
Roma
3
Bohemian Rhapsody
2
Boy Erased
2
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2
Crazy Rich Asians
2
First Man
2
Isle of Dogs
2
A Private War
2
At Eternity’s Gate
1
Beautiful Boy
1
Capernaum
1
Destroyer
1
Dumplin’
1
Eighth Grade
1
Girl
1
Incredibles 2
1
Mirai
1
Never Look Away
1
The Old Man & the Gun
1
A Quiet Place
1
Ralph Breaks the Internet
1
Shoplifters
1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
1
Stan & Ollie
1
Tully
1
The Wife
1
NOMINATIONS BY TELEVISION SERIES OR PROGRAM
TELEVISION SERIES OR PROGRAM
Nominations
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
4
The Americans
3
Barry
3
Homecoming
3
The Kominsky Method
3
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
3
Sharp Objects
3
A Very English Scandal
3
The Alienist
2
Bodyguard
2
Escape at Dannemora
2
The Good Place
2
The Handmaid’s Tale
2
Kidding
2
Killing Eve
2
Pose
2
Atlanta
1
Dirty John
1
Genius: Picasso
1
Glow
1
Murphy Brown
1
Outlander
1
Ozark
1
Patrick Melrose
1
Seven Seconds
1
Succession
1
The Tale
1
Westworld
1
Who is America
1
Will & Grace
1
The Best Picture Drama noms were Black Panther, Blackkklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, If Beale Street, and A Star is Born. That means 3 of the 5 were African-American centric, which is a HUGE change for the HFPA.
The Best Picture Comedy noms were Crazy Rich Asians, The Favourite, Green Book, Vice, and Mary Poppins.
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased), Rami Malek, John David Washington
Best Actress: Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman, Rosamund Pike, Lady Gaga, Melissa McCarthy
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Claire Foy, Regina King, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone
Best Actor, Comedy: Robert Redford, John C. Reilly, Viggo Mortensen, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christian Bale
Best Actress Comedy: Emily Blunt, Olivia Colman, Charlize Theron, Constance Wu, Elsie Fisher
Here are the Golden Globes nominations, as they are announced. This is from the first group. Second round at 8:34am.
The big news among this group is that “A Star is Born” was snubbed twice– for screenplay and score. That’s pretty shocking. Also, “Cold War,” the great Polish film, was not included in Foreign Films. But “Never Look Away” was, and I am very happy because it’s a masterpiece.
Foreign Language Film: Capernaum, Girl, Never Look Away, Roma, Shoplifter
Motion Picture Screenplay: Roma, The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Green Book
Score: A Quiet Place, Isle of Dogs, Black Panther, First Man, Mary Poppins Returns
In TV, the Best Comedy nominees are: Barry (HBO), The Good Place (NBC), Kidding (Showtime), The Kominsky Method (Netflix), Mrs. Maisel, (Amazon).
TV Best Actress, Comedy: Kirsten Bell, Candice Bergen, ALison Brie, Rachel Brosnahan, Debra Messing
TV Best Actor, Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Michael Douglas, Donald Glover, Bill Hader