Golden Globes nominations are just hours away!

Mank would be too obvious for the Oscars these days. They are all about shock value nowadays.

I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.

I think they have a bit of an alternating pattern going between "shock" winners and "safe" winners - for every Moonlight or Parasite you have a Spotlight or Green Book. It may well be that they follow up one of their more radical winners with one of their more obvious (especially if it's a matter of giving Fincher his Departed win).

What was the favourite that year, though? (First person to say The Favourite gets a temp ban)

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 5:35 a.m. PST/8:35 am EST, Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson announce the nominees!

And the nominees are...

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

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Palm Springs
Music
The Prom

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Tahar Rahim “The Mauritanian
Gary Oldman, Mank

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Maria Bakalova, Borat 2
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Anya Taylor Joy, Emma

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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 Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
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 in a Motion Picture
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Promising Young Woman
Mank
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Father
Nomadland

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us

Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Midnight Sky, Alexandre Desplat
Tenet, Ludwig Göransson
News of the World, – James Newton Howard
Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Soul, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Comedy Series
“Emily in Paris”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
“The Great” (Hulu)
“Schitt’s Creek” (CBC)
“Emily in Paris” (Netflix)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)
Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”)
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Al Pacino (“Hunters”)
Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”)
Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”)
Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”)
Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”)
Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”)

Best Television Series – Drama
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Lovecraft Country” (HBO Max)
“The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Ratched” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Olivia Colman (“The Crown”)
Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
Emma Corrin (“The Crown”)
Laura Linney (“Ozark”)
Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Bryan Cranston (“Your Honor”)
Jeff Daniels (“The Comey Rule”)
Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”)
Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”)
Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”)

What a strange year 2020 was for cinema! I've seen very few of the films nominated, except for Mank. I do want to see The Father.

I don't know whether the Globes are as PC/SJ as are the Oscars, so it'll be interesting to see what wins at the Golden Globes (Is one allowed to say "wins" any more?).

Yeah, The Father looks really good, I'm planning to watch it before the week is out.