‘Birdman,’ HBO Lead 2015 Golden Globe Nominations
Awards season continued to take shape Thursday morning with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations.
Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton and Jeremy Piven took turns reading the names of who will compete for trophies at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards in January.
Nominations in 25 categories were announced.
Birdman led the movie nominations with seven; Boyhood and Imitation Game are next with five each. HBO led the TV nominations with 15.
Selma, which was overlooked by the Screen Actors Guild, earned a nomination in the best motion picture, drama category. It is joined by Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything.
Just as with the SAGs, Angelina Jolie’s grand directorial effort Unbroken was overlooked.
And Bill Murray got a nomination for St. Vincent. He’s sure to spice up the party!
In the best motion picture, musical or comedy category, Birdman will go up against The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods, Pride and St. Vincent.
‘Birdman’ features an all-star cast of Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts. Keaton plays a washed-up actor who tries to
reclaim his past glory with a Broadway play.
Jennifer Aniston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton were all nominated, as expected. And actor David Oyelowo from Selma joined the best-actor category.
Aniston will compete with Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl; Reese Witherspoon, Wild; Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything; and Julianne Moore, Still Alice.
Actors in the movie, drama category, joining Cumberbatch, Redmayne and Oyelowo, are Steve Carell for Foxcatcher and Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler. Both Carell and Gyllenhaal transformed themselves into nearly unrecognizable characters for those roles.
Newcomers in the crowd were found on TV — Jane the Virgin and its star Gina Rodriguez, Amazon’s highly praised Transparent and Showtime’s steamy drama The Affair.
New shows were highlighted in the best TV series, musical or comedy category, with Girls, Jane the Virgin, Silicon Valley, Transparent and Orange is the New Black landing nominations.
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Familiar names and faces also peppered the actress drama category. Claire Danes, Homeland; Robin Wright, House of Cards; Ruth Wilson, The Affair; Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder; and Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, all earned nods.
In the actor, drama category Clive Owen earned a nomination for his work as a doctor in early 1900s New York in The Knick; and Dominique West for his work on The Affair, joining Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan; Kevin Spacey, House of Cards; and James Spader, The Blacklist.
Supporting actresses in the comedy category included Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black; (a bearded) Kathy Bates, American Horror Story; Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey; Allison Janney, Mom; and Michelle Monaghan, True Detective.
And note: Meryl Streep received her 29th nomination. She got it for her witchy role in Into The Woods.
George Clooney will receive the Cecil B. DeMille award.
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third year in a row, will air on Jan. 11, live on NBC with the pre-show at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and the main telecast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
