Greta Gerwig's 鈥淏arbie鈥� dominated the nominations with nine nods for the blockbuster film, including best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its .
It was closely followed by its Christopher Nolan's 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� which scored eight nominations, including best picture drama and for actors Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
In a statement, Gerwig said she, 鈥渃an鈥檛 wait to bring the Barbie party to the Globes.鈥�
The , now a for-profit endeavor with a larger and more diverse voting body, announced nominations Monday for its January awards show, after scandal and several troubled years, including one without a broadcast. Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama presided over the announcements from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the show will also take place on Jan. 7.
drama included 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� Martin Scorsese鈥檚 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon,鈥� Bradley Cooper鈥檚 鈥淢aestro,鈥� Celine Song鈥檚 鈥淧ast Lives,鈥� Justine Triet鈥檚 鈥淎natomy of a Fall鈥� and Jonathan Glazer鈥檚 鈥淭he Zone of Interest.鈥�
In the best motion picture musical or comedy category, 鈥淏arbie鈥� was joined by 鈥淎ir,鈥� 鈥淎merican Fiction鈥� 鈥淭he Holdovers,鈥� 鈥淢ay December鈥� and 鈥淧oor Things.鈥�
Yorgos Lanthimos鈥� 鈥淧oor Things鈥� and Scorsese鈥檚 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� both received seven nominations each. 鈥淧oor Things鈥� saw nominations for Lanthimos, its actors Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, and Tony McNamara for screenplay. 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� got nods for Scorsese, for direction and co-writing the screenplay with Eric Roth, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro.
Stone, who was also nominated for the Showtime series 鈥淭he Curse,鈥� said in a statement that she was 鈥淔eeling extremely bewildered and thankful for it all.鈥� She also said her 鈥淧oor Things鈥� character Bella Baxter is her favorite.
DiCaprio praised Gladstone in his statement: 鈥淪he is the soul of our film and helped to bring this sinister and painful part of our nation鈥檚 history to life,鈥� he wrote. The film is about the murders of wealthy Osage individuals in Oklahoma in the early 20th century.
鈥淏arbie鈥� tied for second-most nominations in Globes history with 鈥淐abaret,鈥� from 1972. Robert Altman鈥檚 鈥淣ashville鈥� remains the record-holder with 11 nominations. It went into the morning as a favorite and got a big boost from its three original song nominations, including 鈥淚'm Just Ken," and one of the year鈥檚 new categories, recognizing cinematic and box office achievement. One person who was not nominated was America Ferrera, who delivered the movie's most memorable monologue.
鈥淪uccession鈥� was the top-nominated television program, with nine nods including for series stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin, followed by Hulu's 鈥淭he Bear.鈥�
As always there were some big surprises, like Jennifer Lawrence getting nominated for her bawdy R-rated comedy 鈥淣o Hard Feelings鈥� for best performance by a female actor in a musical or comedy. She was nominated alongside Robbie, Stone and Fantasia Barrino (鈥淭he Color Purple鈥�), Natalie Portman (鈥淢ay December鈥�) and Alma P枚ysti (鈥淔allen Leaves鈥�).
Barrino heard the news from her husband who she immediately called back to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
鈥淢y voice is shot because I鈥檝e been screaming, crying and just telling God, 鈥楾hank you.鈥� I almost allowed fear to hinder me from this role, to keep me from this role," she told the AP through tears. She's been on the road for work and said she's excited to go home and experience it with her children.
鈥淭he Color Purple鈥� was expected to do better. The adaption of the stage musical got only two nominations total, both for actors, for Barrino and Danielle Brooks for her supporting performance. Left out was Colman Domingo, who was nominated for best drama actor for 鈥淩ustin.鈥�
Cord Jefferson鈥檚 comedy 鈥淎merican Fiction鈥� also came up with only two nods, best musical or comedy and for lead actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays a frustrated writer.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 totally healthy to think about these things too much, but they鈥檙e there, so one does," Wright told the AP Monday. "I鈥檓 really pleased that the film is being recognized more so than my own personal recognition.鈥�
Sofia Coppola鈥檚 widely acclaimed 鈥淧riscilla鈥� got only one nomination, for actor Cailee Spaeny鈥檚 portrayal of Priscilla Presley. Her category mates in best female performance in a drama include Gladstone, Annette Bening for 鈥淣yad,鈥� Sandra H眉ller for 鈥淎natomy of a Fall,鈥� Greta Lee for 鈥淧ast Lives鈥� and Carey Mulligan for 鈥淢aestro.鈥�
The Globes won鈥檛 have to worry about anyone criticizing its 鈥渁ll male鈥� directors this year, however. Gerwig was nominated as was Celine Song, for her romantic debut 鈥淧ast Lives,鈥� alongside Nolan, Scorsese, Cooper and Lanthimos.
Netflix got the most nominations overall, with 13 total for a slate which included 鈥淢aestro,鈥� 鈥淢ay December鈥� and 鈥淩ustin,鈥� followed by Warner Bros., which made 鈥淏arbie" and 鈥淭he Color Purple鈥� with 12.
Ridley Scott鈥檚 鈥淣apoleon鈥� was not nominated at all. Instead, its star Joaquin Phoenix was recognized for 鈥淏eau is Afraid鈥� in the lead actor comedy/musical category, with Wright, Matt Damon (鈥淎ir鈥�), Nicolas Cage 鈥淒ream Scenario,鈥� Timoth茅e Chalamet (鈥淲onka鈥�) and Paul Giamatti (鈥淭he Holdovers鈥�). Michael Mann's 鈥淔errari,鈥� with Adam Driver, and Wes Anderson's starry 鈥淎steroid City鈥� also got zero nominations.
The voting body has now grown to 300 members, following backlash to a 2021 report in the Los Angeles Times that found that there were zero Black members in the group that was then composed of only 87 foreign journalists.
Perhaps as a result, there were more international films and actors nominated in prominent categories including the Finnish comedy 鈥淔allen Leaves,鈥� the courtroom thriller 鈥淎natomy of a Fall" and the harrowing Auschwitz drama 鈥淭he Zone of Interest.鈥�
The 81st Golden Globes will be , with a , but no word yet on a host. It鈥檚 been tumultuous few years behind the scenes in the aftermath of the L.A. Times report, which also exposed ethical lapses like its members accepting lavish gifts and travel from awards publicists and studios.
The Globes had long been one of the highest-profile awards season broadcasts, second only to the Oscars. Before the pandemic, it was still pulling in around 19 million viewers. The show was touted as a boozy, A-list party, whose hosts often took a more irreverent tone than their academy counterparts.
Some years, the HFPA were pilloried for nominating poorly reviewed films with big name talent with hopes of getting them to the show, the most infamous being 鈥淭he Tourist,鈥� with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. In the past decade, they鈥檝e more often overlapped with the Oscars.
This year, NBC鈥檚 Tuesday night broadcast got its smallest audience ever for the ceremony, with 6.3 million viewers.
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AP Film Writer Jake Coyle and National Writer Jocelyn Noveck contributed from New York.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
