Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie are the stars of Barbie. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures - Heyday F / Collection ChristopheL via AFP
Margot Robbie, Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio will mingle with other top stars on Sunday (US time) at the Golden Globe awards, Hollywood's first big celebration since twin strikes shut down most of show business last year.
The red carpet, champagne-fuelled awards ceremony will honour the best of film and television selected by a new group of 300 entertainment journalists from around the world, part of reforms made after a diversity and ethics scandal among voters.
Barbie, the US summer blockbuster starring Robbie as the legendary doll, leads all nominees with nine nominations. Historical drama Oppenheimer, about the making of the atomic bomb, follows with eight nods.
The Globes kick off Hollywood's annual awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on 10 March, and will bring top stars together after six months of strikes by actors and writers in 2023. The ceremony will give celebrities the chance to shine a spotlight on their films and TV shows after months when promotion was prohibited.
"I'm a little biased, but this is the best awards show and we're going to have fun," said comedian Jo Koy, who will host his first major awards show.
Acting nominees include Robbie and Barbie co-star Ryan Gosling, plus Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro, who starred in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, also are up for trophies.
Winfrey is among the night's presenters. Pop superstar Taylor Swift also may join the A-list crowd as a nominee for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, her concert film that is in the running in a new category for cinematic and box office achievement.
In the television field, Succession is expected to win accolades for its final season about the high-stakes battle for control of a global media empire. It leads all nominees with nine nods, followed by restaurant dramedy The Bear with five.
There are 27 first-time nominees for this year's Globes.
Known as a boozy celebration more relaxed than the Oscars, the Globes nearly became extinct. A 2021 Los Angeles Times report revealed ethical lapses and a lack of diversity among the roughly 80 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that previously voted on the Globes.
The 2022 ceremony was scrapped while the organisation made reforms.
Last year, the Globes were sold to new owners and the association was disbanded. Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions now operate the awards, with a voting body of 300 journalist members from 75 countries with 60 percent racial and ethnic diversity.
The changes appear to have persuaded Hollywood's top talent to embrace the show and its new members.
"They're trying to announce that they're new and improved," said Joyce Eng, senior editor at awards website Gold Derby. "I feel like people are more receptive to them."
The nominations in the film categories include:
Best picture - drama
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- The Zone of Interest
From left: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, r Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh pose on the red carpet after arriving for the UK premiere of Oppenheimer in central London on July 13, 2023. Photo: AFP / Henry Nicholls
Best picture - musical/comedy
- Air
- American Fiction
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- May December
- Poor Things
Best actress in a motion picture - drama
- Annette Bening, Nyad
- Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
- Greta Lee, Past Lives
- Carey Mulligan, Maestro
- Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
A scene from Past Lives. Photo: Screenshot
Best actor in a motion picture - drama
- Bradley Cooper, Maestro
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Colman Domingo, Rustin
- Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
- Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
- Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Best actress in a motion picture - musical/comedy
- Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
- Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
- Natalie Portman, May December
- Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
- Margot Robbie, Barbie
- Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best actor in a motion picture - musical/comedy
- Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
- Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
- Matt Damon, Air
- Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
- Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
- Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Best supporting actress - motion picture
- Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
- Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
- Jodie Foster, Nyad
- Julianne Moore, May December
- Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Best supporting actor - motion picture
- Charles Melton, May December
- Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
- Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
- Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
- Ryan Gosling, Barbie
- Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Best director - motion picture
- Bradley Cooper, Maestro
- Greta Gerwig, Barbie
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
- Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
- Martin Scorsese, Killers Of The Flower Moon
- Celien Song, Past Lives
The nominations in the television categories include:
Best drama series
- 1923
- The Crown
- The Diplomat
- The Last Of Us
- The Morning Show
- Succession
Some of the main stars of Succession. Photo: Screenshot
Best musical/comedy series
- Ted Lasso
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Barry
- Only Murders in the Building
- Jury Duty
Best limited series, anthology series or television motion picture
- All The Light We Cannot See
- Beef
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- Fargo
- Fellow Travellers
- Lessons in Chemistry
Best actress - drama series
- Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
- Emma Stone, The Curse
- Helen Mirren, 1923
- Imelda Staunton, The Crown
- Keri Russell, The Diplomat
- Sarah Snook, Succession
Helen Mirren is among nominees in the Best actress in a TV drama category. Photo: AFP
Best actor - drama series
- Brian Cox, Succession
- Kieran Culkin, Succession
- Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
- Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
- Jeremy Strong, Succession
- Dominic West, The Crown
Best actor - musical/comedy series
- Bill Hader, Barry
- Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
- Jason Segel, Shrinking
- Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
- Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
- Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best actress - musical/comedy series
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
- Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
- Elle Fanning, The Great
- Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
- Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Best actress - limited series, anthology series or television motion picture
- Ali Wong, Beef
- Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
- Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
- Juno Temple, Fargo
- Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers
- Riley Keough, Daisy Jones and the Six
Best actor - limited series, anthology series or television motion picture
- David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
- Jon Hamm, Fargo
- Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
- Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones and the Six
- Steven Yeun, Beef
- Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers
Best supporting actor - television series
- Alan Ruck, Succession
- Alexander Skarsgård, Succession
- Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
- James Marsden, Jury Duty
- Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Best supporting actress - television series
- Abby Elliott, The Bear
- Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
- Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
- Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
- J Smith-Cameron, Succession
- Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Best Stand-Up Comedian on Television
- Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
- Trevor Noah: Where Was I
- Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
- Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
- Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
- Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer
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