Golden Globes nominations snubs and shocks

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This year’s Golden Globes nominations were even more shocking and snub-filled than usual.

Outlander nominated for best drama?

Casual for comedy series!


We bet most fans haven’t even heard of Mozart in the Jungle.

Lady Gaga but no Tatiana Maslany …

And can you believe not one cast member from Emmy-sweeping Game of Thrones was honored?

Here’s a breakdown of the biggest surprises and snubs from the Golden Globes TV nominees Thursday morning

Comedy Series: Broadcast has more comedies than cable and streaming services combined, but if you ask the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, none of the Big 4’s shows deserve a series award. That’s not hugely surprising as the Globes and Emmys have increasingly honored cable in recent years. But now it seems that streaming is the new cable, with four of the six nominees from online services — Mozart, Casual, OITNB and Transparent — and the other two slots went to HBO’s heavy-hitting tag-team of Silicon Valley and Veep. Roman Coppola’s well-regarded yet low-profile Amazon comedy Mozart wasn’t even on most critics’ prediction lists, but then again neither was Hulu’s Casual.

Johnny Depp, Sicario among Golden Globe snubs

The Golden Globes nominations announcement on Thursday morning gave many reasons to celebrate — Mad Max: Fury Road! Amy Schumer for Trainwreck! Carol grabbing the most film nominations with five — but others weren’t as lucky.

So, who got left out in the cold? Read on for more of the snubs in the movies categories, plus a few other surprising developments.

Johnny Depp’s “Whitey” Bulger couldn’t scare up a best actor nomination for Black Mass in the drama category. Other actors to miss: Michael Caine for Youth, Ian McKellen for Mr. Holmes, Michael B. Jordan for Creed, but not Will Smith. He grabbed a nomination forConcussion alongside favorites Leonardo DiCaprio, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Fassbender, and Bryan Cranston.
After scoring a best ensemble nomination at the SAG Awards on Wednesday, it’s a big surprise that none of the stars of Spotlightearned acting nominations from the Globes.Spotlight contender Mark Ruffalo did get a nod, but for a completely different movie:Infinitely Polar Bear.
Jacob Tremblay celebrated his SAG Awards nod with ice cream, but the child actor didn’t get a supporting actor nomination despite some good support from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Room. Another supporting actor snub? Tom Hardy, for The Revenant.
No love for Straight Outta Compton (which got a best cast nod at the SAG Awards), or for Sicario — Benicio del Toro, in particular, had been the subject of a lot of awards buzz for his role in the supporting category.
Beasts of No Nation got a best cast nod at the SAG Awards, too, but missed the cut for the Globes’ Best Motion Picture - Drama category. (Star Idris Elba was cited in the supporting actor category.)
Mark Rylance was nominated for Bridge of Spies, but costar Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg missed out.
Quentin Tarantino, David. O Russell and Danny Boyle failed to score best directors nods for The Hateful Eight, Joy, and Steve Jobs, respectively. And, speaking of Hateful Eight, only one member of the film’s stacked ensemble cast got a nomination (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
And, a few pleasant surprises: nominations for Sylvester Stallone (Creed), twonominations for Alicia Vikander (Ex Machinaand The Danish Girl), and nods for best drama and director for Mad Max: Fury Road
Yet despite all the streaming love, Netflix’s Master of None was left out, and that title was all over critics’ best-of-the-year lists and seemed like exactly the sort of smart freshman series that the Globes would honor. Quite possibly the even bigger snub is Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which insiders assumed was a lock.


Drama Series: Game of Thrones was nominated, of course. But every other chosen show contained some degree of surprise. USA’s terrific breakout drama Mr. Robot was a huge relief. By picking Empire, the Globes honored the Fox mega-hit that the Emmys ignored in the top category. Netflix’s Narcos was favored to get on here, and did. And then there is Outlander, Starz’ romantic time-travel fantasy that has an avid fan base but has critically rested deeply in Thrones’ shadow. Not only did Outlander get a series nod, but stars Tobias Menzies and Caitriona Balfe were also nominated (sorry Sam Heughan). In fact, since Outlander got three nominations and Thrones was “only” nominated for best drama, you could say that … Outlander beat Game of Thrones, which is truly a shocker.

Left out: PBS’ perpetual (and sometimes inexplicably) nominated Downton Abbey and AMC’s Better Call Saul, though Bob Odenkirk did receive an acting nod for the latter. HBO’s The Leftovers was also snubbed after a strong second season, but it was considered a bit of a long shot anyway.

Acting: Pleasant surprises first! Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek broke in, thankfully, as did Christian Slater. On Fargo, Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst were nominated among a very strong cast. Lady Gaga was nominated because the HFPA wants her at the awards show for her American Horror Story: Hotel performance. Fox’s Scream Queens helped its renewal odds by Jamie Lee Curtis getting a nomination. The CW’s struggling Crazy Ex-Girlfriend greatly helped its survival chances by star Rachel Bloom getting a nod — marking the network’s second year in a row to get a surprise performance nomination after Jane the Virgin broke through (and Gina Rodriguez scored another nomination this year, as well). So pick it up, CW superheroes!

Cool to see Maura Tierney for Showtime’s The Affair and Wagner Moura for Netflix’s Narcos (even if his accent was roundly mocked). Showtime’s Penny Dreadful tends to be all kinds of ignored, so it was a pleasant surprise to see Eva Green get some love. Aziz Ansari received a nice nod for Master of None. And great to see Idris Elba for Luther.

And the other side of the coin … The star-loving HFPA would pick Rob Lowe over Fred Savage, who has been the best part of The Grinder. Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany was snubbed, of course (she only gets nominated when you no longer expect her to be nominated). Again, nobody on Thrones, not even Lena Headey. On Fargo, to overlook Bokeem Woodbine for his scene-stealing performance seems downright criminal (and again shows the HFPA’s predilection toward honoring bigger star names). Since the HFPA is obviously watching Narcos, it would have been great to see Pedro Pascal nominated. Aya Cash was overlooked on FX’s You’re the Worst (as was the series itself).

Limited Series: Okay, this category went down pretty much like many expected. FX’s Fargo, ABC’s American Crime, FX’s American Horror Story, PBS’ Wolf Hall — basically let’s give the award to Fargo unless the HFPA gets downright diabolical. Starz’s Flesh and Bone crashed the party, however, and HBO is probably disappointed awards-bait like Show Me a Hero and Bessie were left out. Also: Remember when True Detective was such a phenomenon a mere one year ago that HBO confidently placed it into the Emmy drama series category instead of limited series? Or when True Detective vs. Fargo was a thing at the Globes? Now after season 2, the show isn’t even cracking the limited series nominations.

The nominations were announced Thursday morning. Here’s the full list of nominees. The Golden Globe Awards will air Jan. 10 on NBC with Ricky Gervais set to return as host

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronin, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion

Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love
Idris Elba, Beast of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Performance by Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Director, Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear


Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph & Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Original Score, Motion Picture
Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexander Desplat, The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuchi Sakamoto, The Revanant

Best Motion Picture, Animated
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Love Me Like You Do,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“One Kind of Love,” Love & Mercy
“See You Again,” Furious 7
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul

Best Television Series, Drama
Empire, Fox
Game of Thrones, HBO
Mr. Robot, USA
Narcos, Netflix
Outlander, Starz

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Casual, Hulu
Mozart in the Jungle, Amazon Video
Orange Is the New Black, Netflix
Silicon Valley, HBO
Transparent, Amazon Video
Veep, HBO

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
American Crime, ABC
American Horror Story: Hotel, FX
Fargo, FX
Flesh and Bone, Starz
Wolf Hall, PBS

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damien Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelson, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanna Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay, Flesh and Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie