Tuesday 16 April 2024

Golden Globes 2021: list of nominations unveiled, Netflix in the lead

Due to the health crisis, the date of the 78th edition of the Golden Globes 2021 has been postponed to February 28. The list of nominations was unveiled Wednesday, February 3 by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is made up of foreign press journalists based in Hollywood, and sets a first trend for the Oscars. The Nextflix platform is well ahead of the nominations.

On the cinema side, the feature films “Mank”, “The trial of the Chicago Seven”, “Nomadland,” The Father “and” Promising Young Woman “won the largest number of nominations, including that of best dramatic film. “Mank”, directed in B&W by David Fincher and produced by Netflix, is cited in six categories. Another Netflix feature film, “The trial of the Chicago Seven” by Aaron Sorkin, has five nominations.

For the first time, three female directors were selected in the Best Direction category: Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland”, Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” and Regina King for “One Night In Miami”.

Among the stars named, four French are in the running, including Tahar Rahim for the trophy for best dramatic actor for his interpretation in “Designated guilty” (“The Mauritanian”) by Kevin Macdonald. He will face Gary Oldman (“Mank”) and Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”).

The world of cinema has been affected since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic with the filming stopped, the closing of theaters and the postponement of the release of films, like the series which are multiplying on the platforms streaming.

The Netflix platform reigns with 42 nominations in all categories, including six for the series “The Crown”. Amazon has 10 including “One Night in Miami”, “Borat 2” and “The Sound Of Metal”.

“The Crown”, “Queen’s Gambit”, “Emily in Paris” and “Ratched” were selected in several categories for the series.

Among the big absent from the ceremony, one finds Spike Lee for “Da 5 Blood”, however favorite of the critic, and Christopher Nolan for “Tenet”. Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Zendaya were also forgotten by the organizers of the ceremony.

To find out the names of the winners of the 2021 Golden Globes, meet up on the night of February 28 live on Ciné +. Unlike previous editions, the ceremony will take place virtually and will be hosted by actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on two separate sets : one in New York, the other in Los Angeles.

Check out the list of 2021 Golden Globes nominations :

Nominations for cinema categories

Best motion picture – drama :

« Mank »
« Nomadland »
« The Father »
« Promising Young Woman »
« The trial of the Chicago 7 »

Best Actress in a motion picture – drama :

Carey Mulligan (« Promising Young Woman »)
Frances McDormand (« Nomadland »)
Viola Davis (« Ma Rainey’s black bottom »)
Vanessa Kirby (« Pieces Of A Woman »)
Andra Day (« The United States vs Billie Holiday »)

Best Actor in a motion picture – drama :

Chadwick Boseman (« Ma Rainey’s black bottom »)
Gary Oldman (« Mank »)
Anthony Hopkins (« The Father »)
Riz Ahmed (« Sound Of Metal »)
Tahar Rahim (« The Mauritanian »)

Best motion picture – musical or comedy :

« Palm Springs »
« Borat subsequent moviefilm »
« Hamilton »
« Music »
« The Prom »

Best Actor in a supporting role in a motion picture :

Leslie Odom Jr. (« One night in Miami »)
Jared Leto (« The Little Things »)
Bill Murray (« On The Rocks »)
Sacha Baron Cohen (« The trial of the Chicago 7 »)
Daniel Kaluuya (« Judas And The Black Messiah »)

Best Actor in a supporting role in a motion picture :

Amanda Seyfried (« Mank »)
Olivia Colman (« The Father »)
Jodie Foster (« The Mauritanian »)
Helena Zengel (« News of the World »)
Glenn Close (« Hillbilly Elegy»)

Best Director – motion picture /

David Fincher
Chloé Zhao
Regina King
Aaron Sorkin
Emerald Fennell 

Nominations for series categories

Best television series – drama : 

« The Crown Â» (Netflix)
« Lovecraft Country Â» (OCS)
« The Mandalorian Â» (Disney+)
« Ozark Â» (Netflix)
« Ratched Â» (Netflix)

Best Actress in a television series – drama :

Emma Corrin (« The Crown »)
Olivia Colman (« The Crown »)
Jodie Comer (« Killing Eve »)
Laura Linney (« Ozark »)
Sarah Paulson (« Ratched »)

Best 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 television series – musical or comedy :

Emily in Paris (Netflix)
The Flight Attendant (Warner TV)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV – Canal+)
The Great (Hulu – Starszplay)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Best Actress in a television series – musical or comedy : 

Lily Collins (« Emily in Paris »)
Kaley Cuoco (« The Flight Attendant »)
Elle Fanning (« The Great »)
Jane Levy (« Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist »)
Catherine O’Hara (« Schitt’s Creek »)

Best Actor in a television series – musical or comedy :

Don Cheadle (« Black Monday »)
Nicholas Hoult (« The Great »)
Eugene Levy (« Schitt’s Creek »)
Jason Sudeikis (« Ted Lasso »)
Ramy Youssef (« Ramy »)

Best Actress in a television supporting role :

Gillian Anderson (« The Crown »)
Helena Bonham Carter (« The Crown »)
Julia Garner (« Ozark »)
Annie Murphy (« Schitt’s Creek »)
Cynthia Nixon (« Ratched »)

Best Actor in a television supporting role :

John Boyega (« Small Axe »)
Brendan Gleeson (« The Comey Rule »)
Daniel Levy (« Schitt’s Creek »)
Jim Parsons (« Hollywood »)
Donald Sutherland (« The Undoing »)

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