Netflix Sweeps Golden Globe Nominations
December 09 2019 - 9:11AM
Dow Jones News
By Ellen Gamerman and John Jurgensen
The Golden Globe race is under way, as award-season buzz and
predictions turned into actual nods with Monday's nominations.
Noah Baumbach's divorce drama "Marriage Story" led with six
nominations, including best picture, actress, actor, and
screenplay. Martin Scorsese's mob epic "The Irishman" received five
nominations including best director, best supporting actors for Joe
Pesci and Al Pacino and best screenplay for Steven Zaillian. Robert
DeNiro, considered a lock for a best-actor nomination in the
three-and-a-half hour movie from Netflix, was left out of that
category.
Netflix swept the competition, drawing 17 nominations, more than
double the eight received by the top studio motion-picture
distributor, Sony Pictures Releasing. Observers had been watching
to see how works from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon
hold up against the traditional studios in the movie categories.
Netflix's "Unbelievable," about a series of sexual assaults and
based on a true story, received four nominations.
On the TV side, there were questions about how Apple TV's "The
Morning Show," which was the tech company's first foray into series
when it launched its streaming service in November. "The Morning
Show" received three nominations for best television series, and
best actress nods for Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
The 77th Golden Globes ceremony will be held Jan. 5 in Beverly
Hills, Calif., and will air on NBC. Tom Hanks will collect the
Cecil B. DeMille Award for his career in film. For her achievements
in television, Ellen DeGeneres will receive the second Carol
Burnett Award after its namesake got the first one last year.
Ricky Gervais returns to host the award show for the fifth time.
The controversy-courting comic has said that he isn't required to
submit a script before the show. As it has in years past, the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association played up the risk factor. In a
recent promo, Mr. Gervais sprays the cameraman with champagne as a
voiceover reminds viewers that "as usual, you have no idea what
he's going to do."
Write to Ellen Gamerman at ellen.gamerman@wsj.com and John
Jurgensen at john.jurgensen@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 09, 2019 08:56 ET (13:56 GMT)
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