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HFPA Announces Nominations for 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

Paramount Pictures and Starburns Industries’ ‘Anomalisa,’ Disney and Pixar Animation Studio’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ and ‘Inside Out,’ 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ ‘The Peanuts Movie,’ and Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ are nominated for Best Animated Feature.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unveiled the nominees for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film are Paramount Pictures and Starburns Industries’ Anomalisa, Disney and Pixar Animation Studio’s The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ The Peanuts Movie, and Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep Movie.

Nominations for Best Director - Motion Picture went to Todd Haynes for Carol, Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant, Tom McCarthy for Spotlight, George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road and Ridley Scott for The Martian.

The full list of nominees is shown below:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Carol
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Spotlight

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

  • 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 Ronan, Brooklyn
  • Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

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 Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

  • 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 - Comedy or Musical

  • Christian Bale, The Big Short
  • Steve Carell, The Big Short
  • Matt Damon, The Martian
  • Al Pacino, Danny Collins
  • Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Jane Fonda, Youth
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
  • Helen Mirren, Trumbo
  • Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
  • Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
  • Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
  • Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
  • Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
  • Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Director - Motion Picture

  • Todd Haynes, Carol
  • Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
  • George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Ridley Scott, The Martian

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

Best Animated Feature Film

  • Anomalisa
  • The Good Dinosaur
  • Inside Out
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Foreign-Language Film

  • The Brand New Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
  • The Club (Chile)
  • The Fencer (Finland/Germany/Estonia)
  • Mustang (France)
  • Son of Saul (Hungary)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • Carter Burwell, Carol
  • Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl
  • Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
  • Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, The Revenant

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • “Love me Like You Do,” Fifty Shades of Grey, written by Max Martin, SavanKotecha, Ali Payami, Ilya Salmanzadeh
  • “One Kind of Love,” Love & Mercy, written by Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett
  • “See You Again,” Furious 7, written by Justin Franks, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz
  • “Simple Song #3,” Youth, written by David Lang
  • “Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre, written by Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Empire (Fox)
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)
  • Mr. Robot (USA)
  • Narcos (Netflix)
  • Outlander (Starz)

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical

  • Casual (Hulu)
  • Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)
  • Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
  • Silicon Valley (HBO)
  • Transparent (Amazon)
  • Veep (HBO)

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • American Crime (ABC)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
  • Fargo (FX)
  • Flesh and Bone (Starz)
  • Wolf Hall (BBC)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

  •  Suzanne Tenner/FX
  • Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
  • Lady Gaga, America Horror Story: Hotel
  • Sarah Hay, Flesh and Bone
  • Felicity Huffman, American Crime
  • Queen Latifa, Bessie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries 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 Actress in a Television 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 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 Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

  • Rachel Bloom, My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
  • Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
  • Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

  • Aziz Ansari, Master of None
  • Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
  • Rob Lowe, The Grinder
  • Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
  • Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
  • Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
  • Regina King, American Crime
  • Judith Light, Transparent
  • Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
  • Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
  • Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
  • Tobias Menzies, Outlander
  • Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

The 2016 film and television awards gala will take place January 10 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.

Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.