‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, and The Fabelmans’ Score Plenty of Nominations for the Golden Globes

Even as backing organization the Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to try to dig its way out of an avalanche of scandals about diversity, payments for and exclusionary tactics, the Golden Globes are making something of comeback after the ceremony wasn’t broadcast this year.

The biggest nominee overall was Carter Burwell.

Also doing well (somewhat expectedly given its nomination and win success so far) was ‘Daniel Scheinert––were nominated for their script and direction.

Next on the list was Brad Pitt.

On the drama front, John Williams).

Actors nominated in the drama category included ‘Elvis’ The Son’.

The Whale’, since he’s long been on record as criticizing the inappropriate behavior of a former HFPA president towards him from years ago.

The Globes continue to have a bad reputation for almost ignoring female creative talent on the several fronts outside of acting and a few craft categories, but at least ‘Domee Shi notched up a Best Animated Motion Picture, becoming the first woman of color to have a movie she directed up for an award.

Here’s the full list of nominations on the film front…

Best Motion Picture – Drama
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Elvis’
‘The Fabelmans’
‘Tár’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cate Blanchett, ‘Tár’
Olivia Colman, ‘Empire of Light’
The Woman King’
Ana de Armas, ‘Blonde’
Michelle Williams, ‘The Fabelmans’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Austin Butler, ‘Elvis’
Brendan Fraser, ‘The Whale’
Hugh Jackman, ‘The Son’
Bill Nighy, ‘Living’
The Inspection’

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
‘Babylon’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’
‘Triangle of Sadness’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’
Margot Robbie, ‘Babylon’
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
Michelle Yeoh, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Diego Calva, ‘Babylon’
White Noise’
Colin Farrell, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu’’

Best Motion Picture – Animated
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
‘Inu-Oh’
‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’
‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’
‘Turning Red’

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ ()
‘Argentina, 1985’ (Argentina)
‘Close’ (Belgium)
‘Decision to Leave’ (South Korea)
‘RRR’ (India)

Best Performance by an Actress in a ing Role in Any Motion Picture
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Kerry Condon, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
She Said’

Best Performance by an Actor in a ing Role in Any Motion Picture
Brendan Gleeson, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Barry Keoghan, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Brad Pitt, ‘Babylon’
Ke Huy Quan, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
The Good Nurse’

Best Director — Motion Picture
James Cameron, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Baz Luhrmann, ‘Elvis’
Martin McDonagh, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Steven Spielberg, ‘The Fabelmans’

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Todd Field, ‘Tár’
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Martin McDonagh, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Women Talking’
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, ‘The Fabelmans’

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Hildur Guðnadóttir, ‘Women Talking’
Justin Hurwitz, ‘Babylon’
John Williams, ‘The Fabelmans’

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Carolina,” Where the Crawdads Sing’)
“Ciao Papa,” Guillermo del Toro, Roeban Katz (‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’)
“Hold My Hand,” Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice (‘Top Gun: Maverick’)
“Lift Me Up,” Tems, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson (‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’)
“Naatu Naatu,” Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj (‘RRR’)

On the TV side, the nominations were dominated by some familiar titles––‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Severance’, which have all popped up on other lists.

And there were the usual ‘hoping celebs attend’ listings, including ‘Alaska Daily’ and ‘Gaslit’.

The list of TV nominees is below:

Best Television Series – Drama
‘Better Call Saul’
‘The Crown’
‘House of the Dragon’
‘Ozark’
‘Severance’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Zendaya, ‘Euphoria’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Adam Scott, ‘Severance’

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
‘Abbott Elementary’
‘The Bear’
‘Hacks’
‘Only Murders in the Building’
‘Wednesday’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jean Smart, ‘Hacks’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White, ‘The Bear’

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
‘Black Bird’
‘Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’
‘The Dropout’
‘Pam & Tommy’
‘The White Lotus’

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Amanda Seyfried, ‘The Dropout’

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Sebastian Stan, ‘Pam & Tommy’

Best Performance by an Actress in a ing Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Aubrey Plaza, ‘The White Lotus’

Best Performance by an Actor in a ing Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Seth Rogen, ‘Pam & Tommy’

Best Performance by an Actress in a ing Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Hannah Einbinder, ‘Hacks’
Julia Garner, ‘Ozark’
Sheryl Lee Ralph, ‘Abbott Elementary’

Best Performance by an Actor in a ing Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Henry Winkler, ‘Barry’

The 2023 Golden Globes will air on NBC January 10th, 2023.