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Bright and early on Monday morning in Los Angeles, the Golden Globes announced their nominations<\/a> for the best in film and television, a key stop on the awards trail as the embattled show starts a new chapter, with a revamped membership and a major new broadcast deal on CBS.\u00a0<\/p>\n The group’s choices this year were a little less weird than typical, rather affirming most of the season’s Oscar front-runners and biggest shows on the air. This means that most of the surprises were more delightful than puzzling, leaving fewer true snubs than usual\u2014even though, as ever, we had a few eyebrow-raising misses. Read on below for the picks that stood out the most.<\/p>\n SNUB:<\/strong> The Color Purple<\/strong><\/em> in Best Picture (Musical\/Comedy)<\/strong><\/p>\n In isolation, relative to the Academy, the Golden Globes do not mean a ton. One can do very well with the group or very poorly and not have their Oscar standing particularly impacted. But this snub feels significant. If The Color Purple<\/em> could not manage a best picture nomination with the awards body all but built to honor it\u2014that is, a splashy, starry musical based on an iconic cultural property\u2014then its absence, combined with similar snubs from the National Board of Review and American Film Institute, indicates it\u2019s in serious trouble to make that final Oscar lineup. Globes voters did make room for stars Fantasia Barrino<\/strong> and Danielle Brooks,<\/strong> the latter of whom, at least, appears well-positioned for her first Oscar nod. But this is one title officially in the danger zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n SURPRISE: Gary Oldman,<\/strong> Slow Horses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Slow Horses<\/em> has been one of the best-reviewed dramas on TV across its three seasons on streaming, but the Gary Oldman<\/strong> vehicle has flown under the awards radar, given that it’s the kind of well-executed spy thriller not taken especially seriously in the prestige space. But Oldman\u2019s terrific lead turn got some breakthrough recognition on Monday with a Globe nomination, notably over a fellow Apple TV+ competitor\u2014who was far more heavily campaigned\u2014in Hijack<\/em>\u2019s Idris Elba.<\/strong> Still, the category will surely come down to one of three Succession<\/em> nominees, as that HBO juggernaut prepares for its swan song.<\/p>\n SURPRISE: Joe Hisaishi,<\/strong> The Boy and the Heron<\/strong><\/em> & Mica Levi,<\/strong> The Zone of Interest<\/strong><\/em> in Best Score<\/strong><\/p>\n The Globes\u2019 categories for best score and song have typically existed to highlight big pop names in the world of music, but voters went in a far artier direction than usual when it came to honoring composers this year. Alongside the heavy hitters\u2014the scores of Oppenheimer<\/em> and Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em> remain front-runners\u2014the race had room for the haunting themes of The Zone of Interest<\/em> by Mica Levi<\/strong> and the soft, gorgeous work of Joe Hisaishi<\/strong> with The Boy and the Heron<\/em>. The latter\u2019s recognition is especially welcome, with the Japanese musical icon finally receiving a major nomination here in the U.S. But both are among the best of the year, and this marks key momentum.<\/p>\n SURPRISE:<\/strong> All the Light We Cannot See<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n One of the worst-reviewed limited series of the year\u2014that\u2019s just going by the<\/a> numbers<\/a>\u2014All the Light We Cannot See<\/em> still had enough might, as one of Netflix\u2019s most popular shows of the fall, to squeeze into the limited-series category. It\u2019s the only nomination for the blockbuster adaptation, though, as its cast (which includes Mark Ruffalo<\/strong> and Hugh Laurie<\/strong>) was ignored.<\/p>\n SURPRISE:<\/strong> Past Lives<\/strong><\/em> in Best Non-English-Language Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Based on a longstanding\u2014and controversial\u2014technicality, A24\u2019s top Oscar contender Past Lives<\/em> was somehow included in the best-non-English-language feature race, despite being an American film with both English and Korean dialogue. You\u2019ll recall a similar situation around the American dramedy The Farewell<\/em>, which was filmed in China, or more recently the entirely U.S.-set Minari<\/em>. Back then, the Globes had an archaic rule that disqualified movies prominently featuring languages other than English from competing in top best-picture categories. Outcry finally changed that<\/a>, and we can breathe a little easier knowing Past Lives<\/em> was one of the most beloved movies of the year overall with the Golden Globes\u2014scoring nominations for best picture (drama), director, screenplay, and actress. Still, this continues to be a very strange shape for an international-film category.<\/p>\n SNUB:<\/strong> Napoleon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Globes love Ridley Scott<\/strong>\u2014he even got a best director nomination for All the Money in the World<\/em>\u2014but his epic biopic was snubbed across the board today, a grim sign after it met mixed reviews last month. The film\u2019s best awards shot going forward likely rests in the technical categories, but you have to think the campaign had hopes that Joaquin Phoenix<\/strong> or his scene-stealing costar, Vanessa Kirby,<\/strong> could gain some traction here.<\/p>\n SURPRISE: Joaquin Phoenix,<\/strong> Beau Is Afraid<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n So yeah, the Globes did not like Napoleon.<\/em> But apparently, they weren\u2019t against honoring a long, unwieldy, tonally ambitious Joaquin Phoenix vehicle\u2014they just went for the movie that was even longer and even weirder. Phoenix\u2019s tour-de-force of misery in Ari Aster<\/strong>\u2019s polarizing Beau Is Afraid<\/em> got a best actor in a comedy\/musical nomination, beating out relatively conventional\u2014if still worthy\u2014work from fellow past Globes winners like Jamie Foxx<\/strong> and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal.<\/strong> The Globes were not afraid.\u00a0<\/p>\n SURPRISE: Alma P\u00f6ysti,<\/strong> Fallen Leaves<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Here\u2019s our clearest indication of how the Golden Globes\u2019 membership may have really, meaningfully changed. The comedy-film acting categories have long existed as an excuse to recognize big stars in lesser projects\u2014lest we forget that Tourist<\/em> lovefest\u2014and this year, they had a range of names to choose from. Yet in a brilliantly deserved left turn, Alma P\u00f6ysti<\/strong>\u2014the lovely star of the terrific Finnish Oscar entry, Fallen Leaves<\/em>\u2014was recognized for best actress in a comedy\/musical right alongside some of Hollywood\u2019s most famous faces, including Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong>, and Natalie Portman.<\/strong><\/p>\n SURPRISE: Woody Harrelson,<\/strong> White House Plumbers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n White House Plumbers<\/em> marked a rare miss for HBO as its big spring limited series, failing to connect with both viewers and critics; it was snubbed entirely by the Emmys. But the juicy performances in this darkly comic Watergate retelling met affection from the Golden Globes, with voters singling out Woody Harrelson<\/strong>\u2019s deadpan portrayal of CIA officer E. Howard Hunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n SNUB: Golden Globes chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to deny this is an unusually respectable, thoughtful, interesting list of nominees from the Golden Globes, which have worked very hard to expand their membership. Still, longtime followers of the chaotic awards show were likely expecting\u2014hoping for?\u2014a little delightful mess in this year\u2019s list. Wonka<\/em> or Saltburn<\/em> for best picture? George Clooney<\/strong> in best director for The Boys in the Boat<\/em>? Alas, as the revamped Globes forge ahead on CBS, those days may be behind them. But again, we\u2019ll never forget The Tourist<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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