Turning down a major award is incomprehensible to we normals, who wake up dreaming of some recognition from our Starbucks barista. But expect woke Hollywood to do just that after the 2022 Golden Globe Award nominations were announced Monday.
The selections were prudent and logical, especially for the often loony Globes. Best Motion Picture — Drama included “Belfast,” “CODA,” “Dune,” “King Richard” and “Power of the Dog” and Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical had “Cyrano,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Tick, Tick… Boom!” and “West Side Story.”
However, the group that hands out these trophies, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been mired in controversy ever since it was revealed that the relatively small organization has no black members.
NBC then cancelled the 2022 broadcast and Tom Cruise, when not shouting at the “Mission: Impossible” crew, returned his three awards. Does Scientology hand out sainthoods? The lack of diversity has since been remedied, the HFPA said, with 21 new additions. That makes the voting body 34% Asian, Latino and black.
No matter. Haters gonna hate, and celebs gonna virtue signal. Most stars and studios will pretend Monday’s announcement never happened and instead put their focus on other prizes people don’t care about, like the Critics Choice Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Don’t be shocked if some A-listers outright refuse their Globe nomination.
But if they are interested in winning a little thing called an Oscar, this would be a very dumb move.
The Golden Globes are the Iowa Caucus of awards season. Why do they get to go first? Why does a tiny group of homogenous voters get to hold such outsize influence on the Academy Awards? Why is every contender trying to sway them with fun dinners?
The answer is history. The Globe have been a silly staple for 77 years, being broadcast since 1960. Viewers are comfortable with them. Just because of a membership controversy that few average Americans paid any attention to, and the ceremony resultantly not being aired on NBC, won’t change their impact. People aren’t watching award shows anymore anyway (a scant 9.23 million tuned into the Oscars this year) — they’re reading about the results.
So, you better believe the Globes still matter.
That Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” didn’t manage a single nod — after the director’s last film “The Shape of Water” was nominated for Best Drama and won the Best Picture Oscar — is a huge ding to its Oscars chances and box office hopes.
Because Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim scored Best Actor and Actress — Comedy nominations for “Licorice Pizza,” they’re now firmly in the race.
Lady Gaga is doing a happy dance that she snuck into Best Actress — Drama for the otherwise snubbed “House of Gucci.” Same for Ben Affleck in “The Tender Bar.”
If Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” triumphs, as it’s expected to, the film will become a surefire awards season juggernaut. That acclaimed movie-musical, by the way, did a meager $10.5 million at the box office last weekend. You can bet your bottom dollar (since that’s all it has!) that after netting Globe nods for Best Comedy or Musical, Actress — Comedy or Musical (Rachel Zegler), Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose) and director (Spielberg), Disney is desperate to shout about it from the rooftops like Tony screaming “Maria!” and sell a few more tickets.
They won’t. How noble.
Here is the official list of nominees for the 2022 Golden Globes:
FILM
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Belfast”
“CODA”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Cyrano”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Tick, Tick… BOOM!”
“West Side Story”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Will Smith, “King Richard”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Mahershala Ali, “Swan Song”
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Don’t Look Up”
Peter Dinklage, “Cyrano”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick… BOOM!”
Cooper Hoffman, “Licorice Pizza”
Anthony Ramos, “In The Heights”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Don’t Look Up”
Emma Stone, “Cruella”
Rachel Zegler, “West Side Story”
Marion Cotillard, “Annette”
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck, “The Tender Bar”
Jamie Dornan, “Belfast”
Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe, “Belfast”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
“The French Dispatch”
“Encanto”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Parallel Mothers”
“Dune”
TELEVISION
Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
“The Great”
“Hacks”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“Reservation Dogs”
“Ted Lasso”
Best Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Best Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession”
Omar Sy, “Lupin”
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
Best Actress in a Television Series — Drama
Uzo Aduba, “In Treatment
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Fight”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, “Pose”
Best Television Series — Drama
“Lupin”
“The Morning Show”
“Pose”
“Squid Game”
“Succession”
Best Supporting Actress in a Role on Television
Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus”
Kaitlyn Dever, “Dopesick”
Andie MacDowell, “Maid”
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
Best Supporting Actor in a Role on Television
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show”
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
O Yeong-Su, “Squid Game”
