2017 Golden Globe Nominees Revealed

By Reina Ilagan

Dec 13, 2016 05:54 AM EST

Golden Globes hypes up the public for its 74th awards ceremony on January 8, 2017 as it unveiled the nominees in 25 categories.

The nominees for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical are: the comedy-drama film 20th Century Women; the superhero film Deadpool; the British-French biographical comedy-drama Florence Foster Jenkins; the romantic musical comedy-drama La La Land; and the musical comedy-drama film Sing Street.

Nominated for the Best Motion Picture, Drama are: the biographical war film about an American medic in World War II, Hacksaw Ridge; the neo-western heist-crime film Hell or High Water; the drama film and feature debut of director Garth Davis Lion; the affecting drama Manchester by the Sea; and the self-discovery drama Moonlight.

For Best Performance by An Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, the nominees are: Casey Affleck for the grief drama Manchester by the Sea, Joel Edgerton for the historical drama Loving, Andrew Garfield who dedicated his nomination for Hacksaw Ridge to Desmond Doss, Viggo Mortensen for the comedy-drama film Captain Fantastic, and Denzel Washington for the upcoming drama film based on the play of the same name Fences.

The Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy nominees are: Colin Farrell for Lobster, a bizarre romance set in a dystopian society; Ryan Gosling, the jazz pianist who fell for an aspiring actress in La La Land; Hugh Grant for comeback performance in Florence Foster Jenkins; Jonah Hill for War Dogs, a nomination that was questioned whether or not it fits the category; and Ryan Reynolds who played the violent superhero in the second highest grossing R-rated movie Deadpool.

The nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, are: Amy Adams, the Linguistics professor and leader of the elite team of investigators in the sci-fi Arrival; Jessica Chastain for the political thriller film Miss Sloane; Ruth Negga, the other half of the interracial couple in the drama Loving; Natalie Portman for the biographical drama film Jackie; and Isabelle Huppert for the provocative satire Elle.

For the category Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, the nominees are: Annette Bening who was praised by director Warren Beatty during the Los Angeles premiere of 20th Century Women; Lily Collins for the romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply; Hailee Steinfeld for a the comedy-drama film Age of Seventeen which, according to her, is an anthem of self-acceptance; Emma Stone, the aspiring actress in La La Land, across Ryan Gosling; and Meryl Streep whose 30th Golden Globe nomination is for the film Florence Foster Jenkins.

The nominations for other categories are:

Best Motion Picture, Animated

Kubo and the Two Stings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

Sing

Zootopia

Best Actor in a Limited Series

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of

Bryan Cranston, All the Way

Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager

John Turturro, The Night Of

Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story

Best Original Score

Moonlight

La La Land

Arrival

Lion

Hidden Figures

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical

Atlanta

Black-ish

Mozart in the Jungle

Transparent

Veep

Best Supporting Actress, TV

Olivia Colman, The Night Manager

Lena Heady, Game of Thrones

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Sarah Jessica Parker, The Divorce

Issa Rae, Insecure

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series or TV Movie

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience

Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Charlotte Rampling, London Spy

Kerry Washington, Confirmation

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

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins

Dev Patel, Lion

Aaron Taylor Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Best TV Limited Series/Motion Picture

American Crime

The Dresser

The Night Manager

The Night Of

The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story

Best TV Series, Drama

The Crown, Netflix

Game of Thrones, HBO

Stranger Things, Netflix

This Is Us, NBC

Westworld, HBO

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or TV Movie

Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager

John Lithgow, The Crown

Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

Claire Foy, The Crown

Keri Russell, The Americans

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

Best Director in a Motion Picture

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea

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

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Nick Nolte, Graves

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

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

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture

"Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls

"City of Stars," La La Land

"Faith," Sing

"Gold," Gold

"How Far I'll Go," Moana

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

Divines, France

Elle, France

Neruda, Chile

The Salesman, Iran/France

Toni Erdmann, Germany

The 74th Golden Globes Awards will air live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel's Grand Ballroom.

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