Golden Globes gets in 'Shape' for 2017
Posted Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12:24 PM Central
Last updated Monday, December 11, 2017 at 1:17 PM Central
by John Couture
If there's one thing that you can count on when it comes to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globes awards, it is to expect the unexpected. I mean, this is the awards show that classified Get Out as a comedy this year.
So, when they announced their nominations this morning for the 2017 Golden Globes awards, I was a bit surprised that they weren't as out there as usual. Guillermo del Toro's period piece of interspecies love led the way with a massive seven nominations. More traditional Awards season fare The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri paced the nominations with six apiece.
Aside from the Get Out kerfuffle, there were some other other rather interesting nominations. The international May-December male homosexual love story Call Me by Your Name earned multiple nominations, including one for Best Picture, Drama. As you might recall, Call Me by Your Name's biggest claim to fame thus far has been the revelation that filmmakers had to digitally remove parts of Armie Hammer's genitalia from several scenes due to the short shorts that he wears.
Another oddity is the nomination for Best Supporting actor for Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World. You might recall that director Ridley Scott replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer a few short weeks ago when Kevin Spacey's scandal broke on October 29. Now, that is impressive, Ridley Scott might need his own category.
On the TV side of things, the usual suspects Game Of Thrones and This Is Us were recogized as well as newcomers such as Big Little Lies and The Handmaid’s Tale. We went through and handicapped the nominations by picking (OUR PICK) who we think will win each category. Fair warning, we totally guessed at most of these, especially on the TV side of things.
The Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC on January 7.
2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS
MOVIES
Best Picture, Drama
- Call Me by Your Name
- Dunkirk
- OUR PICK The Post
- The Shape of Water
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Picture, Comedy or Musical
Best Director
- OUR PICK
- Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
- Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
- Ridley Scott – All the Money in the World
- Steven Spielberg – The Post
Best Actor, Drama
- OUR PICK Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
- Tom Hanks – The Post
- Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
- Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel Esq.
Best Actress, Drama
- Jessica Chastain – Molly's Game
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
- Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- OUR PICK Meryl Streep – The Post
- Michelle Williams – All the Money in the World
Best Actor, Comedy
- Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes
- Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver
- OUR PICK James Franco – The Disaster Artist
- Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
- Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Best Actress, Comedy
- Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul
- Helen Mirren – The Leisure Seeker
- Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
- OUR PICK Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
- Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes
Best Supporting Actor
- Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
- OUR PICK Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name
- Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
- Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
- Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
- Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
- Hong Chau – Downsizing
- Allison Janney – I, Tonya
- OUR PICK Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
- Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
Best Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
- OUR PICK Lady Bird
- The Post
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Molly's Game
Best Original Score
- Carter Burwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
- Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
- OUR PICK John Williams – The Post
- Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk
Best Original Song
- “Home” – Ferdinand
- “Mighty “River” – Mudbound
- OUR PICK “Remember Me” – Coco
- “The Star” – The Star
- “This is Me” – The Greatest Showman
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Foreign Language Film
- A Fantastic Woman – Chile
- OUR PICK First They Killed My Father – Cambodia
- In the Fade – Germany/France
- Loveless – Russia
- The Square – Sweden
TELEVISION
Best TV Series, Drama
Best TV Series, Comedy/Musical
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Black•ish
- Master of None
- OUR PICK Smilf
- Will & Grace
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
- OUR PICK Big Little Lies
- Fargo
- Feud: Bette and Joan
- The Sinner
- Top of the Lake: China Girl
Best Actor, Drama
- OUR PICK Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
- Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
- Jason Bateman – Ozark
- Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
- Freddie Highmore – The Good Doctor
Best Actress, Drama
- Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
- Claire Foy – The Crown
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Deuce
- Katherine Langford – 13 Reasons Why
- OUR PICK Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Actor, Comedy
- Anthony Anderson – Black•ish
- Aziz Ansari – Master of None
- Kevin Bacon – I Love Dick
- OUR PICK William H. Macy – Shameless
- Eric McCormack – Will & Grace
Best Actress, Comedy
- Pamela Adlon – Better Things
- OUR PICK Alison Brie – Glow
- Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Issa Rae – Insecure
- Frankie Shaw – Smilf
Best Supporting Actor
- OUR PICK David Harbour – Stranger Things
- Alfred Molina – Feud: Bette and Joan
- Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
- Alexander Skarsgard – Big Little Lies
- David Thewlis – Fargo
Best Supporting Actress
- Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
- OUR PICK Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
- Michelle Pfeiffer – The Wizard of Lies
- Shailene Woodley – Big Little Lies
Best Actor, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- OUR PICK Robert De Niro – The Wizard of Lies
- Jude Law – The Young Pope
- Kyle MacLachlan – Twin Peaks
- Ewan McGregor – Fargo
- Geoffrey Rush – Genius
Best Actress, Mini-Series or TV Movie
- Jessica Biel – The Sinner
- Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies
- Jessica Lange – Feud: Bette and Joan
- Susan Sarandon – Feud: Bette and Joan
- OUR PICK Reese Witherspoon – Big Little Lies