Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard's surreal narco-thriller musical about a Mexican drug lord who transitions to life as a woman – led the Golden Globes nominations on Monday, December 9, with 10, as the race to the Oscars heats up. The genre-defying film stars transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón as the title character, along with actress-singer Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña in supporting roles. All three are up for prizes for the Golden Globes, set for January 5, which are widely seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.
The Brutalist, starring Oscar winner Adrien Brody as a Hungarian Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and emigrates to the United States, came in second with seven nominations, followed by papal drama Conclave with six nods.
Smash hit Wicked, the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, earned four nominations, including for pop sensation Ariana Grande as the bubbly pink-clad Glinda and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo as the green-skinned Elphaba.
Emilia Perez – which is almost entirely in Spanish – started its march towards Hollywood awards glory in Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival.
The Golden Globes offer separate awards for dramas and comedies/musicals -- widening the field of stars who will walk the red carpet.
Best motion picture drama:
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best film musical or comedy:
Wicked
Anora
Emilia Perez
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance
Best director:
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Best TV drama:
Shogun
The Diplomat
Slow Horses
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Day of the Jackal
Squid Game
Best TV comedy or musical:
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Gentlemen
Best motion picture, non-English:
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Perez
The Girl With the Needle
I'm Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Vermiglio
Best male actor in a motion picture musical or comedy:
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hitman
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man.
Best female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy:
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón
, Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers
Best male actor in a motion picture, drama:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best female actor in a motion picture, drama:
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best male actor in a drama series:
Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
Best male actor in a television series – musical or comedy:
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy All White, The Bear
Best performance by a female actor in a television series-drama
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D'Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Anna Sawai, Shogun
Best male actor in a television series – musical or comedy:
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Jean Smart, Hacks
Best animated film:
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematic and box office achievement:
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best original score:
Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Perez
Challengers
Dune: Part Two