Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett nominated for Golden Globes in a big win for binge-watching Aussies

Australia’s biggest names have trumped this year’s Golden Globe nominations amid suprise snubs and well-earned recognitions.

Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett will go up against each other at the upcoming Golden Globes after the Australian screen queens were nominated in the same category, for shows that are both on Aussie streaming service BINGE.

Kidman was nominated for her role in smash-hit thriller The Undoing and Blanchett received a nod for her acclaimed performance as 1970s US conservative figurehead Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs America.

Netflix’s Mank — set in Hollywood’s Golden Age about the making of Citizen Kane — led all films with six nominations followed by fellow Netflix movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 with five.

Cate Blanchett as American conservative figurehead Phyllis Schlafly in BINGE’s Mrs America. Picture: Sabrina Lantos/FX

In addition to Kidman-Hugh Grant vehicle The Undoing and Blanchett’s Mrs America, BINGE’s other runaway success of recent months, The Flight Attendant, is nominated for two Golden Globes — Best Musical/Comedy Series, and Best Television Actress — Musical/Comedy Series for leading lady Kaley Cuoco.

And fellow BINGE hits Small Axe, Lovecraft Country and Perry Mason are also all up for awards. The recognition caps an extraordinary few months for the Australian streaming service, which only launched in 2020.

Saluting the shows’ success, BINGE executive director Alison Hurbert-Burns said: “When we say we are home to the world’s best shows, we mean it. We are thrilled to have such a big collection of nominations now streaming on BINGE, and it’s great to see our Aussie stars in Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett recognised for their incredible performances in two of the year’s biggest shows.”

Netflix got a total of 22 film nominations — up from 17 last year.

Rival Amazon Prime was in second place with seven film nominations, including three each for One Night in Miami and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

#MeToo revenge thriller Promising Young Woman exceeded expectations with recognition for best drama, director, screenplay and actress for Carey Mulligan.

And after copping criticism last year for nominating not one female director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — who had only previously nominated five female directors in its long history — gave Globes nods to three women in the category this year with Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Regina King (One Night in Miami) and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman).

Carey Mulligan scored a nomination for her stellar performance in Promising Youg Woman. Picture: Merie Weismiller Wallace / Courtesy of Focus Features

In the acting categories, late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Indeed, the fiercely competitive best actor in a drama category will feature heavyweights such as Anthony Hopkins for The Father, adapted from a French play about dementia, and Gary Oldman for Mank.

Riz Ahmed was also nominated for Sound of Metal as was Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian.

The top contenders in the motion picture drama category include The Father, Mank, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Nicole Kidman has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in BINGE smash The Undoing. Picture: Supplied

In the musical or comedy category, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Hamilton, Palm Springs, Music and The Prom will fight for the gong.

The top TV categories include Emily in Paris, The Flight Attendant, The Great, Schitt’s Creek and Ted Lasso in the musical or comedy field; while The Crown, Lovecraft Country, The Mandalorian, Ozark and Ratched lead the way in the drama category.

In the TV acting categories, Jason Bateman was nominated for the third time for Ozark, and Jodie Comer received a second consecutive nod for Killing Eve.

The latest season of British royal family drama The Crown had six nominations including for Olivia Colman and newcomer Emma Corrin who was a revelation as Diana Princess of Wales.

Jane Fonda, 83, is set to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the highest honour given to an individual who has made an impact in film, during the 78th annual ceremony. Norman Lear, 98, will take home the Carol Burnett Award for his iconic contributions to television history.

SNUBS AND SURPRISES

As usual, there was consternation around who missed out on a nomination.

The biggest surprise was perennial Golden Globes favourite Meryl Streep missing out for her role in Stephen Soderbergh’s mixed bag, Let Them All Talk, about a group of old friends who embark on a cruise together. Streep was also snubbed for her role as an ageing theatre star in Prom.

And though Chadwick Boseman scored a nod for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, he missed out on a second posthumous nod for Da 5 Bloods — which failed to snare any nominations, despite the choice of director Spike Lee’s children as this year’s Globes ambassadors, and a widely praised lead performance by Delroy Lindo.

Meryl Streep was not feeling the love from the Golden Globes this year but her Prom co-star James Cordern scored a surprising nomination. Picture: Supplied

Ben Affleck was also ignored for his performance as an alcoholic basketball coach in The Way Back. The movie was one of the few films to open in cinemas in 2020. Given the Globes’ track record of nominating movie stars for gritty turns, he was considered a favorite to score a nomination in the best actor race.

Perhaps the most jarring omission was for I May Destroy You, the limited series written by and starring British actress Michaela Coel based on a sexual assault she suffered in her own life.

Michaela Coel missed out for I May Destroy You. Picture: Supplied

The BINGE show was critically lauded and beloved by viewers but the Hollywood Foreign Press shut it out of all categories.

Meanwhile, Shonda Rhimes’ soapie Bridgerton also failed to score a nod as did the popular Dead to Me, which stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini.

On the other side of things, James Cordern, was a surprise nominee after being widely panned for his performance as a down on his luck actor in The Prom. The much-maligned commedy Emily in Paris also scored surprise nods in the best TV musical or comedy series and one for actress Lily Collins.

Tina Fey (L) and Amy Poehler (R) arriving for the 71st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton hotel. This year they will host the awards from separate coasts. Picture: AFP

POEHLER, FEY TO HOST ON SEPARATE COASTS

Comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be back to host the event, the first major awards show of a pandemic-era season that culminates with the Oscars on April 25.

The nominations, which honour the best performances and productions in film and television in 2020 were revealed via a livestream on Wednesday morning, local time, by previous Globes winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson.

Usually, the award ceremony is held on the first Sunday of the year but this year the awards were pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This year marks a first for the usually glitzy and upbeat ceremony, which will be broadcast from two coasts instead of from Beverly Hills, where it’s typically held.

Mank has scooped the nominations at the Golden Globes. Picture: Netflix

Fey, 50, will be hosting from Rockefeller Centre’s iconic Rainbow Room in New York City while Poehler, 49, will be at the traditional venue, the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

This year’s Globes marks the fourth time Fey and Poehler will share hosting duties. The pair previously played hosts at the Globes from 2013 to 2015, although this marks the first time the former SNL co-stars will do it in a pandemic and from opposite sides of the country.

Ema Corrin plays Princess Diana in The Crown. Picture: Netflix

The 78th Golden Globes will be broadcast on February 28.

More nominees here:

TELEVISION

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

Don Cheadle – Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult – The Great

Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudekis – Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef – Ramy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Lily Collins – Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning – The Great

Jane Levy – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Josh O’Connor – The Crown

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

Al Pacino – Hunters

Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama

Olivia Colman – The Crown

Jodie Comer – Killing Eve

Emma Corrin – The Crown

Laura Linney – Ozark

Sarah Paulson – Ratched

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Bryan Cranston – Your Honour

Jeff Daniels – The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant – The Undoing

Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much is True

Ethan Hawke – The Good Lord Bird

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America

Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People

Shira Haas – Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman – The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit

Best Television Series Drama

The Crown

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Ratched

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Normal People

The Queen’s Gambit

Small Axe

The Undoing

Unorthodox

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown

Julia Garner – Ozark

Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek

Cynthia Nixon – Ratched

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

John Boyega – Small Axe

Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule

Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek

Jim Parsons – Hollywood

Donald Southerland – The Undoing

Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris

The Flight Attendant

Schitt’s Creek

The Great

Ted Lasso

FILM

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best Motion Picture — Drama

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Jack Fincher – Mank

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton – The Father

Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah

Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7

IO SI (Seen) – The Life Ahead

Speak Now – One Night in Miami

Tigers & Tweed – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto – The Little Things

Bill Murray – On the Rocks

Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman – The Father

Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian

Amanda Seyfried – Mank

Helena Zengel – News of the World

Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden – The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton

Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama

Chadwick Boseman, – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Riz Ahmed – The Sound of Metal

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Gary Oldman – Mank

Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson – Music

Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit

Rosamund Pike – I Care A Lot

Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma

Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden – The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton

Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

Best Director — Motion Picture

David Fincher – Mank

Regina King – One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

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