Kidman, Pearce, Blanchett and Watts nominated for Golden Globes
By Kate Lahey
Australian actors Guy Pearce, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Naomi Watts have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards.
Kidman has been nominated for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, drama, for Babygirl, in which she plays a chief executive who becomes entangled in an affair with young intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson). In the same category, Pamela Anderson landed her first Golden Globe nomination, for The Last Showgirl.
Clockwise from top left: Guy Pearce in The Brutalist, Naomi Watts in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer and Nicole Kidman in Babygirl.Credit: Artwork by Aresna Villaneuva
Pearce is nominated for best supporting male actor in a film for The Brutalist, a historical drama about a Hungarian Jewish immigrant (Adrien Brody) who lands in Philadelphia in 1947. The film, directed by Brady Corbet, landed seven nominations in total, including best picture, drama, and a lead acting nod for Brody.
Blanchett is nominated for best performance by a female actor in a limited series for the psychological thriller Disclaimer. She is up against Watts for her role as American socialite Babe Paley in the critically acclaimed Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.
Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail is nominated for the best animated movie.
Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become a woman, led the nominations announced overnight with 10 nods, over other contenders including musical smash Wicked, the papal thriller Conclave and the postwar epic The Brutalist.
The young Donald Trump drama The Apprentice also landed nominations for its two central performances, by Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. The president-elect has called The Apprentice a “politically disgusting hatchet job” made by “human scum”.
Edward Berger’s Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal tasked with leading the conclave to elect a new pope, landed six nominations, including best picture, drama, and acting nods for Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini.
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora, starring Mikey Madison as a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, was nominated for five awards.
The Globes, which are no longer presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are still in comeback mode after years of scandal and organisational upheaval.
In 2023, the association sold its assets to Eldridge Industries, owned by billionaire investor Todd Boehly, and Dick Clark Productions, part of Penske Media. The 334-member voting body comprises entertainment journalists representing 85 countries.
Karla Sofía Gascón (left) and Zoe Saldana in Emilia Pérez, which is nominated for 10 Golden Globes awards.Credit: Netflix
The 82nd Golden Globes will be hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who is nominated for best stand-up special.
This year has an especially star-studded field of nominees, with Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Glen Powell and Selena Gomez all up for awards.
The Globes, which will be held on January 5 in Los Angeles, are the first major ceremony of the season and a win can help build momentum for an Oscars campaign.
The Golden Globes will be broadcast live on Monday, January 6 from 12pm AEDT on Ten.
With AP
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