Saoirse Ronan continues a seemingly inevitable run to a third Oscar nod with a nomination for best actress (comedy or musical) at the upcoming Golden Globes.
Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner, produced by Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon, received a nomination for best animated feature.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Wicklow resident and sometime Irish passport holder, gets a place in the best actor (drama) race for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread.
In the television section, Catriona Balfe, the Irish actor and model, confirmed herself as a Globes regular with a third nomination for best actress in a series for Outlander.
Ronan's nomination came for playing a rebellious teenager in Greta Gerwig's hugely praised directorial debut Lady Bird. She will be seen as a slight favourite to win in that category. Margot Robbie, incandescent as the figure skater Tonya Harding in I,Tonya, will, however, give her a run for her money.
Co-produced by Angelina Jolie, The Breadwinner concerns a young girl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan who must dress as a boy to support her family. The picture recently triumphed at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but it will struggle to get past Pixar's more high-profile Coco.
Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water, an eerie fantasy concerning the romance between a mute woman and a sea creature, topped the film nominations with seven mentions.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, the third feature from London-Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh, was just behind with six nominations. McDonagh himself gets in for writing and directing.
Steven Spielberg's The Post, an examination of the Washington Post's attempts to publish the Pentagon Papers, also scored an impressive six nods. Big Little Lies, the gripping, glamorous Californian hyper-soap, topped the TV charts with six nominations.
As ever, pundits were discussing "snubs" before the announcement at dawn in Los Angeles has properly finished. Most conspicuously, Kumail Nanjiani's The Big Sick, seen as a contender in all comedy categories, received not a single nomination. Holly Hunter, who plays an eccentric mom in the film, is (or was) seen as one of those most likely to register in the Oscar race for best supporting actress.
Jordan Peele's Get Out, a satirical horror concerning the racial divide, scored in the comedy/musical categories for best picture and best actor, but there were no mentions for writing and directing. Two years after the #oscarssowhite debacle that may raise one or two heckles. There will be even greater unease at the news that no woman has registers in the best director race. Greta Gerwig was surely just outside the final five.
The Golden Globes are organised by the relatively small huddle of often-obscure journalists aligned with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Their reliability as a pointer to Oscar success is sometimes exaggerated, but an acknowledgment certainly demonstrates that you are in the race.
Ronan will have a tougher fight on her hands at the Oscars as, unlike the Globes, they do not split top awards into drama and comedy/musical categories. Her main competition for the Academy Award looks to be Robbie for I, Tonya, Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water and Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri.
Meryl Streep will probably take the fifth Oscar nomination for her role as proprietor Katherine Graham in the hugely enjoyable The Post, but that performance has "sure nomination, no win" written all over it.
The Cartoon Saloon story remains an extraordinary one. Both that studio's The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea received Oscar nominations for best animated feature. The Breadwinner looked to be in trouble when the Academy changed its rules so that all members rather than just animation specialists (more tuned in to independent features) could vote for the nominations.
The film has, however, performed strongly so far in awards season and the Saloon can expect good news when Oscar announces its shortlist next month.
The 75th Golden Globes ceremony takes place on January 7th.
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Best Motion Picture (Animated)
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Coco
Loving Vincent
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
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 in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy)
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
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 in a Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Best Director (Motion Picture)
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 Screenplay (Motion Picture)
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Molly’s Game
Best Original Score (Motion Picture)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water
Phantom Thread
The Post
Dunkirk
Best Foreign Film
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square
Best Original Song (Motion Picture)
Ferdinand - ‘Home’
Mudbound - ‘Mighty River’
Coco - ‘Remember Me’
The Star - ‘The Star’
The Greatest Showman - ‘This Is Me’
Best Television Series (Drama)
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This is Us
Best Television Series (Comedy)
Black-ish
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Master of None
SMILF
Will & Grace
Best Television Performance by an Actor (Musical/Comedy)
Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
Aziz Ansari - Master of None
Kevin Bacon - I Love Dick
William H. Macy - Shameless
Eric McCormack - Will & Grace
Best Television Performance by an Actress (Musical/Comedy)
Pamela Adlon - Better Things
Alison Brie - Glow
Issa Rae - Insecure
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Frankie Shaw - SMILF
Best Television Performance by an Actor (Drama)
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Best Actress Television Performance by an Actress (Drama)
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Best Television Performance by an Actor (Limited Series)
Robert De Niro - The Wizard of Lies
Jude Law - The Young Pope
Kyle MacLachlan - Twin Peaks
Ewan McGregor - Fargo
Geoffrey Rush - Genius
Best Television Performance by an Actress (Limited Series)
Jessica Biel - The Sinner
Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange - Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon - Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies
Best Supporting Actor (Television)
Alfred Molina - Feud: Bette and Joan
Alexander Skarsgard - Big Little Lies
David Thewlis - Fargo
David Harbour - Stranger Things
Christian Slater - Mr. Robot
Best Supporting Actress (Television)
Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
Ann Dowd - The Handmaid's Tale
Chrissy Metz - This is Us
Michelle Pfeiffer - The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley - Big Little Lies
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Big Little Lies
Fargo
Feud: Bette and Joan
The Sinner
Top of the Lake: China Girl
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