If you were up absurdly early on Monday morning in Los Angeles, you might have felt a particular thrill in the air. The Golden Globes nominations were announced, per tradition, at a bright-and-early press conference, with the sounds of the breakfast buffet clinking in the background when the livestream began. With a new broadcast home in CBS and a whole lot of new members following some yearslong controversies, the Golden Globes look a lot different than they did in years past—but in many ways the same too. They are, after all, the only awards body that dares put Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka performance up against Jeffrey Wright’s in American Fiction, and if you’re not eager to see how that turns out when the awards air on January 7, you’re reading the wrong newsletter.
I’m Katey Rich, and I found a lot to celebrate in yesterday’s Golden Globes nominations, as did my colleague David Canfield, who tallied up the morning’s big snubs and surprises, from the long-overdue awards recognition for the Gary Oldman TV vehicle, Slow Horses, to the puzzling underperformance of films like Napoleon and The Color Purple. Next up will be the Critics Choice Awards, which will likely honor many of the same films as the Globes—there’s nothing holding Barbie and Oppenheimer back at this point—but ought to include a few of their own surprises as well.
It’s still a busy period in New York, Los Angeles, London, and beyond, as contenders work to connect with awards voters before the Christmas break sets in. And we’re busy at Awards Insider ourselves, talking to everyone from rock stars to Emmy winners to iconic choreographers, all of whom have contributed to the films we still can’t stop talking about this season.
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