The Hollywood Foreign Press Association added their voice to the deafening choir of awards season this morning, unleashing the 2019 Golden Globe nominations early this morning. A vast majority of their notes were in harmony with the cognoscenti consensus so far A Star is Born! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! Green Book! Vice! However, per usual, there were a few stunning omissions and a couple of WTF left-field choices. This is a group notorious for advertising that their awards show is the drunkest awards show and some of their picks left people wondering if they got an early start. Here are the 10 biggestshockers, snubs and surprises from the announcements.
Toni Collette for Hereditary
Sure, horror never gets the attention it deserves from award-giving bodies but there are some performances that crash through genre bias and demand to be taken seriously. Toni Collettes fearless turn as a mother in the grip of a waking nightmare was building steam early this awards season, notching a Gotham Award win and an Independent Spirit nomination before it hit the wall of the Golden Globes. The HFPA has shown love to her in the past with five previous nominations (two for film, three for television), so if the actress was going to crash through the horror ceiling at the Academy Awards, a nomination here would have really helped. It seems our sacrifices to Paimon have been ineffective.
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Ethan Hawke for First Reformed
Heres another case of the HFPA generally ignoring what other press associations have done so far this season. For his career-best work in Paul Schraders searing examination of a loss of faith in a failing world, Hawke was notching citations right and left over the past month: a Gotham Award for Best Actor; the same prize from the New York Film Critics. Yes, the Globes arent exactly known for reaching deep for existential dramas from controversial filmmakers, but this one seemed like it had the star power and acclaim to break the pattern. Maybe there really is no God. Pass the Pepto and whiskey.
First Man
So we can send a man to the moon, but we cant get a movie about it nominated for major awards? One of the more interesting film stories of the year has been the rise and fall of Damien Chazelles follow-up to La La Land, considered a lock for a dozen or so major nominations over the summer. Then it began playing the fall festivals, and somehow began falling faster than a jettisoned fuel tank. If any group was going to save the Oscar prospects of First Man, it seemed to be the one who basically turned their entire awards show over to Chazelles last film. (La La Land won seven Globes!) Claire Foy popped up in the Supporting Actress category, but Ryan Gosling missed out on Best Actor and the film was absent from Director and Picture. Its seriously running out of awards-season oxygen.
The Handmaids Tale for Best Drama
One of the most interesting stories of last years Golden Globes was that the winners for Best Drama and Best Comedy were both streaming series, and neither were from Netflix. That could happen again but it wont be a repeat for Hulu as their biggest hit from last year. Even though The Handmaids Tale did earn nods for Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski, the dystopic drama was stunningly shut out of the big category. The second season may not have been the critical darling like it was during its inaugural go-round, but its uncommon for the Homecoming King to not even be invited to the dance the next year. And unfortunately, it kind of happened twice this year
Atlanta for Best Comedy
A showdown between the last two Golden Globe winners for Best Comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Atlanta seemed inevitable. But the Prime Video hit has a much clearer path to a second prize with Paper Boi & Co. out of the way. In one of the single most inexplicable snubs of the morning, Atlanta landed a nod for Donald Glover but missed out in Best Comedic Series. In their all-too-common rush to embrace new shows, the surreal, sui generis FX show was pushed aside this year for Kidding and The Kominsky Method. Somebody call Teddy Perkins stat.
Ted Danson for The Good Place
At the Emmys this Summer, fans of the best show on network television bemoaned the fact that Ted Danson was the programs lone major nomination. As for the Golden Globes well, they do love to be different. Its fantastic to see Kristen Bells underrated work land a Best Actress nomination and extra cool that the show got into Best Comedic Series for the first time. But its forking shirt that Danson has yet to be nominated for the sitcom here. Hes an 11-time Globe nominee and three-time winner but has somehow missed the cut every season. Youre running out of chances to fix this one, HFPA.
Anything at all for Maniac
Sci-fi mindfucks arent exactly the milieu of the Golden Globes. But they absolutely, positively adore star power (for better or worse), so the complete absence of Netflixs show is a bit of a shock. Nominating Maniac could have gotten Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux and director Cary Fukunaga on the red carpet (Emma Stone will already be there for her nomination for The Favourite). Perhaps the Limited Series categories were just too stacked with worthy nominees its hard to pick out any posers in groups that include Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern, Amy Adams and Benedict Cumberbatch. Still, were surprised the HFPA erased this particular celebrity-heavy show from its memory banks.
Sissy Spacek for Castle Rock
Again, serious awards groups often dismiss horror outright, but youd be hard-pressed to find a single performance more acclaimed from 2018 than Sissy Spaceks breathtaking work in the seventh episode of this Hulu show. In The Queen, the living legend who virtually defined the screen legacy of Stephen King with Carrie four decades ago captured a real horror in the confusion and pain that can be caused by dementia. Its one of the best pieces of work in an unforgettable career. And if youre gonna reach to reward the new shows and performances before the Emmys can, HFPA, at least make sure you get the best of the bunch.
Robin Wright for House of Cards
Netflixs first real dramatic hit was once a Golden Globe darling, landing three nominations for Robin Wright, including one win. It sure felt like one last farewell nomination was likely this year, especially given the heavy lifting Wright did to force the shows return after the firing of Kevin Spacey. The best thing about the final season, by far, was her still-searing performance as the new commander-in-chief. Its too bad the HFPA couldnt look past the controversy and give Claire Underwood one last trip to the red carpet. Can we demand a recount?
Bodyguard showing up in Series and Actor
From the Surprises Dept.: Every year, theres a series nomination or two that comes completely out of left field. This is the group that didnt just nominate the barely-seen Mozart in the Jungle, they gave it Best Comedy! So a huh nomination or two is practically par for the course from HFPA. This years most unexpected nominations came for Netflixs Bodyguard, which landed nods for Best Actor and Best Drama. The six-episode series about a relationship between a Secret Service agent and a home secretary that broke records in the U.K. dropped on Netflix in October, and these shocking nominations should lead more viewers to it. Still, home-country hit or not, we didnt see this one coming.
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