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Golden Globes 2017: ‘La La Land,’ ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ Lead Nominees

‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Westworld,’ and ‘Deadpool’ also score multiple nominations from Hollywood Foreign Press.

'Stranger Things,' 'Westworld,' and 'Deadpool' also score multiple nominations from Hollywood Foreign Press.

La La Land, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Deadpool and Stranger Things are among the movies and TV series to receive multiple nominations in major category at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, set for January 8th (U.S. PST).

In the Best Picture, Drama category, the acclaimed Moonlight will be up against Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, Hacksaw Ridge and Lion, while the Best Picture, Comedy category sees musical La La Land competing against Deadpool, 20th Century Women, Florence Foster Jenkins and Sing Street.

In total, La La Land racked up seven nominations, including Best Actor and Actress, Comedy nods for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, Best Screenplay and Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for “City of Stars.”

For Best Actor, Comedy, Gosling will be challenged by The Lobster‘s Colin Farrell, Florence Foster Jenkins‘ Hugh Grant, War Dogs‘ Jonah Hill and Deadpool‘s Ryan Reynolds (who celebrated the nomination). The Best Actress, Comedy category features Stone alongside Florence Foster Jenkins‘ Meryl Streep, The Edge of Seventeen‘s Hailee Steinfeld, 20th Century Women‘s Annette Bening and Lily Collins from Rules Don’t Apply.

Streep will also receive the 2017 Cecil B. DeMille award during this year’s ceremony.

On the drama side, the five Best Actor nominees are Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Joel Edgerton (Loving), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic) and Denzel Washington (Fences). 

For Best Actress, Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Jackie Onassis in Jackie scored a nomination, along with Amy Adams for Arrival, Jessica Chastain for Miss Sloane, Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Ruth Negga for Loving.

In the Best TV Miniseries category, the Emmy-winning The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story will face off for the Golden Globe against The Night Manager, The Night Of, American Crime and The Dresser.

Additionally, four People v. O.J. Simpson actors – Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulsen, who all won Emmys for their O.J. roles, as well as John Travolta – were nominated in Golden Globe acting categories.

Netflix’s Stranger Things also received from Golden Globes love as the throwback sci-fi series earned a nomination for Best TV Series, Drama and recognized Winona Ryder for Best Actress, Drama. In the drama category, Stranger Things will face off against perennial favorite Game of Thrones, The Crown, This Is Us and Westworld.

The Jimmy Fallon-hosted 74th annual Golden Globes air live on January 8th (U.S. PST). Check out the full list of Golden Globes nominees at the award show’s official site.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Moonlight
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Hacksaw Ridge

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
La La Land
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Director, Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Arrival
Nocturnal Animals
La La Land
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Hell or High Water

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Denzel Washington, Fences
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Ruth Negga, Loving
Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Emma Stone, La La Land
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Dev Patel, Lion
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

Best Original Song in Motion Picture
Lin-Manuel Miranda – “How Far I’ll Go” (Moana)
Iggy Pop and Danger Mouse – “Gold” (Gold)
Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop the Feeling” (Trolls)
Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande – “Faith” (Sing)
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone – “City of Stars” (La La Land)

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka – Lion
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, and Hans Zimmer – Hidden Figures

Best Foreign Film
Divines
Elle
Neruda
The Salesman
Tony Erdmann

Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
My Life As A Zucchini
Moana
Sing
Zootopia

TV Nominations

Best TV Series, Drama
Westworld
Stranger Things
The Crown
This Is Us
Game of Thrones

Best Comedy Series
Atlanta
Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep

Best TV Miniseries or Movie
American Crime
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
The Night Of
The Night Manager
The Dresser

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Bob Odenkirk, Better Caul Saul
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan

Best Performance by an Actress in TV Series, Drama
Claire Foy, The Crown
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Keri Russell, The Americans
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

Best Performance by an Actor in TV Series, Comedy
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Nick Nolte, Graves

Best Performance by an Actress in TV Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Tracy Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in TV
Sterling K. Brown, The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager
John Lithgow, The Crown
John Travolta, The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Performance by Supporting Actress in TV
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
Courtney B. Vance, The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
John Turturro, The Night Of
Bryan Cranston, All the Way

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Sarah Paulson, The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience
Charlotte Rampling, London Sky