'The Shape of Water', 'The Post' and 'Call Me by Your Name' are vying for Best Motion Picture award, while Meryl Streep is now an actor with the most Golden Globe nominations.
- Dec 12, 2017
AceShowbiz - The nominees for the 2018 Golden Globe Awards have been announced. Kristen Bell, Garrett Hedlund, Sharon Stone and Alfre Woodard were on hand for the duty, revealing the nominations at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Monday morning, December 11.
Dominating the movie pack are Guillermo del Torro's "The Shape of Water" with seven nods, Steven Spielberg's "The Post" and Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" with six nominations apiece. The three movies are vying for Best Motion Picture, Drama, competing against Luca Guadagnino's romance "Call Me by Your Name" and Christopher Nolan's WWII movie "Dunkirk".
del Torro, Spielberg, McDonagh and Nolan are up for Best Director award, with the other nominee being Ridley Scott for his work in "All the Money in the World". Angelina Jolie-directed movie "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers", meanwhile, is named alongside other nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.
Nominations for best musical or comedy film include "The Disaster Artist", "Get Out", "The Greatest Showman", "I, Tonya" and "Lady Bird", while "The Boss Baby", "The Breadwinner", "Coco", "Ferdinand" and "Loving Vincent" are nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.
Eying the best drama actor nod are Timothee Chalamet ("Call Me by Your Name"), Daniel Day-Lewis ("Phantom Thread"), Tom Hanks ("The Post"), Gary Oldman ("Darkest Hour") and Denzel Washington ("Roman J. Israel, Esq.").
In best drama actress category, movie vets Meryl Streep ("The Post") and Frances McDormand ("Three Billboards") are competing against Jessica Chastain ("Molly's Game"), Sally Hawkins ("The Shape of Water") and Michelle Williams ("All the Money in the World").
This marks the 31st Golden Globe nomination for Streep, the most by any single actor in the 75-year history of the Golden Globes. She has won eight Golden Globe Awards and was honored with the 2017 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Reacting to her latest nomination, the 68-year-old actress tells EW, "I'm thrilled for the movie, for Steven and Tom, and for the incredible ensemble of actors who made this movie need its moment in history. Thanks HFPA."
In comedy or musical genre, Steve Carell ("Battle of the Sexes") is battling it out against Ansel Elgort ("Baby Driver"), James Franco ("The Disaster Artist"), Hugh Jackman ("The Greatest Showman") and Daniel Kaluuya ("Get Out") for the best actor nod. Meanwhile, the best actress in musical or comedy category sees a competition among Judi Dench ("Victoria & Abdul"), Helen Mirren ("The Leisure Seeker"), Margot Robbie ("I, Tonya"), Saoirse Ronan ("Lady Bird") and Emma Stone ("Battle of the Sexes").
The winners in movie and TV categories will be announced at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards which will air live, coast-to-coast on NBC Sunday, January 7, 2018 starting at 8 P.M. ET. Seth Meyers is tapped to host.
The 2018 Golden Globe Award Nominations in Movie:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
- "Call Me by Your Name"
- "Dunkirk"
- "The Post"
- "The Shape of Water"
- "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
- "The Boss Baby"
- "The Breadwinner"
- "Coco"
- "Ferdinand"
- "Loving Vincent"
- "A Fantastic Woman" (Chile)
- "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" (Cambodia)
- "In the Fade" (Germany/France)
- "Loveless" (Russia)
- "The Square" (Sweden/Germany/France)
- Guillermo del Torro, "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"
- Guillermo del Torro and Vanessa Taylor, "The Shape of Water"
- Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"
- Elizabeth Hannah and Josh Singer, "The Post"
- Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
- Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game"
- Timothee 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."
- 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"
- Steve Carell, "Battle of the Sexes"
- Ansel Elgort, "Baby Driver"
- James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"
- Hugh Jackman, "The Greatest Showman"
- Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"
- Judi Dench, "Victoria & Abdul"
- Helen Mirren, "The Leisure Seeker"
- Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"
- Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"
- Emma Stone, "Battle of the Sexes"
- 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"
- Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"
- Hong Chau, "Downsizing"
- Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
- Laurie Metcalfe, "Lady Bird"
- Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"
- "Home", "Ferdinand"
- "Mighty River", "Mudbound"
- "Remember Me", "Coco"
- "The Star", "The Star"
- "This Is Me", "The Greatest Showman"
- Carter Burwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
- Alexander Desplat, "The Shape of Water"
- Jonny Greenwood, "Phantom Thread"
- John Williams, "The Post"
- Hans Zimmer, "Dunkirk"
