The organizers of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony has announced their nominations, and the movie ‘Barbie’ leads with nine nominations.
The blockbuster nominations included Best Picture Musical or Comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its original songs.
It was closely followed by its release date and meme companion Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” which scored eight nominations, including Best Picture Drama and for actors Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Emily Blunt.
Cedric the Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama gave the announcements from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the show will also take place on Jan. 7.
n the best motion picture musical or comedy category, “Barbie” was joined by “Air,” “American Fiction” “The Holdovers,” “May December” and “Poor Things.”
“Barbie” tied for second-most nominations in Globes history with “Cabaret,” from 1972. Robert Altman’s “Nashville” remains the record-holder with 11 nominations.
“Succession” was the top-nominated television program, with nine nods including for series stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin.
The box office achievement category nominated eight films, including “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Oppenheimer,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Mission: Impossible -Dead Reckoning,” “John Wick: Chapter 4” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
Surprisingly, Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for her bawdy R-rated comedy “No Hard Feelings” for best performance by a female actor in a musical or comedy. She was nominated alongside Robbie, Stone, and Fantasia Barrino (“The Color Purple”), Natalie Portman (“May December”), and Alma Pöysti (“Fallen Leaves”).
Cord Jefferson’s comedy “American Fiction” also came up with only two nods, Best Musical or Comedy and for lead actor Jeffrey Wright.
