The Golden Globes will be held later, with Emilia Pérez, Conclave, Anora and The Brutalist in the running for the top prizes.
Among the film acting nominees are Zendaya for the tennis drama Challengers and Timothée Chalamet for the lead role in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have both signed up for their roles as wizard students in Wicked, the musical adaptation of the hit play, while Daniel Craig is nominated for 1950s romance Queer, Demi Moore for body horror The Substance, and Nicole Kidman for erotic drama Babygirl. .
Kate Winslet has two nominations – for Lee, a film about war photojournalist Lee Miller, and for the main TV role in the political satire Regime. Selena Gomez is also up for two – the Emilia Pérez movie, about a Mexican drug lord who changes sex, and the TV mystery comedy Only Murders in a Building.
The event marks the first major ceremony of the film awards season, which culminates with the Academy Awards on March 2.
The Globes will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night, starting at 01:00 GMT on Monday for UK audiences.
A win at the Globes could help boost the film’s profile at a crucial time, when Bafta and Oscar voters prepare to fill out nomination ballots.
But the Globes are a much less formal event than the Oscars, and celebrities are generally in high spirits after the Christmas holidays, ready to mingle over a few drinks and party with their acceptance speeches.
Main film competitors:
- 10 nominations – Emilia Pérez
- 7 – Brutalist
- 6 – Conclave
- 5 – Anora, Substance
- 4 – Challengers, A Real Pain, Wicked, The Wild Robot
- Nominated for a Golden Globe in its entirety
Among the series competing in the TV categories are Baby Reindeer, Shogun and The Bear.
In recent years, the voting body behind Globus has expanded and diversified its membership and adopted a new code of conduct.
Changes are coming hard-hitting investigation by the LA Times in 2021 which exposed various ethical lapses, such as accepting “free” votes from studios and PR agencies lobbying for nominations.
Which films are nominated for the Globes?
The Golden Globes divide their film categories into drama and comedy/musical, which allows them to nominate more films and hand out more awards than other ceremonies.
The film with the most nominations is Emilia Perez, a musical in Spanish about a dangerous cartel leader who wants to leave the world of crime and live a new life as a woman.
However, several of the 10 nominations are in the same categories – with two nods for Best Original Song and two for Best Supporting Actress.
Other nominees in the musical/comedy category include Anorathe story of a New York stripper who falls in love with the son of a rich Russian oligarch.
Substancewhich sees a woman trade her body for a younger, prettier version of herself is also nominated, along with Real painabout two cousins traveling through Poland after the death of their grandmother.
In the drama category, the acclaimed historical epic Brutalist follows a Hungarian architect who tries to build a new life for himself in post-World War II America.
That’s against it Conclavebased on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris, which describes a group of gossiping and scheming cardinals gathered in Rome to choose a new pope.
Nickel Boysabout two young men forced to attend a reform school in 1960s Florida, and September 5, which dramatizes the terrorist attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics from the perspective of the sports journalists who covered it, are also in the game.
Other drama contenders include the gritty sci-fi sequel Dina: The second part and Complete ignorance, about Bob Dylan’s rise to fame in the 1960s.
Blockbusters including Deadpool & Wolverine, Twisters, Inside Out 2, Gladiator II and Wild robot will compete for the Cinematography and Cinematic Achievement Award, which was introduced last year to recognize more mainstream films.
Dina: The second part was not submitted in that category despite its great financial success, allegedly because of the film’s producers wanted Globe voters to focus by its artistic values.
This means that if members want to vote for a film, they will have to do so in the main categories.
Who are the actors in the game?
The actor has a much higher chance of being nominated at the Globes, where there are 36 open spots, than at the Oscars, where there are 20.
As a result, the Globes can rely on big names, ensuring that their ceremony is well attended by A-listers, not all of whom will necessarily receive an Oscar nomination.
British acting nominees this year include Daniel Craig (queer) Kate Winslet (Lee), Ralph Fiennes (conclave), Cynthia Erivo (wicked) Hugh Grant (Heretic), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) and Felicity Jones (Brutalist).
The stars also join them Angelina Jolie (Maria), Nicole Kidman (Girl), Demi Moore (Substance), Glen Powell (Hit Man), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) and Zendaya (Challengers).
There are two pop stars in the race – sa Ariana Grande (Wicked) i Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez) both in the running for Best Supporting Actress.
Other notable nominees include Amy Adams (Night Bitch), Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Colman Domingo (Sing sing) i Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).
In the category of supporting actors, two former stars of the series Succession will go head-to-head – Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Jeremy Strong (Apprentice).
Strong’s colleague Sebastian Stan he has two nominations – one for his role as Donald Trump in The Apprentice and one for A Different Man.
But some of the strongest contenders this awards season aren’t necessarily Hollywood A-listers, such as the relative newcomer Mikey Madison (Anora), Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Brazil Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) and a Russian actor Jura Borisov (Anora).
Away from the top categories, other notable nominees include singer Robbie Williams in the Best Original Song category, for Forbidden Road, from his biopic Better Man.
Two of this year’s winners have already been announced: Viola Davis will take home the Cecil B DeMille Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film, doc Ted Danson will be honored with the Carol Burnett Award for Excellence in Television.
Who is hosting the Golden Globes?
The Globes have traditionally had great taste in hosts, regularly hiring a sharp personality to crack sharp jokes on A-list guests.
This year they continue that model with an American comic Nikki Glaser, who gave a rousing performance on The Roast of Tom Brady last summer.
Glaser said she is “absolutely thrilled” to host the Globes, adding that she is looking forward to getting a “front row seat” to “one of my favorite nights on television.”
“This is one of the rare times when show business not only allows but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so),” she said in a statement.
“Some of my all-time favorite jokes come from past opening monologues at the Golden Globes when Tina [Fey]Amy [Poehler] or Ricky [Gervais] said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear.
“I just hope to continue that long tradition (which could also get me fired). This is truly a dream job.”
How to watch the Golden Globes
American viewers can watch the show live on the CBS network, which airs the Globes as part of a five-year deal.
It will also be broadcast on Paramount+ with Showtime. The ceremony starts at 01:00 GMT and usually lasts between three and four hours.
UK viewers without a VPN can expect to see highlights from social media, YouTube and Monday morning news bulletins.
