7 Biggest Takeaways from the 2024 Golden Globe Nominations – The Hollywood Reporter

Nominations for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday morning. Beneath the headlines is the noise Barbie And SuccessionDominance Among competing acts in film and television, respectively, there’s more to unpack about this year – one that marks a new era for a more unusual awards show.

The Golden Globes have always been weird. before Los Angeles Times The very white, very small and allegedly morally questionable voting body was briefly revealed to have fallen out of favor, the Golden Globe Awards and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosting famous celebrities for their star-studded, intimate, and incredibly well-timed ceremony. Its place on the awards calendar, especially in relation to the Oscar race, made it relevant simply by the attention it received. A Golden Globe nomination has and continues to mean at least a little momentum for many hopefuls because of its sheer proximity to other voting windows, even if the sanctity of the award itself is never respected.

Over the past nine months, the show has undergone an unprecedented transformation. The number of international journalists voting for the Golden Globe Awards increased to 300 in October. The embattled HFPA is no longer overseeing the ceremony, as the show is now owned by producers Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, the joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge, which also owns Hollywood Reporter. Come January 7, the show will air not on longtime NBC but on CBS — under a new broadcast contract. The Golden Globes, as we knew them, are dead. So, it’s natural to wonder how this new iteration deviates from the tastes of Golden Globe voters of the past — and as that seems to be the case, the many ways in which the two eras seem to be moving.

For starters, star power still matters

The old HFPA was well known and sometimes mocked for favoring more established artists in the awards race. Remember all the love that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp received in the critically acclaimed 2010 thriller, the tourist? There may not be any overtly egregious examples of such voting behaviors among this year’s selections, but there are a few that are a little reminiscent. Timothée Chalamet and Joaquin Phoenix were nominated for the “Ignore” award. Wonka And Boo is afraidrespectively, while Jennifer Lawrence, a generational talent with an Oscar and three Golden Globes to her name, is set for her work in the raucous comedy. No hard feelings – a film that almost no one felt they would see at this or any awards ceremony. New voters also played their part to lure Taylor Swift to the live stream. her party movie, Tour of the ages, ready for cinematic and box office hits. In this regard…

The “cinematic and box office achievements” are as surprising as expected

The Golden Globes announced the addition of two new categories last September: Best Performance in a Stand-Up Comedy on Television, a fairly straightforward way to inject award variety into the night, and the slightly more confusing Cinema and Box Office Achievement Award. Competitors for the latter had to earn $150 million globally, at least $100 million of which generated in the United States, and, in theory, be good. The first year of nominees gives us the weirdest pals of any category in any show in awards history, ignoring, perhaps, “Best Kiss” at the VMAs or anything at the Kids’ Choice Awards. Nominees for dominant films Barbie And Oppenheimer They’re up against not only Taylor Swift, but two animated films (the one that received widespread acclaim Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse And financially fruitful Super Mario Bros movie) and three concession installments: the latest Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission: Impossible And John Wick films. Ignore like an outsider Round ears, this is just a slightly curated laundry list of the year’s highest-grossing films. Which metric is more important, money or acclaim, is still not immediately clear — though it at least appears to be a total of $1.44 million. Barbie He is the most likely candidate in both cases.

Musicals lack momentum

One area in which the Golden Globes have historically outperformed their contemporaries is in dividing the film categories — dividing the film races not just by drama and comedy, but by adding the word “musical” to those comedy races. This often means a greater love for musicals than for other shows, but there is little evidence of that love this year. Violetthe Broadway show adapted from Alice Walker’s book, was left out of the main race despite widely noted Oscar momentum and performance nominations for Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks. Wonka He was similarly ignored in the main race. If musicals can’t move the needle with Globe voters, it makes you wonder whether they’ll have more luck elsewhere.

Timing remains everything

Just to be perfectly clear: There has been no iteration of the Golden Globes’ voting body, past or present, any tangible overlap or connection to the much larger groups that vote for guild shows, the Oscars, the Emmys or anything else. However, there was always strength in the Globes roost in early January. A Golden Globe nomination could boost momentum narratives (see the widespread love of… Barbie, Oppenheimer And Moonflower Killers), supporting projects with smaller awards budgets – five A24 Award nominations Past life, including a nod to the direction and screenwriting of director Celine Song, marks a coup—or, in some cases, the inclusion of a previously overlooked artist into the broader awards conversation. This year, that honor goes to Finnish actress Alma Puesti, who received an unexpected Oscar nomination Fallen leaves.

TV names mostly stick to the script

Historically, the HFPA has liked to get ahead of the Emmys by being the first to crown some new series or outstanding performance — or by nominating something completely offbeat, perhaps a show that guides voters to a great destination. But the 2024 TV nominations are pretty much business as usual. The last season of Succession It came out on top, as did the yet-to-be-aired 2023 Emmy Awards (which will take place on January 15). The main comedy race is a reprise (if shortened) of recent Emmy nominations, while the drama offers some variety. Taylor Sheridan Yellowstone-Introduction to the verse 1923 is in the mix, as is Netflix Diplomat. Season three of Morning showwhich was not eligible for the last Emmys race, also joins the group.

Morning show You may have a moment

One might argue that it’s still three years before you can scream “trend,” but there’s officially renewed momentum for the Apple TV+ Awards. Morning show. After overtaking Succession, from six to five, in the tally of nominations for the upcoming Critics’ Choice Awards, the show received a nod for Best Drama and Acting Nomination for Billy Crudup. What is surprising, given the show’s constant passion for nominating celebrities, is the absence of Jennifer Aniston or Reese Witherspoon in their category. Morning show It’s always been hugely divisive, but it’s hard to argue with the interest this third season has generated — both at the proverbial water cooler, and apparently on the ballot.

Early contenders for the miniseries are likely to appear

Next to whom? Morning show, as the 2024 Golden Globes could set some early TV awards trends in the limited series races. Because of the calendar, half the projects in the Emmy race — The Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Fleishman is in trouble, Obi-Wan Kenobi – Either they have already been nominated (Monster)or ignore(Fleishman, Obi-Wan) by the Globes in 2023. So what did this new group consider worthy of consideration in future televised races? Netflix All the light we can’t See, the fifth session of foreign exchange FargoShow times Other travelers And Apple TV+ Chemistry lessons They are all making their first appearances at the major awards. It’s not as good a boost as film nominees get, but it certainly helps.

All in all, these nominations say a lot about how Golden Globe voters feel about American film and television, although who they choose to honor on Jan. 7 will say a lot more.