Golden Globes voters take care of ‘Carol’

By Brian Truitt | Gannett News Service

The women of “Carol” and men of “The Big Short” made a big push in the Oscar race Thursday with their nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards.

Todd Haynes’ 1950s love story “Carol,” opening Dec. 25 in Chicago, picked up four nods total: best drama actress honors for Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, plus best drama and best director. Nabbing three was the bank-fail dramedy “The Big Short,” thanks to Steve Carell and Christian Bale’s nominations for best actor plus best film in the musical/comedy categories. “The Big Short” opens Friday.

The Golden Globes air live on NBC Jan. 10.

Other notables on the cinema side include three nominations for “Room” and “The Martian,” and two each went to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Trumbo,” “Trainwreck,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Spy,” “Spotlight,” “Youth,” “The Revenant,” “Steve Jobs,” “Joy” and “The Danish Girl,” whose star Alicia Vikander got a best actress nod and, in addition, a supporting actress pick for “Ex Machina.”

As for TV shows, “Mr. Robot” and “Outlander” each picked up three nominations, while the broadcast TV networks were shut off of the best TV comedy field for the first time.

The best movie drama field stars “Carol,” “Mad Max,” “The Revenant,” “Room” and “Spotlight,” while “The Big Short” is joined in the musical/comedy group by “Joy,” “The Martian,” “Spy” and “Trainwreck.”

SAG nominees Bree Larson (“Room”) and Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) are in the best drama actress category with Blanchett, Mara and Vikander. The latter also shares the supporting actress field with Jane Fonda (“Youth”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight”), Helen Mirren (“Trumbo”) and Kate Winslet (“Steve Jobs”). And funny women Amy Schumer (“Trainwreck”), Melissa McCarthy (“Spy”) and Lily Tomlin (“Grandma”) — who nabbed a TV comedy actress nomination for “Grace and Frankie as well” — are up for best actress in a musical/comedy with Maggie Smith (“The Lady in the Van”) and Jennifer Lawrence (“Joy”).

Here is a list of nominees in top categories:

Best Picture – Drama

Carol, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight

Best Picture – Comedy Or Musical

The Big Short, Joy, The Martian, Spy, Trainwreck

Best Performance by an Actress – Drama

Cate Blanchett in Carol, Brie Larson in Room, Rooney Mara in Carol, Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn, Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl

Best Performance by an Actor – Drama

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs, Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, Will Smith in Concussion

Best Performance by an Actress – Comedy Or Musical

Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, Melissa McCarthy in Spy, Amy Schumer in Trainwreck, Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van, Lily Tomlin in Grandma

Best Performance by an Actor – Comedy Or Musical

Christian Bale in The Big Short. Steve Carell in The Big Short, Matt Damon in The Martian, Al Pacino in Danny Collins, Mark Ruffalo in Infinitely Polar Bear

Best Director

Carol, The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian

Best Screenplay

Room, Spotlight, The Big Short, Steve Jobs, The Hateful Eight

Best Original Song

“Love Me Like You Do” from Fifty Shades of Grey, “One Kind of Love” from Love and Mercy, “See You Again” from Furious 7, “Simple Song #3” from Youth, “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre

TELEVISION CATEGORIESBest Series – Drama

Empire, Game of Thrones, Mr. Robot, Narcos, Outlander

Best Series – Comedy Or Musical

Casual, Mozart in the Jungle, Orange Is the New Black, Silicon Valley, Transparent, Veep

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture

American Crime, American Horror Story: Hotel, Fargo, Flesh and Bones, Wolf Hall

Best Performance by an Actress – Drama

Caitriona Balfe in Outlander, Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder, Eva Green in Penny Dreadful, Taraji P. Henson in Empire, Robin Wright in House of Cards

Best Performance by an Actor – Drama

Jon Hamm in Mad Men, Rami Malek in Mr. Robot, Wagner Moura in Narcos, Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul, Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan

Best Performance by an Actress – Comedy Or Musical

Rachel Bloom in Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jamie Lee Curtis in Scream Queens, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep, Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin, Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie

Best Performance by an Actor – Comedy Or Musical

Aziz Ansari in Master of None, Gael Garcia Bernal in Mozart in the Jungle, Rob Lowe in The Grinder, Patrick Stewart in Blunt Talk, Jeffrey Tambor in Transparent