‘La La Land,’ ‘Moonlight’ lead Golden Globe nominations

The nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday in Beverly Hills, California.

Damien Chazelle’s Los Angeles musical “La La Land” sang and danced its way to a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, with Barry Jenkins’ celebrated coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” close on its heels with six nods.

“La La Land” earned nominations for its lead actors, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, as well best picture, comedy or musical. The film also scored nominations for directing, screenplay, score and original song in the nominations announced Monday in Los Angeles by the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation.

“Moonlight” led the field in the dramatic categories, including best picture. It earned nods for Jenkins’ directing and script, supporting actor favorite Mahershala Ali and supporting actress Naomie Harris.

The other nominees for best picture, drama, were “Manchester by the Sea,” “Lion,” ”Hell or High Water” and Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge.”

The Weinstein Co.’s “Lion,” the story of an Indian boy separated from his family, had an especially good morning. The film also earned nods for Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.

Kenneth Lonergan’s tender portrait of grief, “Manchester by the Sea,” landed five nominations, including best actor in a drama for Casey Affleck. Producer Matt Damon, in a statement, thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press “for championing a little movie like ours.”

Meryl Streep landed her 30th nomination for best actress in a musical or comedy for “Florence Foster Jenkins.” Streep, an eight-time winner, will also be the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.

Going into the Golden Globe nominations, no film had more momentum than Jenkin’s celebrated “Moonlight,” a staple of top 10-lists and the best film choice of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Gotham Independent Film Awards.

But “La La Land,” the top film choice of the New York Film Critics Circle is viewed as the Oscar favorite, and, as expected, it dominated.

The nominations also verified that this year’s awards season won’t be nearly so white as last year’s. Nominations heaped on “Moonlight,” ”Fences,” ”Loving” and “Hidden Figures” confirmed what has already solidified as a notably more diverse field.

Here are the major category nominations:

Best film: “Hacksaw Ridge,” ”Hell or High Water,” ”Lion,” ”Manchester by the Sea,” ”Moonlight.”

Best director – motion picture: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”; Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”; Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”; Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”;

Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea.”

Best actress in a film drama: Amy Adams, “Arrival”; Jessica Chastain, “Miss Sloane”; Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”; Ruth Negga, “Loving”; Natalie Portman, “Jackie.”

Best actor in a film drama: They are: Casey Affleck, “Manchester By The Sea”; Joel Edgerton, “Loving”; Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”; Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”; Denzel Washington, “Fences.”

Best actress in a film comedy or musical: Annette Bening, “20th Century Women”; Lily Collins, “Rules Don’t Apply”; Hailee Steinfeld, “The Edge Of Seventeen”; Emma Stone, “La La Land”; Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins.”

Best performances by actors in a film comedy or musical: Colin Farrell, “The Lobster”; Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”; Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”; Jonah Hill, “War Dogs”; Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool.”

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture: Viola Davis, “Fences”; Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”; Nicole Kidmanm “Lion”; Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”; Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea.”

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”; Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”; Simon Helberg, “Florence Foster Jenkins”; Dev Patel, “Lion”; Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Nocturnal Animals.”

Best film comedy or musical: “20th Century Women,” ”Deadpool,” ”Florence Foster Jenkins,” ”La La Land,” ”Sing Street.”

Best foreign film: “Divines,” ”Elle,” ”Neruda,” ”The Salesman,” ”Toni Erdmann,”

Best animated film: “Kubo and the Two Strings,” ”Moana,” ”My Life as a Zucchini,” ”Sing,” ”Zootopia.”

Best motion picture screenplay: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”; Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”; Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”; Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”; Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water.”

Best original song – motion picture: “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls” (Music & Lyrics by: Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Shellback); “City of Stars” from “La La Land” (Music by: Justin Hurwitz Lyrics by: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; “Faith” from “Sing” (Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder, Francis Farewell Starlight); “Gold” from “Gold” (Music & Lyrics by: Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, Daniel Pemberton, Iggy Pop); “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana (Music & Lyrics by: Lin-Manuel Miranda Lyrics)

Best TV drama series: “The Crown,” ”Game of Thrones,” ”Stranger Things,” ”This is Us” and Westworld.”

Best TV comedy series: “Atlanta,” ”black-ish,” ”Mozart in the Jungle,” ”Transparent” and “Veep.”

Best limited series or motion picture made for television: “American Crime”;

“Dresser”; “Night Manager”; “The Night Of”; “The People v. O.J. Simpson.”

Best actor in a television drama: Rami Malek, ” Mr. Robot”; Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”; Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”; Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”; Billy Bob Thornton, “Goliath.”

Best actress in a television drama: Caitriona Balfe, “Outlander”; Claire Foy, “The Crown”; Keri Russell, “The Americans”; Winona Ryder, “Stranger Things”; Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld.”

Best actress in a television series – comedy or musical: Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”; Sarah Jessica Parke, “Divorce”; Issa Rae, “Insecure”; Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin”; Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish.”

Best actor in a television series – comedy or musical: Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”; Gael Garcia Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle”; Donald Glover, “Atlanta”; Nick Nolte, “Graves”; Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent.”

The awards will be handed out Jan. 8, 2017, in a gala televised ceremony hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC.

JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer