But the Globes also failed to nominate any of the year's acclaimed female filmmakers (among them Chloe Zhao, Tamara Jenkins, Marielle Heller) for best director, and none of the 10 best-picture nominees were helmed by a woman. At the previous Globes, presenter Natalie Portman pointedly introduced the "all-male" directing nominees.
Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man," which has seen its awards hopes wane in recent weeks, failed to lift off, scoring neither a best-film nod, nor one for Ryan Gosling's leading performance. (It did land nominations for Claire Foy and its score.) The morning was worse for Steve McQueen's heist thriller "Widows," which was shut out entirely.
Also left out was Ethan Hawke's performance as an anguished pastor in "First Reformed" and Pawel Pawlikowski's Polish stunner "Cold War," his follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Ida." (The nominees for best foreign language film alongside "Roma" were "Capernaum," ''Girl," ''Never Look Away" and "Shoplifters.") Some of the TV snubs — "Atlanta," ''This Is Us," ''Better Call Saul" — were even more surprising.
But the Globes also handed out nominations to some up-and-comers, including Lucas Hedges ("Boy Erased"), Timothee Chalamet ("Beautiful Boy") and Elsie Fisher, the 15-year-old star of the coming-of-age tale "Eighth Grade." ''WHAT," said Fisher on Twitter . When reached by phone Thursday morning and told she was trending, Fisher — whose character is a little-liked YouTuber — replied "Hell yeah!"
The press association honored one old favorite: Robert Redford, who received his 10th Globe nomination for what he has said may (or may not ) be his final acting performance in "The Old Man & the Gun." Redford was given the group's Cecil B. DeMille achievement award in 1994.
Glenn Close likewise notched her 14th Globe nomination for her leading performance as a celebrated author in "The Wife." Reached Thursday morning, Close said her voice was "gone" after two performances of the off-Broadway play "Mother of the Maid" the day before. But she hoped to celebrate.
"Maybe today it'll be tequila," said Close before thinking better of it. "I have a show tonight. And I'll probably have to go back to sleep at some point today."
In film and television, the nominations guaranteed the Globes will boast what it most craves for its famously frothy broadcast: stars. Among them: Julia Roberts ("Homecoming"), Amy Adams ("Sharp Objects"), Nicole Kidman ("Destroyer"), Hugh Grant ("A Very English Scandal"), Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("Patrick Melrose"), Emily Blunt ("Mary Poppins Returns"), Jim Carrey ("Kidding") and Charlize Theron ("Tully"). They even unveiled a new award Thursday — a lifetime achievement honor that will honor major television figures and stand as a counterpart to the HFPA's film achievement honor, the DeMille award.
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