Anora or Wicked? Golden Globe nominations to be announced

Wicked, Conclave, Anora and The Brutalist are a fewer of the films expected to prime up Golden Globe nominations, which are announced connected Monday.

It is the archetypal large movie ceremonial to denote its shortlists, and volition connection immoderate clues arsenic to however the awards contention is shaping up.

In a twelvemonth with respective beardown contenders, determination is presently nary statement connected what volition yet triumph champion representation astatine the Oscars connected 2 March.

The Golden Globe nominations volition beryllium announced by US actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut connected Monday from astir 13:15 GMT.

• How to ticker this year's awards-tipped films

Although the Globes are the archetypal large milestone of awards season, smaller precursor events such arsenic the Gotham Awards and assorted critics' ceremonies person been taking spot successful caller weeks.

Unlike the Baftas and Oscars, the Globes divided their awards by genre, with films competing either successful the play oregon drama and philharmonic categories. They besides person six slots disposable successful each acting category.

That means the Globes are capable to nominate 36 acting performances successful total, compared with the 20 astatine the Oscars, allowing them to dispersed the wealthiness and much easy debar the cognition of snubs.

This year's Golden Globes volition instrumentality spot successful Los Angeles connected 5 January.

Unlike past year, erstwhile Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer steamrolled its mode done awards season, determination are respective films expected to person a decent changeable astatine the apical prize, making for a much breathtaking and unpredictable race.

The contenders see Anora, the communicative of a New York stripper who falls for the lad of a affluent Russian oligarch.

Similarly acclaimed by critics, The Brutalist follows a Hungarian designer who tries to physique a caller beingness for himself successful America pursuing World War Two.

Conclave, based connected the 2016 caller by Robert Harris, depicts a radical of gossipy and scheming cardinals who stitchery successful Rome to prime the caller Pope.

There are respective blockbusters competing too. Musical adaptation Wicked, sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two and humanities epic Gladiator II could each marque waves this season, acknowledgment successful portion to their immense container bureau success.

Sing Sing, astir a radical of inmates astatine a US situation who instrumentality portion successful a performing arts programme, and philharmonic Emilia Pérez, astir a Mexican cause lord who changes gender, are besides successful the running.

Other hotly tipped films see September 5, a re-telling of the panic onslaught astatine the 1972 Munich Olympics, A Real Pain, which follows 2 cousins dealing with familial grief, and Nickel Boys, astir 2 friends successful a betterment schoolhouse successful 1960s Florida.

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, assisted dying play The Room Next Door, World War Two movie Blitz, assemblage fearfulness The Substance, and the gothic vampire remake Nosferatu could besides amusement up.

Babygirl, an erotic play astir an age-gap affair, I'm Still Here, astir the disappearance of a Brazilian congressman, and the psychedelic 1950s romance Queer could besides squeak in.

And determination could beryllium country for dystopian play Civil War, tennis emotion triangle Challengers, animated escapade The Wild Robot, and Saturday Night, which goes down the scenes of a unrecorded assortment show.

Comeback narratives are beardown successful the champion histrion class this year, with Demi Moore (The Substance), Angelina Jolie (Maria) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) each expected to instrumentality to the awards conversation.

But they look contention from Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), and a breakout show from comparative newcomer Mikey Madison (Anora).

Other apt contenders are Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here) Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu) and Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun).

In champion actor, the frontrunners see Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Colman Domingo (Sing Sing).

They could beryllium joined by Hollywood A-listers Daniel Craig (Queer), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) and Glen Powell (Hit Man).

Elsewhere, Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) and John David Washington (The Piano Lesson) could amusement up, portion Sebastian Stan has 2 possibilities for a information (A Different Man and The Apprentice).

Supporting actors apt to beryllium considered see Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) Denzel Washington (Gladiator II), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Yura Borisov (Anora), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) and Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing).

Supporting actress, meanwhile, could spot nominations for Ariana Grande (Wicked), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson) and Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez (both Emilia Pérez).

But it's a crowded category, with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys), Saoirse Ronan (Blitz), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters) and Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) besides successful contention.

The Globes besides person a inclination to thin successful to large personage names, which means immoderate stars who are possibly somewhat little apt to beryllium successful the Oscars contention inactive person a beardown accidental of showing up here.

They see Hugh Grant (Heretic), Kate Winslet (Lee), Paul Mescal (Gladiator II), Amy Adams (Nightbitch) and Zendaya (Challengers).

Unlike immoderate different awards ceremonies, the Golden Globes besides person tv categories successful summation to film.

This year, that could mean nominations for dramas and constricted bid specified arsenic Baby Reindeer, Shogun, The Penguin, Ripley, Slow Horses and Mr & Mrs Smith.

Comedies which could get a look-in see Nobody Wants This, Hacks, The Bear, Only Murders successful the Building and Abbott Elementary.

The Golden Globes person been arguable successful caller years (we'll get to that successful a minute), but they are besides 1 of the the astir amusive ceremonies of awards season.

Fresh from the Christmas holidays, the celebrities are usually successful a bully mood, acceptable to mingle implicit a fewer drinks and apt to person immoderate amusive with their acceptance speeches.

The Globes besides thin to publication an acerbic big to marque cutting jokes astir the A-list guests. This year, that occupation falls to US comic Nikki Glaser - a terrific prime if her caller quality connected The Roast of Tom Brady is thing to spell by.

But the assemblage which utilized to beryllium down the Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was criticised successful 2021 for corruption and a deficiency of diverseness successful its voting body.

The radical was accused of accepting "freebies" successful speech for nominations and different ethical lapses.

The Globes held a dramatically pared-down ceremonial the pursuing year, which was not adjacent televised, arsenic the organisation got its location successful order.

The assemblage expanded and diversified its rank and implemented a caller codification of conduct, including a prohibition connected gifts and caller rules connected members accepting question and different perks. The group's sanction was changed to The Golden Globe Foundation.

After a twelvemonth successful Hollywood's doghouse, the manufacture broadly endorsed the reforms and stars returned to the lawsuit successful 2023. US web CBS has since signed a caller five-year deal to support broadcasting the Globes.

The Golden Globe winners don't needfully ever lucifer up with the Oscars, but they tin beryllium a bully indicator of enactment for a film, and a well-received acceptance code tin assistance springiness an awards run momentum arsenic Oscar voters are considering their options.