With Christmas almost here, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have given us film fanatics an early present with their nominations for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards.

Leading the way with six nods is the political biopic Vice, which stars Christian Bale as the controversial former vice-president Dick Cheney.

The film is up for Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) with Bale nominated in Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) for his portrayal. Co-stars Amy Adams and Sam Rockwell are acknowledged in the supporting categories, while Adam McKay is recognised for his directing and writing.

There are five mentions apiece for the fact-based comedy Green Book and the historical dramedy The Favourite, both of whom are competing for Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) with Vice.

The former earned acting nods for Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, while Peter Farrelly gained double noms for his writing and directing.

The Favourite earned three acting nods for female stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, while the film also showed up in Best Screenplay.

 

The rest of the Comedy/Musical film line-up is completed by the upcoming Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns, which has four mentions including acting recognition for Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the hit romcom Crazy Rich Asians which also landed a Best Actress nod for Constance Wu.

It was also a very good day for Bradley Cooper, as he landed double nominations for his directing and lead role in the musical drama A Star is Born. Co-star Lady Gaga is competing for Best Actress (Drama) while the film’s hit song “Shallow” is a strong favourite to win the Best Original Song category.

Despite being deemed a critical disappointment upon its release, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody scored two key nominations for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and for leading man Rami Malek, who earned strong praise for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury.

 

The rest of the Best Film (Drama) category is contested by the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, the Spike Lee-directed crime drama BlackKklansman (with four nods including Best Actor and Supporting Actor) and the indie drama If Beale Street Could Talk (four nods including Best Director and Supporting Actress).

Elsewhere, the Mexican drama Roma scored three mentions including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón while the animated film line-up features solid contenders including Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Other big name stars to land key acting nominations included Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Glenn Close (The Wife), Nicole Kidman (Destroyer), Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Rosamund Pike (A Private War), Robert Redford (The Old Man and the Gun), John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie), Charlize Theron (Tully), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Claire Foy (First Man).

There were also several notable snubs with Ryan Gosling (First Man), Ethan Hawke (First Reformed), Viola Davis (Widows) and Sam Elliott (A Star is Born) amongst the major names overlooked.

The ceremony will be hosted by actors Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve) with the 76th Golden Globes award ceremony taking place on 6 January 6.

The full list of film nominees (with my predictions in blue):

BEST MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)
BLACK PANTHER
BLACKKKLANSMAN
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
A STAR IS BORN

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)
Glenn Close, THE WIFE
Lady Gaga, A STAR IS BORN
Nicole Kidman, DESTROYER
Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Rosamund Pike, A PRIVATE WAR

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)
Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
Willem Dafoe, AT ETERNITY’S GATE
Lucas Hedges, BOY ERASED
Rami Malek, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
John David Washington, BLACKKKLANSMAN

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
THE FAVOURITE
GREEN BOOK
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
VICE

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Emily Blunt, MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Olivia Colman, THE FAVOURITE
Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE
Charlize Theron, TULLY
Constance Wu, CRAZY RICH ASIANS

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Christian Bale, VICE
Lin-Manuel Miranda, MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK
Robert Redford, THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN
John C. Reilly, STAN & OLLIE

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Amy Adams, VICE
Claire Foy, FIRST MAN
Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Emma Stone, THE FAVOURITE
Rachel Weisz, THE FAVOURITE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Mahershala Ali, GREEN BOOK
Timothée Chalamet, BEAUTIFUL BOY
Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Sam Rockwell, VICE

 

BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
Alfonso Cuarón, ROMA
Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK
Spike Lee, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Adam McKay, VICE

BEST SCREENPLAY
THE FAVOURITE (Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara)
GREEN BOOK (Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie)
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Barry Jenkins)
ROMA, (Alfonso Cuarón)
VICE (Adam McKay)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BLACK PANTHER (Ludwig Göransson)
FIRST MAN (Justin Hurwitz)
ISLE OF DOGS (Alexandre Desplat)
MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Marc Shaiman)
A QUIET PLACE (Marco Beltrami)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BLACK PANTHER (“All the Stars”)
BOY ERASED (“Revelation”)
DUMPLIN’ (“Girl in the Movies”)
A PRIVATE WAR (“Requiem for a Private War”)
A STAR IS BORN (“Shallow”)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
INCREDIBLES 2
ISLE OF DOGS
MIRAI
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
CAPERNAUM (Lebanon)
GIRL (Belgium)
NEVER LOOK AWAY (Germany)
ROMA (Mexico)
SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)