The short also serves as a reunion for Rees and other Oscar - nominated «Mudbound» compatriots, including Best
Supporting Actress nominee Mary J. Blige (who stars in the short) and Best Cinematography nominee Rachel Morrison (who lensed it).
Not exact matches
-- «Mudbound»
supporting actress and original song
nominee Mary J. Blige.
Best
Supporting Actress nominees are
Mary J. Blige («Mudbound»), Allison Janney («I, Tonya»), Lesley Manville («Phantom Thread»), Laurie Metcalf («Lady Bird») and Octavia Spencer («The Shape of Water»).
Mary J. Blige is a Golden Globes
nominee for best
supporting actress for her turn in the historical drama «Mudbound.»
BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Nominees:
Mary J. Blige, «Mudbound» Hong Chau, «Downsizing» Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» Laurie Metcalf, «Lady Bird» Octavia Spencer, «The Shape of Water»
Chronicling Abraham Lincoln's final months as he engineers passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, «Lincoln» stars best - actor contender Day - Lewis in a monumental performance as the 16th president,
supporting -
actress nominee Field as the notoriously headstrong
Mary Todd Lincoln and
supporting - actor prospect Jones as abolitionist firebrand Thaddeus Stevens.
Among the
nominees are Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani for «The Big Sick» (who wrote the original screenplay
nominee with wife Emily V. Gordon, inspired by their courtship), «Mudbound»
actress Mary J. Blige (in the
supporting actress and original song categories, the latter of which she shares with Raphael Saadiq) and three directors — Jordan Peele («Get Out»), Greta Gerwig («Lady Bird») and Guillermo del Toro («The Shape of Water»)-- who don't fit their category's historically white male template.
Lead
Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Queen Latifah (Life
Support) Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act)
Mary - Louise Parker (The Robber Bride) Debra Messing (The Starter Wife) Gena Rowlands (What If God Were the Sun) Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Robert Duvall (Broken Trail) Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Sea Change) Jim Broadbent (Longford) William H. Macy (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) Matthew Perry (The Ron Clark Story)
Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Greta Scacchi (Broken Trail) Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Samantha Morton (Longford) Judy Davis (The Starter Wife) Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath)
Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail) August Schellenberg (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Aidan Quinn (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Edward Asner (The Christmas Card) Joe Mantegna (The Starter Wife) Also see the acting
nominees in the comedy and drama races, as well as the assorted outstanding - series contenders.
No formal boycott was announced, but only two of the five
supporting actress nominees — Alison Janney and
Mary J Blige — were interviewed, while other prominent early arrivals such as Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd did not speak to him.
The
supporting actress nominees are Allison Janney of «I, Tonya,» Laurie Metcalf of «Lady Bird,»
Mary J. Blige of «Mudbound,» Octavia Spencer of «The Shape of Water» and Lesley Manville of «Phantom Thread.»
How, for instance, do you have 6
nominees for most categories but only 4 for Best
Actress in an Action picture and only nominate
supporting actresses for that prize and leave out two leading women who really carried their films with aplomb:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane and Blake Lively in The Shallows.
Supporting Actor and
Actress nominees Mary J. Blige, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Richard Jenkins, Laurie Metcalf, Sam Rockwell and Octavia Spencer also will join in the celebratory lunch.
(And as Lainey just posted,
Mary J. Blige is a double
nominee, for
Supporting Actress and also Original Song.)
Best
supporting actress Oscar
nominee Mary J. Blige said Seacrest is «fighting for his life right now.»
A pair of Sufjan Stevens tracks from «Call Me by Your Name» are two of the best in the category overall, while
Mary J. Blige could be a double
nominee if she scores for «Mudbound» both here and in
supporting actress.
Helena Bonham Carter (Best
Supporting Actress Oscar
nominee) provides a superb evocation of George's wife Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) and the rest of the cast is well chosen and equally effective, including Guy Pearse as the abdicating King Edward VII, Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Claire Bloom as Queen
Mary, and Michael Gambon as King George V. Orchestrating the whole affair with obvious enthusiasm and attention to detail is well - deserved Best Director Oscar winner Tom Hooper (who also gave us 2009's impressive The Damned United).