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The comedy Picture category is also not entirely clear - cut, but I think «Vicky Cristina Barcelona» might offer the best balance of audience accessibility and critical cred.
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In the category of best actor in a motion picture - musical or comedy, the nominees are: Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), John C. Reilly (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl), Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson's War), and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages).
In the category of best actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy, the nominees are: Amy Adams (Enchanted), Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd), Ellen Page (Juno), and Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose).
When news broke that Get Out, Jordan Peele's runaway hit horror movie, would be in the «best motion picture» Golden Globes category for musicals and comedies, the backlash was swift — due in no small part to the movie being an important expression of racial themes.
Director David O. Russell's comedy drama and Alfonso Cuarón space epic both received nominations in the Best Picture category, along with nominations for their leading male and female performances.
Best actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical Judi Dench, «Victoria & Abdul» Helen Mirren, «The Leisure Seeker» Margot Robbie, «I, Tonya» Saoirse Ronan, «Lady Bird» Emma Stone, «Battle of the Sexes» IMMEDIATE REACTION: This category is the battle of the established grand dames — Mirren and Dench — against the up - and - comers.
The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), It Happened One Night is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era, packed with clever situations and gags that have entered the Hollywood comedy pantheon and featuring two actors at the top of their game, sparking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.
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In one sense, the Golden Globes, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, muddy the water by dividing the best actress, actor and picture categories into drama and musical or comedy, thereby doubling the number of nominees.
La La Land made history at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, winning in all categories it was nominated in - a record seven trophies, including Best Picture - Comedy / Musical, cementing it's frontrunner status for Best Picture as Academy voters...
The big success of the night was Boyhood, which won three categories in Best Motion Picture — Drama, Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette), while Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel scooped Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical.
Why Don't You Play In Hell picked up Best Picture and Best Director in the comedy category.
The moment came shortly after Jessica Chastain and Chris Hemsworth presented the category of Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, which ended up going to Saoirse Ronan.
Didn't win: The Australian actor narrowly missed out to James Franco on the gong for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category
What to keep an eye out for with these awards is really what wins the «Comedy» category, not because of what might win editing at the Oscars, necessarily, but what has consensus heat to win Best Picture.
Two pure comedies, Paul Feig's «Spy» and Judd Apatow's «Trainwreck,» were nominated in the Best Motion Picture — Comedy category alongside three films comprised of considerably more dramatic fare: Adam McKay's exploration of the modern financial crisis, «The Big Short,» David O. Russell's profile of an entrepreneur, «Joy,» and Ridley Scott's sci - fi adventure, «The Martian.»
Greta Gerwig's teen comedy, Lady Bird, won Best Motion Picture and Best Actress for a comedy or musical, while Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri secured awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor in the Drama category.
In the Musical / Comedy category, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird won Motion Picture, Comedy, while its star, Saoirse Ronan, took home Best Actress.
There were three big hitters in the Golden Globes» comedy film categories — Get Out, Lady Bird, and I, Tonya — and Lady Bird ended up walking away with the top prize, winning Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical, along with Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse comedy film categories — Get Out, Lady Bird, and I, Tonya — and Lady Bird ended up walking away with the top prize, winning Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical, along with Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse Comedy or Musical, along with Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse Ronan.
Best Picture (Drama) seems like a showdown between The Shape of Water and The Post, while Lady Bird and Get Out are the frontrunners in the comedy category.
Damien Chazelle's homage to old Hollywood received a nod for Best Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy; Stone and Gosling each got recognition in their respective acting categories; and Chazelle was nominated in Best Director and Best Screenplay.
In the best picture, comedy or musical category, Birdman was joined by St Vincent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods and — in a surprise — the independent British film Pride.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, from that tuba - bicycle - riding director Wes Anderson, also did very well, winning best picture in the comedy / musical category.
On the television side, which spanned 10 awards, «Justified» was a surprise winner for Best TV Drama Series, while the deliciously ribald «It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,» now entering its seventh season, was named Best TV Comedy Series, knocking off last year's winner, «The Big C.» Kate Winslet («Mildred Pierce») and Jason Isaacs (PBS» «Case Histories») were awarded Best Actress and Best Actor prizes in the Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television categories, while Vanessa Williams («Desperate Housewives») and Ryan Hurst («Sons of Anarchy») won supporting performance trophies, which span both TV movie and serial work.
Delivering a stronger average is German comedy Toni Erdmann, which is nominated in the Oscars» foreign language picture category.
Concerning this issue, it is being argued that including «The Hangover» in the Best Motion Picture, Comedy category is going to water down the award's prestige level from that of a rich glass of Romane Conti to a diluted can of Keystone Light.
Director Todd Phillips» («Old School,» «Road Trip») «The Hangover,» which you could say is the ugly duckling of the Golden Globes, has been nominated in the Best Motion Picture, Comedy category, a decision that has been causing a considerable amount of hullabaloo.
Wilson's performance as screenwriter and aspiring novelist Gil Pender garnered him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Fans of The Big Sick who were disappointed by its Golden Globes snubs will feel somewhat vindicated, as Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's real - life love story turned romantic comedy picked up two acting nods — for outstanding cast in a motion picture, and a separate nomination for Holly Hunter in the outstanding supporting actress category.
There were enough movie musicals that year for the Golden Globes to have separate Comedy and Musical Best Picture categories.
«The Greatest Showman» is in the Best Picture: Comedy or Musical category, as well as Hugh Jackman and Best Song («This is Me»).
The film was nominated for best picture in the comedy / musical category and lead Daniel Kaluuya earned an acting nod.
Tiffany Haddish was once again not recognized for her role in Girls Trip, nor was the blockbuster comedy itself recognized in the motion - picture category.
Kidman's win set the stage for a night that ended up largely celebrating stories about women, including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (which walked away with four prizes, including best actress and best motion picture, drama), Lady Bird (which won complementary best picture and actress awards in the comedy categories), and of course, Big Little Lies, which won several statuettes to match its horde of Emmys.
And beginning with the 2010 Oscars, up to 10 movies could be nominated for Best Picture, making it technically possible for all 10 Golden Globe Best Picture nominations (in both the Drama and Comedy / Musical categories) to also appear in the Oscar Best Picture nominations list.
Other winners in the film categories were Lady Bird for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical); Guillermo del Toro for Best Director for The Shape of Water; Gary Oldman for Best Actor (Drama) for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Lady Bird; James Franco for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney for Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade for Best Foreign Feature; Coco for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water; and «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman for Best Original Song.
While the film did manage to win Best Picture and Best Actress in the Comedy / Musical categories at the Golden Globes, the film failed to receive a Best Director nod there, and also failed to get Best Film and Best Director nods at the BAFTA Awards.
Amazon also didn't crack the best picture category in 2018, with its hit box office comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani.
It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography and a Golden Globe nod in the Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) category.
«Lady Bird» took home the prize for best picture in the comedy or musical category, while its lead Saorise Ronan won for best actress.
When news broke that Get Out, Jordan Peele's runaway hit horror movie, would be in the «best motion picture» Golden Globes category for musicals and comedies, rather than drama, the backlash was swift — due in no small part to the movie being an important expression of racial issues.
Doubts seemed to be confirmed when David O. Russell failed to get a Globe nod for director (only Driving Miss Daisy has ever won Best Picture in the musical / comedy category without a nomination for director), and more importantly, a DGA nomination.
Musical or Comedy designation landed Phoenix a Best Actor nod at the Golden Globes (his second straight one in that category perhaps qualifies him for the «funnyman» label), but the film could not get a Best Picture nomination despite a field with only two legitimate Oscar contenders.
Like the Golden Globes, the ACE Eddie Awards divide the motion picture categories up into «dramatic» and «comedy,» which means Get Out is again strangely regarded as a comedy.
Fellow Best Picture winner Lady Bird from A24 pictures, who took the prize in the Musical or Comedy category, had a modest expansion adding 90 theaters for a total of 652 locations this weekend.
On a night where Ronan won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and her film won Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, Gerwig was not listed as one of the directing category's five (all - male) nominees.
La La Land is nominated for six Golden Globes including Best Musical or Comedy Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling) and Best Actress (Emma Stone) in the Musical or Comedy categories, Best Original Score and Best Screenplay.
As touched on previously, La La Land was the biggest winner on the night, coming out on top in every category it was nominated, including «best picture, comedy or musical,» «actress, comedy or musical,» «actor, comedy or musical,» «director,» «screenplay,» «original score,» and «original song».
Leading the nominations was Lionsgate's movie musical «La La Land,» which earned seven in the musical or comedy categories, recognizing Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, Damien Chazelle for both writing and directing, and best picture.
«The Martian,» whose nomination as best picture, comedy or musical, won that category, with Matt Damon picking up a best actor trophy for his performance in the sci - fi film.