Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Conclave lead Golden Globe nominations

Jason Korsner

The new profit-making company behind the Golden Globes – once the second most prestigious awards in Hollywood – have announced the nominations for next month’s awards ceremony – even as controversy continues over the way the Chelsea owner Todd Boehly took control of the awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which he was hired to rescue after allegations of racism and corruption – only to end up winding up the organisation after selling the awards to his own companies.

The new owners – Eldridge Industries and Dick Clark Productions – have kept the format intact, honouring both films and TV – and separating the main awards for each media into dramas, on the one hand, and musicals or comedies, on the other. They have also retained their position as the first high-profile awards ceremony of the season – ensuring that anyone interested in what might happen at the Oscars pays attention.

Adrien Brody in The Brutalist

The films leading the race for awards this year include the dramas Conclave, about cardinals conspiring to elect a new Pope – and The Brutalist, about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who heads to New York to work as an architect – and the musicals Wicked, based on the stage show of the same name – and Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord who begins a new life as a woman.

Emilia Pérez tops the nominations with 10, followed by 7 for The Brutalist and 6 for Conclave. There are 5 nominations each for Anora and The Substance and 4 for Wicked.

Stars in the running for drama awards include Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Daniel Craig and Timothée Chalamet, while the comedy and musical shortlist includes Cynthia Erivo, Amy Adams, Demi Moore, Zendaya, Jesse Eisenberg, Hugh Grant, Jesse Plemons and Sebastian Stan.

Those up for supporting awards include Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Felicity Jones, Edwards Norton, Guy Pearce and Denzel Washington, who picked up a nomination for Gladiator II.

Mikey Madison (r) is one of the favourites for Best Actress in a drama for Anora

The favourites in some categories, though, include lesser known actors – such as newcomer Mikey Madison, who is in the running for Best Actress in a drama for the Cannes Palme d’Or winner, Anora.

Among the TV shows with the most nominations are the dramas The Diplomat, Slow Horses and The Day of the Jackal, the comedies The Gentlemen, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building and the Limited Series, Baby Reindeer, The Penguin and Ripley.

British stars Gary Oldman, Keira Knightley, Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning are among those up for TV awards – and the singer Robbie Williams has been nominated for a song he wrote and performed for his upcoming biopic, Better Man.

As the rehabilitation of the awards continues in Hollywood, the owners of the Golden Globes brand will be hoping to shake off doubts those in the industry still have about the make-up of the new body and what has happened to those who used to vote. But the allegations against the former owners are now far enough back that Hollywood is probably ready to forget about the claims and get back to celebrating its achievements. After years of MeToo controversy, strikes by writers and actors and corruption and racism scandals, insiders just want to move on – and they’ll be hoping to take the public with them.

The awards will be handed out on 5th January, at a ceremony produced by Boehly’s Dick Clark Productions, at the Beverly Hilton hotel – also part-owned by one of Boehly’s companies, from the following full list of nominations:

Best film – drama

  • The Brutalist

  • A Complete Unknown

  • Conclave

  • Dune: Part Two

  • Nickel Boys

  • September 5

Best film – musical or comedy

  • Anora

  • Challengers

  • Emilia Pérez

  • A Real Pain

  • The Substance

  • Wicked

Best non-English language film

  • All We Imagine as Light

  • Emilia Pérez

  • The Girl with the Needle

  • I’m Still Here

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  • Vermiglio

Best animated film

  • Flow

  • Inside Out 2

  • Memoir of a Snail

  • Moana 2

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

  • The Wild Robot

Cinematic and box office achievement

Best actress – drama

  • Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

  • Angelina Jolie, Maria

  • Nicole Kidman, Babygirl

  • Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door

  • Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

  • Kate Winslet, Lee

Best actor – drama

  • Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

  • Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

  • Daniel Craig, Queer

  • Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

  • Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

  • Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best actress – musical or comedy

  • Amy Adams, Nightbitch

  • Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

  • Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

  • Mikey Madison, Anora

  • Demi Moore, The Substance

  • Zendaya, Challengers

Best actor – musical or comedy

  • Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

  • Hugh Grant, Heretic

  • Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night

  • Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness

  • Glen Powell, Hit Man

  • Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best supporting actress

  • Ariana Grande, Wicked

  • Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez

  • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

  • Margaret Qualley, The Substance

  • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

  • Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best supporting actor

  • Yura Borisov, Anora

  • Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

  • Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

  • Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

  • Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

  • Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

Best director

  • Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  • Sean Baker, Anora

  • Edward Berger, Conclave

  • Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

  • Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  • Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

Best screenplay

  • Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  • Sean Baker, Anora

  • Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

  • Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

  • Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  • Peter Straughan, Conclave

Best original song

  • Beautiful That Way, The Last Showgirl

  • Compress/Repress, Challengers

  • El Mal, Emilia Pérez

  • Forbidden Road, Better Man

  • Kiss The Sky, The Wild Robot

  • Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez

Best original film score

  • Conclave

  • The Brutalist

  • The Wild Robot

  • Emilia Pérez

  • Challengers

  • Dune: Part Two

Best TV series – drama

  • The Diplomat

  • Mr. and Mrs. Smith

  • Shōgun

  • Squid Game

  • Slow Horses

  • The Day of the Jackal

Best TV series – comedy or musical

  • Abbott Elementary

  • The Bear

  • The Gentlemen

  • Hacks

  • Nobody Wants This

  • Only Murders in the Building

Best limited TV series

  • Baby Reindeer

  • Disclaimer

  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

  • The Penguin

  • Ripley

  • True Detective: Night Country

Best TV actress – drama

  • Kathy Bates, Matlock

  • Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon

  • Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith

  • Keira Knightley, Black Doves

  • Anna Sawai, Shōgun

  • Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Best TV actor – drama

  • Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith

  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent

  • Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

  • Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal

  • Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun

  • Billy Bob Thornton, Landman (Paramount+)

Best TV actress – comedy or musical

  • Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This

  • Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

  • Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

  • Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building

  • Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along

  • Jean Smart, Hacks

Best TV actor – comedy or musical

  • Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This

  • Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside

  • Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

  • Jason Segel, Shrinking

  • Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

  • Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best TV actress – limited series

  • Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer

  • Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

  • Cristin Milioti, The Penguin

  • Sofía Vergara, Griselda

  • Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

  • Kate Winslet, The Regime

Best TV actor – limited series

  • Colin Farrell, The Penguin

  • Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

  • Kevin Kline, Disclaimer

  • Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

  • Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow

  • Andrew Scott, Ripley

Best supporting actress – TV

  • Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

  • Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

  • Dakota Fanning, Ripley

  • Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

  • Allison Janney, The Diplomat

  • Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

Best supporting actor – TV

  • Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun

  • Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

  • Harrison Ford, Shrinking

  • Jack Lowden, Slow Horses

  • Diego Luna, La Maquina

  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Best TV stand-up comedy performance

  • Jamie Foxx, What Had Happened Was

  • Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die

  • Seth Meyers, Dad Man Walking

  • Adam Sandler, Love You

  • Ali Wong, Single Lady

  • Ramy Youssef, More Feelings