'Chicago 7,' 'Promising Young Woman,' among Globe nominees

NEW YORK (AP) - The reading of nominations for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards has begun.

The nominees for best motion picture drama are: 'œThe Father'ť; 'œMank'ť; 'œNomadland'ť; 'œThe Trial of the Chicago 7'ť; 'œPromising Young Woman.'ť

The nominees for best musical or comedy film are: 'œBorat Subsequent Moviefilm'ť; 'œHamilton,'ť; 'œMusic'ť; 'œPalm Springs'ť; 'œThe Prom.'ť

The nominees for best television series, drama, are: 'œThe Crown'ť; 'œLovecraft Country'ť; 'œThe Mandalorian'ť; 'œOzark'ť; 'œRatched.'ť

The nominees for best television series, musical or comedy, are: 'œSchitt's Creek'ť; 'œTed Lasso'ť; 'œThe Great'ť; 'œThe Flight Attendant'ť; 'œEmily in Paris.'ť

The nominees for best motion picture, foreign language, are: 'œAnother Round'ť; 'œLa Llorona'ť; 'œThe Life Ahead'ť; 'œMinari'ť; 'œTwo of Us.'ť

The nominees for lead actor in a drama film are: Riz Ahmed, 'œSound of Metal'ť; Chadwick Boseman, 'œMa Rainey's Black Bottom'ť; Anthony Hopkins, 'œThe Father'ť; Gary Oldman, 'œMank'ť; Tahar Rahim, 'œThe Mauritanian.'ť

The nominees for actress in a drama film are: Frances McDormand, 'œNomadland'ť; Viola Davis, 'œMa Rainey's Black Bottom'ť; Carey Mulligan, 'œPromising Young Woman'ť; Vanessa Kirby, 'œPieces of a Woman'ť; Andra Day, 'œThe United States vs. Billie Holiday.'ť

The nominees for lead actor in a comedy or musical film are: Sacha Baron Cohen, 'œBorat Subsequent Moviefilm'ť; James Corden, 'œThe Prom'ť; Andy Samberg, 'œPalm Springs'ť; 'ťLin-Manuel Miranda, 'œHamilton'ť; Dev Patel, 'œThe Personal History of David Copperfield.'ť

The nominees for lead actress in a comedy or musical film are: Maria Bakalova, 'œBorat Subsequent Moviefilm'ť; Michelle Pfeiffer, 'œFrench Exit'ť; Anya Taylor-Joy, 'œEmma'ť; Kate Hudson, 'œMusic'ť; Rosamund Pike, 'œI Care A Lot.'ť

The nominees for best director are: Chloé Zhao, 'œNomadland'ť; Regina King, 'œOne Night in Miami'ť; David Fincher, 'œMank'ť; Aaron Sorkin, 'œThe Trial of the Chicago 7'ť; Emerald Fennell, 'œPromising Young Woman.'ť

Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson are announcing nominees Wednesday morning.

Nominees in top categories were announced on the 'œToday'ť show, while the full announcement event was carried live on E! digital channels and the Golden Globes' website.

The Globes are typically the first major show of Hollywood's awards season, which ends with the crowning of the best picture winner at the Oscars. They'll retain that distinction, despite being delayed nearly two months, after a surge in virus cases in recent months pushed the Grammy Awards to March.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday the Globes - typically a bubbly dinner gathering with flowing drinks - will be held bi-coastally for the first time. Fey will host live from New York's Rainbow Room and Poehler will host from the awards' normal home, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. It's expected that nominees will be appear from locations around the world.

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NEW YORK (AP) - Whether anyone will attend the Golden Globes in person remains uncertain and improbable. But nominations to the 78th Globes will be announced Wednesday, nevertheless.

Hollywood's strange and largely virtual awards season lacks the usual kind of buzz and red-carpet glamour that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association annually feasts on. More than perhaps any other award show, the Globes depend on a cavalcade of stars - something that won't materialize when the awards are handed out Feb. 28 in a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

On Tuesday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said the Globes - typically a bubbly dinner gathering with flowing drinks - will be held bi-coastally for the first time. Fey will host live from New York's Rainbow Room and Poehler will host from the awards' normal home, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. It's expected that nominees will be appear from locations around the world.

Nominations will be announced virtually at 8:35 a.m. ET Wednesday by presenters Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson. They will reveal 12 categories on NBC's 'œToday'ť show, with full nominees announced live on E! digital channels and the Golden Globes' website.

Without any in-person screenings or photo ops with stars, little is known about how the roughly 90 member press association - a notoriously unpredictable group, in normal times - is swaying this year. But one thing may be a lock: Netflix will land a whole lot of nominations.

Several of the streaming service's films - including Spike Lee's 'œDa 5 Bloods,'ť David Fincher' 'œMank'ť and Aaron Sorkin's 'œThe Trial of the Chicago 7'ť - are considered frontrunners, as are Netflix TV series 'œThe Crown'ť and 'œOzark.'ť At last year's Globes, Netflix also led all studios with 34 nominations.

Also widely expected to be nominated Wednesday are Chloe Zhao's 'œNomadland,'ť with Frances McDormand; Regina King's directorial debut 'œOne Night in Miami'ť; and George C. Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation 'œMa Rainey's Black Bottom,'ť with Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman all but assured of nods.

The Globes' splitting of nominees between drama and comedy/musical could also mean one wildcard of the season - 'œBorat Subsequent Moviefilm'ť - may emerge. The film could be nominated for best feature, comedy or musical, along with acting nods for Sacha Baron Cohen (also a contender for his supporting performance in 'œThe Trial of the Chicago 7") and Maria Bakalova. Also of note in the category: the 'œHamilton'ť film, ineligible for the Academy Awards, is a likely nominee at the Globes.

In the television categories, expect 'œThe Mandalorian,'ť 'œThe Queen's Gambit,'ť 'œThe Flight Attendant,'ť 'œTed Lasso'ť and the final season of 'œSchitt's Creek'ť to be in the mix.

In August, Hollywood Foreign Press Association's president, Lorenzo Soria, died at age 68. He was replaced by Ali Sar.

This year's Globes were postponed nearly two months because of the pandemic and to adjust to the delayed Oscars. Those are set for April 25. Last year's Golden Globes culminated in awards for 'œ1917'ť and 'œOnce Upon a Time ... in Hollywood." The telecast, hosted by Ricky Gervais, couldn't buck the overall ratings trend for awards shows, drawing an average of 18.3 million viewers, down 2% from the previous year.

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