The Hollywood awards season kicked off Monday with the announcement of nominees for the 83nd annual Golden Globe Awards — with the comic thriller “One Battle After Another” leading the way with nine nods among movie categories and “The White Lotus” topping the TV side with six.
“One Battle” — with its all-star cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn and Chase Infiniti — was among the six nominees for best motion picture/musical or comedy, and will face a battle of another kind against “Blue Moon,” “Bugonia,” “Marty Supreme,” “No Other Choice,” and “Nouvelle Vague.”
Meanwhile, nominees for best motion picture/drama went to “Frankenstein,” “Hamnet,” “It Was Just An Accident,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sentimental Value” and “Sinners.”
Overall in the movie categories, the family drama “Sentimental Value” followed “One Battle” with eight nominations, with “Sinners” next at seven, “Hamnet” at six, and “Frankenstein” and “Wicked: For Good” tying at five apiece.
On the TV side, following the perennial awards magnet “The White Lotus” was “Adolescence” with five nominations” and awards-season regulars “Only Murders in the Building” and “Severance” with four each.
“The Bear,” another staple of awards season, was among six TV series with three nominations, while its star, Jeremy Allen White, garnered nods in both TV and movie categories — for best actor in a television series/musical or comedy, and for best actor in a motion picture drama for his big-screen star turn role in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”
Amanda Seyfried and Jacob Elordi were also double nominees. Seyfried was nominated for both best actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television for “Long Bright River,” and for best actress in a motion picture/musical or comedy for “The Testament of Ann Lee.” Elordi took nods for best supporting actor in a motion picture for “Frankenstein” and for best actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.”
“The White Lotus” was again among the nominees for best television series/drama, joining “The Diplomat,” “The Pitt,” “Pluribus,” “Severance” and “Slow Horses.”
Joining “Only Murders” in the best TV series/musical or comedy category were “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “Nobody Wants This” and “The Studio.”
In all, nominees were announced in 28 categories Monday morning during a pre-dawn livestream from the Beverly Hilton hotel hosted by actor/comedian Marlon Wayans and actress/philanthropist Skye P. Marshall.
This year also featured the debut of the “best podcast” category. Each category featured six nominees except for cinematic and box office achievement, had eight.
The Globes had earlier announced that Helen Mirren will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, while Sarah Jessica Parker will receive the Carol Burnett Award, honoring a person “who has made outstanding contributions to television on or off screen.” Both of those prizes will be given out on Jan. 8 during a “Golden Eve” primetime special on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
The Globes’ main event will take place on Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton, hosted again by comedian/actress Nikki Glaser.