There were some surprises in the Golden Globe nominations this week and we think a few of them deserve to take home the trophy.
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Jane the Virgin: Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Did you ever think you’d see the day when a CW show was nominated for a Golden Globe? Well, Jane the Virgin has broken through that barrier and we couldn’t be happier for this sweet, funny and poignant series. We think it deserves to take home the trophy because of its completely different style and amazing acting.
Allison Janney: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie
After being nominated four times and losing for the hit drama The West Wing, Janney finally got nominated for her work on Mom. It’s a bit of a surprise that a comedy like Mom would get a nomination. But we think Janney has the chance to win the award as she’s spectacular and deserves it for her work playing a mom who’s had some challenges to becoming a good mother.
Quvenzhané Wallis: Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
The biggest surprise about this nomination is that Annie hasn’t been receiving the kind of word of mouth a movie wants to get before it’s released. But whatever the problems with the film, we think Wallis is a talented actress who deserves to win. She blew us out of the water with her performance in her other films, such as Beasts of the Southern Wild and 12 Years a Slave.
Game of Thrones: Best TV Series, Drama
The surprise is that this epic series has never gotten a nod for best drama series by the Golden Globes. We’re happy that error has been corrected this year. We think it has deserved to win because the beauty and scope of this series is like nothing that was ever seen before it. It broke ground in many ways and it deserves to be acknowledged for that.
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Alan Cumming: Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie
The Good Wife has had its fair share of nominations and this year is no different. What did come as a surprise for us was seeing Cumming’s name among the list of nominees for best supporting actor. Cumming is nothing short of a revelation on The Good Wife. He constantly surprises us in his role as Eli Gold, a character that is so far from Cumming’s real-life persona that it has been a joy to watch him step into the skin of someone else. If that doesn’t deserve a win, we don’t know what does.
Gina Rodriguez: Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Yes, we already talked about Jane the Virgin above, but now it’s time to give the show’s star her due. The quirky CW series would be nothing without Rodriguez in the lead role as a young woman accidentally impregnated and forced into becoming a real-life virgin mother. We think Rodriguez deserves to win for the way she portrays Jane’s take on her new life. Rodriguez’s Jane is both innocent and wise all at once.
Transparent: Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Not that long ago, a series about a transgender woman would never have been pitched in Hollywood, let alone made. But thankfully, times have changed and Jeffrey Tambor’s turn as the lead character in Transparent has become one of our favorite performances of the year. The surprise isn’t that a show with a transgender lead character was nominated, but that a show produced by Amazon was. The face of TV is changing daily and now includes those series that don’t air on your standard networks. We think it deserves to win because it is fantastic, but we hope it will win to push the envelope on the definition of a TV series.
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Check out the full list of Golden Globe nominations below
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
David Oyelowo, Selma
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Into The Woods
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Pride
Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Quvenzhané Wallis, Annie
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Best Animated Feature Film
The Lego Movie
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida (Poland/Denmark)
Force Majeure (Turist) (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett (Israel)
Tangerines (Mandariinid) (Estonia)
Leviathan (Russia)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Emma Stone, Birdman
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Edward Norton, Birdman
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Best Director – Motion Picture
Ava DuVernay, Selma
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory Of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Big Eyes” — Big Eyes
“Glory” — Selma
“Mercy Is” — Noah
“Opportunity” — Annie
“Yellow Flicker Beat” — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Best TV Series, Drama
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
The Affair
Game Of Thrones
House of Cards
The Good Wife
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Claire Danes, Homeland
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Clive Owen, The Knick
James Spader, The Blacklist
Dominic West, The Affair
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Orange Is the New Black
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin
Lena Dunham, Girls
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
William H. Macy, Shameless
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Louis C.K., Louie
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series
Olive Kitteridge
Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Allison Tolman, Fargo
Frances O’Connor, The Missing
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective
Allison Janney, Mom
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Colin Hanks, Fargo
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