Australian Stars Shine On Golden Globes 2021 Nomination
Nominations You Should Know Of
The nominations for potential winners of the Golden Globes Awards 2021 have already been announced. And as usual, Australian stars feature quite heavily on the list. From your favourite comedians to music stars and local film talent, members of the Australian performing arts community had quite a significant representation on the various categories of the Awards.
These stars include popular names such as Nicole Kidman (who is now a familiar face at the Awards) and HER, who is featuring at the Awards for the first time.
Here is a succinct breakdown of Australian presence on the nomination list.
In the Motion Pictures Category
For the “Best Performance By An Actress In A Limited Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television” award, there are two Australians, namely Nicole Kidman and then there is Cate Blanchett. Neither of them is new to winning global accolades, and in fact, they are quite regular faces at the Golden Globes.
Nicole Kidman is appearing on this year’s nominations list for his performance in the groundbreaking psychological thriller series, The Undoing, produced by HBO.
In the past, Nicole has been nominated a whopping 16 times for various categories in the Globes, and has won 5.
Cate Blanchett’s acting in Mrs America, the biographical mini-series produced by FX. She has been nominated 11 times across categories, and she has taken the Awards home 3 times.
For the Best Motion Picture — Musical Or Comedy, the romantic comedy Palm Springs directed by Andy Samberg and actress-singer, Cristin Milioti, was nominated. Andy Samberg himself was in turn nominated for the award of Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture — Musical Or Comedy, for his role in the movie.
Still in this category, the controversial comedy Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which is the sequel to the earlier Borat, produced by Sacha Baron Cohen landed not one, but three (3) nominations. The other nominations are Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture — Musical Or Comedy for which Cohen was nominated. Then there is the Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture — Musical Or Comedy for which Maria Bakalova was nominated.
Other Australian stars on the lists include Trent Reznor and fellow members of the Nine Inch Nails, Atticus Rose. Others are Tony McNamara and star musician, HER.
The Golden Globes Awards are a series of accolades awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which consists of 93 members. The Awards ceremony commemorates excellence in film and television, both in America and internationally. The awards are meant for film and TV productions released between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year.
The 77-year old awards ceremony is the third most popular awards show, only trailing the Oscars and the Grammys.
The awards are clearly divided into motion pictures and television with a number of subcategories under each.
This year’s event has been slated for 28th February (which is 1st March in Australia) and for the first time, it will be completely virtual. This is entirely attributed to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant need for proper physical distancing to slow the tide of the virus.