Golden Globe Awards 2016 Nominations

The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be held and simulcast live on NBC on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST at The Beverly Hilton produced by Dick Clark Productions. Nominations were announced by America Ferrera, Chloe Grace Moretz, Angela Bassett and Dennis Quaid this morning live from The Beverly Hilton.   

Carol leads the way with five nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Drama and Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for which both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara received nominations. Netflix had a network high of eight nominations. The Revenant, Steve Jobs, and The Big Short each received four nominations.

And the nominees are:

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Motion Picture, Comedy 
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Director – Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy 
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy

Amy Schumer, Trainwreck


Maggie Smith, Lady in the Van

Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Will Smith, Concussion

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best TV Series, Drama

Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander

Best TV Series, Comedy
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best TV Movie or Limited-Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV Movie
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lilly Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelson, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
"Love Me Like You Do" 50 Shades of Grey
"One Kind of Love" Love and Mercy
"See You Again" Furious 7
"Simple Song No. 3" Youth
"Writing's on the Wall" Spectre

Tune in to the ceremony, hosted by Ricky Gervais, Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. 

SAG Awards 2016 Nominations

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA will be held and simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST at the Shrine Auditorium.  Nominations were announced by Anna Faris and Anthony Mackie this morning.  

House of Cards and Trumbo  scored the most nominations with three each, including series ensemble and cast performance respectively.  

And the nominees are:

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Johnny Depp - Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Helen Mirren - Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman - I Smile Back

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay - Room

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton 
Trumbo

TELEVISION 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Idris Elba - Luther

Ben Kingley - Tut

Ray Liotta - Texas Rising

Billy Murray - A Very Murray Christmas 

Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nicole Kidman - Grace of Monaco

Queen Latifah - Bessie Smith

Christina Ricci - The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

Susan Sarandon - The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Kristen Wiig - The Spoils Before Dying

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Rami Malek - Mr.Robot

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series  

Claire Danes - Homeland

Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder

Julianna Marguiles - The Good Wife

Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

Robin Wright - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Ty Burrell - Modern Family

Louis C.K. - Louis

William H. Macy - Shameless

Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black

Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Julia Louis-Dreyfus- Veep

Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (6 nominees)

The Big Bang Theory

Key & Peele

Modern Family

Orange is the New Black

Transparent

Veep

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 52nd Annual Life Achievement Award

Carol Burnett

Don't forget to tune in to the SAG Awards live on Saturday, January 30, 2016 on TBS or TNT.  

58th Annual Grammy Awards Nominations

This morning, Alicia Keys announced Grammy nominations for key categories on CBS This Morning.  The categories announced were Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. Music released between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015 is eligible to be nominated for the 58th Grammys.

A full list of the nominations is now available on the Grammy website and can be found here.
Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations with 11, followed by Taylor Swift and The Weeknd each earning seven nominations.

Best New Artist
Courtney Barnett
James Bay
Sam Hunt
Tori Kelly
Meghan Trainor

Record of the Year
D'Angelo and The Vanguard "Really Love"
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

Song of the Year
"Alight" written by Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams, performed by Kendrick Lamar
"Blank Space" written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift, performed by Taylor Swift
"Girl Crush" written by Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose, performed by Little Big Town
"See You Again" written by Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth and Cameron Thomaz performed by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, performed by Ed Sheeran

Album of the Year
Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Taylor Swift, 1989
The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Tune-in to the 58th Grammys on February 15, 2016 at 8/7c on CBS.

The Wiz Live! on NBC

Since 2013, NBC has produced a live musical adaptation every year at the beginning of December as a holiday tradition.  2013 saw a production of The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood and last year's production was Peter Pan starring Allison Williams as Peter.  This year NBC did a production of The Wiz with an all-star cast including Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Uzo Aduba, Common, Ne-Yo, Amber Riley, Stephanie Mills and 18-year-old Shanice Williams as Dorothy.  

Stephanie Mills played Dorothy in the Original Broadway production of The Wiz and brings Aunt Em to life in the made-for-tv live show. Shanice Williams was cast after a nationwide talent search, and can she ever sing! Speaking of singing, it worked in the show's favor to cast current singers including Ne-Yo, Common and Mary J. Blige as the songs are one of the best parts of The Wiz and they delivered them with the heart and soul they were intended to have. 

The show was co-produced by Cirque de Soleil's theatrical division and the choreography during the tornado demonstrated this right off the bat. The crows and monkeys flying was also a nice touch. We also enjoyed the choreography during the Emerald City sequence and "Brand New Day."

The singing throughout the show was amazing. Amber Riley and Shanice Williams singing "He's the Wizard" was a great introduction to the world of Oz.  "Ease on Down the Road," "Be a Lion," Ne-Yo singing "What Would I Do If I Could Feel?" and Mary J. Blige singing "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" were some of our other favorite performances. "Brand New Day" was even more fierce during the show than it was at the Macy's Day parade. Uzo Aduba singing the "Believe in Yourself (Reprise)" was worth waiting until the end of the show for and Shanice Williams singing "Home" brought us to tears. 

Bravo on this one, NBC!