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Golden Globes 2015 – 10 Things You Missed and Should Know

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The Golden Globes nominations list is finally here and surprise, surprise many fan favorite movies, TV shows and actors were snubbed this year.

Nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes were announced on Thursday morning. And surprisingly Steve Jobs cast members Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet earned nominations for best actor and actress in a motion picture drama, and it’s not too surprising to see Empire’s Taraji P. Henson nominated for a Golden Globe this year either.

The Golden Globes will air on January 10, 2016 with the host Ricky Gervais, who is back for the fourth time.

Golden Globes

Here is the full list of nominees.

Motion picture, drama

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Motion picture, comedy

The Big Short

Joy

The Martian

Spy

Trainwreck

Actress in a motion picture, drama

Cate Blanchett

Brie Larson

Rooney Mara

Saoirse Ronan

Alicia Vikander

Actress in a motion picture, comedy

Jennifer Lawrence

Melissa McCarthy

Amy Schumer

Maggie Smith

Lily Tomlin

Actor in a motion picture, drama

Bryan Cranston

Leonardo DiCaprio

Michael Fassbender

Eddie Redmayne

Will Smith

Actor in a motion picture, comedy

Christian Bale

Steve Carell

Matt Damon

Al Pacino

Mark Ruffalo

TV series, drama

Empire

Game of Thrones

Mr. Robot

Narcos

Outlander

TV series, comedy

Casual

Mozart in the Jungle

Orange Is the New Black

Silicon Valley

Transparent

Veep

Actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Jane Fonda

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Helen Mirren

Alicia Vikander

Kate Winslet

Actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Paul Dano

Idris Elba

Mark Rylance

Michael Shannon

Sylvester Stallone

TV movie or miniseries

American Crime

American Horror Story: Hotel

Fargo

Flesh and Bone

Wolf Hall

Actress in a TV series, comedy

Rachel Bloom

Jamie Lee Curtis

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Gina Rodriguez

Lily Tomlin

Actress in a TV series, drama

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder

Eva Green, Penny Dreadful

Taraji P. Henson, Empire

Robin Wright, House of Cards

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

Actor in a TV series, comedy

Aziz Ansari, Master Of None

Gael García Bernal, Mozart In The Jungle

Rob Lowe, The Grinder

Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Animated feature film

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun The Sheep

Supporting actor in a TV series, limited series or TV movie

Alan Cumming

Damian Lewis

Ben Mendelsohn

Tobias Menzies

Christian Slater

Supporting actress in a TV 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

Actor in a TV movie or limited series

Oscar Isaac

Patrick Wilson

Idris Elba

David Oyelowo

Mark Rylance

Director

Todd Haynes, Carol

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant

Tom Mccarthy, Spotlight

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

Ridley Scott, The Martian

Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight

Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs

Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Emma Donoghue, Room

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short

Actress in a TV movie ot limited series

Kirsten Dunst

Queen Latifah

Felicity Huffman

Sarah Hay

Lady Gaga

Original song

“Love Me Like You Do” (50 Shades of Grey)

“One Kind of Love” (Love and Mercy)

“See You Again” (Furious 7)

“Simple Song #3” (Youth)

“Writing’s on the Wall” (Spectre)

Foreign language film

The Brand New Testament (Belgium / France / Luxembourg)

The Club (Chile)

The Fencer (Finland / Germany / Estonia)

Mustang (France)

Son Of Saul (Hungary)

Score

Carter Burwell, Carol

Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl

Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight

Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs

Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, The Revenant

But, there were also a ton of movies, actors and TV shows that were snubbed this year including Creed and Johnny Depp.

 

Here is the breakdown of the 10 Golden Globe snubs:

10. Creed

Creed

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler were not nominated, despite box office success. However, Sylvester Stallone did get nominated for Best Supporting Actor-Drama

9. Mad Men

Mad men

Even though Jon Hamm was nominated, the final season of AMC’s Mad Men failed to get any other nominations for Golden Globes.

8. Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton

Despite beating box office expectations and wowing critics, Straight Outta Compton failed to get any nominations.

7. Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp is a jack of all trades. Despite his praise for his role as gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, Johnny Depp failed to get a nomination for Best Actor-Drama.

6. Kevin Spacey

 

House of Cards Season 4
Netflix

Kevin Spacey is the true definition of an actor. But, despite starring in House of Cards Spacey did not get nominated for his performance as Frank Underwood this year, even though he won Best Actor in a TV drama last year for the same show.

5. Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer Star Wars GQ

Amy Schumer took over the industry this year with several hit movies and TV shows. Even though the actress’ movie Trainwreck got a nomination, the comedian failed to get one for her Comedy Central sketch series, Inside Amy Schumer.

4. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Season 2

Ellie Kemper surprised audience in the hit Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. However, she and the show failed to receive any Golden Globe nominations this year.

3. NBC

NBC

NBC managed not to get a single nomination for the Golden Globes this year and they premiered the final season of Parks and Recreation.

2. The Walk

Joseph Gordon Levitt
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Despite being a long movie about walking across the Twin towers, the Joseph Gordon Levitt biopic of the high-wire artist Philippe Petit and his walk between the World Trade Center tower failed to get a single nomination despite being called an early Best Picture movie.

1.Benicio Del Toro

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Oscar winning actor Benicio Del Toror did not get a single nomination for his portrayal of a drug enforcement agent Alejandro despite surprising critics and fans alike in the critically acclaimed thriller Sicario.

What do you think of the Golden Globes so far? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below!

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