The Golden Globes first time nominees luncheon took place yesterday in LA and among the attendees, Hiroyuki Sanada for his performance as Toranaga-sama in Shōgun. He is the reigning Emmy Drama Actor winner, but since Shōgun was only released last February, the series has yet to contend at the Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and the SAGs.
Shōgun is the presumed favourite in both the Best Drama and Best Drama Actor categories and the way I see it, Hiroyuki’s closest competition is Gary Oldman in Slow Horses. I watch both of these shows, I LOVE both of these shows. For me, though, it’s Toranaga all the way… but you know what I really want on Globe night?
Give us a photo of these two legends together, Hiro and Gary. If it happens, that shot would lead our site the following the day.
In the Best Actor Musical or Comedy category, Hot Rabbi Adam Brody was at the luncheon to celebrate his first Golden Globe nomination for Nobody Wants This. I know we clown on the Globes a lot, and they deserve, but one of the few things that the Globes has historically done right is television. The Globes often spotlight shows overlooked by the Emmys and the SAGs for being, I dunno, not prestige enough, not serious enough or… maybe… too girl coded?
But Ugly Betty, Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – these are just three examples of shows that the Globes have recognised that the arguably stuffier other award shows haven’t. And Nobody Wants This is the latest. So I’m happy for Adam that Hot Rabbi has taken him to this moment. I mean, actually winning might be a longshot but I’m not mad at the series is being represented in three categories.
Other first time nominees at the luncheon – Pamela Anderson for her work in The Last Showgirl and what a bonus it’s been this award season to see Pam included in the conversation. In the Oscar race, I don’t think she’s in the top five right now, but she’s still in it, it’s still very tight, as tight as it’s been in a long time, any one of eight or nine actresses has a chance. And she is going for it. She has been out there on the campaign trail showing up and making it count.
Speaking of tight races though, the Best Supporting Actress category is competitive too. And two contenders, Zoe Saldaña and Ariana Grande were at the luncheon yesterday as first time nominees and the actresses in the top two positions for a nomination. Ariana is surging from the success of Wicked and as of last week, Variety was predicting her to win at this stage of the race. These predictions change, of course, with shifts in momentum but my point is that Ariana is looking like a very, very strong possibility to show up at the Oscars not just as a performer but as a nominee. And, perhaps, even a winner by the end of the night.
We’re probably getting ahead of ourselves so let’s not talk about the wins and just talk about entertainment. Take all the insanity and delight of the Wicked press tour and put it in the front row of the Oscars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande sitting side by side, holding hands, hugging, wiping each other’s tears, changing their expressions from forlorn to euphoric to frightened to feisty every five seconds. Don’t we want this? DON’T WE WANT THIS?!
