Golden Globes nominates ‘Emilia Pérez,' ‘I’m Still Here,’ and more

In L.A., we may not have much of a winter season but we sure do have an awards season, starting with nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards.

Netflix's gender-bending "Emilia Pérez" led the way with a record-setting 10 motion picture nods and FX's "The Bear" snagged five nominations to top the television category.

Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres was nominated for best actress in a movie drama for "I'm Still Here." Torres plays Eunice Paiva, who investigates her husband's disappearance during the military dictatorship in Brazil.  

Another Latina nominated is Selena Gomez for "Only Murders in the Building," in the best actress in a TV musical or comedy. 

"Emilia Pérez" captured nominations for best movie musical or comedy, along with a best actress nod for Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón and best director and screenplay nominations for Jacques Audiard.

The Netflix film has become the most nominated movie musical or comedy in Globes history, surpassing "Barbie" in 2023 and "Cabaret" in 1972.

The French crime comedy tells the story of a drug cartel leader (Gascón) who hires a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to help Gascón's character disappear so they can transition to a woman.

Behind "Emilia Pérez" in the movie categories, "The Brutalist" took seven nominations, followed by "Conclave" with six and "Anora" and "The Substance" with five each.

Behind "The Bear" on the TV side, FX/Hulu's comedy "Only Murders in the Building" and FX's drama "Shogun" garnered four nods apiece, followed with three each by 11 shows -- including HBO's awards-season staple "Hacks" as well as "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," Netflix's crime drama anthology that helped spark the reopening of the 1989 case against the brothers for the shotgun slayings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion.

In major categories, "The Brutalist" was among the six nominees for best movie drama, along with "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," "Nickel Boys" and "September 5."

Besides "Emilia Pérez" in the movie musical or comedy category were "Anora," "Challengers," "A Real Pain," "The Substance" and "Wicked."

Best actor nods in a movie drama went to Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist," Timothy Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown," Daniel Craig in "Queer," Colman Domingo in "Sing Sing," Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave" and Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice."

For best actress in a movie drama, Pamela Anderson garnered a nomination for "The Last Showgirl," along with Angelina Jolie for "Maria,"  Nicole Kidman for "Babygirl," Tilda Swinton for "The Room Next Door," Kate Winslet for "Lee," along with Torres. 

In the movie musical or comedy categories, best actor nods went to Jesse Eisenberg in "A Real Pain," Hugh Grant in "Heretic," Gabriel Labelle in "Saturday Night," Jesse Plemons in "Kinds of Kindness," Glen Powell in "Hit Man" and Sebastian Stan in "A Different Man."

Best actress nominations for musical or comedy movie went to Gascón in "Emilia Pérez," Amy Adams in "Nightbitch," Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked," Mikey Madison in "Anora," Demi Moore in "The Substance" and Zendaya in "Challengers."

On the TV side, "Shogun" was among the nominees for best drama series, along with Peacock's "The Day of the Jackal," Netflix's "The Diplomat" and "Squid Game," Prime Video's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and Apple TV+'s "Slow Horses."

Nominations for best TV musical or comedy series went to awards-season staples including FX/Hulu's"The Bear," ABC's "Abbott Elementary" and HBO Max's "Hacks" -- along with "The Gentleman" and "Nobody Wants This," both on Netflix and Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building."

For best actor in a TV drama -- shaping up as another A-List competition -- Donald Glover scored a nomination for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," along with Jake Gyllenhaal for "Presumed Innocent," Gary Oldman for "Slow Horses," Eddie Redmayne for "The Day of the Jackal," Hiroyuki Sanada for "Shogun" and Billy Bob Thornton for "Landman."

For best actress in a TV drama, Kathy Bates took a nod for "Matlock," along with Emma D'Arcy for "House of the Dragon," Maya Erskine for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," Keira Knightley for "Black Doves," Keri Russell for "The Diplomat" and Anna Sawai for "Shogun."

For best actor in a TV musical or comedy, award magnet Jeremy Allen White captured another nomination for his role in "The Bear," and was joined by Adam Brody in "Nobody Wants This," Ted Danson in "A Man on the Inside," Steve Martin and Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building" and Jason Segal in "Shrinking."

For best actress in a TV musical or comedy, nominations went to Kristen Bell for her role in "Nobody Wants This" and Kathryn Hahn in "Agatha All Along" -- along with awards-season regulars Quinta Brunson for "Abbott Elementary," Ayo Edebiri for "The Bear," Jean Smart in "Hacks" and Gomez.

The Golden Globe Awards will be presented Jan. 5 at the Beverly Hilton, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser.

Additional reporting by City News Service.