Los Angeles: La La Land, Damien Chazelle’s tribute to the Golden Age of American musicals, led the Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven nods, including for best musical/comedy film and for its two star actors.
Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Florence Foster Jenkins followed with six, five and four nominations respectively.
The announcements will give the nominees a welcome boost going into the race for February’s Oscars, with the influential Screen Actors Guild nominations to come later this week.
The best motion picture drama nominees are Mel Gibson’s war movie Hacksaw Ridge, heist thriller Hell or High Water, family dramas Lion and Manchester by the Sea and coming-of-age story Moonlight.
La La Land will face competition from 20th Century Women, Deadpool, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Sing Street in the race for best comedy or musical film.
On the television front, FX true crime anthology The People v, O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story led with five nominations.
