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The Projectionist
Though its stars are up for acting prizes, the film is not in the running for best musical or comedy, only for box office achievement.
Cynthia Erivo was nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical, but her film, “Wicked: For Good,” did not get a nomination for best musical like Part 1 did last year. Credit...Universal Pictures
Dec. 8, 2025, 10:01 a.m. ET
The 83rd Golden Globes nominations were announced Monday morning, led by “One Battle After Another,” which scored nine nominations. Here are some of the most notable takeaways from this year’s list of nominees.
A ‘Wicked’ setback
As the nominations were read, “[Wicked: For Good](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/movies/wicked-for-good-review.html “…
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The Projectionist
Though its stars are up for acting prizes, the film is not in the running for best musical or comedy, only for box office achievement.
Cynthia Erivo was nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical, but her film, “Wicked: For Good,” did not get a nomination for best musical like Part 1 did last year. Credit...Universal Pictures
Dec. 8, 2025, 10:01 a.m. ET
The 83rd Golden Globes nominations were announced Monday morning, led by “One Battle After Another,” which scored nine nominations. Here are some of the most notable takeaways from this year’s list of nominees.
A ‘Wicked’ setback
As the nominations were read, “Wicked: For Good” seemed to be doing pretty well: The sequel picked up dual nominations for both of its original songs as well as expected nominations for the stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Then came a snub most hideodeous, as the film failed to secure a spot for best comedy or musical, which the first “Wicked” locked up with ease. Reviews for the second movie were a little less high-flying, but no one expected this high-profile miss. If it’s any consolation, the Globes just didn’t seem to be in the musical spirit the year: The Shaker musical “The Testament of Ann Lee” was snubbed not just in this category but in song and score, too, only nabbing a nomination for its lead actress, Amanda Seyfried.
Have the Globes grown up?
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Eva Victor, the star and director of “Sorry, Baby.”Credit...Mia Cioffy Henry/A24, via Associated Press
You could usually count on the Golden Globes for some eyebrow-raising inclusions, but after the organization diversified its voting membership in response to several scandals, the new Globes have become almost respectable. Today’s crop of nominees largely hewed to conventional wisdom, with little of the celebrity-courting shenanigans we’ve gotten in years past. As a longtime Globes watcher, I can hardly believe a headline-making best-actress contender like Sydney Sweeney (“Christy”) was snubbed in favor of the hipper but lesser-known Eva Victor (“Sorry, Baby”). Still, at least one category delivered some quintessential Globes wackiness …
Some questionable box-office nods
The Golden Globe honoring “cinematic and box office achievement” is a specious one, almost certainly added in recent years to include blockbusters that might not otherwise get their due. This makes it all the more surprising to see a well-regarded hit like “Superman” passed over for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” a film that has not come out and has therefore made no money yet, as well as “KPop Demon Hunters,” a Netflix sensation that the streamer only put into theaters for two weekend-long stunts. Then again, now that Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros. has raised fears about the future of theatrical distribution, any honor that nudges the streamer to consider theaters may be a good thing.
Richard Linklater’s double-act
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Ethan Hawke (opposite Margaret Qualley) is up for an actor award for “Blue Moon,” one of two Richard Linklater films competing for best musical or comedy.Credit...Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures Classics, via Associated Press
When I saw Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” at Cannes, I thought it could become a significant Oscar contender: This breezy, French-language comedy about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” was a cineaste’s dream that older Oscar voters would adore. But when France passed over “Nouvelle Vague” as its country’s submission for the international-film Oscar (in favor of “It Was Just an Accident”), the distributor Netflix appeared to move on from any campaign. Imagine my surprise, then, when the film popped back up in the Globe race for best musical or comedy alongside Linklater’s other feature this year, the Ethan Hawke vehicle “Blue Moon.” (When a director so prolific manages a double nod, we call that “pulling a Soderbergh.”)
Two starry underperformers
That Linklater double feature squeezed out Netflix’s “Jay Kelly,” which couldn’t manage a top-comedy nomination despite recognition for its star, George Clooney, and supporting actor, Adam Sandler. While “Marty Supreme” did get into the best comedy or musical category and picked up nominations for its screenplay and lead actor, Timothée Chalamet, the film’s director, Josh Safdie, and its supporting actresses, Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A’zion, failed to register. Can that Christmas Day release gain more momentum before Oscar voters weigh in?
A right-wing clash avoided
When the Golden Globes announced a new podcast award this year, the news was met with skepticism: Why would this ceremony honoring the best of film and television swerve to include such a different medium? October’s short list of the 25 eligible podcasts raised even more eyebrows, grouping entertainment-adjacent podcasts like “Good Hang With Amy Poehler” with shows hosted by right-wing firebrands like Ben Shapiro, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson. In the end, none of those political figures were nominated, meaning Poehler and the men of “SmartLess” can avoid some awkward ballroom run-ins when the ceremony takes place on Jan. 11.
Kyle Buchanan is a pop culture reporter and also serves as The Projectionist, the awards season columnist for The Times.
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