Golden Globes Love Streaming Platforms in 2015

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Golden Globe nominations were announced today and once again, The Hollywood Foreign Press threw in some curveballs with some of its selections.

When it comes to comedy, The Golden Globes once again has shown its love for streaming such as NetFlix, Hulu, and Amazon by awarding half of its Best TV Series, Comedy nominations to shows such as Orange Is The New Black, Casual, Mozart In The Jungle and Transparent. The love is also extended into the acting categories with Aziz Ansari (Master Of None), Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle) and last year’s winner Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) all receiving nominations for Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy.

This year’s sentimental favorite will be the one and only Lily Tomlin, who made a much welcomed return with her roles in the Netflix series Grace And Frankie and the Paul Weitz film Grandma. She’s up for two awards: Best Actress In A TV Series, Comedy and for Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Comedy.

While its no surprise that The Martian would received its fair share of nominations, but of course when the film first released, no one expected the Ridley Scott sci-fi thriller would be nominated in the comedy categories for Best Actor and Best Motion Picture. It had its comic moments, but certainly not wasn’t laugh out loud funny as, for example, Trainwreck or Spy.

Here’s a full rundown of this year’s nominations for Comedy:

FILM: Best Motion Picture, Comedy

The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

TELEVISION: Best TV Series, Comedy

Casual
Mozart In The Jungle
Orange Is The New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy

Aziz Ansari, Master Of None
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart In The Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin
Lilly Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

Who will take home one of the crown jewels of the awards season? Tune in January 10th as Ricky Gervais returning as host after a 3 year absence.

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Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas is a writer/photographer based in New York City. A frequent contributor to The Interrobang, Earl is also Executive Director for the New York chapter of The Black Rock Coalition. Earl worked in radio for nearly two decades at WNEW-FM and XM Satellite Radio, which included being the on-air producer for Carol Miller, Scott Muni and Ron & Fez, and a contributor to Opie & Anthony. Earl has also independently published a number of books including Black Rock Volume 1, Urban Abyss, Mobile Uploads, and For Shimmy. His latest project is the photojournalism magazine PRAXIS, which is available exclusively through Blurb.com.