The Top 5 Snubs - The 2015 Golden Globes

The nominations for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards were announced in Hollywood bright and early this morning, and several lucky stars received the best kind of wake-up call: news of a Golden Globe nomination.

But as always, it’s those phones that didn’t ring that really have Hollywood insiders talking.

Here are the five biggest snubs from today’s nominations.

Angelina Jolie, Best Director for “Unbroken”

The tabloid magnet has long been a favorite of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA,) the group which bestows the Golden Globes. She won three consecutive trophies in the late 1990’s for television roles in “George Wallace” and “Gia,” plus a Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture award for “Girl Interrupted.” The group has since honored her with three more film acting nominations, and even included her 2011 directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” in the Best Foreign Language film category. Jolie’s widely-hyped “Unbroken,” about the true story of Olympic runner Louis Zamperini  and his ordeal in a Japanese prison camp, seemed to be tailor-made for awards success and was once seen as the Oscar frontrunner. But with today’s omission in all categories, Jolie’s prospects at the Academy Awards appear to be everything but unbroken.

Christopher Nolan, Best Director for “Interstellar”

He’s arguably the most powerful director on the planet, with a resume that includes blockbusters like “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” and “Inception.” His highbrow action films have somehow managed to impress the critics and wow mainstream moviegoers. In “Insterstellar,” Nolan guided cast of heavyweights through a human drama with fascinating questions about astronomy and astrophysics. The film received just a single nomination for Best Motion Picture Score. Did the film leave HFPA members lost in space? It’s not the best launch into the awards season, but the film still has a stellar chance to clean up the technical categories at the Academy Awards.

Bradley Cooper, Best Actor in “American Sniper”

The Hollywood heartthrob was most recently nominated for 2012’s “Silver Linings Playbook” and last year’s “American Hustle.” He was widely expected to make it three in a row with his upcoming film, in which he plays the most lethal sniper in US military history. “American Sniper” is directed by Clint Eastwood, another HFPA favorite and three-time Globe winner for Best Motion Picture Director. Cooper’s omission probably had more to do with the fierce competition (including Steve Carrell in “Foxcatcher,” Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game” and Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”) than his performance itself. But without a boost today, it’s Cooper’s Oscar hopes have undoubtedly taken a bullet.

Chris Rock, Best Actor in Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for “Top Five”

I spoke to Rock last week and told him that he was all but assured of a Golden Globe nomination for his new film, “Top Five,” which has earned him the best reviews of his career. Some have even described the movie as his “Annie Hall,” Woody Allen’s award-winning 1977 classic. The HFPA loves to honor big stars, and this would have been Rock’s first-ever Golden Globe nomination. The actor-comedian likely just missed hitting the category, which features the likes of Michael Keaton in “Birdman,” Bill Murrary in “St. Vincent” and Joaquin Phoenix in “Inherent Vice.” It’s still hard to believe that Rock didn’t make it into the top five.

Ben Affleck, Best Actor in “Gone Girl”

Okay, so he was far from a sure thing. However, the star has a long history with the Golden Globes. He and Matt Damon won Best Motion Picture Screenplay of 1997 for “Good Will Hunting,” which gave them a chance to practice the Academy Awards speech they would deliver just a few months later. Two years ago, Affleck won the Globe for Best Motion Picture Director for “Argo,” just days after famously being denied of an Academy Award nomination.  Today “Gone Girl” found nods for its director David Fincher, screenwriter Gillian Flynn, and lead actress Rosamund Pike. The only thing gone is a nomination for Affleck.

Full list of nominations:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama

Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent

Lead Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical

Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

Lead Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical

Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
Helen Mirren – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie

Director

Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest Hotel
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Ava DuVernay – Selma
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Supporting Actress  in a Motion Picture

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

Screenplay

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game

Animated Feature

Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

Foreign Film

Force Majeure (Turist), Sweden
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett, Israel
Ida, Poland/Denmark
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines (Mandariinid), Estonia

Original Song – Motion Picture

Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Rey)
Glory – Selma (John Legend, Common)
Mercy Is – Noah (Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye)
Opportunity – Annie (Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck)
Yellow Flicker Beat – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (Lorde)

Original Score – Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best TV Drama

The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Lead Actor – TV Drama

Clive Owen – The Knick
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist
Dominic West – The Affair

Lead Actress – TV Drama

Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of Cards

TV Miniseries or Movie

Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge

Actor – TV Miniseries or Movie

Martin Freeman – Fargo
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Actress – TV Miniseries or Movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor – The Missing
Alison Tolman – Fargo

Best TV Comedy

Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent

Lead Actor – TV Comedy

Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Louis C.K. – Louie
William H. Macy – Shameless

Lead Actress – TV Comedy

Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie

Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie

Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Allison Janney – Mom

Michelle Monaghan – True Detective