Eddie Redmayne scoops second consecutive Golden Globe nomination

British actor Eddie Redmayne has been nominated for Best Actor at the 2016 Golden Globe awards, putting him on course to win the accolade for the second consecutive year.

The Oscar winner, who took the 2015 Best Actor Globe for The Theory of Everything, has scored his second nomination in a row after winning acclaim for his portrayal of one of the world's first recipients of gender reassignment surgery in The Danish Girl.

He will compete against Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and Will Smith (Concussion).

Redmayne's co-star Alicia Vikander scoops a nomination for Best Actress and she faces tough competition from Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, both for Carol, Brooklyn's Saoirse Ronan and Brie Larson for Room.

Carol is named in the Best Motion Picture - Drama category alongside The Revenant, Room, Spotlight and Mad Max: Fury Road, and the musical or comedy nominees include The Big Short, Joy, The Martian, Spy and Trainwreck.

Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence lands a nomination for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy for Joy and she will go up against Melissa McCarthy (Spy), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck), Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) and Lily Tomlin (Grandma).

The Big Short co-stars Christian Bale and Steve Carell will go head-to-head for the Best Actor - Musical or Comedy accolade alongside Matt Damon (The Martian), Al Pacino (Danny Collins) and Mark Ruffalo (Infinitely Polar Bear).

In TV, Empire, Game of Thrones, Mr. Robot, Narcos and Outlander are nominated for Best Drama Series, while Casual, Mozart in the Jungle, Orange is the New Black, Silicon Valley, Transparent and Veep are in the running for the comedy series prize.

Lady Gaga is nominated for Best Actress in a Mini-series or TV Movie for her role in TV series American Horror Story: Hotel, and she will go up against actresses including Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Felicity Huffman (American Crime) and Queen Latifah (Bessie).

Sam Smith's James Bond theme Writing's on the Wall, which featured in Spectre, is nominated for Best Original Song, going up against Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do from Fifty Shades of Grey, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's See You Again from Furious 7 and One Kind of Love from Beach Boys movie Love & Mercy.

Denzel Washington will be honoured for his career with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

The nominations were announced by Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dennis Quaid, and America Ferrera at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday (10Dec15).

The 73rd annual Golden Globes will be held at the same hotel on 10 January (16). Comedian Ricky Gervais returns for his fourth stint as host.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Best Motion Picture - Drama:

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:

Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Will Smith - Concussion

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:

Cate Blanchett - Carol

Brie Larson - Room

Rooney Mara - Carol

Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Best Motion Picture - Musical or 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

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:

Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

Melissa McCarthy - Spy

Amy Schumer - Trainwreck

Maggie Smith - The Lady in the Van

Lily Tomlin - Grandma

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:

Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation

Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:

Jane Fonda - Youth

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Helen Mirren - Trumbo

Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Director:

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant

Todd Haynes - Carol

Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Ridley Scott - The Martian

Best Screenplay:

Emma Donoghue - Room

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - The Big Short

Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight

Best Original Score:

Carter Burwell - Carol

Alexandre Desplat - The Danish Girl

Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight

Daniel Pemberton - Steve Jobs

Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto - The Revenant

Best Original Song:

Love Me Like You Do - Fifty Shades of Grey

One Kind of Love - Love & Mercy

See You Again - Furious 7

Simple Song #3 - Youth

Writing's on the Wall - Spectre

Best Animated Feature Film:

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Brand New Testament

The Club

The Fencer

Mustang

Son of Saul

Best TV Series - Drama:

Empire

Game of Thrones

Mr. Robot

Narcos

Outlander

Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama:

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Rami Malek - Mr. Robot

Wagner Moura - Narcos

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama:

Caitriona Balfe - Outlander

Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder

Eva Green - Penny Dreadful

Taraji P. Henson - Empire

Robin Wright - House of Cards

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

Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie

Best TV Miniseries or Movie:

American Crime

American Horror Story: Hotel

Fargo

Flesh and Bone

Wolf Hall

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie:

Idris Elba - Luther

Oscar Isaac - Show Me a Hero

David Oyelowo - Nightingale

Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

Patrick Wilson - Fargo

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie:

Kirsten Dunst - Fargo

Lady Gaga - American Horror Story: Hotel

Felicity Huffman - American Crime

Queen Latifah - Bessie

Sarah Hay - Flesh and Bone

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie:

Alan Cumming - The Good Wife

Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall

Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline

Tobias Menzies - Outlander

Christian Slater - Mr. Robot

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie:

Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black

Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey

Regina King - American Crime

Judith Light - Transparent

Maura Tierney - The Affair.