La La Land leads 2017 Golden Globe award nominations

Hollywood musical La La Land looks set to continue its award season dominance at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards after scooping seven nominations.

The musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, had a big night at the 2017 Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday night (11Dec16), where it won eight top honors, including Best Picture, and it seems it could have similar success at the Golden Globes following the reveal of the nominations shortlist on Monday (12Dec16).

Its nominations include Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Damien Chazelle, Best Original Score and Best Original Song plus acting mentions for Stone and Gosling.

Moonlight came closely behind with six and Manchester by the Sea with five.

La La Land will compete against Deadpool, Florence Foster Jenkins, Sing Street, and 20th Century Women for the film prize, while Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea will go head-to-head with Lion, Hell or High Water and Hacksaw Ridge for the Best Motion Picture – Drama award.

Manchester by the Sea's Casey Affleck, who won the best actor Critics' Choice Award on Sunday, could continue his streak after scoring a mention in the movie drama category and he will face off against British actor Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Denzel Washington (Fences), Joel Edgerton (Loving) and Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic).

Nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama include Natalie Portman for Jackie, Ruth Negga for Loving, Amy Adams for Arrival, Miss Sloane's Jessica Chastain and Isabelle Huppert for Elle.

In the musical and comedy acting categories, Gosling will compete against Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins), Jonah Hill (War Dogs) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Stone will do battle with Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins), Annette Bening (20th Century Women), Lily Collins (Rules Don't Apply) and Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen).

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story came top in the TV categories with five nominations, for best miniseries or TV movie and for actors Sarah Paulson, Sterling K. Brown, Courtney B. Vance, and John Travolta. It is closely followed by The Night Manager with four, including acting nods for Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman. Both shows will compete for best miniseries or TV movie catgeory alongside The Night Of, American Crime and The Dresser.

Critically acclaimed dramas The Crown, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, This is Us and Westworld landed nominations while Atlanta, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, Veep and Black-ish scored mentions for musical or comedy.

Meryl Streep was previously announced as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.

The nominations were announced by Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday (12Dec16).

The 74th annual Golden Globes, hosted by talk show host Jimmy Fallon, are set to take place at the same hotel on 8 January (17).

The full list of nominations are as follows:

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

Moonlight

Hacksaw Ridge

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

La La Land

Deadpool

Florence Foster Jenkins

Sing Street

20th Century Women

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Denzel Washington - Fences

Joel Edgerton - Loving

Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Natalie Portman - Jackie

Ruth Negga - Loving

Amy Adams - Arrival

Jessica Chastain - Miss Sloane

Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Colin Farrell - The Lobster

Ryan Gosling - La La Land

Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins

Jonah Hill - War Dogs

Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Emma Stone - La La Land

Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Annette Bening - 20th Century Women

Lily Collins - Rules Don't Apply

Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge of Seventeen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water

Simon Helberg - Florence Foster Jenkins

Dev Patel - Lion

Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture:

Viola Davis - Fences

Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Nicole Kidman - Lion

Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Director:

Damien Chazelle - La La Land

Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals

Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge

Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay:

Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Damien Chazelle - La La Land

Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals

Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water

Best Original Score:

La La Land - Justin Hurwitz

Arrival - Johann Johannsson

Hidden Figures - Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch

Lion - Hauschka and Dustin O'Halloran

Moonlight - Nicholas Britell

Best Original Song:

Trolls - Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Shellback

La La Land - City of Stars by Justin Hurtwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Sing - Faith by Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder, and Francis Farewell Starlight

Gold - Gold by Brian Burton, Stephen Gaghan, Daniel Pemberton, and Iggy Pop

Moana - How Far I'll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Animated Feature Film:

Kubo and the Two Strings

My Life as a Zucchini

Moana

Sing

Zootopia

Best Foreign Language Film:

Elle

Divines

Toni Erdmann

Neruda

The Salesman

Best TV Series - Drama:

The Crown

Game of Thrones

Stranger Things

This Is Us

Westworld

Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama:

Rami Malek - Mr. Robot

Matthew Rhys - The Americans

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Billy Bob Thornton - Goliath

Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama:

Winona Ryder - Stranger Things

Claire Foy - The Crown

Evan Rachel Wood - Westworld

Caitriona Balfe - Outlander

Keri Russell - The Americans

Best TV Series - Comedy:

Black-ish

Atlanta

Transparent

Veep

Mozart in the Jungle

Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy:

Donald Glover - Atlanta

Gael Garcia Bernal - Mozart in the Jungle

Anthony Anderson - Black-ish

Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

Nick Nolte - Graves

Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy:

Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex Girlfriend

Sarah Jessica Parker - Divorce

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep

Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin

Issa Rae - Insecure

Best TV Miniseries or Movie:

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The Night Manager

The Night Of

The Dresser

American Crime

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie:

Courtney B. Vance - The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Riz Ahmed - The Night Of

John Turturro - The Night Of

Tom Hiddleston - The Night Manager

Bryan Cranston - All the Way

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie:

Sarah Paulson - The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Felicity Huffman - American Crime

Kerry Washington - Confirmation

Riley Keough - The Girlfriend Experience

Charlotte Rampling - London Spy

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

Sterling K. Brown - The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Hugh Laurie - The Night Manager

John Lithgow - The Crown

Christian Slater - Mr. Robot

John Travolta - The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

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

Olivia Colman - The Night Manager

Chrissy Metz - This Is Us

Lena Headey - Game of Thrones

Mandy Moore - This Is Us

Thandie Newton - Westworld