Golden Globes Breakdown: Who’s Gaining Momentum, and Who’s on Awards Season Life Support

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• Popular on Variety Unsurprisingly, A24’s high-octane table tennis period piece “Marty Supreme” landed a nomination in comedy (although director Josh Safdie missed out), and Neon’s “No Other Choice” — the first South Korean film and second non-English language movie ever — made it into the lineup.
• In addition, following its Critics Choice nomination for best picture, Focus Features’ “Bugonia” broke into the lineup with its two leads, Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone, intact.
• Richard Linklater snagged two slots for his double projects this year: “Blue Moon,” a biopic of Lorenz Hart, and “Nouvelle Vague,” a French-language movie about the making of the classic film “Breathless.” Linklater is the first director to have two films nominated in the category since George Sidney’s 1963 one-two punch of “Bye Bye Birdie” and “A Ticklish Affair.” Taking the campaign blow of the day was Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: For Good,” which, despite nabbing five nominations — including a comeback mention for Cynthia Erivo following her Critics Choice Awards snub and two original songs — didn’t land in the best picture (comedy) lineup.
• Can we discuss the cinematic and box-office achievement categories for a second?