Golden Globe Awards: “The Shape of Water” gets 6 nominations Suneeta Kaul | December 12, 2017, 10:51 PM The 75th Golden Globe Awards, honouring the best in film and television, will be broadcast live on January 7, 2018. Comedian, political commentator and television host Seth Myers will host the show. Seth Myers Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era fairytale, The Shape of Water, has received seven nominations, while the HBO drama, Big Little Lies, leads the television nominees with six nods. Sally Hawkins as Elisa in “The Shape of Water” Several films are right behind The Shape of Water, including Steven Spielberg’s The Post, with six nominations. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks are in the race for the best actor/actress award. Martin McDonagh’s revenge drama, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, also has six nominations, including best actress for Frances McDormand and supporting actor for Sam Rockwell. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post The Golden Globe awards ceremony is traditionally seen as a more populist answer to the Oscars. It remains to be seen how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will tackle the ongoing sexual harassment scandal that was spurred on after a series of allegations were made against producer Harvey Weinstein in October. In the months that followed, several Hollywood biggies, such as actor Kevin Spacey and director Brett Ratner, were accused of sexual misconduct. Meanwhile, here is the full list of nominations: Best Picture – Drama Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Picture – Comedy or Musical The Disaster Artist Get Out The Greatest Showman I, Tonya Lady Bird Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread Tom Hanks, The Post Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Meryl Streep, The Post Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy Steve Carrell, Battle of the Sexes Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver James Franco, The Disaster Artist Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker Best Supporting Actor Willem DaFoe, Florida Project Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All The Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Hong Chau, Downsizing Alison Janney, I, Tonya Laurie Metcalfe, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water Best Director — Motion Picture Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg, The Post Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Robert Deniro, The Wizard of Lies Jude Law, Young Pope Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks Ewan McGregor, Fargo Geoffrey Rush, Genius Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy Anthony Anderson, Blackish Aziz Ansari, Master of None Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick William H. Macy, Shameless Eric McCormack, Will and Grace Best Screenplay — Motion Picture Guillermo Del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game Best Picture — Foreign Language A Fantastic Woman (Chile) First They Killed My Father (Cambodia) In the Fade (Germany/France) Loveless (Russia) The Square (Sweden, Germany, France) Best Original Score — Motion Picture Carter Burwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread John Williams, The Post Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Big Little Lies Fargo FX Feud: Betty and Joan FX The Sinner, USA Top of the Lake: China Girl, Sundance TV Next Story