A plethora of LGBTQ+ stars and stories have been honoured with nominations at The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards. On 12 December, the nominees for the upcoming ceremony were announced by Mayan Lopez and Selenis Leyva of the new NBC comedy series Lopez vs.
Lopez, as well as Helen Hoehne, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). According to the Golden Globes’ official website, the nominees were voted by 96 members and – “for the first time” – 103 international voters. “The new voters were recruited from international industry organizations, well-known foreign film festivals and journalism professionals.
This diverse voting group represents 62 different countries around the world,” they wrote. “Combined with the current membership, the total Golden Globe Awards voting body is now 52% female, 51.8% racially and ethnically diverse, with 19.6% Latinx, 12.1% Asian, 10.1% Black, and 10.1% Middle Eastern.” Everything Everywhere All At Once, the Daniels’ absurdist sci-fi epic starring Michelle Yeoh, received the most nominations for a motion picture after The Banshees of Isherin.
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan all received acting nominations, while the Daniels’ received nods for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Screenplay (Motion Picture).