‘Shōgun’ Scores Golden Globe, Film Independent Spirit Nominations

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The Hollywood awards season kicked off Nov. 9 with the announcement of nominees for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, with “Shōgun” (FX/Hulu) snagging four nominations in the top television categories.

Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut led the virtual nominations announcements from the Beverly Hilton hotel, with some of the top categories being revealed during the “CBS Mornings’’ telecast.

“Shōgun,” the Korean hit “Squid Game” (Netflix) and Prime Video’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” were among the nominees for best drama series, along with Peacock’s “The Day of the Jackal,’’ Netflix’s “The Diplomat,’’ and Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses.’’

For best actress in a TV drama, Anna Sawai was nominated for “Shōgun” and Maya Erskine for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” along with Kathy Bates for “Matlock,’’ Emma D’Arcy for “House of the Dragon,’’ Keira Knightley for “Black Doves,’’ and Keri Russell for “The Diplomat.’’
For best actor in a TV drama, Hiroyuki Sanada was nominated for “Shōgun,” along with Donald Glover for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,’’ Jake Gyllenhaal for “Presumed Innocent,’’ Gary Oldman for “Slow Horses,’’ Eddie Redmayne for “The Day of the Jackal,’’ and Billy Bob Thornton for “Landman.’’

For best supporting actor on TV, Tadanobu Asano was nominated for “Shōgun,” along with Javier Bardem for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,’’ Harrison Ford for “Shrinking,’’ Jack Lowden for “Slow Horses,’’ Diego Luna for “La Máquina,’’ and Ebon Moss-Bachrach for “The Bear.’’

In “Shōgun,” based on a novel by James Clavell, a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village and Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada) discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies. The cast includes Sawai as Toda Mariko, Asano as Kashiki Yabushige, and Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne. The book was previously made into a TV miniseries in 1980.

In “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” two strangers (Erskine and Glover) land jobs with a spy agency that offers them a life of espionage, wealth, and travel. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage.

For best performance in stand-up comedy on TV, Ali Wong was nominated for “Single Lady,” along with Jamie Foxx for “What Had Happened Was,’’ Nikki Glaser for “Someday You’ll Die,’’ Seth Meyers for “Dad Man Walking,’’ Adam Sandler for “Love You,’’ and Ramy Youssef for “More Feelings.’’

In the movie categories, the big-screen adaptation of the stage musical “Wicked,” directed by Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “In the Heights”) was nominated, though Chu himself was not.

“Wicked” received a nod for best motion picture, musical or comedy, along with “Anora,” “Challengers,” “Emilia Perez,” “A Real Pain,” and “The Substance.” It was also nominated for cinematic and box office achievement along with “Alien: Romulus,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Gladiator II,” “Inside Out 2,” “Twisters,” and “The Wild Robot.”

The stars of “Wicked,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, were nominated for best actress in a movie musical or comedy and best supporting actress in any movie, respectively. The cast also includes Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh and Bowen Yang.

Disney’s “Moana 2” was nominated for best animated motion picture along with “Flow,” “Inside Out 2,” “Memoir of a Snail,” “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” and “The Wild Robot.”

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The honors for “Shōgun” continued Dec. 4 with several top nominations for the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards, which honor the best independent film productions from the past year.

“Shōgun’’ — which set a record earlier this year by winning a staggering 18 Emmy Awards — was the leading Spirit Award nominee in the television categories, collecting five nods. “Baby Reindeer’’ and “English Teacher’’ each earned four nominations.

All three were nominated for best new scripted series, along with “Diarra From Detroit’’ and “Fantasmas.’’ For “Shōgun,” the nominees are creators/executive producers Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks; executive Awards producers Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, and Michaela Clavell; co-executive producers Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich.

“Shōgun” cast members Sanada and Sawai were both nominated for best lead performance in a new scripted series, along with Brian Jordan Alvarez for “English Teacher,’’ Richard Gadd for “Baby Reindeer,’’ Lily Gladstone for “Under the Bridge,’’ Kathryn Hahn for “Agatha All Along,’’ Cristin Milioti for “The Penguin,’’ Julianne Moore for “Mary & George,’’ Andrew Scott for “Ripley,’’ and Julio Torres for “Fantasmas.’’

Two more “Shōgun” cast members, Asano and Moeka Hoshi, and Brian Tee of “Expats” — a look at the personal and professional lives of a tight-knit group of expatriates living in Hong Kong — were nominated for best supporting performance in a new scripted series along with Enrico Colantoni for “English Teacher,’’ Betty Gilpin for “Three Women,’’ Chloe Guidry for “Under the Bridge,’’ Stephanie Koenig for “English Teacher,’’ Patti LuPone for “Agatha All Along,’’ Nava Mau for “Baby Reindeer,’’ and Ruth Negga for “Presumed Innocent.’’

Hoa Xuande of “The Sympathizer” was nominated for best breakthrough performance in a new scripted series along with Jessica Gunning for “Baby Reindeer,’’ Diarra Kilpatrick for “Diarra From Detroit,’’ Joe Locke’’ for Agatha All Along,’’ and Megan Stott for “Penelope.’’ “The Sympathizer’’ is a historical black comedy-drama miniseries based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen.

In the movie categories, “Didi,” the story of a Taiwanese American eighth-grader who struggles with social media and identity, received four nominations:

Best first feature for director/producer Sean Wang and producers Valerie Bush, Carlos Lopez Estrada and Josh Peters, along with “In the Summers,” “Janet Planet,” “The Piano Lesson,’’ and “Problemista.’’

Best first screenplay for Wang, along with Joanna Arnow for “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,’’ Annie Baker for “Janet Planet,’’ India Donaldson for “Good One,’’ and Julio Torres for “Problemista.’’

Best supporting performance for Joan Chen along with Yura Borisov for “Anora,” Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain,’’ Danielle Deadwyler for “The Piano Lesson,’’ Carol Kane for “Between the Temples,’’ Karren Karagulian, for “Anora,’’ Indian actress Kani Kusruti for “Girls Will Be Girls,’’ Brigette Lundy-Paine for “I Saw the TV Glow,’’ Clarence “Divine Eye’’ Maclin for “Sing Sing,’’ and Adam Pearson for “A Different Man.’’

Best editing for Arielle Zakowski along with Laura Colwell and Vanara Taing for “Jazzy,’’ Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm for “The Apprentice,’’ Anne McCabe for “Nightbitch,’’ and Hansj’rg Weissbrich for “September 5.’’

Dinh Duy Hung (“Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” and Rina Yang (“The Fire Inside”) were nominated for best cinematography along with Jomo Fray (“Nickel Boys’’), Maria von Hausswolff (“Janet Planet’’), and Juan Pablo Ramírez (“La Cocina’’).

“All We Imagine as Light’’ (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg), directed by Payal Kapadia, and “Black Dog’’ (China), directed by Guan Hu, were nominated for best international film along with “Flow’’ (Latvia, France, Belgium), “Green Border’’ (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium), and “Hard Truths’’ (United Kingdom).

Pham Thien An (“Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”) was nominated for the Someone to Watch Award — which recognizes a talented film-maker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition — along with Nicholas Colia (“Griffin in Summer’’) and Sarah Friedland (“Familiar Touch’’).

“This year’s inspiring group of Spirit Award nominated artists show the essential nature of independent art being produced today,’’ Brenda Robinson, chair of the Board of Directors for Film Independent, said in a statement. “Through their dedication, bravery and unique voices they have created indelible works that will be celebrated for years to come, and we’re honored to be supporting them on that journey.’’

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be presented Feb. 22 in a tent at the beach in Santa Monica. The ceremony will be hosted for the second year in a row by “Saturday Night Live’’ alum Aidy Bryant.