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You can always count on the to shake up the awards season. But this year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t deliver as many blatant head-scratchers, at least in the movie categories. There were a few obvious omissions.
Here are five of the biggest film surprises and snubs:
1. not served well: After Wednesday’s strong showing at the Screen Actor’s Guild, the well-acted drama received zip, including no Oprah Winfrey nomination in the supporting category. Winfrey deserved to occupy that slot held by Julia Roberts of “August: Osage County.”
2. passed up while “Rush” races ahead: Ryan Coogler’s feature-length debut, a powerful character study of Oscar Grant III, was overlooked, dimming its Oscar hopes. Doesn’t seem right. Meanwhile,”Rush,” Ron Howard’s race-car drama, turned out to be one of the biggest surprises, skidding into the drama category and getting a best supporting actor nod for Daniel Bruhl, who also nabbed one from SAG yesterday. Watch this one; it’s gaining speed.
3. The best actress in a leading role categories: How unexpectedly delightful was it to hear the names Greta Gerwig (so socially awkward in the underrated ) and Julia Louise-Dreyfus () in the comedy/musical category? Too bad, Dreyfus’ co-star, the late James Gandolfini, didn’t receive a nom in supporting. In the best actress drama category, Kate Winslet from seemed to come out of nowhere.
4. Where’s Woody?: Two of the actresses in his film — Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins — received Globe love, but otherwise Woody Allen and his depressing, received the cold shoulder in major categories. Don’t feel too awful for Allen though; he’ll be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Diane Keaton is slated to accept it for him.
5. The animated film category: Not only did Emeryville-based Pixar’s fail to scare up an award, but director Hayao Miyazaki’s beautiful swan song was frozen out by the likes of and (way to go, Minions!). In a curious development, “The Wind Rises” did snatch up a deserved nomination for best foreign language film. Go figure.
