Golden Globes Awards Recognizes First Time Nominees and More

The new set design for this year’s Golden Globes Awards featuring New York’s Rainbow Room and Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton, both sets designed by Brian Stonestreet. Credit: Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globes are fast approaching and so is the anticipation of who will win this year. The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards® will air live on NBC coast-to-coast on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST on NBC.

The HFPA recently hosted a virtual First Time Nominees Event featuring Amanda Seyfried, Andra Day, Elle Fanning, Leslie Odom Jr., Maria Bakalova, Vanessa Kirby, Josh O’Connor, Nicholas Hoult and more. The nominees had a chance to share how they feel about their nominations and what they will wear the night of the big event. 

 “It’s my first award show and I will dress up!” Bakalova said. “I really feel honored to be nominated… I will celebrate it the way it should be celebrated - with a dress, with champagne, and it will be amazing.” Photo Credit: HFPA

“What an amazing way to experience this moment with everybody in my life, even my dog.” Seyfried said. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing and I’m going to get to be with all of them…. I’m not putting my four-year-old to bed early that night. She can stay up as late as she wants!” Photo Credit: HFPA

Andra Day and Leslie Odom Jr., who are not only first-time nominees, but also double-nominees for acting and Best Original Song, shared their similar experiences in finding out about their respective nominations. 

“I was a little delirious because the announcements come in pretty early in the morning, and as Leslie knows, we're musicians so we keep weird hours! But I heard it, and I cried, I did cry.” Day said. “I was just grateful. It makes you think of everything you put into this movie and it made me think of Billie Holiday and being grateful to her.” 

 “I was also asleep!” Odom Jr. said. “It was a really exciting morning because so much of my life was represented. I did my final performance of Hamilton four years ago… and then One Night in Miami is the most recent thing so it was this weird, wonderful confluence mashup of all the hard work and dedication over all these years.”

Nominees also chatted about the different ways they’ll be viewing the ceremony this year, rather than being in-person at the Beverly Hilton. Vanessa Kirby shared she would be watching the show with her sister. “She’s been on lockdown with me for a whole year, and she’s not getting away from me on Sunday at 3:30am!” Kirby said.

First time nominees include: 

Amanda Seyfried (Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, “Mank”) 

Andra Day (Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama; Best Original Song, “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday”) 

Dernst Emile II (Best Original Song, “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”) 

Elle Fanning (Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy, “The Great”) 

Florian Zeller (Best Screenplay, “The Father”) 

Helena Zengel (Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, “News of the World”) 

Jane Levy (Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) 

Jon Batiste (Best Original Score, “Sould”) 

Josh O'Connor (Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama, “The Crown”) 

Laura Pausini (Best Original Song, “Io sì/ Seen” from “The Life Ahead”) 

Leslie Odom Jr. (Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture; Best Original Song, “One Night in Miami”) 

Maria Bakalova (Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) 

Niccolo Agliardi (Best Original Song “Io sì/ Seen” from “The Life Ahead”) 

Nicholas Hoult (Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy, “The Great”) 

Sam Ashworth (Best Original Song, “Speak Now” from “”One Night In Miami”) 

Tahar Rahim (Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama “The Mauritanian”) 

Tiara Thomas (Best Original Song, “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”) 

Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, “Pieces of a Woman”)

The Presenters at this year ceremony include:

Angela Bassett (Golden Globe Award winner)

Laura Dern (five-time Golden Globe Award winner and eight-time nominee)

Salma Hayek (Golden Globe Award winner and two-time nominee)

Jamie Lee Curtis (two-time Golden Globe Award winner and seven-time nominee) 

Anthony Anderson, Awkwafina, Kevin Bacon, Sterling K. Brown, Bryce Dallas Howard, Michael Douglas, Cynthia Erivo, Tiffany Haddish, Kate Hudson, Christopher Meloni, Annie Mumolo, Rosie Perez, Joaquin Phoenix, Margot Robbie, Kyra Sedgwick, Christian Slater, Kenan Thompson, Susan Kelechi Watson, Kristen Wiig, Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones. 

During this Sunday’s celebration, special tributes will be given to Jane Fonda and Norman Lear. Kerry Washington, Ted Danson, Brie Larson and Laverne Cox will pay tribute to Fonda; while Wanda Sykes, Marisa Tomei and Lin-Manuel Miranda will participate in Lear’s tribute package. 

Norman Lear and Jane Fonda. Photo credit: HFPA

The 78th Annual Golden Globe® Awards, hosted by Tina Fey from the Rainbow Room in New York and Amy Poehler from The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, will air LIVE coast to coast on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC and will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.