Michael Keaton won a 2002 Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Dr. Sam Finnix on Hulu's Dopesick and has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award. Andy McKay's Don't Look Up is up for SAG's coveted Outstanding Cast award.
The opioids drama Dopesick received three Golden Globe nominations for Best Limited Series, Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series (Keaton) and Best Supporting Actress, Television (Kaitlyn Dever) in a Limited Series. Dopesick depicts Purdue Pharma and its devastating promotion of OxyContin as a non-addictive painkiller.
Dr. Finnix is courted by Purdue and eventually gets hooked on the meds he's prescribing to locals like Betsy (Dever), a coal miner who gets hurt on the job. Rosario Dawson as DEA agent Bridget Meyer also deserved a nom for her dogged advocacy.
McKay's comet farce Don't Look Up earned four nominations for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay (McKay) and Best Actress and Actor (Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio). The duo play astronomers who discover the comet. In a stressful moment, Kate (Lawrence) says, "I've got to get high." Soon, she's hitting a pot pipe. Don't Look Out was shut out on Jan. 9. West Side Story was named best movie musical or comedy.
Other GG Noms of Interest
• CelebStoner Kristen Stewart - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for her portrayal of Lady Diana in Spencer. She lost to Nicole Kidman who plays Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos.
• Brian Cox - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama for his role as patriarch Logan Roy in Succession. Cox recently stated about cannabis: "It's absolutely great and I recommend it to everyone - get stoned." He lost to fellow Succession cast member Jeremy Strong
• Jennifer Hudson was not nominated for her powerful rendition of Aretha Franklin in Respect. Rachel Zegler, who plays Maria in West Side Story, won this category.
The Golden Globes were announced on social media without a show or live award presentations on January 9.
Check out all the winners here.
SAG Award Nominees
The Screen Actors Guild nominated Don't Look Up in the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture category. The other nominees are Belfast, CODA, House of Gucci and King Richard.
Keaton, Cox and Strong are also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in the TV categories.
Hudson received her first awards-season recognition in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor movie category. Cynthia Erivo, who portrays Aretha Franklin in the Genius: Aretha miniseries, was nominated in the Outstanding Female Actor in the TV category as well.
Check out the nominees here.
Previous Golden Globe Winners and Noms
• 2021 - The Trial of the Chicago 7
This article was originally posted on Dec. 13, 2021. It has been updated several times.
