24 January 3 • 2019
jn
24 January 3 • 2019
jn
24 January 3 • 2019
jn

NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST

It’
s Awards Season! See 
who’
s Jewish at the Golden 
Globes and SAG Awards.

T

he Golden Globe awards are 
being televised live this year on 
NBC, on Sunday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m. 
Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, 40, will 
host. Below are the confirmed Jewish 
nominees and a number of Jews closely 
connected to a nominated film or TV 
program. Globes are given for excellence 
in TV
, as well as in film. 

FILM CATEGORIES
No Jewish thespians were nominat-
ed for a leading actor/actress film 
role. Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful 
Boy), 22, is up for the best supporting 
actor Globe and Rachel Weisz (The 
Favourite), 48, is a best supporting film 
actress nominee. Chalamet’
s role was 
based on the real-life Nic Sheff, now 36, 
who long battled drug addiction. Weisz 
played Lady Sarah Churchill, a historical 
figure who was involved in 18th-century 
royal court intrigue. 
Mark Ronson, 43, is nominated 
for co-writing a best song nomi-
nee: “Shallow” from A Star is Born. 
Nominated for best original score are 
Justin Hurwitz (First Man), 33, and 
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns), 
59. Hurwitz won two Oscars in 2017 for 
best score and best song (La La Land). 
Shaiman is best known for his score for 
the musical version of Hairspray. As 
noted in a recent column, brief musi-
cal references are made in the Poppins
remake to the mega-hit score of the 
original 1964 Poppins film. Richard 
Sherman, 90, who wrote the ’
64 score 
with his late brother, Robert, consulted 
on the new Poppins film. 

TV CATEGORIES
Acting: Sacha Baron Cohen (Who is 
America?), 47, and Michael Douglas
(The Kominsky Method), 74, vie for the 
Globe for best actor in a comedy. The 
varied characters Cohen plays frequent-
ly spoof real-life politicians. Douglas 
stars as Sandy Kominsky, an L.A. acting 
coach; two Jewish actresses, Alison Brie
(Glow), 35, and Debra Messing (Will 
& Grace), 50, compete for best actress, 
TV comedy; Alan Arkin, 84, who plays 
Kominsky’
s (Jewish) agent and best 
friend in The Kominsky Method, is up 
for best supporting actor. He competes 
with Henry Winkler (Barry), 73; Alex 
Borstein, 47, who plays Mrs. Maisel’
s 
agent in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 
is nominated for a best supporting 

actress Globe. Finally, Patricia Arquette
(Escape at Dannemora), 50, whose 
late mother was Jewish, is up for best 
actress, mini-series/TV movie. 

“BEST” AWARDS: FILM AND TV
 The Globes for best film and best 
TV show are given to the movie 
or series’
 principal producers, 
of whom there are many. My 
practice is to note if a Jewish 
director or writer/creator is 
associated with that film or TV 
program. Two films nominated for 
best drama film were co-written 
by Jews: BlacKkKlansman (Charlie 
Wachtel and David Rabinowitz, both 
32) and A Star is Born (Eric Roth, 73). 
Also: A best animated film nominee, 
Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, was 
co-written by Rodney Rothman, 
45ish. 
The Americans, created by Joe 
Weisberg, 52, is up for best TV 
series, drama. It competes with 
Pose, an FX drama series that 
explores several New York City 
sub-cultures as they existed in the 
1980s. Pose was co-created by 
Brad Falchuk, 47. Another best 
drama nominee, the Amazon 
series Homecoming was based 
on a podcast written by Eli 
Horowitz, 41, and Micah 
Bloomberg, 40ish. Horowitz 
and Bloomberg were heavily 
involved in the creation of the 
TV series.
The best musical or com-
edy series nominees include 
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 
co-created by Amy Sherman 
Palladino, 52, and The 
Kominsky Method, cre-
ated by Chuck Lorre, 
66. The nominees for 
best mini-series or 
TV movie include A 
Very English Scandal, a 
British series shown on 
Amazon. It was directed 
by Brit Stephen Frears, 
77. Scandal competes 
with Escape in Dannemora, 
which was directed by Ben 
Stiller, 53, and co-written by 
Jerry Stahl, 64, and Michael 
Tolkin, 68. Stahl’
s memoir 
about being drug-addicted, 
Permanent Midnight, was 
made into a movie in 1999, 

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(Escape at Dannemora), 50, whose
late mother was Jewish, is up for best
actress, mini-series/TV movie.

“BEST” AWARDS: FILM AND TV
The Globes for best film and best
TV show are given to the movie
or series’
 principal producers, 

of whom there are many. My
practice is to note if a Jewish 
director or writer/creator is 
associated with that film or TV 
program. Two films nominated for
best drama film were co-written
by Jews: BlacKkKlansman (Charlie
Wachtel and
l
David Rabinowitz, both

32) and A Star is Born (Eric Roth, 73).
Also: A best animated film nominee, 
Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, was 
co-written by Rodney Rothman,
45ish.

The Americans, created by Joe 

Weisberg, 52, is up for best TV 
series, drama. It competes with 
Pose, an FX drama series that 
explores several New York City 
sub-cultures as they existed in the 
1980s. Pose was co-created by 
e

Brad Falchuk, 47. Another best
drama nominee, the Amazon
series Homecoming was based
g

on a podcast written by Eli 
Horowitz, 41, and Micah
Bloomberg, 40ish. Horowitz 
and Bloomberg were heavily
involved in the creation of the 
TV series.

The best musical or com-

edy series nominees include 
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 
co-created by Amy Sherman
Palladino, 52, and The
Kominsky Method, cre-
ated by Chuck Lorre,
66. The nominees for
best mini-series or 
TV movie include A 
Very English Scandal, a 
British series shown on
Amazon. It was directed 
by Brit Stephen Frears,
77. Scandal competes 
l

with Escape in Dannemora,
which was directed by Ben 
Stiller, 53, and co-written by 
Jerry Stahl, 64, and Michael 
Tolkin, 68. Stahl’
s memoir

about being drug-addicted,
Permanent Midnight, was
t

made into a movie in 1999

Ready 
for our 
Closeup

Andy Samberg
Mark Ronson

Sacha Baron Cohen
Debra Messing

Alex Borstein
Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz
Julia Garner 

