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Golden Globes 2018: Ardmore native Benj Pasek, Kevin Bacon receive nominations

See the full list of Golden Globe nominations.

Philly native Kevin Bacon received a nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy for Amazon’s ‘I Love Dick’
Philly native Kevin Bacon received a nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy for Amazon’s ‘I Love Dick’Read moreAmazon

Philadelphia-area natives Benj Pasek and Kevin Bacon received nominations for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at a ceremony Monday morning that featured presenters including Kristen Bell, Sharon Stone, and others.

Pasek, from Ardmore, was nominated for best original song for his work on "This Is Me." The song appears in The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum. The film was also nominated for best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Pasek wrote the track alongside lyricist and writing partner Justin Paul, whom he previously worked with on Dear Evan Hansen and La La Land. Pasek and Paul took home a Golden Globe for best original song last year for La La Land's "City of Stars." They would go on to win an Oscar for the same song.

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Philly boy Bacon, meanwhile, got a nomination for best actor in a comedy television series for his role as Dick in Amazon's I Love Dick. Bacon previously took home a Golden Globe in 2010 for his role as Marine Col. Michael Strobl in the Iraq War drama Taking Chance.

This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman, a New Jersey native, also got a little love, with the series earning three nominations: Best supporting actress for Chrissy Metz, best actor for Sterling K. Brown, and best television series overall. Fogelman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.

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Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water led the Globes this year with seven nominations, including best picture, best director, and best screenplay. The Shape of Water opens in area theaters on Friday.

The Nicole Kidman/Reese Witherspoon series Big Little Lies trailed closely with six nominations, the most of any television show represented.

This year's awards come amid a string of sexual misconduct accusations in Hollywood, beginning earlier this year with producer Harvey Weinstein. Sexual harassment and assault allegations have since expanded to include stars such as Dustin Hoffman, Matt Lauer, Brett Ratner, and Kevin Spacey, among others. Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer in Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, for which Plummer received a best supporting actor nomination.

Snubs included favorites such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Veep, Kumail Nanjiani's The Big Sick, and the Patty Jenkins-directed Wonder Woman. For one fan online, no nominations for The Big Sick makes this year's Golden Globes "the most shameful in awards history":

This year's Golden Globe Awards will air from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills at 8 p.m. Jan. 7 on NBC. Seth Meyers will host.

The full list of 2018 Golden Globe nominees is below:

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy:

  1. Pamela Adlon, Better Things

  2. Alison Brie, Glow

  3. Issa Rae, Insecure

  4. Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  5. Frankie Shaw, SMILF

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy:

  1. Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

  2. Aziz Ansari, Master of None

  3. Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick

  4. William H. Macy, Shameless

  5. Eric McCormack, Will and Grace

Best Television Series — Comedy:

  1. Black-ish

  2. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  3. Master of None

  4. SMILF

  5. Will & Grace

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama:

  1. Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

  2. Claire Foy, The Crown

  3. Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce

  4. Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why

  5. Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama:

  1. Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

  2. Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor

  3. Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

  4. Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

  5. Jason Bateman, Ozark

Best Television Series — Drama:

  1. The Crown

  2. Game of Thrones

  3. The Handmaid's Tale

  4. Stranger Things

  5. This Is Us

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

  1. Jessica Biel, The Sinner

  2. Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

  3. Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan

  4. Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan

  5. Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

  1. Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

  2. Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale

  3. Chrissy Metz, This is Us

  4. Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies

  5. Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

  1. Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies

  2. Jude Law, The Young Pope

  3. Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks

  4. Ewan McGregor, Fargo

  5. Geoffrey Rush, Genius

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

  1. Big Little Lies

  2. Fargo

  3. Feud: Bette and Joan

  4. The Sinner

  5. Top of the Lake: China Girl

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

  1. Alfred Molina, Feud

  2. Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

  3. David Thewlis, Fargo

  4. David Harbour, Stranger Things

  5. Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy:

  1. Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes

  2. Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver

  3. James Franco, The Disaster Artist

  4. Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman

  5. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

  1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

  2. Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name

  3. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water

  4. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

  5. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Original Score — Motion Picture:

  1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  2. The Shape of Water

  3. Phantom Thread

  4. The Post

  5. Dunkirk

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture:

  1. The Shape of Water

  2. Lady Bird

  3. The Post

  4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  5. Molly's Game

Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language

  1. A Fantastic Woman

  2. First They Killed My Father

  3. In the Fade

  4. Loveless

  5. The Square

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

  1. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound

  2. Hong Chau, Downsizing

  3. Allison Janney, I, Tonya

  4. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

  5. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Motion Picture — Animated:

  1. The Boss Baby

  2. The Breadwinner

  3. Ferdinand

  4. Coco

  5. Loving Vincent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama:

  1. Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game

  2. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

  3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  4. Meryl Streep, The Post

  5. Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Director — Motion Picture:

  1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

  2. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  3. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

  4. Ridley Scott, All The Money in the World

  5. Steven Spielberg, The Post

Best Motion Picture — Drama:

  1. Call Me by Your Name

  2. Dunkirk

  3. The Post

  4. The Shape of Water

  5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical:

  1. The Disaster Artist

  2. Get Out

  3. The Greatest Showman

  4. I, Tonya

  5. Lady Bird

Best Original Song — Motion Picture

  1. "Home," Ferdinand

  2. "Mighty River," Mudbound

  3. "Remember Me," Coco

  4. "The Star", The Star

  5. "This Is Me," The Greatest Showman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy:

  1. Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul

  2. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya

  3. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

  4. Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes

  5. Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama:

  1. Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name

  2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

  3. Tom Hanks, The Post

  4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

  5. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.