Carol, The Revenant, Room, Mad Max among Golden Globe nominations

Irish-Canadian captivity and survival dramaRoom joins a wide field of contenders for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards, with organizers todayunveiling a nominees list recognizing myriadproductions.

Actors Angela Bassett, America Ferrera, Chloe Grace Moretz and Dennis Quaid wereon hand inBeverly

Hills,Calif.,early Thursday morning to announcethe latest contenders for the awards. They'respearheaded by the HollywoodForeign Press Association (HFPA) tohonourNorth American and foreign film, televisionand streaming productions.

Roomisamongthe prominentnominees,with CanadianwriterEmmaDonoghueearning a screenplay nod for the harrowing tale.Based on heracclaimed, bestselling novel,Room alsoearned otherhigh-profile nominations:starBrie Larson is in competition for best actress in a dramafilm andthe movieitself is up for the coveted best dramatic film trophy.

Earlierthis fall, the Toronto-filmed movie, helmed by Irish directorLenny Abrahamson and co-starring Vancouver child actor Jacob Tremblay,won the prized People'sChoice award at conclusion of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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"[Some people]thought it might be too challenging to getaudiences to actually come to the theatre to see it, but I thinkit's so hard to stand out among the $200-million action herofranchisesthat this is like great counter-programming.

"It's a movie that makes people feel something and that's what'ssort of missing in those other films."

Best film, drama

• Carol
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Best film, musical or comedy

• The Big Short
• Joy
• The Martian
• Cinderella
• Spy
• Trainwreck

Overall, the1950s-eraromanceCarolwas the top movienominee, including earninga pair ofdramaticfilm actress nominations for co-starsCateBlanchettandRooneyMara.

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Streaming shows earn nods

The HFPAspread out its nominations for both the film and television categories, with no one productiondominating the field. Among the eclectic batch of television contenders, for instance, six shows (American Crime, Fargo, Mr. Robot, Outlander, Transparent, Wolf Hall)picking up three nods each.

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However, the TV categories do recognizea raft ofnewer series (Outlander, Mr. Robot, Master of None,Blunt Talk) andstreaming services showed their growingprowess, withofferings fromNetflix (Houseof Cards,Orange is the New Black),Amazon (Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle) and Hulu (Casual) among the showsthat made the cut.

Best TV series, drama

• Empire
• Game of Thrones
• Mr. Robot
• Narcos
• Outlander

Best TV series, musical or comedy

• Casual
• Mozart in the Jungle
• Orange Is the New Black
• Silicon Valley
• Transparent
• Veep

Best series or motion picture made for TV

• American Crime
• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Fargo
• Flesh &Bone
• Wolf Hall

Though decided by the relatively small, 93-member HFPA, the Globesare considered an important precursor to the Oscars, which are voted on by the more than 6,000 members of the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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The 73rdGolden Globesgala will be hosted by comic actor Ricky Gervais, who despitehis controversial,eyebrow-raising mocking of Hollywood stars in previous years,returns to the emcee slot for a fourth time.

He hosted the ceremony for three consecutive years beginning in 2010, turning over the slot to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the past three editions.

The gala will take place Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in BeverlyHills.

RemainingGolden Globe Award filmnominees:

Best actress in a film,drama

• CateBlanchett,Carol
• BrieLarson,Room
• RooneyMara,Carol
• SaoirseRonan,Brooklyn
• AliciaVikander,TheDanish Girl

Best actor in a film, drama

• Bryan Cranston,Trumbo
• LeonardoDiCaprio,The Revenant
• MichaelFassbender,SteveJobs
• EddieRedmayne,The Danish Girl
• Will Smith,Concussion

Best actor in a film, musical or comedy

• Christian Bale,The Big Short
• SteveCarell,The Big Short
• MattDamon,The Martian
• AlPacino,Danny Collins
• MarkRuffalo,Infinitely Polar Bear

Best actress in a film, musical or comedy

• Jennifer Lawrence,Joy
• Melissa McCarthy,Spy
• AmySchumer,Trainwreck
• Maggie Smith,TheLady in the Van
• LilyTomlin,Grandma

• ToddHaynes,Carol
• Alejandro G.Inarritu,The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy,Spotlight
• George Miller,Mad Max: Fury Road
• RidleyScott,The Martian

Best film, animated

• Anomalisa
• The Good Dinosaur
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best supporting actress, film

• JaneFonda, Youth
• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
• HelenMirren,Trumbo
• AliciaVikander, ExMachina
• KateWinslet, Steve Jobs

• PaulDano, Love &Mercy
• IdrisElba, Beasts of No Nation
• MarkRylance, Bridge of Spies
• Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
• SylvesterStallone, Creed

• Carol
• The Danish Girl
• The Hateful Eight
• Steve Jobs
• The Revenant

• Love Me Like You Do (Fifty Shades of Grey)
• One Kind of Love (Love and Mercy)
• See You Again (Furious 7)
• Simple Song #3 (Youth)
• Writing's on the Wall (Spectre)

• The Brand New Testament
• The Club
• The Fencer
• Mustang
• Son ofSaul

Best screenplay

• EmmaDonoghue,Room
• Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer,Spotlight
• Charles Randolph, AdamMcKay,The Big Short
• AaronSorkin,SteveJobs
• QuentinTarantino, The Hateful Eight

Television nominees

Best actress in a TV series, musical or comedy

• Rachel Bloom,Crazy Ex Girlfriend
• Jamie Lee Curtis,Scream Queens
• JuliaLouis-Dreyfus,Veep
• GinaRodriguez,Jane the Virgin
• LilyTomlin,Grace andFrankie

Best actor in a TV series, musical or comedy

• AzizAnsari,Master of None
• Gael GarciaBernal,Mozart in the Jungle
• Rob Lowe,Grinder
• Patrick Stewart,Blunt Talk
• Jeffrey Tambour,Transparent

Best actress in a TV series, drama

• CaitrionaBalfe,Outlander
• Viola Davis,How to Get Away With Murder
• Eva Green,Penny Dreadful
• TarajiP.Henson,Empire
• Robin Wright,House of Cards

Best actorin aTV series, drama

• JonHamn,MadMen
• RamiMalek,Mr. Robot
• WagnerMoura,Narcos
• BobOdenkirk,Better CallSaul
• LiebSchreiber,Ray Donovan

• Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
• Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
• Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone
• Felicity Huffman, American Crime
• Queen Latifah, Bessie

• Idris Elba, Luther
• Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
• David Oyelowo, Nightingale
• Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
• Patrick Wilson, Fargo

• Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
• Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
• Regina King, American Crime
• Judith Light, Transparent
• Maura Tierney, The Affair

• Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
• Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
• Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
• Tobias Menzies, Outlander
• Christian Slater, Mr. Robot